Anaplan- a great tool
Updated November 09, 2023
Anaplan- a great tool
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Anaplan
Our company moved completely from the standard locally stored data into Anaplan Cloud solution. It improved a lot the whole process of transforming source data into financial results. Many aspects of the daily job were enhanced - security, managing ability, accuracy, scalability, efficiency. I'd like to recommend Anaplan to all those people that need a solution having a database + calculation functions on big sets of data.
- Flexibility.
- Scalability.
- Cloud experience.
- Access management
- Hearing community.
- Multi purpose usage
- Customer satisfaction was much improved.
Anaplan is a way more efficient solution that SAP BW. Performance of Anaplan beats SAP definitely and people prefer to use Anaplan more than SAP. It's much easier to adopt Anaplan which is easy than SAP which needs some experience before using it efficiently. Generally Anaplan is more pleasant to operate on than SAP BW.
Do you think Anaplan delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Anaplan's feature set?
Yes
Did Anaplan live up to sales and marketing promises?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of Anaplan go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Anaplan again?
Yes
Anaplan Feature Ratings
Using Anaplan
100 - Various- from business users, through analysts to High management
30 - Few categories of people:
1. Strong developers
1. Strong developers
2. Solution architects
3. Anaplan PMs
4. Business analysts
- Budgeting
- Headcount planning
- Financial reporting
- Master data management
- Model analysis
Evaluating Anaplan and Competitors
Not Sure
- Cloud Solutions
- Scalability
- Ease of Use
Anaplan provides great real time collaboration experience. Users can interact with models live. It makes the product ideal for the processes where people use designed solutions at the same time. With the advanced features of keeping the concurrent activities properly queued- anaplan makes it safe and reliable for all the users
Anaplan was chosen among other available solutions thoughtfully. With all its features all the previously used software was beaten by far.
Anaplan Implementation
- Implemented in-house
- Lack of experienced builders
Anaplan Training
- No Training
Relatively easy for people having database background
Configuring Anaplan
To hire master anaplanner being able to lead the design strategy
No - there is no facility to customize the interface
No - we have not done any custom code
Anaplan Support
Pros | Cons |
---|---|
Quick Resolution Knowledgeable team Kept well informed Immediate help available | Problems left unsolved Escalation required Need to explain problems multiple times Slow Initial Response |
No exceptional support experience
Using Anaplan
Pros | Cons |
---|---|
Like to use Easy to use Well integrated Quick to learn Feel confident using | Unnecessarily complex Cumbersome |
- Calculations
- Formulas building
- User management
- Building dashboards
Yes, but I don't use it
Anaplan Reliability
Integrating Anaplan
- Alteryx
Custom connector built- technical knowledge was required
- File import/export
Get familiar with API
Relationship with Anaplan
Upgrading Anaplan
- New functionalities
- Expansion of features