Anaplan Review
November 03, 2021

Anaplan Review

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Anaplan

Internally we use Anaplan for project management. We use this to consider the opportunities we have upcoming, and plan which employees will be considered for that opportunity. The model then uses utilization, a cost rate, and a list price, to determine what the revenue, cost, and margin would be for each opportunity. This has allowed us a lot of flexibility in planning for projects and determining which projects to target as well as who should be assigned to each of these projects. It also makes it easy to add employees to projects later on if there is more work or to remove employees if there is not enough work on that opportunity.
  • Easy to make adjustments
  • Complex calculation logic
  • Ability to plan at any level of detail
  • Consolidates data in a single system
  • UX still has some bugs and areas for improvement
  • Flexibility
  • Saves time
  • Easy to use
  • Quicker planning cycle
  • Less manual work

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

I think Anaplan is well suited for areas like FP&A, Workforce Planning, expense planning, what-if scenarios. All of these situations tend to have an appropriate level of detail for Anaplan to handle all of the calculations and reporting in the way that is required by the business. I think Anaplan is less appropriate for forecasting line-level detail or anything that is at a very granular level of detail over a long period of time. With the size restrictions in Anaplan, it can be hard to create a forecast model for something that is incredibly detailed and may need to cross multiple dimensions, some of which are extremely large.

Anaplan Feature Ratings

Long-term financial planning
10
Financial budgeting
10
Forecasting
10
Scenario modeling
8
Management reporting
Not Rated
Local and consolidated reporting
8
Detailed Audit Trails
7
Management Reporting
Not Rated
Personalized dashboards
7
Color-coded scorecards
7
Key Performance Indicator setting
10
Flat file integration
10
Excel data integration
7
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
7
Customizable dashboards
7
Publish to PDF
8
Role-Based Security Model
8
Responsive Design for Web Access
Not Rated
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
Not Rated