If you do your reporting in Excel, you really need XLCubed
April 27, 2022

If you do your reporting in Excel, you really need XLCubed

Stefan Jakob | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Reseller

Overall Satisfaction with Anaplan XL Reporting

We mainly use it for dual-reporting. Whilst we cannot address all needs of our report consumers with one tool, we evaluated many tools on the market. Finally, we are going with Power BI for top management reports and XLCubed to enable the controller and also for adhoc analysis.

Pros

  • Adhoc analysis
  • Connecting to all data sources
  • Dynamic reports
  • Drill through functionality

Cons

  • Front-end interface
  • Improved our turnover due to happy customers
It addresses all mine and my customer's needs to get the reporting in Excel on the next level. The implementation is super easy, we can connect to all our data sources, create dynamic reports and publish them directly to the web.
XLCubed is much easier to learn, especially for controllers as they can use their existing Excel skills.

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

XLCubed is great if you already are doing some reporting in Excel and you have some skills already in this area. Then you can use all your knowhow to create dynamic reports within XLCubed super easily and get the most out of it.

Anaplan Feature Ratings

Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting ()
Not Rated
Consolidation and Close ()
Not Rated
Financial Reporting and Compliance ()
Not Rated
Analytics and Reporting ()
Not Rated
Integration ()
Not Rated
8.7
Pixel Perfect reports
8
Customizable dashboards
9
Report Formatting Templates
9
9.3
Drill-down analysis
10
Formatting capabilities
9
Report sharing and collaboration
9
8.8
Publish to Web
10
Publish to PDF
8
Report Versioning
8
Report Delivery Scheduling
9
7.5
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
8
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
7
8.8
Multi-User Support (named login)
8
Role-Based Security Model
9
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
9
Single Sign-On (SSO)
9
8.5
Responsive Design for Web Access
8
Mobile Application
Not Rated
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
9

Anaplan XL Reporting Support

The support team is always available and I get my mails answered usually within one hour. That is amazing.

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