Anaplan, when in the right place/time
October 31, 2017

Anaplan, when in the right place/time

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Anaplan

It is being used by sales/sales ops and finance for various types of forecasting and cash flow analysis. With the sales portion, the part I worked on it was ideally for an automated forecast for global sales org. What was "fully automated" was really maybe 75-80% automated which lead to a number of data integrity issues
  • Manipulation of big data
  • Viewing of live data across offices/the globe
  • The Hub offers a good area for getting more information
  • Standardized training offering
  • Lag times with large models
  • Product adoption, there needs to be more of a push because it is fairly specialized so finding talent that has used it is tough
Wasn't here when decision was made
Appropriate: financial modeling, long range planning, sales forecasting (dependent on org structure). Less appropriate: when there is no IT management support at high levels and a tight budget for going live.

Anaplan Feature Ratings

Long-term financial planning
7
Financial budgeting
7
Forecasting
7
Scenario modeling
7
Management reporting
6
Financial data consolidation
7
Journal entries and reports
Not Rated
Local and consolidated reporting
Not Rated
Detailed Audit Trails
8
Financial Statement Reporting
8
Management Reporting
7
Excel-based Reporting
Not Rated
Personalized dashboards
5
Color-coded scorecards
6
Cost and profitability analysis
7
Key Performance Indicator setting
6
Flat file integration
6
Excel data integration
Not Rated
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
Not Rated