Item: IBM Planning Analytics
Rating: 10
Author: Christopher Wolfe

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Integrated Financials, Financial Performance Management, Planning and Forecasting

Pros and Cons

Incredibly Flexible Platform
Consolidates Data Quickly

Slowly Changing Hierarchies
Ingesting Cloud Data Sources

Return on Investment

Reduce time to close.
Reduce time to generate ad hoc analysis.

IBM Planning Analytics provides significant flexibility and a platform to build future needs on. It has many years of use and is a known quantity, as well as IBM backing for support. It continues to grow. It has Excel integration and Planning Analytics Workspace provides the capability to quickly generate reports, visualizations and ad hoc analyses.

Support Rating

IBM is quite responsive to issues.

Key Insights

Do you think IBM Planning Analytics delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with IBM Planning Analytics's feature set?

Yes

Did IBM Planning Analytics live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of IBM Planning Analytics go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy IBM Planning Analytics again?

Yes

Other Software Used

IBM Netezza Data Warehouse Appliances, SAP Business One, Infor M3 (formerly Lawson Intentia)

Likelihood to Recommend

Well suited for aggregation of data - doesn't have to be financial. Functionality to extrapolate historical actuals to current forecast would be nice!

IBM Planning Analytics - Solid Bedrock for Building Performance Management Solutions!

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Planning Analytics