Anaplan vs. Q Research Software

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Anaplan
Score 8.7 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Anaplan is a transformative way to see, plan, and run your business. Using its proprietary Hyperblock™ technology, Anaplan lets you contextualize real-time performance, and forecast future outcomes for faster, confident decisions. Anaplan enables connected strategy and planning across your enterprise to move your business forward. Based in San Francisco, Anaplan has over 200 partners and more than 2,000 customers worldwide.N/A
Q Research Software
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Q Research Software, a division of Displayr, offers a predictive analytics application for marketers, designed to be easier to use by automating correct statistical to use, drag-and-drop interface for building models, and the ability to read many types of files (e.g. SPSS data files) and able to output the desired file type for presentation, with graphics.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros

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Features
AnaplanQ Research Software
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
7.5
204 Ratings
5% below category average
Q Research Software
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Pixel Perfect reports6.41 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.7204 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
9.1
2 Ratings
10% above category average
Q Research Software
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Drill-down analysis9.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities9.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
8.8
211 Ratings
7% above category average
Q Research Software
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Publish to Web9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.6210 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Versioning9.1183 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
8.2
2 Ratings
7% above category average
Q Research Software
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Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics6.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
9.3
214 Ratings
7% above category average
Q Research Software
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Multi-User Support (named login)9.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model9.6214 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control9.668 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)9.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
7.7
204 Ratings
2% below category average
Q Research Software
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Responsive Design for Web Access8.5195 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application7.8183 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.9190 Ratings00 Ratings
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
9.1
316 Ratings
9% above category average
Q Research Software
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Long-term financial planning9.4291 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial budgeting9.5295 Ratings00 Ratings
Forecasting9.3304 Ratings00 Ratings
Scenario modeling9.2306 Ratings00 Ratings
Management reporting8.2305 Ratings00 Ratings
Consolidation and Close
Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
7.3
271 Ratings
9% below category average
Q Research Software
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Financial data consolidation8.5250 Ratings00 Ratings
Journal entries and reports7.6207 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-currency management6.211 Ratings00 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations6.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Minority Ownership6.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting8.6239 Ratings00 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails8.4252 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial Reporting and Compliance
Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
8.5
288 Ratings
4% above category average
Q Research Software
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Financial Statement Reporting8.8267 Ratings00 Ratings
Management Reporting8.3279 Ratings00 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting7.8257 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting9.013 Ratings00 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting
Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
9.1
307 Ratings
12% above category average
Q Research Software
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Personalized dashboards8.6301 Ratings00 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards9.2286 Ratings00 Ratings
KPIs9.119 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis9.3265 Ratings00 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting9.4275 Ratings00 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data9.113 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration
Comparison of Integration features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
8.8
313 Ratings
5% above category average
Q Research Software
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Flat file integration9.6303 Ratings00 Ratings
Excel data integration8.5282 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources8.4263 Ratings00 Ratings
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
AnaplanQ Research Software
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(325 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.9
(34 ratings)
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Usability
9.0
(46 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
8.7
(7 ratings)
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Performance
9.0
(7 ratings)
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Support Rating
5.8
(22 ratings)
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In-Person Training
8.7
(5 ratings)
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Online Training
8.5
(5 ratings)
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Implementation Rating
9.0
(24 ratings)
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Configurability
9.1
(5 ratings)
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Ease of integration
9.1
(3 ratings)
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Product Scalability
9.4
(7 ratings)
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Professional Services
9.1
(1 ratings)
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Vendor post-sale
8.3
(4 ratings)
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Vendor pre-sale
7.0
(4 ratings)
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User Testimonials
AnaplanQ Research Software
Likelihood to Recommend
Anaplan
Anaplan is great for enterprise clients that want to pursue a path of connected planning. If designed correctly, a data hub can be your central data repository which acts a shared dataset across your organization. From Marketing and Sales, to HR and Finance - Anaplan will be the one source of truth as individuals contribute to the business process.
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Displayr
We use Q for quantitative data. If you know what you are doing it can still take a bit of time to manipulate your data into the most suitable format for the software to help you. But it is time well spent because once it's set up, Q makes the analysis a breeze. We use it for producing data tables, word clouds, significance testing, audience segmentation and coding of open-responses.
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Pros
Anaplan
  • Anaplan has a very fast calculation engine which is able to model across multiple dimensions in real time across huge data sets. This helps in calculating complex scenarios instantaneously
  • Easy to maintain by business teams which reduces dependency on IT teams within the organization and also on external consultants
  • Advanced Tenant controls which allows administrators to manage security and access across various models
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Displayr
  • Produces really easy to view tables
  • Automatically applies significance testing to data, helping the user spot trends
  • Create and insert your own variables and filters to help manipulate the data
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Cons
Anaplan
  • I would like there to be additional visualization improvements/features for reports
  • Additional technical support resources would be great to quickly resolve bugs
  • I would like for improvements around the ability to have a lot of dimensions in a table of data and the speed around processing those calcs.
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Displayr
  • The pricing model is a little restrictive for smaller teams that only really need one license but have to buy a 2nd to help out modest users/users learning the ropes.
  • Learning the basics can take quite a bit of time but they offer plenty of free resources that help you through it step-by-step
  • Too be honest, I don't have too many complaints
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Likelihood to Renew
Anaplan
In any line of work, a tool that is flexible and would allow different departments of your company to easily interact and exchange valuable insights, is highly anticipated and needed. For me, what Anaplan provides to a business, be it a smaller one or an enterprise customer, is an easily scaling, agile planning and modeling platform that can meet almost any need and give a high-end solution to the problems any company faces on a daily basis.
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Displayr
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Usability
Anaplan
Anaplan is very usable from a user perspective. Anaplan's level 1 and level 2 training courses are great resources and I highly recommend any power users of the platform consider completing both. These courses showcase, and therefore unlock an understanding of the platform which allows for quick and easy, agile, and iterative front end design
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Displayr
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Reliability and Availability
Anaplan
There are very few outages. Maintenance is scheduled on two or three Saturdays per month, so as not to affect businesses. When there is an outage, users are kept informed of progress to restore the platform and typically this takes no more than an hour. Anaplan customer support is very responsive if we ever have questions about platform issues
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Displayr
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Performance
Anaplan
Everything is calculated in memory in the cloud. It's nearly instantaneous updates when you make changes. The only time things get a little slow is when you have a massive model with very intricate calculations...but "slow" for Anaplan is not what I would call "slow" for something like Hyperion. We used to have Hyperion calcs that ran for 60 mins before you could use data. The equivalent would be 60 seconds in Anaplan.
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Displayr
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Support Rating
Anaplan
Support quality has dropped since Thoma Bravo has taken over. I think some serious re-focus needs to happen here -- part of the beauty of being in the Anaplan community was how involved you felt in it before. Before I didn't dread sending a support ticket, now I am starting to.
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Displayr
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In-Person Training
Anaplan
the training is great. I achieved master Anaplanner and on a consulting career path all through Anaplan forum. The training is very easy to follow and there are a lot of people who will help you on the forrum if you are stucked real simulation without the need to go to anaplan for some training
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Displayr
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Online Training
Anaplan
Anaplan training materials are clear, simple, easy to understand and to follow. Visuals are excellent. The vendor is good at updating training materials in a timely manner and encouraging users and administrators to keep coming back to Academy site for refresher courses or new feature courses. I really like their interactive diagrams
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Displayr
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Implementation Rating
Anaplan
Agile methodology and breaking the work down into sprints was very helpful. Implementation required a deeper dive into our data than expected for the consultants to be able to construct the data model. But once it was in place, the focus on knowledge transfer enabled us to be able to use the product effectively after the team rolled off.
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Displayr
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Alternatives Considered
Anaplan
Compared to OneStream and Venna Anaplan offers a more modern look and feel of the platform. It is better situated and maintained in regards of platform updates as it's a full SaaS software there are never any issues with the system version as it's always automatically up to date with no backward compatibility issues. Due to the flexible nature of the modelling engine, it is also better suited to perform larger multi-department use cases, like IBP (Integrated Business Planning)
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Displayr
We still use Excel in order to use Q, but all the analysis happens in Q. No need to learn formulas or reformat spreadsheets. Q does all the heavy lifting.
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Scalability
Anaplan
We have managed to leverage Anaplan for financial planning and forecasting across the business. It is now used by almost every department, with more than 50 users (but I know of companies that have hundreds of users) and still the platform is quick and reliable. It is easy to make changes to divisions and departments or add users and apply different user settings - the core part of the model is not affected and end users can continue their work without any disruption
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Displayr
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Return on Investment
Anaplan
  • Creating forecasts takes at least 1 week less time due to FPA not needing to track down and consolidate forecasts from the entire business. The department heads can log in and enter it themselves
  • Peace of mind knowing that every change ever made can be traced down to the individual cell level
  • No risk of spreadsheets with data not meant to be shared to everyone being sent out. Security provisioning is flexible and works 100% of the time
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Displayr
  • Time saving - not exaggerating when I say we can do at least 10x the amount of analysis than we could without it
  • More thorough insights obtained from our data sets
  • Makes data engaging to other stakeholders
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ScreenShots

Anaplan Screenshots

Screenshot of Platform: The Anaplan platform is a unified cloud-based solution that connects people, data and plans to enable complex scenario modeling and drive growthScreenshot of OpEx Planning: Review revenue-target-setting goals by brand, season, and capacity all on one, unified, highly-visual dashboardScreenshot of Supply Planning: Break down costs across assembly production to project profitability and align your supply chain to market opportunitiesScreenshot of Territory and Quota Planning: Keep track of sales goals and quotas across territories and industries to optimize sales performanceScreenshot of Headcount Planning: Easily align workforce plans with your strategic plans and quickly see where the best qualified talent resides to fit your organization’s staffing needsScreenshot of Marketing: Eliminate spreadsheets to drive efficiency across planning and manage budget against planned activity