Flexible, powerful connected planning
December 28, 2021

Flexible, powerful connected planning

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Anaplan

Anaplan is an extremely powerful and flexible tool for planning and modeling. My organization currently uses it for Territory & Quota Planning and Sales Incentive Compensation, however, in other organizations I have used it for functions as diverse as Sales Forecasting, Headcount Planning, FP&A, Sales Performance Management, and Trade Promotion Management.

Pros

  • Fast real-time calculations.
  • Collaborative inputs
  • Data security options by role, list item, down to the individual cell level.
  • Easy to learn model building.

Cons

  • User Management
  • All-or-nothing ALM
  • Minor build errors lock entire model for all users.
  • Flexibility
  • Speed of Model Development
  • Accessibility
  • Faster planning cycle
  • Reduced errors
  • Greater auditability

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

Anaplan is a great alternative for organizations that are used to running complex planning processes via Excel. Anaplan provides structure, security, and auditability, but also offers Excel-like flexibility and familiarity for end users. This allows for significant time and effort savings to an Excel-based planning process. However, Anaplan can be frustrating for end users if there are many end users attempting to run complex processes (list item creation, data imports, etc.) concurrently, as the previous process must finish entirely before the next one kicks off.

Anaplan Feature Ratings

8.8
Long-term financial planning
9
Financial budgeting
9
Forecasting
9
Scenario modeling
10
Management reporting
7
Not Rated
Financial data consolidation
Not Rated
Journal entries and reports
Not Rated
Local and consolidated reporting
Not Rated
Detailed Audit Trails
Not Rated
Not Rated
Financial Statement Reporting
Not Rated
Management Reporting
Not Rated
Excel-based Reporting
Not Rated
Not Rated
Personalized dashboards
Not Rated
Color-coded scorecards
Not Rated
Cost and profitability analysis
Not Rated
Key Performance Indicator setting
Not Rated
Not Rated
Flat file integration
Not Rated
Excel data integration
Not Rated
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
Not Rated
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Customizable dashboards
Not Rated
Ad-hoc Reporting ()
Not Rated
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Publish to PDF
Not Rated
Report Versioning
Not Rated
Data Discovery and Visualization ()
Not Rated
Not Rated
Role-Based Security Model
Not Rated
Not Rated
Responsive Design for Web Access
Not Rated
Mobile Application
Not Rated
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
Not Rated

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