Business Oriented Planning Platform
Overall Satisfaction with Anaplan
Anaplan is used by the Marketing department for the driver-based budgeting process—replacing the existing spreadsheet-based planning. It allows users to plan for multiple scenarios. It consolidates marketing expenses targeted to different segments of customers, that are under different teams within the department, in real-time. Accordingly, it eliminates the need to consolidate numerous spreadsheets to get an overall cost. Historical data that is pulled into Anaplan also provides users with the ability to generate a more accurate forecast.
- User oriented modeling tool driving more ownership of the application.
- Cloud-based platform eliminating the need of maintaining infrastructure.
- Fast calculation engine.
- Lack of ability to do data transformation during import and export.
- Excel add-on functionality needs to catch up with some other competitors.
- Fast data load allows shorter processing time.
- Ability to connect results from one model to another model, allowing planning to be integrated.
- Flexibility allows shorter development cycle for new requirements.
- Actual data is available regularly and faster, providing the business with more accurate insights.
- Users have more time for other analysis activities with shorter planning cycle.
Anaplan modeling tool is more user-oriented. It is more likely users are able to understand the Anaplan formula which in turn increases ownership of the model built. Anaplan is a pure cloud-based platform that supports future scalability and allows users to focus on modeling the business.
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?
Yes
Did implementation of Anaplan go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Anaplan again?
Yes