Anaplan Review by Finance Model Builder
July 21, 2023

Anaplan Review by Finance Model Builder

Kudiarasu Masilamani | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Anaplan

We use Anaplan in HR, Finance and Sales planning teams. we integrate all these organization using Anaplan leading to Connected planning.
Prior to using Anaplan all the teams were using Excel worksheets leading to delay in submission and incorrect version.
Using Anaplan we have eliminated such issues. The Data transfer between systems and teams have improved and created more trust in the data and team, the process.
  • Real time consolidation
  • Tracking History
  • Data Security
  • Integrations
  • Dynamic Reporting
  • Model sizing factor
  • Connected Planning
  • Data Security
  • Real time consolidation
  • Quick turnaround of data between teams
  • Managing entire 28-billion-dollar companies planning
  • Complex Business Scenario planning
Anaplan is more flexible and can adapt to any business scenario.
It is very cost effective compared to other platforms in the market.
Time to implement a solution is very short depending on use case.
Does not require dedicated IT team and can be managed by Technically sound resource outside of IT.
Good Excel integration and connectivity.

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 used in Finance, Sales, Supply chain planning. It is good for consolidating and connected planning.
It can improve in areas of reporting, current set is good for management reporting, but not so useful for end user reporting where they have competition from Power BI, Tableau and Qlik sense.

Anaplan Feature Ratings

Long-term financial planning
8
Financial budgeting
8
Forecasting
8
Scenario modeling
5
Management reporting
8
Financial data consolidation
8
Journal entries and reports
2
Local and consolidated reporting
8
Detailed Audit Trails
8
Financial Statement Reporting
8
Management Reporting
8
Excel-based Reporting
8
Personalized dashboards
5
Color-coded scorecards
8
Cost and profitability analysis
8
Key Performance Indicator setting
8
Flat file integration
8
Excel data integration
6
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
7
Customizable dashboards
7
Publish to PDF
7
Report Versioning
7
Role-Based Security Model
9
Report-Level Access Control
9
Responsive Design for Web Access
8
Mobile Application
8
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
8