Item: IBM Planning Analytics
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Using it for analyzing accounts and managing finances. This application has helped us in our organization to optimize our insights. Its powerful visualization has helped in decision-making and predicting our future business investment.

Pros and Cons

For automated planning budgeting
For analyzing data

Documentation can be improved
Other things are good for me

Return on Investment

Documentation can be improved
Price is quite high for small businesses
Setup of the software is quite difficult

Scenario Planning and What-If Analysis

We can see the impact of our particular decision before implementing them because of this software. We are also using it for our future business plans.

Alternatives Considered

Workday Adaptive Planning

It offers great features and creates great professional reports [compared] to other platforms.

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

Support Rating

Because it has helped us to increase our profits. Also, customer support is quite good.

Usability

It has some great features and capabilities.

Other Software Used

Oracle Cloud EPM, Workday Adaptive Planning

Likelihood to Recommend

It is pretty helpful for [budget] planning. Also, it helps us in visualizing our business insights and how [they] can be improved. Better planning due to this software helps us to avoid any unnecessary risks.

Great Analytics Tool

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Planning Analytics with Watson