New User Review
May 08, 2017

New User Review

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Anaplan

Our initial use case for Anaplan was to use it for our annual budgeting cycle. This involves nearly 100 users across our organization. It will save us a ton of time to complete a budget cycle as well as allow us to re-forecast quarterly once we are fully up and running. We have 3 model builders who are in Anaplan daily.
  • Processes data very well. We have millions of transactions that Anaplan can provide analysis for extremely quickly. Excel could not manage the process.
  • Easy to set security permissions based on role. This allows us to create one template and send to 50 business leaders who all manage different aspects of the business.
  • Dynamic dashboards so individuals can pivot and look at data they want to see.
  • Formatting. Formatting is awful when compared to Excel and limits wanted reporting.
  • Complex integrations require time. No one seems to truly be an expert at Anaplan. Trial and error is a must to learn the system.
It led the competition in almost every category it ranked. For our ever changing business, we felt it was best fitting for us to grow and evolve. We evaluated 6 different options but are very happy with our decision. Now, we just need time to start seeing the full potential of what Anaplan has to offer.
We are still under a year with Anaplan so I expect us to grow as well as Anaplan. I am still glad we went with Anaplan but wish we had allowed more initial time to learn the system. Our adoption of the language and understanding of Anaplan is taking longer than we expected.

Anaplan Feature Ratings

Long-term financial planning
10
Financial budgeting
10
Forecasting
10
Scenario modeling
9
Management reporting
5
Financial data consolidation
Not Rated
Journal entries and reports
Not Rated
Local and consolidated reporting
Not Rated
Detailed Audit Trails
Not Rated
Financial Statement Reporting
Not Rated
Management Reporting
Not Rated
Excel-based Reporting
Not Rated
Personalized dashboards
7
Color-coded scorecards
7
Cost and profitability analysis
Not Rated
Key Performance Indicator setting
Not Rated
Flat file integration
Not Rated
Excel data integration
8
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
Not Rated