Anaplan - Excellent connected planning platform
March 16, 2026

Anaplan - Excellent connected planning platform

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

Overall Satisfaction with Anaplan

We use Anaplan for FP&A planning. We plan a full P&L by channel for Wholesale, Direct Store, & .com business. We plan down to the store/customer group using robust driver based planning. In true connected planning form, results are sent to a consolidation model for consolidation with built in FX and Elim logic. In addition, we plan SG&A by cost center for consolidation in the consolidation model. We also offer end users robust reporting inside of Anaplan.

Pros

  • Data Integration through API
  • Ease of Build
  • Ease of use by end user
  • Ease of connected planning

Cons

  • Faster delivery of requested features
  • Performance and scalability
  • More AI integration
  • Users are able to move out of Excel
  • Decreased time creating the Forecast
  • More time allowed for Analytics
If you can use Excel, you can use Anaplan. It is a very simple tool that can be easily adopted across the organization. It is also very powerful at the same time. Audit capability is quite good to see who made the last change and results are immediately consolidated and available at the top level for reporting.
  • SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
Anaplan is an evolution of classic EPM tools like SAP BPC. It is simply a much easier system to maintain and roll-out. Dashboards are very user friendly and the Excel add-in is just as powerful. Anaplan excels at connected planning where all models are connected and rolled up in real-time.

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

Excellent for FP&A planning, Excellent for Driver based planning, Excellent for Operational planning. Anaplan is a blank space and can handle any planning use case that you could imagine using Excel for. Anaplan also has several options for consolidations including building out a solution in native Anaplan platform or using the dedicated consolidation platform. In addition, Anaplan offers a very robust Excel add-in. I would like to see Anaplan improve in concurrency performance.

Anaplan Feature Ratings

9.4
Long-term financial planning
10
Financial budgeting
10
Forecasting
10
Scenario modeling
10
Management reporting
7
6.5
Financial data consolidation
8
Journal entries and reports
6
Local and consolidated reporting
6
Detailed Audit Trails
6
9.0
Financial Statement Reporting
8
Management Reporting
9
Excel-based Reporting
10
8.5
Personalized dashboards
10
Color-coded scorecards
8
Cost and profitability analysis
8
Key Performance Indicator setting
8
10.0
Flat file integration
10
Excel data integration
10
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
10
3.0
Customizable dashboards
3
Ad-hoc Reporting ()
Not Rated
6.5
Publish to PDF
7
Report Versioning
6
Data Discovery and Visualization ()
Not Rated
9.5
Role-Based Security Model
10
Report-Level Access Control
9
5.0
Responsive Design for Web Access
5
Mobile Application
5
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
5

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