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What is Anaplan?

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…

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What is Anaplan?

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…

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Product Demos

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Features

BI Standard Reporting

Standard reporting means pre-built or canned reports available to users without having to create them.

7.7
Avg 7.8

Ad-hoc Reporting

Ad-Hoc Reports are reports built by the user to meet highly specific requirements.

9.1
Avg 8.3

Report Output and Scheduling

Ability to schedule and manager report output.

8.9
Avg 8.2

Data Discovery and Visualization

Data Discovery and Visualization is the analysis of multiple data sources in a search for patterns and outliers and the ability to represent the data visually.

8.2
Avg 7.6

Access Control and Security

Access control means being able to determine who has access to which data.

9.3
Avg 8.7

Mobile Capabilities

Support for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

7.8
Avg 7.7

Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting

These activities are designed to assist with both data-driven operational, short-term planning and strategic long term planning

9.2
Avg 8.3

Consolidation and Close

Consolidation of data from multiple entities with currency management, reporting and audit trails.

7.3
Avg 7.9

Financial Reporting and Compliance

Financial statements and regulatory filings

8.5
Avg 8.2

Analytics and Reporting

Dashboards and scorecards for KPI monitoring and benchmarking

9.2
Avg 8.0

Integration

Ability to integrate with external applications.

8.8
Avg 8.3
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Product Details

What is Anaplan?

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.

Anaplan Features

Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting Features

  • Supported: Long-term financial planning
  • Supported: Financial budgeting
  • Supported: Forecasting
  • Supported: Scenario modeling
  • Supported: Management reporting

Consolidation and Close Features

  • Supported: Financial data consolidation
  • Supported: Journal entries and reports
  • Supported: Local and consolidated reporting
  • Supported: Detailed Audit Trails

Financial Reporting and Compliance Features

  • Supported: Financial Statement Reporting
  • Supported: Management Reporting
  • Supported: Excel-based Reporting

Analytics and Reporting Features

  • Supported: Personalized dashboards
  • Supported: Color-coded scorecards
  • Supported: Cost and profitability analysis
  • Supported: Key Performance Indicator setting

Integration Features

  • Supported: Flat file integration
  • Supported: Excel data integration
  • Supported: Direct links to 3rd-party data sources

BI Standard Reporting Features

  • Supported: Customizable dashboards

Report Output and Scheduling Features

  • Supported: Publish to PDF
  • Supported: Report Versioning

Access Control and Security Features

  • Supported: Role-Based Security Model
  • Supported: Report-Level Access Control

Mobile Capabilities Features

  • Supported: Responsive Design for Web Access
  • Supported: Mobile Application
  • Supported: Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

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

Anaplan Videos

The Anaplan platform supports detailed hyperscale models that can see a business from edge to edge, and plan with signals down to the transactional level.

Watch Anaplan transforms the way users see, plan, and run their businesses, to move forward with confidence in a complex and changing world.

Anaplan Integrations

Anaplan Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Mobile Web
Supported CountriesAll countries
Supported LanguagesMulti-lingual support

Frequently Asked Questions

IBM Cognos Analytics, Oracle Hyperion, and Prophix are common alternatives for Anaplan.

Reviewers rate Role-Based Security Model and Report-Level Access Control and Financial budgeting highest, with a score of 9.6.

The most common users of Anaplan are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).

Anaplan Customer Size Distribution

Consumers0%
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)0%
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees)10%
Enterprises (more than 500 employees)90%
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Anaplan has been implemented in various industries to address a wide range of business challenges. Users have found that the software replaces duplicate spreadsheets and simplifies reporting processes, resulting in one version of the truth. Anaplan's inbuilt version control and access controls have improved forecasting accuracy and simplified forecasting processes. It has also helped standardize forecasting and reporting approaches across different asset classes, benefitting functions such as HR, Finance, Accounting, and Management Controlling.

The flexibility of Anaplan allows users to customize the software to meet their specific business needs. It supports a multitude of use cases including financial planning and analysis, customer success, collections, capex forecasting, opex forecasting, headcount and personal spend forecasting, balance sheet forecasting, cash flow forecasting, P&L forecasting, collections forecasting, and management reporting. Multiple users can input forecast assumptions in real-time, enabling dynamic results. Furthermore, Anaplan allows for faster implementations by providing a single platform and source of truth for multiple planning use cases.

Anaplan's powerful calculation engine enables users to run multiple scenarios in seconds, facilitating what-if analysis and scenario comparison during budgeting and forecasting processes. The software is widely used in sales performance management for functions like territory management, account planning, quota allocation, and incentive compensation planning. In addition to its extensive use cases in finance and sales planning, Anaplan is employed across various industries including real estate development, insurance, telecommunication infrastructure, and banking. The platform empowers organizations by providing scenario planning and sensitivity analysis capabilities that enable informed decision-making. With its user-friendly interface and real-time calculations, Anaplan assists businesses in centralizing data and maintaining a golden source of truth for better planning outcomes.

Highly scalable and flexible data integration and modeling capabilities: Reviewers have praised the Anaplan platform for its highly scalable and flexible data integration and modeling capabilities, allowing for easy evolution from simple calculations to complex formulas. Many users have highlighted this as a major strength of the platform.

Real-time data capabilities enabling informed decision-making: The real-time data capabilities of Anaplan have been widely praised by reviewers for enabling informed decision-making based on up-to-date information. Several users have mentioned that this feature has greatly contributed to their ability to make agile decisions in a fast-paced business environment.

User-friendly interface contributing to high end user adoption: The user-friendly interface of Anaplan has been consistently highlighted by reviewers as a key strength of the platform. Users appreciate the intuitive design, which resembles Excel and allows for quick task completion. This ease of use has contributed to high end user adoption and overall positive feedback from customers.

Limited storage: Some users have found the limited storage in Anaplan to be a hindrance in efficiently managing their data. They have expressed difficulties in storing and organizing large amounts of information, which can impact their ability to effectively utilize the software.

Expensive: Several reviewers feel that Anaplan is expensive and could be more cost-effective considering its features and capabilities. This pricing structure may make it less accessible for smaller businesses or organizations with budget constraints.

Glitches with the interface: Users report experiencing glitches with the interface, causing difficulties in navigating and performing tasks smoothly. These issues can disrupt workflow and decrease efficiency for users.

Reviews

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Anaplan is flexible for all business use cases

Rating: 9 out of 10
October 15, 2024
RV
Vetted Review
Verified User
Anaplan
6 years of experience
Anaplan has greater flexibility and ease of use for any use cases, It connect different planning models with ease and making it is easy to adjust to changing business structures. It is able to handle large data, it is also helps complex planning and Analytics. It is well suited to a number of planning models across business.

Awesome, unique and powerful platform that has the potential to truly help your business.

Rating: 9 out of 10
October 10, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Anaplan
5 years of experience
I feel that Anaplan really has no competition when it comes to implementing connected planning. The biggest reason being that with other solutions, you need consultants to develop. If you know how to develop in Excel and understand the concept of dimensions, then you can develop in Anaplan. This means that you can maintain and develop Anaplan in-house. This results in an up-to-date platform. When you have to use consultants to do even the smallest changes, your system will turn into a data entry form very fast.

Anaplan: connected planning across functions and geographies

Rating: 9 out of 10
August 16, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Anaplan
8 years of experience
Both platforms are excellent but come with some challenges. They are often complex to configure and offer limited customization options. Their user interfaces are not very intuitive, and their reporting capabilities are somewhat restricted. The total cost of ownership is higher, and they need ongoing maintenance from specialized technical staff. In contrast, Anaplan is a low code/no code platform that typically involves a lower investment, is easier to set up, and delivers faster ROI and quicker time to value.

Innovating tools with endless learnings.

Rating: 10 out of 10
August 12, 2024
SS
Vetted Review
Verified User
Anaplan
6 years of experience
  • Anaplan
In my professional experience, I've exclusively worked with Anaplan. The tool's impressive features made learning it an ongoing, engaging process. Its continuous updates and capabilities kept me consistently learning and adapting, so I never felt the need to switch to a different tool. All the implementations that I have done so far, have loved each one of that with happy customers.

Best in class connected planning tool to transform the way you analyse your business

Rating: 7 out of 10
August 06, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Anaplan
7 years of experience
Anaplan is a market leader but Pigment is the new kid on the block. Pigment is cheaper than Anaplan. Pigment has more flexible feautures. Pigment is aimed at medium enterprises. Pigment doesn't have the scalabiluty that Anaplan has proven it has. Overall Anaplan is my tool of choice but if Pigment makes improvements there could be some competition.

Boost your business growth with Anaplan

Rating: 7 out of 10
July 31, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Anaplan
6 years of experience
As someone working in the consulting domain for over 8 years, Anaplan is way faster when it comes to compilation and hierarchy manipulation for instance. These activities, used to take lot of effort around 4-5 days and expertise in writing complex calculation scripts using Hyperion.

Anaplan Review

Rating: 10 out of 10
June 05, 2024
AB
Vetted Review
Verified User
Anaplan
6 years of experience
The tools generally fill different niches, Anaplan is the best for corporate and enterprise planning, OneStream's strengths are in Consolidations and working with large data sets by IT, and Pigment is a strong contender for finance teams at small organizations with less-defined processes.

Anaplan: Transforming Planning Processes and Driving Business Excellence

Rating: 10 out of 10
December 14, 2023
AI
Vetted Review
Verified User
Anaplan
6 years of experience
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).

Highly Recommended Planning and Forecasting Tool

Rating: 8 out of 10
December 14, 2023
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Anaplan
5 years of experience
Anaplan system/structure is not a far departure from Microsoft Excel which many people are most familiar with - this allowed for an easy transition during our first implementation as well as onboarding new users. Anaplan presents itself in a somewhat familiar structure while allowing for powerful features once users are comfortable with the core system. While it may not be as flashy as some other products, it shines through based on practicality and reliability.

Anaplan fan

Rating: 8 out of 10
December 14, 2023
AL
Vetted Review
Verified User
Anaplan
3 years of experience
Anaplan is using hyper block, so calculation is faster. The implementation of Anaplan is also very straightforward, so COE team can quickly catchup on the solution. If additional functions are required after go-live, COE can also support the implementation by themselves. However, Tagetik can provide a diagram to summarize the overall workflow which is very helpful. Hope Anaplan could have similar function in future as well

Flexible planning tool that scales with your organization

Rating: 8 out of 10
December 12, 2023
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Anaplan
7 years of experience
Managing spreadsheets in Excel or Google Sheets becomes too time consuming as the business and team grows so transitioning to a tool like Anaplan is a natural evolution.
I have used Power BI as a complement to Anaplan in the past in order to make the data that was consolidated in Anaplan available to a broader audience within the company. I have found that Power BI has more options for presenting data in a dashboard than Anaplan but was more limited in the amount of data it could handle while retaining good performance.

Anaplan is worth the money for any enterprise level planning

Rating: 10 out of 10
December 12, 2023
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Anaplan
5 years of experience
Anaplan is cloud based which automatically removes the pain and risk that comes along with emailing around different versions of spreadsheets. Concurrent users can interact with different parts of the model at the same time greatly improving time spent adding inputs to the model. Anaplan forces a certain structure to the models that is much more scalable and easy to trace back than an excel model that may have many different exceptions and references after so many hands have been in the model.

You don't need to wait until your data is clean to provide insights

Rating: 7 out of 10
December 12, 2023
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Anaplan
5 years of experience
We selected Anaplan because of the breadth of their vision and their approach to tackle "planning" of all kinds and integrate planning processes into a true Connected Planning ecosystem. We found that their flexibility and ease of use ultimately provided a better avenue to tackle multi-year planning improvements by starting small and evolving. Whereas with some of the bigger competitors, they came across like a "big bang" and top-down approach was the only way to solve problems. Anaplan's sales team also brought in experts across industries to help us embed broader learnings and experiences vs only looking at our direct competitors.

Anaplan, a highly flexible tool for planning

Rating: 10 out of 10
December 07, 2023
SM
Vetted Review
Verified User
Anaplan
8 years of experience
Anaplan is leaps and bounds beyond Excel with versioning, multiple models linking to one data set giving one source of truth, and full audit history of changes available in the system. It enables you to fully trust the numbers you're seeing and working with and [give you] the ability for multiple people to be working in the model at the same time without worrying if its the latest version of the file.

One of the most flexible modeling solution

Rating: 9 out of 10
December 06, 2023
DE
Vetted Review
Verified User
Anaplan
6 years of experience
Anaplan is an enterprise grade solution with a proven track record whereas Pigment is a new solution still evolving/improving constantly.
The modeling capabilities and the power of the engine are stronger with Anaplan but Pigment offers an interesting alternative with more scenario modelling capabilities.

Anaplan is the go-to for any planning process

Rating: 9 out of 10
December 06, 2023
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Anaplan
3 years of experience
Anaplan is a cloud-based tool that can store billions of data records. It can be accessed by any web browser and even mobile devices and significantly reduces version control issues that users run into with Excel. Anaplan is extremely customizable and can cater to any planning or forecasting process. Anaplan also standardizes data entry and planning processes, which mitigates issues in Excel that enables each team to have their own logic.

Great modeling platform to drive business change

Rating: 10 out of 10
December 05, 2023
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Anaplan
7 years of experience
  • Oracle Hyperion (discontinued) and Adaptive
Anaplan is what I would consider a modeling platform. It excels at taking a forecasting or planning process and systematizing it - and allowing for whatever nuances and granularity you need to perform that modeling. It is not positioned as "data collection" platform - which are typically designed to take data uploads from Excel to calculate basic opex and revenue models. It's much more customizable and flexible.


Anaplan is an Integrated Business Planning leader

Rating: 10 out of 10
December 05, 2023
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Anaplan
8 years of experience
Anaplan has a clear advantage comparing to Excel when it comes to complex planning and forecasting, especially for bigger companies. Anaplan can perform much smoother but still is giving the same amount of flexibility.

SAC is much more analytical comparing to Anaplan. SAC can support forecasting well, similarly to Anaplan, however Anaplan can address scenario planning much better than SAC.

Anaplan a good tool

Rating: 7 out of 10
November 21, 2023
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
Anaplan
8 years of experience
Anaplan is easy to implement and use and provides a lot of flexibility over other tools. Solution in anaplan can be developed by a limited set of model builders and can easily implemented if build properly and understanding the business problem. Anaplan is a good tool for Planning solutions and not very good for reporting purposes
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