The best tool for comprehensive planning
November 07, 2025

The best tool for comprehensive planning

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

Overall Satisfaction with Anaplan

Anaplan is used mainly for Demand Planning and IFRS 16. Problem that Anaplan addresses is the complexity and volume of handling the demand planning in a global company. Anaplan allows demand managers to gather and create the demand forecast on a product level. Demand is then used in financial planning as well as manufacturing planning.

Pros

  • Large amount of data
  • Flexibility when changes are needed in the forecasting process
  • Flexibility in a way that it can be used to address different methods of forecasting demand

Cons

  • This could be fixed by a skilled developer and collaboration with end users. Not particularly a platform problem but nevertheless it is very common that the end user dashboards are not good
  • Model size is always a problem when working with large data sets. The limit in model size limits what can be done in the model
  • Although Anaplan is flexible, in reality it´s very time consuming to change certain things in the model (for example hierarchy level removal)
  • Clarity on the demand forecast process
  • Reduced time to create the demand (from weeks to days)
You have to be very active towards the end users when creating and maintaining dashboards. It is easy to just publish a dashboard and assume that everyone knows how to use it. The end user must be guided through the process by writing instruction on dashboards. If you don´t do this the usability can be really bad.

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?

No

Would you buy Anaplan again?

Yes

Very suitable for any forecast process that is complex, industry/company specific and requires a lot of data. Especially good for Financial Planning, Sales Performance Management and Demand Planning. Anaplan really shines when you have all the mentioned things and you combine those to create a comprehensive planning solution. Anaplan has a lot of reporting functionalities but I would still use other tools for reporting (PowerBI for example).

Anaplan Feature Ratings

9.0
Long-term financial planning
10
Financial budgeting
10
Forecasting
10
Scenario modeling
10
Management reporting
5
6.5
Financial data consolidation
7
Journal entries and reports
6
Local and consolidated reporting
5
Detailed Audit Trails
8
6.3
Financial Statement Reporting
7
Management Reporting
5
Excel-based Reporting
7
6.5
Personalized dashboards
6
Color-coded scorecards
5
Cost and profitability analysis
7
Key Performance Indicator setting
8
8.0
Flat file integration
9
Excel data integration
9
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
6
5.0
Customizable dashboards
5
Ad-hoc Reporting ()
Not Rated
5.5
Publish to PDF
7
Report Versioning
4
Data Discovery and Visualization ()
Not Rated
8.0
Role-Based Security Model
8
Report-Level Access Control
8
6.0
Responsive Design for Web Access
6
Mobile Application
6
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
6

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