Anaplan: enterprise-grade flexible and scalable planning platform
November 05, 2024

Anaplan: enterprise-grade flexible and scalable planning platform

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

Overall Satisfaction with Anaplan

We implement Anaplan for our customers across a variety of use cases for Enterprise Performance Management, focusing on the financial services and alternative markets sectors. Use cases cover core financial and HR applications as well as sector specific applications such as investment reporting, long-term incentive compensation, revenue planning and profitability analytics.

Pros

  • Scalable enterprise platform
  • Customization
  • Integration with core data systems
  • Connectivity across multiple use cases

Cons

  • Platform size can grow rapidly under multiple dimensions
  • Cost to add new users is high
  • Extensive manual work to build new models properly
  • Assists clients in making informed business decisions with confidence
  • Provides transparency and drill down to detailed information
  • Allows businesses to expand without reliance on IT resources
Highly usable but requires skilled resources to implement
Anaplan is a proven tool for scalable applications and is flexible to support multiple use cases. Its support is established and the user community is strong. Resources to support the product are readily available.

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

Well suited to complex, high volume applications. Less suited to simple models where other tools might provide better value.

Anaplan Feature Ratings

9.6
Long-term financial planning
10
Financial budgeting
10
Forecasting
10
Scenario modeling
10
Management reporting
8
3.8
Financial data consolidation
5
Journal entries and reports
1
Local and consolidated reporting
4
Detailed Audit Trails
5
7.7
Financial Statement Reporting
8
Management Reporting
8
Excel-based Reporting
7
7.8
Personalized dashboards
7
Color-coded scorecards
6
Cost and profitability analysis
9
Key Performance Indicator setting
9
8.0
Flat file integration
10
Excel data integration
8
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
6
9.0
Customizable dashboards
9
Ad-hoc Reporting ()
Not Rated
9.5
Publish to PDF
10
Report Versioning
9
Data Discovery and Visualization ()
Not Rated
9.5
Role-Based Security Model
9
Report-Level Access Control
10
6.7
Responsive Design for Web Access
6
Mobile Application
6
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
8

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