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Great product for most, probably not for me though.
May 09, 2018

Great product for most, probably not for me though.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 3 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Anaplan

We use Anaplan to set up our annual budget and do monthly projections. The model is used by 12 users in the department.
  • Anaplan does automatically what we had to do manually using Excel in the past. This saves both time and energy for the users.
  • Unless you're a technically-minded person, Anaplan doesn't logically make sense. It takes a lot of training and notes to learn how to use the system and can be incredibly frustrating. I often miss Excel and want to dump Anaplan for the archaic process.
We have only ever used Excel and as many people have said, Anaplan is Excel on steroids.
Anaplan seems to be geared towards the typical business with revenue and expenses, inventory, employees, etc to be tracked. Though we found a way to basically jury-rig the system to kind of work for us, it's not ideal and feels like a waste of money. However, in meeting with other users of Anaplan from non-government based businesses, they all seem to love it and it has made a world of a difference in their companies.

Anaplan Feature Ratings

7.0
Long-term financial planning
7
Financial budgeting
7
Forecasting
7
Scenario modeling
7
Management reporting
7
Consolidation and Close ()
Not Rated
3.0
Financial Statement Reporting
3
Management Reporting
3
Excel-based Reporting
3
5.5
Personalized dashboards
7
Color-coded scorecards
4
5.0
Flat file integration
5
Excel data integration
5
BI Standard Reporting ()
Not Rated
Ad-hoc Reporting ()
Not Rated
Report Output and Scheduling ()
Not Rated
Data Discovery and Visualization ()
Not Rated
Access Control and Security ()
Not Rated
Mobile Capabilities ()
Not Rated