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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Workday Adaptive Planning

    Score7.8 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Workday Adaptive Planning streamlines planning workflows, using AI and real-time data integration to improve collaboration and provide predictive forecasts for better strategic analysis.N/A

    Zoho Creator

    Score7.7 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Zoho Creator is a low-code application development platform for building enterprise-class applications that run on mobile, tablet, and web. It is designed to allow users to create custom forms, configure workflows, build pages, and deploy apps quickly.

    $12

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Workday Adaptive PlanningZoho Creator
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Standard
    $12
    per month per user
    Professional
    $30
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $37
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Workday Adaptive PlanningZoho Creator
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional Details—Add-ons: Customer Portal: $100/month onwards Premium Support : 20% of license fees Enterprise support: 25% of license fees
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Workday Adaptive PlanningZoho Creator
    Considered Both Products
    Workday
    No answer on this topic
    Zoho
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    55 Answers
    95%
    Would buy again
    19 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    56 Answers
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    19 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    57 Answers
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    19 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    38 Answers
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    47 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    18 Answers
    Features
    Workday Adaptive PlanningZoho Creator
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Workday Adaptive Planning and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    8.1
    4 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards7.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Workday Adaptive Planning and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    8.1
    4 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Workday Adaptive Planning and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to PDF8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Workday Adaptive Planning and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    7.7
    1 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Workday Adaptive Planning and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    8.5
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Workday Adaptive Planning and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    7.5
    5 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Workday Adaptive Planning and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    7.8
    196 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Long-term financial planning7.8182 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial budgeting8.6193 Ratings00 Ratings
    Forecasting8.0188 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scenario modeling7.0177 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management reporting7.7193 Ratings00 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Workday Adaptive Planning and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    7.5
    161 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Financial data consolidation8.0121 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports7.782 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-currency management7.995 Ratings00 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations7.273 Ratings00 Ratings
    Minority Ownership7.843 Ratings00 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting6.6108 Ratings00 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails7.6134 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Workday Adaptive Planning and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    8.1
    184 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Financial Statement Reporting8.3162 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Reporting8.8177 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting7.4177 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting8.1154 Ratings00 Ratings
    XBRL support for regulatory filing7.733 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Workday Adaptive Planning and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    7.6
    153 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Personalized dashboards8.0135 Ratings00 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards7.7112 Ratings00 Ratings
    KPIs7.1126 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis6.8127 Ratings00 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting8.1109 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data8.076 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of Workday Adaptive Planning and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    7.1
    174 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Zoho Creator
    -
    Ratings
    Flat file integration6.8137 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel data integration8.2167 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources6.5124 Ratings00 Ratings
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Workday Adaptive Planning and Zoho Creator
    Feature
    Workday Adaptive Planning
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Creator
    7.9
    18 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Visual Modeling00 Ratings7.717 Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces00 Ratings8.917 Ratings
    Platform Security00 Ratings7.918 Ratings
    Platform User Management00 Ratings7.818 Ratings
    Reusability00 Ratings7.018 Ratings
    Platform Scalability00 Ratings7.918 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Workday Adaptive PlanningZoho Creator
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    OutSystems
    Score6.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Planning Analytics
    Score8.5 out of 10
    AppSheet
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Oracle APEX
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Workday Adaptive PlanningZoho Creator
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.3
    (225 ratings)
    8.8
    (24 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (46 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.2
    (131 ratings)
    8.0
    (18 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (12 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (34 ratings)
    9.8
    (4 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.3
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.6
    (27 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    7.5
    (17 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.6
    (17 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.3
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (12 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    6.4
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Workday Adaptive PlanningZoho Creator
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Workday
    It's well suited to any business where you have defined inputs, a layer of structured calculations and a defined output. In other words, any business situation! We use it in a law firm setting where it enables us to import staff plans, assign targets to each individual, thereby generating a revenue forecast linked to business capacity. From there, global assumptions determine staff and direct costs, with the user overlaying discretionary costs to arrive at a final P&L forecast. This is then summarised using the reporting and dashboarding layer to provide outputs to senior leaders for sign off.
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    Zoho
    If you are using some application of Zoho and want some more functionality into it, Use Zoho creator to develop a separate app as per requirement and integrate it with your Zoho App. Small organization can use creator to make apps but it can be used for small range of storage, For Large organization , it may be not feasible.
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    Pros
    Workday
    • It helps create dynamic plans for finances, operations and various functional units in an organization all under one platform
    • It helps in scenario modeling to help analyze various business events and report by any number of business dimensions including channel, customer or product
    • It can be integrated with any system including ERP, BI or CRM
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    Zoho
    • Accountability for each employee work which is very vital for any organization
    • Making operations very simple even that a simple lay man would be able to perform detailed work like a pro
    • Data tracking in live was made possible
    • Using proper Manpower for the work they are apt.
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    Cons
    Workday
    • Budgeting either isn't included or an extra fee.
    • Expense reporting aspects are repetitive and hard to fully optimize.
    • Finance tracking is limited to basic reports with multiple levels or drill-down...hard to fully grasp without exporting data and massaging in something else (like Excel).
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    Zoho
    • In C6, the new setup of permissions is not logical. Admins now have access to every application rather than specific applications, which impacts data confidentiality.
    • In C6, the new feature for having multiple environments is very limited as it does not work for ZOHO Creator applications that are linked to other Zoho Creator applications in the same workspace - which is not logical at all.
    • In C6, the revised permissions for Developers do not allow the developer to assign permissions to users or to publish forms, reports, pages, etc....which again is not logical.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Workday
    For one we're in way too deep to not move forward with Adaptive. We're integrated with Workday, we do a ton of reporting with Adaptive, and it's working very well for planning and forecasting. No reason to look back or change course.
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    Zoho
    Today Zoho Creator is included in our current plan from Zoho One, but if it was needed to pay apart it should be done because the software we created became very important for our team. The use of Zoho Creator contributes to endorse the Zoho One subscription year after year.
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    Usability
    Workday
    It is an easy transition for Excel users, with more built-in analytical tools and no need to build formulas. It also has built-in reporting and integration with Microsoft Office products such as Excel and PowerPoint. For non-Finance users, there's an initial learning curve to get used to the tool.
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    Zoho
    Its quite easy if one has the need, interest and passion to build applications and solutions through low-code. One example would be, that my finance head who has absolutely nothing to do with tech and apps, is now able to create apps and manage Zoho Creator all by himself. So its all about the interest and how much time we put to learn the tool. Having said that, its quite easy to learn the tool and create anything that's within our scope of knowledge.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Workday
    There haven't been any lately. The only one issue I can think of is when there was an update in Adaptive that altered our reports. Before I realized there was an issue, Adaptive reached out to let me know, so that it could be fixed.
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    Zoho
    In an earlier comment, I mentioned Zoho's excellent uptime. I have been using the system for over 6 years, and have experienced only momentary outages, and of those, only a hand full over the years. It is extremely reliable
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    Performance
    Workday
    All aspects of Adaptive Insights perform well. One area that I wish was quicker was integration. When importing data from Intacct our accounting ERP platform, it can sometimes take 4 hours for the import to process. The earlier imports are done, the quicker they complete. My estimate for a quick upload is about two hours.
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    Zoho
    We do not integrate Zoho with other systems at this time, but rarely are searches, database exports, record edits or creation tasks ever slow enough to notice. It is quite usable
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    Support Rating
    Workday
    Whenever we have had any questions, issues, or concerns, the support has been quick and thorough. [This] allow[s] us to be able to fully resolve any issues, or be connected with the right group quickly to attain the result we were after; be it from simple formatting to adding new detailed reporting.
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    Zoho
    I recommend Zoho Creator very often. A lot of companies go big earlier than they need to and spend way too much on SalesForce & Marketo. I worked for a small company with some limited budget that pivoted to sell it's product to the Enterprise. Zoho Creator was incredibly easy to set up, intuitive to use, and contains all the most essential features that most users need and seek in SalesForce. We integrated with MailChimp & Unbounce and were able to be incredibly useful in acquiring leads, nurturing them, and tracking pipeline in Zoho Creator. Our small sales team found it very easy to use and loved it.
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    In-Person Training
    Workday
    This was extremely helpful so that they could walk you through the model and teach you more about the complexity of various areas. It is most helpful when it is specific to your organization's model. The larger in-person trainings were helpful but they tended to be more generic and entry level. The trainings that are more tailored to your specific needs are the most helpful.
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Workday
    They often times tended to be way too generic or entry level. They would also become sales pitches to upgrade or get new Adaptive Planning products. The questions in the training would be very niche and specific to other organizations. They were rarely helpful to the group at large.
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Workday
    Trust the expertise of very strong 3rd party implementers. Having deployed Adaptive at a separate company before, I thought I knew it all (hubris, I know). Fortunately, I began to (very quickly) trust the judgment of our Carlson implementation team, and they provided invaluable insights and best-in-class processes that have benefitted me and my team greatly.
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    Zoho
    Even if it is a easy to use platform, it got some issues on the implementation that could easily handle by IT teams. In our scenario this team don't exist anymore, and the business/marketing team had their expectations that it was quickier to be implemented. So, consider a professional help on this implementation could be cost more (of cource) but it would be helpful to manage the issues and expectations.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Workday
    Workday became our choice because it is fully web-based and easily integrates with other systems. The learning curve for Workday was shorter than that of Dynamics. The reporting tools in Workday are more user-friendly than that of Dynamics. However Workday did not have Check Printing tools which are available in Dynamics. The organization started a project to digitize all financial transactions so it was not a priority feature. When it comes to scaling up the functionalities of Workday it was much easier than Dynamics.
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    Zoho
    Zoho Creator stands out for its balance of affordability, ease of use, and powerful customization options. While it may not offer the same level of enterprise-scale features as platforms like OutSystems or Mendix, it provides a robust solution that meets the needs of many businesses, especially those looking for an integrated, cost-effective low-code platform with strong support for both simple and complex applications.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Workday
    Good read only seat access
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Workday
    We went from 2 users to 70+ users over a 2 year period of time. The application scaled wonderfully. 65 of those users were non-finance users so they were able to quickly learn the software and prepare budgets quickly and efficiently. That is the power of Adaptive and its ability to scale
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    Zoho
    Zoho is incredibly versatile. Much thought was put in to the way the platform functions. I've yet to face a situation where Zoho would not be able to do what I needed. That being said, because of its power, it can also be a bit intimidating technically. Simple needs are simple. More complex needs are ... more complex! Overall, it's a powerful, robust platform
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    Professional Services
    Workday
    This is now available in house at Workday which is convenient.
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Workday
    • It's facilitated a better financial literacy and management by the non-financial managers in the company, giving them a much better ability to see what they're spending, control it, and plan better in the future.
    • It's hard to quantify the ease of model and version management, but we could never do what we're doing now with our current staff. It would take a small army to replicate anything close to what Adaptive pulls off using Excel, if it's even possible.
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    Zoho
    • With using Zoho Creator we are able to build apps that we may otherwise pay a pretty penny for. We may risk some features we could get from a 3rd party app but the fact that the data we do collect can easily syn with our CRM and Accounting systems makes up for this.
    • Negatively speaking, it takes time to fine tune and really craft your application. I am not a coder, nor do I have a coding background, so patience is key as you design and build out your application.
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    ScreenShots

    Workday Adaptive Planning Screenshots

    Screenshot of Workday Adaptive Planning AI Predictive ForecasterScreenshot of Workday Adaptive Planning AI AssistantScreenshot of Workday Adaptive Planning DashboardScreenshot of Workday Adaptive Planning Financial Planning DashboardScreenshot of Workday Adaptive Planning Financial Variance AnalysisScreenshot of Workday Adaptive Planning Process and Workflow Management

    Zoho Creator Screenshots

    Screenshot of Multi-Platform App builderScreenshot of Dashboards created using Zoho CreatorScreenshot of An overview of Hotel management dashboardScreenshot of Schedule and manage eventsScreenshot of BI and AnalyticsScreenshot of Help Desk overview