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Gain business agility while breaking down departmental silos with better, more predictive planning forecasts with IBM Planning Analytics as a Service.
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Transform your business decision-making with unparalleled precision and foresight. With IBM Planning Analytics, you can plan, predict, partner, and prosper. Because better planning starts when everyone and everything is in sync. Automate and unify planning across the business so your team can stay ahead of the curve, drive efficiency, forecast without the guesswork, and capitalize on every opportunity. Turn AI-driven business predictions into action and harness the collective intelligence of your entire organization in one flexible and governed integrated business platform, so no opportunity for sustainable growth is missed.
Planning Analytics as a Service offers three tiers: Essentials, Standard and Premium. Essentials is designed for small teams who want to create faster, more accurate plans and forecasts. Uncover deep insights and adjust plans in real-time without having to export data to other tools. Standard is built for companies that want to confidently turn AI driven business predictions into actions. With all the features of our Essentials tier included, you can anticipate outcomes, plan smarter, pivot quickly, and adapt to changing demands with trusted insights. Premium is for large enterprises that want to automate and unify integrated business planning across their organization. With all the features of our standard tier included, you can harness the collective intelligence of your entire organization and prepare for tomorrow with an AI-powered, flexible, and governed planning solution that can manage your business complexities. For Standard or Premium Pricing or customized pricing, please contact your IBM Sales Representative (https://www.ibm.com/account/reg/signup?formid=MAIL-dataaiplanninganalytics ), Business Partner or visit us at: https://www.ibm.com/products/planning-analytics
Guided planning Ensure a smooth, streamlined planning process with managed and governed workflows. With just a few clicks, create customized applications, invite participants, define submission requirements, assign due dates, and easily monitor the progress of plan activities.
Predictive forecasting Get accurate and timely forecasts with embedded predictive forecasting capabilities. Leverage the power of statistical and predictive analytics to analyze historical data and identify trends and patterns.
Multidimensional analysis Dive deep into large, historical, and future-oriented data sets to gain valuable insights and uncover hidden opportunities. Explore data from various angles to make strategic decisions based on a comprehensive understanding of your business
Advanced self-service modeling With Workbench Modeling, analysts can create and maintain sophisticated financial models without relying on IT support. Measure the impact of decisions before making them to ensure informed and proactive decision-making with what-if scenario functionality.
Highlights
- Anticipate Trends: Stay ahead of the curve by identifying market trends and emerging opportunities, enabling you to make proactive decisions.
- Enhance Collaboration: Foster collaboration among your teams with real-time data sharing and collaborative planning tools, breaking down silos and boosting productivity.
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Guided Planning Workflows
Managed and governed workflows with customizable applications, participant management, submission requirements definition, due date assignment, and activity progress monitoring.
Predictive Forecasting
Embedded predictive forecasting capabilities leveraging statistical and predictive analytics to analyze historical data and identify trends and patterns.
Multidimensional Data Analysis
Multidimensional analysis enabling exploration of large historical and future-oriented data sets from various angles to uncover hidden opportunities and support strategic decision-making.
Self-Service Financial Modeling
Workbench Modeling functionality allowing analysts to create and maintain sophisticated financial models independently with what-if scenario capabilities for impact measurement.
AI-Driven Business Intelligence
AI-powered integrated business platform enabling automated and unified planning across the organization with collective intelligence harnessing and governance capabilities.
AI-Driven Forecasting Capability
Anaplan Forecaster provides next-generation AI-driven forecasting natively built into the platform, enabling creation of accurate, transparent, and scalable forecasts that integrate into enterprise planning.
Real-Time Cloud-Based Planning Environment
Unified real-time, cloud-based environment that enables dynamic, collaborative, and intelligent planning across finance, sales, supply chain, marketing, human resources, and operations.
Financial and Operational Modeling
Flexible modeling capabilities that automate, structure, and connect financial and operational solutions including FP&A, opex, sales planning, sales incentives, pipeline and revenue forecasting.
Supply Chain Planning and Collaboration
Real-time collaboration capabilities across departments, functions, suppliers, and customers through supply, demand, and sales & operations planning solutions with supply chain intelligence.
Cross-Organizational Data Integration
Connected planning platform that links people, data, and plans across organizational silos to surface key insights and optimize decision-making from strategic to operational levels.
Automatic Data Modeling and Preparation
Automatic data modeling, data preparation and formulas with data science integration into interactive visualizations, dashboards and reports
In-Place Analytics Architecture
Cloud-scale in-place analytics that leverages underlying data sources for real-time data access without pre-loading data into platform memory, enabling analysis of massive datasets
No-Code Visual Interface
Intuitive no-code visual user experience enabling self-service data analysis and content creation for business users and non-technical users
Role-Based Access Control and Governance
Role-based data and content access security with centralized control through governed data discovery and multi-tenancy capabilities
Multi-Source Data Integration
Direct integration with AWS and cloud data sources including Amazon Redshift, RDS, EMR, S3, Athena, SAP HANA, SAP BW4/HANA, Exasol, and Snowflake
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Gladys Njeri
Data-driven planning has transformed financial decisions and now saves major reporting time
Reviewed on Feb 04, 2026
Review from a verified AWS customer
What is our primary use case?
My main use case for IBM Planning Analytics is for various activities such as analysis, analyzing data to make decisions, planning tasks, and collaborating with dependent teams. Before IBM Planning Analytics , we were using the Workday Adaptive Planning tool, but we always faced difficulties in setting it up and using it. It was particularly difficult to use, especially for the latest tech service. Later, we moved to IBM Planning Analytics, which we mainly used to handle the data analysis use case. My work involves creating dashboards from the existing business data and presenting them during our daily scrum meetings with various stakeholders, as well as making the right decisions based on data analysis and insights. With IBM Planning Analytics, dashboard creation and other exporting options come in handy.
In addition to my main use case, I also use IBM Planning Analytics for financial planning, forecasting, and reporting, and it has been very useful across different departments, especially when we need real-time insights. We also integrated time series forecasting with Watson Studio , which helps with better predictions.
What is most valuable?
IBM Planning Analytics helps with collaboration between teams by allowing us to gather data from various departments, analyze it, and collaborate on the data to make data-driven decisions between different departments easily. As I mentioned previously, I mainly use IBM Planning Analytics to visualize the existing data to generate meaningful report dashboards and use it during stakeholder meetings to arrive at the right decision.
The best features IBM Planning Analytics offers include budgeting, forecasting, and what-if scenario analysis. The scenario modeling feature in IBM Planning Analytics is probably the most robust planning and forecasting solution we use, especially for what-if scenarios, where we are able to forecast using Watson Studio , which helps in better prediction. I really appreciate the Excel integration in IBM Planning Analytics because it keeps things familiar and adds more power.
What needs improvement?
IBM Planning Analytics does not work offline, which makes it difficult for me and my team to work or gather required data when we do not have an internet connection.
The mobile version of IBM Planning Analytics has fewer features compared to the PC version, which is a problem when an executive has to analyze a complicated situation on the go or while working remotely.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using IBM Planning Analytics for the past seven years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
IBM Planning Analytics is very stable, and I have not noticed any downtime or lagging. The performance of IBM Planning Analytics has always been fast and reliable for my needs, even when dealing with huge volumes of data.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of IBM Planning Analytics is very high, and we are able to work with huge amounts of data with flexibility.
How are customer service and support?
The customer support for IBM Planning Analytics is very responsive and supportive 24/7, and they provide feedback in less time.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I previously used Microsoft Access. The reason I switched from Microsoft Access to IBM Planning Analytics is because when dealing with large data and wanting speed and flexibility, IBM Planning Analytics offers that capability. Microsoft Access has limitations when dealing with huge volumes of data.
I also switched from Microsoft Access to IBM Planning Analytics because it has helped us reduce manual work and make better decisions quickly. IBM also listens to feedback and improves the products, which I appreciate.
How was the initial setup?
The learning curve for my team was smooth, and it took a few days to one week to learn every feature of IBM Planning Analytics. It was easy to learn.
What about the implementation team?
IBM Planning Analytics has been quick regarding technical implementation and onboarding with the cloud version. We experienced smooth onboarding for any tech service and have been able to save a lot of time, especially because it is very easy to use. We cut down on manual budgeting and forecasting work, which saved us between 50 to 70% of our time. Our decision-making improved significantly because the real-time data and automation saved a considerable amount of time. It only took us about three months to create custom models that really fit our needs, which represented quick implementation and quicker return on investments.
What was our ROI?
Over the past few years that I have been using IBM Planning Analytics, I have made big improvements in how I plan and analyze finances. Since using this tool, I can now make decisions faster, even when there is just a small change in the data. It helps a lot with creating reports straight from raw data, which saves me so much time.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for IBM Planning Analytics is that the price is relatively competitive, and the setup was straightforward and easy.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before choosing IBM Planning Analytics, I evaluated other options, such as AD Logic.
What other advice do I have?
Regarding the user interface of IBM Planning Analytics, it is very user-friendly, which makes the experience very smooth. The integration capabilities of IBM Planning Analytics with other business systems or data sources are strong, especially with Simulus.
We are able to integrate IBM Planning Analytics with Watson Studio, and it helps with better prediction and forecasting, allowing us to make data-driven decisions. We have also been able to integrate it with Excel, which keeps things familiar and adds more power.
I would describe the security features of IBM Planning Analytics as very robust, and they keep all our data secure.
My advice to others looking into using IBM Planning Analytics is that if you are dealing with large data and want speed and flexibility, then IBM Planning Analytics is for you, because it has helped us reduce manual work and make better decisions quickly. IBM also listens to feedback and improves the product, which I really appreciate. I would rate this product a 9 out of 10.
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Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Sai Tilak
Unified planning has improved forecasting accuracy and supports faster, data-driven decisions
Reviewed on Jan 31, 2026
Review from a verified AWS customer
What is our primary use case?
IBM Planning Analytics serves all aspects around planning, forecasting, and analysis. I use it to collect data from various sources, including input from the ERP system and manually captured data by users. The data gets harmonized and aggregated to be visualized in dashboards quickly, where it is easy to read and understand, enabling data-driven decisions.
A second application involves using IBM Planning Analytics to forecast future numbers and break this down into units.
In my day-to-day work, I use IBM Planning Analytics while planning future events. This allows my organization to have a great understanding of what is likely to occur.
When planning those future events, IBM Planning Analytics helps my team by creating different scenarios to compare outcomes. It also helps warn us about risks that could occur in the future, which enables us to avoid those risks and make future-driven decisions easily.
Additionally, my main use case encompasses consolidating and aggregating forecasts for future planning.
What is most valuable?
IBM Planning Analytics offers excellent features including data management, data governance, data security, and a great visual UI.
Out of data management, governance, security, and the visual UI, I find myself relying on the UI the most, as it makes my work easier. The interface is very intuitive and user-friendly, helping me navigate through the system with ease. Additionally, data security is very important in my organization, providing peace of mind through protecting our data. Data governance is also excellent, with data reporting and analysis that helps us make data-driven decisions.
I would add that meaningful dashboard creation from existing data is very useful, with AI integrated data analysis on existing business data providing great assistance in making data-driven decisions easily. Real-time scenario outcome visualization is also excellent.
IBM Planning Analytics has positively impacted my organization since we started using this tool. Before, I could spend a lot of time coming up with data analysis and then creating a dashboard involving multiple tools. However, since everything is done within the same tool, I am saving a huge amount of time. Since I am spending less time compared to before, I am able to make the right decisions for my organization and help them save costs in the right places. The accuracy is great now since everything has been automated, and human error has greatly reduced. I estimate that I save around fifty hours per month compared to before.
What needs improvement?
IBM Planning Analytics could be improved by avoiding frequent upgrades and planning a few limited upgrades throughout the year, so that bugs are not introduced and can be reduced. Additionally, the licensing cost could be reduced a little, and there should be more plans based on feature usage level, as some small organizations or small teams may not afford the current pricing.
Besides upgrade frequency and licensing cost, another improvement that IBM Planning Analytics needs is to enhance the inbuilt dashboard visualization tools, as they are not as impressive compared to other alternatives like Tableau.
Regarding my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing, I believe the licensing cost could be reduced somewhat, and there should be more plans based on future usage level. In my case, I mainly use only the dashboard and sometimes visualization tools, but still end up paying a substantial amount. Therefore, the licensing cost could be reduced.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using IBM Planning Analytics for the past five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
IBM Planning Analytics is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
IBM Planning Analytics' scalability is impressive, as it is able to gather data from multiple sources and handle huge amounts of data without any lagging or downtime, making it very scalable and stable.
How are customer service and support?
The customer support is really helpful, especially when we are going well.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Negative
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I previously used Workday Adaptive Planning , which was really difficult to set up and use as a new user. We faced a lot of difficulties helping new team members to set up and use it. However, with IBM Planning Analytics, it is more straightforward and easier to use with a good and intuitive interface.
How was the initial setup?
The setup is very easy, and I do not see any technical challenges. The technical team from IBM has been excellent, providing quick guidance where needed.
What was our ROI?
I have seen a return on investment, as the accuracy has really improved in my organization since everything is automated. We have been able to save a lot of time and costs since automation works very effectively, and we have been able to make the right decisions through data analytics and planning.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before choosing IBM Planning Analytics, I evaluated other options, including Tableau.
What other advice do I have?
My advice to others looking into using IBM Planning Analytics is that it is a great budgeting and planning platform, very easy to use, straightforward, and offers unparalleled customer support. It is a game changer that everyone should look into and use, especially for future planning. IBM Planning Analytics makes forecasting easy and fast. I would rate this product a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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Samiksha M.
AI-Driven Insights and Ultra-Fast TM1 Performance for Real-Time What-If Modeling
Reviewed on Jan 28, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
IBM’s BI stacks blends AI-driven insights with powerful performance, combining Granite- powered analytics and natural-language planning with the ultra-fast, in-memory TM1 engine for real-time analysis and what-if modeling.
What do you dislike about the product?
Its flexibility comes with complexity, often requiring technical exchange expertise or consultants and while Excel is strong the web interfaces can still feel technical despite recent modernisation efforts.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
IBM Planning Analytics delivers powerful planning through seamless Excel integration, combining ease of use with secure centralized data to enable faster and more informed decision-making.
Mahesh K.
High-Accuracy AI Forecasting with Zero-Latency Performance
Reviewed on Jan 28, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
IBM Planning Analytics predictive AI forecasts high accuracy data with ease and it can handle massive, multi-dimensional datasets with zero latency which is outstanding.
What do you dislike about the product?
Web reporting and dashboard is less flexible compared to its competitors.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Excel integration is lightening fast and it is indeed the best Excel add-on.
Morten F.
Versatile Yet Complex for Finance Consolidation
Reviewed on Jan 26, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I use IBM Planning Analytics for budgeting, forecasting, and finance consolidation. It really helps me consolidate figures and manage data and security. I love that it enables multiple users to work at the same time. There are endless possibilities with it, and I haven't faced a problem yet that we can't solve. I value the ability to make applications that work for both advanced users and day-to-day tasks. It replaced multiple worksheets and automated a lot of previous manual work. The initial setup was easy.
What do you dislike about the product?
Depending on the who implements this for you the learning curve can be challaging for some users
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use IBM Planning Analytics to consolidate figures, manage data and security, and enable multiple users. It replaced multiple worksheets and automated a lot of our manual processes.