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Workday Adaptive Planning

Overview

What is Workday Adaptive Planning?

Workday Adaptive Planning(formerly Adaptive Insights) is a financial planning and reporting tool. It includes automated budgeting and forecasting, financial reporting, and other active planning capabilities, including integrations with third-party products like Salesforce.

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Popular Features

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  • Financial budgeting (171)
    9.0
    90%
  • Forecasting (166)
    8.7
    87%
  • Long-term financial planning (160)
    8.5
    85%
  • Management reporting (171)
    8.3
    83%

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What is Workday Adaptive Planning?

Workday Adaptive Planning(formerly Adaptive Insights) is a financial planning and reporting tool. It includes automated budgeting and forecasting, financial reporting, and other active planning capabilities, including integrations with third-party products like Salesforce.

Entry-level set up fee?

  • Setup fee optional
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Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Features

BI Standard Reporting

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

9.3
Avg 8.0

Ad-hoc Reporting

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

8
Avg 8.3

Report Output and Scheduling

Ability to schedule and manager report output.

8
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.

7.7
Avg 7.6

Access Control and Security

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

9
Avg 8.7

Mobile Capabilities

Support for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

8.5
Avg 8.0

Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting

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

8.7
Avg 8.3

Consolidation and Close

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

7.6
Avg 8.0

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

7.7
Avg 8.0

Integration

Ability to integrate with external applications.

8.3
Avg 8.3
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Product Details

What is Workday Adaptive Planning?

Everybody plans, and strategic planning is a crucial process for every business. This business planning software enables teams to create budgets, forecasts, and models in less time and with greater accuracy, so that the team can focus on analysis and strategy. Having up to date, reliable data, teams can focus on the story behind the numbers, and can improve business decisions and collaboration. Additionally, Workday Adaptive Planning and Consolidation delivers a unified solution that enables Accounting and Finance to accelerate the close, increase planning agility and drive faster, more informed decisions. The software was ranked a leader in Gartner's Cloud Planning and Analysis quadrant.

Workday Adaptive Planning 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: Multi-currency management
  • Supported: Intercompany Eliminations
  • Supported: Minority Ownership
  • 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
  • Supported: Automated board and financial reporting
  • Supported: XBRL support for regulatory filing

Analytics and Reporting Features

  • Supported: Personalized dashboards
  • Supported: Color-coded scorecards
  • Supported: KPIs
  • Supported: Cost and profitability analysis
  • Supported: Key Performance Indicator setting
  • Supported: Benchmarking with external data

Integration Features

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

Workday Adaptive Planning Screenshots

Screenshot of Adaptive Planning balance sheets.Screenshot of Adaptive Discovery visuals.Screenshot of Adaptive Planning expense variance analysis report.Screenshot of Adaptive Discovery visuals with drill-down capabilities.Screenshot of Adaptive Planning in-sheet visualizations (waterfall chart)Screenshot of Sparklines are used to visualize trends and make adjustments visuallyScreenshot of Built-in audit trail and cell explorer will show the source and history of any metric, assumption or formula

Workday Adaptive Planning Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Mobile Web
Supported CountriesUnited States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and many more!
Supported LanguagesEnglish, Spanish, French, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian, Polish, Dutch

Frequently Asked Questions

Workday Adaptive Planning(formerly Adaptive Insights) is a financial planning and reporting tool. It includes automated budgeting and forecasting, financial reporting, and other active planning capabilities, including integrations with third-party products like Salesforce.

Anaplan, OneStream, and Planful are common alternatives for Workday Adaptive Planning.

Reviewers rate Financial budgeting highest, with a score of 9.

The most common users of Workday Adaptive Planning are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).

Workday Adaptive Planning Customer Size Distribution

Consumers0%
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)0%
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees)60%
Enterprises (more than 500 employees)40%
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Reviews and Ratings

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Attribute Ratings

Reviews

(1-4 of 4)
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Harry Vasels | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We were one of the early adopters of Adaptive and have used this for budgeting, forecasting, "what-if" scenarios, business changes, etc. It has been a staple of the business and improved our budgeting and forecasting. It has allowed us to review our business model and test out the possible impacts of changes to our organization or business model. As an organization we are very positive regarding Adaptive and have demonstrated it to a number of companies that added this to their organizations.
  • Budgeting because of it's flexibility
  • Forecasting in different areas of the business because it allows input from our operating personnel
  • "What if" scenarios that allow us to look at the impact of making changes within the organization
  • It imports the data to Excel but it would be nice if it was a bit more flexible in converting it's formulas to Excel formulas
This product can be used in many areas of differing organizations. It can be adjusted to almost any business model I can think of...extremely flexible.
We have renewed this a number of times. It fits our business model and it is now an integral part of our organization.
It is used throughout the company in different divisions and at our corporate level. When used in a division recently the personnel from different departments directly inputted data and monitored their budget against actual. It is very user friendly and flexible.
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting (5)
76%
7.6
Long-term financial planning
80%
8.0
Financial budgeting
100%
10.0
Forecasting
100%
10.0
Scenario modeling
100%
10.0
Management reporting
N/A
N/A
Consolidation and Close (7)
14.285714285714286%
1.4
Financial data consolidation
100%
10.0
Journal entries and reports
N/A
N/A
Multi-currency management
N/A
N/A
Intercompany Eliminations
N/A
N/A
Minority Ownership
N/A
N/A
Local and consolidated reporting
N/A
N/A
Detailed Audit Trails
N/A
N/A
Financial Reporting and Compliance (5)
N/A
N/A
Financial Statement Reporting
N/A
N/A
Management Reporting
N/A
N/A
Excel-based Reporting
N/A
N/A
Automated board and financial reporting
N/A
N/A
XBRL support for regulatory filing
N/A
N/A
Analytics and Reporting (6)
N/A
N/A
Personalized dashboards
N/A
N/A
Color-coded scorecards
N/A
N/A
KPIs
N/A
N/A
Cost and profitability analysis
N/A
N/A
Key Performance Indicator setting
N/A
N/A
Benchmarking with external data
N/A
N/A
Integration (3)
N/A
N/A
Flat file integration
N/A
N/A
Excel data integration
N/A
N/A
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
N/A
N/A
BI Standard Reporting
N/A
N/A
Ad-hoc Reporting
N/A
N/A
Report Output and Scheduling
N/A
N/A
Data Discovery and Visualization
N/A
N/A
Access Control and Security
N/A
N/A
Mobile Capabilities
N/A
N/A
We have used Adaptive for years and it works well as we adapt to changing business scenarios. We can make changes and see potential impacts to our business before they occur.
This is one of the best features as personnel in different areas at different sites can work together on the budget, forecast or "what-if" models.
40
Finance, operations, sales, marketing, engineering & IT
2
Good business knowledge of what we do
  • Reporting
  • Forecasting
  • Budgeting
  • Future business decisions
No
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
Adaptive had the right features and was a very user friendly product for us.
We probably would not change much. We evaluated 5 different products and Adaptive was the best fit.
  • Setting up the model
  • Data input
  • Making changes to the model and fitting to organization
  • The worst is setting up the personnel function for allocations
Easy to use and extremely flexible
We can access Adaptive anytime 24/7 from any computer or laptop pc or Mac. They are committed to keep this product up to date and relevant
August 05, 2015

CEO

David Smooha | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Reseller
Business Solution Partners is an Adaptive Suite implementation partner. We assist companies select and implement Adaptive Suite in their businesses. The Adaptive Suite is an incredibly great tool to work with as an implementer. It's cloud model allows us to connect and work from anywhere and the functionality of the application is very deep. Keep up the great work Adaptive.
  • Planning & forecasting
  • Dashboarding
  • Connectivity with Microsoft Office products (Excel, Power Point and Word).
  • Connectivity to ERP's
Adaptive is very well suited for NetSuite ERP clients as well as most Mid Market and Enterprise ERP applications.
  • BI360
Browser based application far better than traditional on premise applcation.
Critical to the running of our business.
All Companies, all departments, all locations.
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting (5)
100%
10.0
Long-term financial planning
100%
10.0
Financial budgeting
100%
10.0
Forecasting
100%
10.0
Scenario modeling
100%
10.0
Management reporting
100%
10.0
Consolidation and Close (7)
85.71428571428571%
8.6
Financial data consolidation
100%
10.0
Journal entries and reports
100%
10.0
Multi-currency management
100%
10.0
Intercompany Eliminations
N/A
N/A
Minority Ownership
100%
10.0
Local and consolidated reporting
100%
10.0
Detailed Audit Trails
100%
10.0
Financial Reporting and Compliance (5)
100%
10.0
Financial Statement Reporting
100%
10.0
Management Reporting
100%
10.0
Excel-based Reporting
100%
10.0
Automated board and financial reporting
100%
10.0
XBRL support for regulatory filing
100%
10.0
Analytics and Reporting (6)
100%
10.0
Personalized dashboards
100%
10.0
Color-coded scorecards
100%
10.0
KPIs
100%
10.0
Cost and profitability analysis
100%
10.0
Key Performance Indicator setting
100%
10.0
Benchmarking with external data
100%
10.0
Integration (3)
100%
10.0
Flat file integration
100%
10.0
Excel data integration
100%
10.0
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
100%
10.0
BI Standard Reporting
N/A
N/A
Ad-hoc Reporting
N/A
N/A
Report Output and Scheduling
N/A
N/A
Data Discovery and Visualization
N/A
N/A
Access Control and Security
N/A
N/A
Mobile Capabilities
N/A
N/A
Ease of merging data from disparate sources.
Strong application based upon years of business acumen.
May 01, 2015

Try Adaptive!

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We are currently using the planning software to plan for the entire company, but the software itself is only being utilized by the financial planning team. We are transitioning from using Excel for budget/forecasting to Adaptive Planning. We plan to move into other parts of the suite once we have mastered planning.
  • Easy to understand/use, also the help section is very easy to use.
  • Flexible. Can scale to the business, but still allows you to drill down into transaction detail when integrated with NetSuite.
  • Reporting is great. Very useful and informative.
  • Notes in dashboards. That is not currently supported.
  • Online training needs to provide more detail, probably an instance to match with the walk through so we can practice as well.
Does the suite provide all of the functionality I need?
Is the program cost effective once I have added in all of the suite items?
I have only used Excel, and Adaptive Suite blows it out of the water for planning/reporting.
Less than 10 users, mostly financial department executives. Used for company-wide planning/forecasting, but used only by Finance.
Never had a problem.
We use Adaptive with NetSuite and Sales Force, and both integrate seamlessly with the Adaptive platform.
Lysien Lakuriqi | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Adaptive is being rolled out to all of our directors for forecasting and planning. Monthly meetings are held to review all of our financials for all departments. We use it to compare variances in our versions and to update our rolling forecasts.
  • Very efficient in comparing variances between your actuals and forecasts. Reports are easy to use and can be made to your liking.
  • The view has to be adjusted each time you click on a different department. There is no way to lock in the view as you are clicking through the different versions and departments.
Adaptive Insights is used primarily by our finance department. We currently use NetSuite so it was very simple to integrate our preexisting data. There are features that can be used for the accounting team as well but our company has not accessed those yet. We currently only use the planning module of Adaptive but are looking to get OfficeConnect and Discovery as well.
There are currently four admin users that use Adaptive. All four are in the finance department and allow access to other members. Currently, only directors are given access to the reports and sheets in Adaptive. There is payroll information that cannot be shown to other users and the directors are responsible for handling the department's budgets and forecasts.
Integrating data from NetSuite is simple to do with Adaptive. Actuals can be pulled directly from NetSuite so nothing has to be manually input.
Anyone who has access to Adaptive can view all of the reports and sheets in real time. Reports can also be emailed to other Adaptive users very easily.
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