Anaplan - Data Crunching
May 08, 2017

Anaplan - Data Crunching

Garrett Womack | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Anaplan

It is now our primary forecasting tool. We use it to forecast different flavors of our P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash flow. We use it to do our workforce planning as well as a bottoms up revenue and billings forecast. We are using the system to report as well. We take the information out of Anaplan and send it to users who do not have access to the system.
  • The data crunching is very powerful. I have never worked in a system that can crunch data this well.
  • The tools it provides to accomplish what you need are very strong. I like the flexibility.
  • Live updating of numbers is very nice.
  • The text editor for writing formulas is terrible. I write all of my formulas in notepad ++. I shouldn't have to work outside the system to engineering the system. Please allow me to indent if statements, and provide more context into formulas. This needs massive improvement and makes working in the system incredibly clumsy.
  • The documentation on formulas isn't great.
  • Formatting is very limited in the system.
  • Dashboard text boxes need more options. Being able to input width and height numbers to control the size would be very helpful.
  • Creating a better way to organize your lists and modules would be incredibly helpful.
  • Creating revenue waterfalls and billing cycles in the system is very difficult.
  • None
We use to have Adaptive Planning. Adaptive has better reporting than Anaplan but is very hard to work with and doesn't provide the data crunch needs that we have.
Any sort of data crunch is great in Anaplan. Learning the system if you aren't very technical is very hard.

Anaplan Feature Ratings

Long-term financial planning
8
Financial budgeting
8
Forecasting
8
Scenario modeling
10
Management reporting
5
Financial data consolidation
9
Journal entries and reports
3
Local and consolidated reporting
8
Detailed Audit Trails
6
Financial Statement Reporting
8
Management Reporting
8
Excel-based Reporting
2
Personalized dashboards
3
Color-coded scorecards
3
Cost and profitability analysis
6
Key Performance Indicator setting
6
Flat file integration
7
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
3