Great forecasting and budgeting system
June 26, 2017

Great forecasting and budgeting system

Frank Jiang | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Adaptive Suite

We use Adaptive Planning as our primary forecasting and budgeting tool, as well as for rudimentary customer level detail and cube data. It is used by the entire FPA team and allows us to work as a cohesive unit and easily deliver our budget or forecast as a single, seamless process.
  • Love the shared functionality and visibility that Adaptive provides. Being able to see how changes affect the bottom line on the fly and the ability to audit previous changes makes collaboration a breeze.
  • Nice suite of formulas, allowing for easy model creation.
  • Version comparison and creating backups.
  • The UI is a bit dated.
  • The ability to change my default settings (such as copying formulas vs. copying numbers to clipboard) when opening a new window.
  • Drag and drop version comparison, timeframes or levels (UI -related).
  • POSITIVE: We have been able to more quickly identify important KPIs and potential issues that drive the bottom line.
  • POSITIVE: We have clearer visibility into the financial future of our business and can better plan our business operations as a result.
Adaptive is well suited for team-driven products that require multiple individuals to contribute to a single product. Adaptive is strong at modeling and doing comparative analysis with historical periods. Adaptive could be easier to use when trying to integrate it with other systems (Tableau, SQL etc.).

Workday Adaptive Planning Feature Ratings

Long-term financial planning
8
Financial budgeting
8
Forecasting
9
Scenario modeling
10
Management reporting
8
Financial data consolidation
9
Journal entries and reports
Not Rated
Multi-currency management
Not Rated
Intercompany Eliminations
Not Rated
Minority Ownership
Not Rated
Local and consolidated reporting
8
Detailed Audit Trails
9
Financial Statement Reporting
Not Rated
Management Reporting
9
Excel-based Reporting
8
Automated board and financial reporting
8
XBRL support for regulatory filing
Not Rated
Personalized dashboards
7
Color-coded scorecards
Not Rated
KPIs
8
Cost and profitability analysis
8
Key Performance Indicator setting
Not Rated
Benchmarking with external data
Not Rated
Flat file integration
8
Excel data integration
8
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
6