A powerful and flexible tool for planning and reporting
October 20, 2021
A powerful and flexible tool for planning and reporting
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Anaplan
We use Anaplan for a variety of finance use cases, including budgeting, management reporting, and long-range planning. One example of a problem Anaplan addressed was numerous excel files that were difficult to keep consistent in [the] process or roll up to summary reporting in a timely manner. Anaplan's real-time nature and cloud-based dashboards that can be used across the department keep everyone on the same page and with updated information.
Pros
- Real-time updates - An entry on one dashboard will automatically flow to other relevant areas of the model
- Continuous improvement of the product based on feedback from customers
- Ease of use for both end users and model builders
Cons
- The new UX does not handle transaction drill-downs the same as the classic UX and should be brought to parity with the old setup.
- The system can lock for several minutes for minor errors from a model builder, such as writing a true/false formula without updating the format to boolean.
- Flexibility - We can make changes in-house based on changing business needs
- Real-time updates
- Customization to handle our unique needs
- Each dashboard often saves hours of work per week or month for the individuals that used to have to recreate such dashboards manually on a recurring basis.
- The budget window has reduced significantly because it is easier to plan and roll up results across our account and organization hierarchy.
- We were able to move to more metric-based planning, requiring less manual work and improving accuracy.
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
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