Powerful CPM Tool
December 30, 2022
Powerful CPM Tool
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Anaplan
Anaplan is used primarily in sales operations, and partially in sales finance. We use it for the following sales operations use cases: sales forecasts, pipeline generation forecasts, territory planning, book of business planning, capacity and quota planning, account classification, etc. Sales finance is using Anaplan to track and analyze bookings (in-quarter and history) in multiple currencies. We also use Anaplan for technical purposes in sales operations: master data alignment, cross-system data hygiene and reconciliation, sales teams maintenance.
Pros
- Phenomenal performance of multidimensional data structures
- Easy data modeling
- Beautiful data presentation and visualization
- Smooth user interaction on a single planning platform
Cons
- Clunky interfaces with source systems (although improved with Cloudworks)
- Slow data loads
- No drill down to source systems
- Predictive calculations based on historical trends and large data volumes
- Dynamic live charts
- Ability to detect and highlight data issues, thus facilitating data cleansing at the source
- Credible predictive insights
- Easily available historical data in one place
- Reduced manual labor
DocuSign is one of the early Anaplan adopters, the tool was purchased way before I joined the company. So, I have little to say about the selection process. Based on my personal knowledge, Anaplan has:
- better performance on large data volumes without the need to write additional code (e.g. feeders) to optimize performance
- easier and less technical data modeling (simple text-based formulae, point-and-click formulae writing, easy-to-find references, subsidiary views, etc)
- good self-documentation features
- better performance on large data volumes without the need to write additional code (e.g. feeders) to optimize performance
- easier and less technical data modeling (simple text-based formulae, point-and-click formulae writing, easy-to-find references, subsidiary views, etc)
- good self-documentation features
Do you think Anaplan delivers good value for the price?
Not sure
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?
I wasn't involved with the implementation phase
Would you buy Anaplan again?
Yes
Anaplan Feature Ratings
Anaplan Training
- Online Training
- In-Person Training
- No Training
Yes. It is fairly intuitive to learn how to use, and how to build models
Anaplan Support
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Quick Resolution Good followup Knowledgeable team Problems get solved Kept well informed Immediate help available Support understands my problem Support cares about my success Quick Initial Response | None |
No. We have sufficient skills internally to resolve most issues.
Yes - Yes. Generally bugs occur after a system upgrade. They get resolved quickly.
Our implementation is old. Some models were built on features that became outdated over time. Anaplan support team provides good service resolving such issues. For example, early in Anaplan lifecycle it was possible to remove actuals version. Later actuals version became a default, without an option to remove. One of our early large high traffic model did not have actuals version, and it was not possible to rebuild it from scratch. Anaplan support team was very surprised when we reported it, but they quickly developed, tested and implemented custom code to insert actuals version back.
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