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Anaplan - Powerful Platform for Connected Planning
September 07, 2021

Anaplan - Powerful Platform for Connected Planning

Sathya Markandeswaran | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Anaplan

Anaplan is being used by the Anaplan Practice in EY. We solve customers business requirements using Anaplan for Finance Planning & Analysis, Supply Chain, Sales Planning and Operations across the globe.
  • xP&A - Connected Planning - Anaplan can be used across the business for different use cases to take strategic decisions
  • Anaplan PlanIQ - to drive accurate decisions with forecasting that leverages AI and ML
  • Anaplan Predictive Insights - Connects enterprise and Market data and enables rich predictive modeling at scale to deliver actionable planning insights
  • Workflow can be improved
  • Auto-Complete Functionality in Formulas (similar to Excel)
  • Native Scheduling capabilities - depends on third party system
  • Integration with other platforms could be expanded
  • Model Building
  • API Integration
  • Import/Export Capabilities
  • Management Reporting
  • Collaborative planning and accuracy
  • Data analytics
  • Scenario analysis
Cognos TM1 is an On-Prim tool, compared to Anaplan, the implementation time is more. Also, visualization is more powerful in Anaplan than Cognos TM1.

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

Anaplan is a quick implementation tool compared to other On-Prim tools for many business scenarios.
It is ideal for Forecasting/Planning and management reporting is useful for end-users.
Anaplan is customizable and it is a great tool for real-time what-if analysis.

Anaplan Feature Ratings

10.0
Long-term financial planning
10
Financial budgeting
10
Forecasting
10
Scenario modeling
10
Management reporting
10
10.0
Financial data consolidation
10
Journal entries and reports
10
Local and consolidated reporting
10
Detailed Audit Trails
10
10.0
Financial Statement Reporting
10
Management Reporting
10
Excel-based Reporting
10
10.0
Personalized dashboards
10
Color-coded scorecards
10
Cost and profitability analysis
10
Key Performance Indicator setting
10
10.0
Flat file integration
10
Excel data integration
10
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
10
10.0
Customizable dashboards
10
Ad-hoc Reporting ()
Not Rated
10.0
Publish to PDF
10
Report Versioning
10
Data Discovery and Visualization ()
Not Rated
10.0
Role-Based Security Model
10
10.0
Responsive Design for Web Access
10
Mobile Application
10
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
10