Anaplan vs. Viewpoint Vista

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Anaplan
Score 8.7 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Anaplan is a scenario planning and analysis platform designed to optimize decision-making in complex business environments so that enterprises can outpace their competition and the market. By building connections and collaboration across organizational silos, the Anaplan platform surfaces key insights.N/A
Vista
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
Viewpoint’s Vista is a construction accounting software. Vista’s core accounting features include accounts receivable and payable, general ledger, payroll and time management, and cash management. It also provides tools for document management, including document templates and reporting.N/A
Pricing
AnaplanViewpoint Vista
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AnaplanVista
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
AnaplanViewpoint Vista
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
7.6
214 Ratings
1% below category average
Viewpoint Vista
-
Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports6.57 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.4214 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.96 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
9.1
8 Ratings
11% above category average
Viewpoint Vista
-
Ratings
Drill-down analysis9.18 Ratings00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities9.18 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.18 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
8.5
221 Ratings
3% above category average
Viewpoint Vista
-
Ratings
Publish to Web8.67 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.4219 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Versioning9.2192 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling7.98 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
8.1
8 Ratings
7% above category average
Viewpoint Vista
-
Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics6.43 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
9.3
224 Ratings
6% above category average
Viewpoint Vista
-
Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)9.18 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model9.6224 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.18 Ratings00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control9.673 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)9.18 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
7.7
213 Ratings
2% below category average
Viewpoint Vista
-
Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access8.4204 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application7.7190 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.0198 Ratings00 Ratings
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
9.0
322 Ratings
8% above category average
Viewpoint Vista
-
Ratings
Long-term financial planning9.3297 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial budgeting9.4301 Ratings00 Ratings
Forecasting9.3310 Ratings00 Ratings
Scenario modeling9.2312 Ratings00 Ratings
Management reporting7.9311 Ratings00 Ratings
Consolidation and Close
Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
7.8
275 Ratings
2% below category average
Viewpoint Vista
-
Ratings
Financial data consolidation8.3255 Ratings00 Ratings
Journal entries and reports7.5211 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-currency management7.312 Ratings00 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations7.39 Ratings00 Ratings
Minority Ownership7.38 Ratings00 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting8.2244 Ratings00 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails8.5256 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial Reporting and Compliance
Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
8.1
293 Ratings
0% above category average
Viewpoint Vista
-
Ratings
Financial Statement Reporting8.9271 Ratings00 Ratings
Management Reporting8.2284 Ratings00 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting7.8262 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting8.214 Ratings00 Ratings
XBRL support for regulatory filing7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting
Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
9.1
313 Ratings
12% above category average
Viewpoint Vista
-
Ratings
Personalized dashboards8.7307 Ratings00 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards9.3291 Ratings00 Ratings
KPIs9.120 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis9.3270 Ratings00 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting9.4281 Ratings00 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data9.114 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration
Comparison of Integration features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
8.5
319 Ratings
2% above category average
Viewpoint Vista
-
Ratings
Flat file integration9.3309 Ratings00 Ratings
Excel data integration8.2287 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources8.0269 Ratings00 Ratings
Payroll Management
Comparison of Payroll Management features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
-
Ratings
Viewpoint Vista
8.2
25 Ratings
13% above category average
Pay calculation00 Ratings8.424 Ratings
Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.518 Ratings
Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.424 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
-
Ratings
Viewpoint Vista
7.6
6 Ratings
1% above category average
API for custom integration00 Ratings7.56 Ratings
Plug-ins00 Ratings7.75 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
-
Ratings
Viewpoint Vista
8.4
13 Ratings
3% above category average
Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.411 Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.513 Ratings
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
-
Ratings
Viewpoint Vista
8.2
29 Ratings
13% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings8.324 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings8.029 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings7.926 Ratings
General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
-
Ratings
Viewpoint Vista
8.0
18 Ratings
4% above category average
Accounts payable00 Ratings8.318 Ratings
Accounts receivable00 Ratings8.215 Ratings
Global Financial Support00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings8.313 Ratings
Configurable Accounting00 Ratings8.414 Ratings
Standardized Processes00 Ratings7.517 Ratings
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
-
Ratings
Viewpoint Vista
7.5
6 Ratings
5% below category average
Inventory tracking00 Ratings7.56 Ratings
Automatic reordering00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Location management00 Ratings7.64 Ratings
Order Management
Comparison of Order Management features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
-
Ratings
Viewpoint Vista
7.7
8 Ratings
2% below category average
Pricing00 Ratings7.36 Ratings
Order entry00 Ratings7.88 Ratings
Cost of goods sold00 Ratings7.88 Ratings
Order Orchestration00 Ratings7.85 Ratings
Subledger and Financial Process
Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
-
Ratings
Viewpoint Vista
7.6
16 Ratings
2% above category average
Billing Management00 Ratings8.013 Ratings
Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings7.813 Ratings
Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings6.77 Ratings
Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings6.88 Ratings
Period Close00 Ratings8.011 Ratings
Project Financial Management
Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
-
Ratings
Viewpoint Vista
8.0
1 Ratings
5% above category average
Budgeting and Forecasting00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Project Costing00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Cost Capture00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
Customer Contract Compliance00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Project Revenue Recognition00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
Project Execution Management
Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
-
Ratings
Viewpoint Vista
6.8
9 Ratings
2% below category average
Task Insight for Project Managers00 Ratings7.87 Ratings
Project Mobile Functionality00 Ratings7.28 Ratings
Procurement
Comparison of Procurement features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
-
Ratings
Viewpoint Vista
7.5
8 Ratings
8% above category average
Contract Authoring00 Ratings7.66 Ratings
Contract Repository00 Ratings7.96 Ratings
Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated00 Ratings7.27 Ratings
Supplier Management00 Ratings7.25 Ratings
Supply Chain
Comparison of Supply Chain features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
-
Ratings
Viewpoint Vista
7.7
4 Ratings
8% above category average
Inventory Planning00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
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User Ratings
AnaplanViewpoint Vista
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(336 ratings)
8.0
(76 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.9
(35 ratings)
7.7
(17 ratings)
Usability
8.9
(63 ratings)
7.8
(21 ratings)
Availability
8.7
(7 ratings)
8.7
(4 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(7 ratings)
8.2
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
5.3
(27 ratings)
6.6
(28 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.9
(6 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Online Training
8.0
(6 ratings)
8.7
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(27 ratings)
7.6
(8 ratings)
Configurability
9.1
(5 ratings)
8.2
(4 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(2 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.1
(3 ratings)
7.2
(41 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.4
(7 ratings)
8.7
(4 ratings)
Professional Services
9.1
(1 ratings)
8.6
(2 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.3
(4 ratings)
8.6
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.2
(4 ratings)
8.6
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
AnaplanViewpoint Vista
Likelihood to Recommend
Anaplan
Anaplan is a great tool for complex modeling of the future. When you are planning your actions for the future, have multiple, disparate datasets to interact with, have dozens if not hundreds of stakeholders who must contribute and need to be guided via a streamlined workflow engine, require complex logic that can grow with your org, require real-time reporting, and you need it all in less than 6 months.
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Trimble Viewpoint
The company has made a commitment to the use of the Vista products and continue to move forward trying to implement more with the Vista HR Management. From timekeeping to onboarding in the near future we strive to look for better ways to utilize the products for our accounting and payroll purposes.
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Pros
Anaplan
  • Anaplan can scale as your business grows, for example adding new regions into to your geographical hierarchy.
  • Anaplan is flexible and can do anything you want it to, there are no tables pre-configured that you need to fix your business process into.
  • Reading formulas in Anaplan is straight forward with a quick learning curve.
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Trimble Viewpoint
  • New employee on-boarding and personnel management
  • Full spectrum accounting management (AP/AR/Payroll)
  • Project management from contract award through project close-out
  • Data security management, reporting and anlysis
  • Equipment full lifespan management for costs, revenue and location tracking
  • User Database allows for built-in customization capabilities to fit the most unique business requirements
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Cons
Anaplan
  • Ability to decide if to apply the formula or a manual input on front end for each line item
  • Real Time Data Transfer across models. Currently Data is transferred using Processes across different models. Having a functionality to access data from any model in real time would be great
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Trimble Viewpoint
  • Their payroll module is terribly slow and very clunky.
  • Job costing parameters are very strict and limited.
  • Each module interface has too many forms and screens.
  • There is too much flexibility regarding where to put information into the system. There isn't one place to do anything, which creates confusion for staff.
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Likelihood to Renew
Anaplan
Anaplan is a very strong multi-dimensional modeling tool that provides a calculation engine to empower a complex planning process. It is fairly easy to learn for those with experience in similar tools, or excel. It forces structure and auditability that spread sheets do not have, along with extensive security capabilities
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Trimble Viewpoint
It is extremely customizable and tracks so many complicated costs very well, more-so than other construction software programs out there that we've used in the past. It is also not an easy program to use for those even slightly not comfortable with a computer. The help sections/knowledge base could be better organized and updated more. It is a very powerful software program for our business and we rely on it hugely to see how our projects are running in real-time.
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Usability
Anaplan
Anaplan's usability is very good. Users can customize reports and make adjustments with very little training. They can quickly plan and collaborate very easily. Making large adjustments or creating complex functionality may require more experience or training but a lot of tasks can be completed by users with very little experience
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Trimble Viewpoint
I think that Vista's is an easy program to use very user friendly with lots of help features to allow the user to fix an issue without having to put a support call into Vista. The reporting and exporting capability's are strong.
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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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Trimble Viewpoint
Only issue is when there is an upgrade - it takes several times to get back logged in. Otherwise no issues with getting on to the program. We are set up on lap top or on the remote desk top. Works 90% of the time
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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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Trimble Viewpoint
No issue downloading the reports - I do find sometimes it is easier to export and save than it is to print to a pdf. Options on the different reports not consistent. You can print a couple projects on the JC Contract Status Report - but you have to do each project for the JC Cost by contract item - when neither one is a drill down - not a big deal
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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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Trimble Viewpoint
When privately owned, it was very good, then dropped when owned by Bane Capital Investments. Now that it has been bought by Trimble and has a home, support is back up again. Response time is better than most software companies, and the information provided is good. They have Chat support for quick answers, and a good Knowledge Base and video libraries.
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In-Person Training
Anaplan
In my opinion, in-person training is always the best if you have the option to do so. This allows real-time interactions with the instructions, whereas the online training I took required me to write-down questions, email them, and wait for responses. This slows down the process, as you can imagine. That said, in-person training is an extra cost and it likely isn't needed for everyone. I would suggest selecting a small number of people to take in-person training and then having them act as mentors to the rest of your team. That way, as the rest of the team takes the online training, they have a resource to help them in real time.
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Trimble Viewpoint
I was not part of the in person training. I am assuming the training went well - but I did all my training through viewpoint academy.
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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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Trimble Viewpoint
Excellent training! They keep you on track to insure your implementation is going as planned. There are ample ways to receive additional training and training can be provided by position type. If you put on the effort, the training is there.
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Implementation Rating
Anaplan
The platform allows a flexible implementation mechanic to be put in place, since the possibilities and functionalities are vast and there are very few things the tool cannot do well. The solutions for the financial planning and the integrated business planning we put in place were easily adopted by the end users and their day-to-day work was made easier.
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Trimble Viewpoint
The trainer Viewpoint sent did not understand the processes, he only knew where the modules were located. He had no understanding of the actual process itself.
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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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Trimble Viewpoint
I personally have not used another ERP system other than Viewpoint Vista. I am sure there are others out there, but from listening to my managers experiences before Great Basin Industrial implemented Viewpoint, the other options were less superior to what Viewpoint offers. I think if you are looking for an ERP system in the construction industry, then Viewpoint is the way to go
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Anaplan
No answers on this topic
Trimble Viewpoint
I wasn't part of the integration.
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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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Trimble Viewpoint
For a small business - this program is well used in the accounting and operations. The two different work plans are set up for success. Alot of the programs we do not use - but like the reports that are generated - one disadvantage if you do not know crystal reports you cannot edit your form to meet your needs so there is a lot of printing different several forms to get all the information you need.
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Professional Services
Anaplan
No answers on this topic
Trimble Viewpoint
I wasn't part of the integration.
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Return on Investment
Anaplan
  • We've typically seen an average of 40% removal of time from processes using Anaplan an enabler
  • Though difficult to quantify, we consistently find our processes less error prone than in the past. Essentially, we've removed a previously "hidden cost" of risk due to poor data quality that was buried in our processes.
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Trimble Viewpoint
  • Not sure I can speak to this as the company moved to Viewpoint before I began here. I think it is helpful for the Project Management and Superintendent staff to easily review how specific job items went, which we do in the PM contract drilldown analysis
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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.Screenshot of OpEx Planning. This is where users review revenue-target-setting goals by brand, season, and capacity all on a visual dashboard.Screenshot of Supply Planning. This visualization breaks down costs across assembly production to project profitability and align an organization's supply chain to market opportunities.Screenshot of Territory and Quota Planning. This dashboard is used to track of sales goals and quotas across territories and industries to optimize sales performance.Screenshot of Headcount Planning. Here, users can align workforce plans with strategic plans, and see where the best qualified talent resides to fit an organization’s staffing needs.Screenshot of Marketing. This interface drives efficiency across planning, and is used to budget against planned activity.

Vista Screenshots

Screenshot of Job Cost AccountingScreenshot of Equipment ManagementScreenshot of Service ManagementScreenshot of Service Management Dispatch Board