Anaplan, the Cloud Software for You
January 01, 2022

Anaplan, the Cloud Software for You

Jeremy Stern | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Anaplan

As an Anaplan implementation firm, I support businesses in their implementation of the Anaplan software to solve business issues. We support a wide range of business cases, from financial planning and analysis to sales performance management to supply chain and operations planning. The use cases within each can range from standard, which all companies may see in their business, to business-specific. Overall, the flexibility of Anaplan allows each business to standardize when available, yet customize when necessary.
  • Financial Planning & Analysis
  • Sales Performance Management
  • Sales & Operations Planning
  • Connected Revenue Forecasting
  • Executive and Management Reporting
  • Hierarchy flattening
  • Connection between back-end modules and front-end apps/dashboards
  • Segmented revision management
  • Automatic aggregation
  • Customization
  • History tracking
  • Shorter cycle times in planning
  • Centralized planning tool
  • Traceability and consistency in processes

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 well-suited to businesses that know what questions they need to be answered and are willing to work to the optimal solution for scalability, feasibility, and usability. This includes specific processes that need transfer out of a legacy system, as well as new problems that the team is willing to invest time and effort to solve. Anaplan is less appropriate for companies that are looking for completely out-of-the-box solutions that would fit any company. The flexibility and customization is an immense asset to Anaplan, so if it is viewed as a hindrance then the solution may not be the right fit.

Anaplan Feature Ratings

Long-term financial planning
10
Financial budgeting
8
Forecasting
10
Scenario modeling
7
Management reporting
7
Financial data consolidation
6
Journal entries and reports
5
Local and consolidated reporting
8
Detailed Audit Trails
9
Financial Statement Reporting
9
Management Reporting
9
Excel-based Reporting
7
Personalized dashboards
8
Color-coded scorecards
8
Cost and profitability analysis
10
Key Performance Indicator setting
9
Flat file integration
10
Excel data integration
8
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
7
Customizable dashboards
8
Publish to PDF
10
Report Versioning
8
Role-Based Security Model
10
Responsive Design for Web Access
8
Mobile Application
5
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
5