Connected Planning using Anaplan
December 07, 2021

Connected Planning using Anaplan

Anilkumar Chennareddy | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Anaplan

Anaplan is used in different uses of Financial Planning across industries, we had addressed the problems of real-time planning faced with excel and other planning tools. One of them is the level of forecasting has been changed from high to low which gives more accurate results. Able to provide scenario planning where the different scenarios can be planned based on the change in the market by changing the drivers and analyzing the results with the change in the market. Provided various reports where the comparison is done between the historical month forecasts(snapshots) with current forecast and variance between the forecasts which helped to a better understanding on market and change their planning accordingly. The solution helped to streamline the planning and handle the unexpected changes in the market to get better results.
  • Handling real-time calculations.
  • Connected planning.
  • Handling huge data.
  • Multi dimensional reporting.
  • Customized User Interface.
  • Faster Implementation Cycle.
  • Workflow.
  • ALM for new UX to sync page changes across app.
  • Developer features like formula syntax like excel when formulas are written.
  • Automatic update of time ranges with change in calendar.
  • Security likes the option to add roles and update the module to role access, etc using action which can only be run by Admin.
  • Connected planning.
  • Real time data calculations.
  • Customized User Interface.
  • Easily accessible.
  • Multidimensional data inputs and reporting.
  • Able to plan at more granular level with real-time data.
  • Connected planning.
  • Scenario Planning.

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

Suits: -Established use cases like FP&A and SPM -Granular Planning adjustment use cases. Less Suited: -Optimization use cases with a kickback condition in the objective function -Iterative hierarchy creations.

Anaplan Feature Ratings

Long-term financial planning
9
Financial budgeting
7
Forecasting
10
Scenario modeling
10
Management reporting
6
Financial data consolidation
9
Journal entries and reports
8
Local and consolidated reporting
7
Financial Statement Reporting
8
Management Reporting
8
Excel-based Reporting
10
Personalized dashboards
5
Color-coded scorecards
8
Excel data integration
7
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
5
Customizable dashboards
9
Publish to PDF
8
Report Versioning
5
Role-Based Security Model
9
Mobile Application
7
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
6