High flexibility and high performance
April 09, 2025

High flexibility and high performance

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

Overall Satisfaction with Anaplan

Used in conjunction with human resource planning and sales cost planning.One of the issues was that the PL and the increase in cost of hiring new personnel were not linked, and it was a black box as to how many personnel should be hired to ensure the appropriateness of the company. By linking the two, it became possible to simulate the appropriate number of employees to meet management targets.

Pros

  • High flexibility to implement various logic
  • High performance for processing huge amounts of data
  • Extensive components to accelerate development

Cons

  • Mobile App Usability
  • Fewer types of graphs compared to BI products
  • Developer license is expensive
  • Reduction of time spent on planning work previously done in Excel
  • Advanced planning for detailed data that was not possible with Excel
  • Faster planning cycles due to the reduction of unnecessary communication among personnel by sharing one data with everyone.
Developer's Perspective
Logic is easy to construct as if using Excel functions.
Easy to edit screens by drag-and-drop.
Many APIs are available, making it easy to link data with external systems.

End-user's Perspective
Ease of screen operations required for business, such as Pivot and filters.
Good visibility due to the color-coding of input and reference areas.

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

Suitable scenarios
Deployment for multiple departments or business areas.Consolidation of siloed planning data and consistent planning operations across the company. The high license fee, a negative point, is easy to effect as more users are added.

Unsuitable scenarios
Deployment for only one department or one business area.Due to the high license fee, the return on investment cannot be achieved, and the original value of Anaplan cannot be utilized. The result is a high-end spreadsheet.

Anaplan Feature Ratings

8.4
Long-term financial planning
8
Financial budgeting
8
Forecasting
9
Scenario modeling
10
Management reporting
7
8.0
Financial data consolidation
8
Journal entries and reports
8
Local and consolidated reporting
7
Detailed Audit Trails
9
7.7
Financial Statement Reporting
8
Management Reporting
7
Excel-based Reporting
8
7.8
Personalized dashboards
8
Color-coded scorecards
7
Cost and profitability analysis
8
Key Performance Indicator setting
8
8.0
Flat file integration
9
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
7
7.0
Customizable dashboards
7
Ad-hoc Reporting ()
Not Rated
8.5
Publish to PDF
8
Report Versioning
9
Data Discovery and Visualization ()
Not Rated
9.5
Role-Based Security Model
10
Report-Level Access Control
9
6.7
Responsive Design for Web Access
7
Mobile Application
6
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
7

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