Anaplan
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Unmatched Flexibility for Financial Planning
What do you like best about the product?
Anaplan is best tool for Financial planning. Anaplan gives you the flexibility to design the solution based on the organizations requirement. It is very flexible as we start from scratch and we dont have any rigid prebuilt template that we have to follow. It is very easy to use
What do you dislike about the product?
The reporting functionality in Anaplan leaves much to be desired.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Anaplan is helping in standardizing the process across organization. It gives an easy view of the reports to the management which were spread across multiple excel sheets.
Unmatched Scalability and Flexibility for Any Business Process
What do you like best about the product?
The scalability and flexibility. Any business process for a multitude of use cases (FPA, SPM, WFM, Call Center Planning, etc.) that can be dreamed up can be implemented in Anaplan
What do you dislike about the product?
There is a large push to out of the box applications so increase time to value. I understand why this makes sense as not every company has the funds and capacity to implement a tool from scratch, but Anaplan has been very successful help companies implement the business process that fits them best.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
At my company, we rely on it to monitor our staffing across projects, track project margins, forecast deliverables, and handle many other tasks. It serves as a central hub where everyone can see how we are progressing toward our goals and where any issues can be flagged. This setup has made my job much easier, as project managers can update their own items without needing my constant involvement, ensuring I always have access to the most current reports I need.
Break down planning siloes with Anaplan
What do you like best about the product?
Anaplan brings different departments together on a single, cloud-based platform. Instead of working in separate spreadsheets or systems, both teams share one source of truth — linking headcount, compensation, and workforce plans directly to financial forecasts and budgets, for example.
The advance and easy to implement security allows you have multiple profiles on the same page and any update can be automatically reflected on the end-user reports. Anaplan has recently released new functionalities that make it easier to apply AI forecasting and the Polaris engine allows you to analyse very sparse datasets and slice and dice the data in new and creative ways.
By breaking down silos, Anaplan helps organizations align operations and talent strategy with financial goals — ensuring plans stay agile, transparent, and tightly integrated across both functions.
The advance and easy to implement security allows you have multiple profiles on the same page and any update can be automatically reflected on the end-user reports. Anaplan has recently released new functionalities that make it easier to apply AI forecasting and the Polaris engine allows you to analyse very sparse datasets and slice and dice the data in new and creative ways.
By breaking down silos, Anaplan helps organizations align operations and talent strategy with financial goals — ensuring plans stay agile, transparent, and tightly integrated across both functions.
What do you dislike about the product?
Downsides of Anaplan revolve around the time needed to certify users around the platform, lack of automated connectors with other EPM tools and lack of customization for the reports 9even though this area has shown great improvement in recent years with many interesting items on the pipeline).
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Anaplan has allowed us to integrate different data sources into the same engine, thereby implementing a real connected planning, shortening planning times by 50% and centralizing the template.
Powerful Calculations, But Definite Learning Curve for Excel Users
What do you like best about the product?
Immediate calculations across multiple dimensions and modules
What do you dislike about the product?
This software is not as user-friendly for those familiar with Excel as the advertising suggests. It requires a significant amount of training to use effectively.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The software offers the ability to calculate projections for multiple sales scenarios across numerous royalty contracts with complex terms, all at the same time and within a secure environment. Its scalability is also a significant advantage.
Go to cloud tool for enterprise performance management
What do you like best about the product?
> As an long time implementation partner of Anaplan , can definitely vouch for its native cloud system where it is built for ease of implementing building of models as well as intuitive and collaborative UX features which make business users understand and use Anaplan efficiently
> Latest features like workflow and ADO have been incorporated which allows data management and loading in house leading to greater data quality loaded into models and also managing tasks like approvals and automation easily
> Vast customer support portal and community wherein there are new ideas as well as readily available solutions
> Integration to and from Anaplan for database and well as BI tools and also custom integrations possible using API.
> Excellent safety and security features to ensure role as well as granular access for users can be managed
> Latest features like workflow and ADO have been incorporated which allows data management and loading in house leading to greater data quality loaded into models and also managing tasks like approvals and automation easily
> Vast customer support portal and community wherein there are new ideas as well as readily available solutions
> Integration to and from Anaplan for database and well as BI tools and also custom integrations possible using API.
> Excellent safety and security features to ensure role as well as granular access for users can be managed
What do you dislike about the product?
> In initial phase can be a bit tricky to get around especially for users with new /limited experience
>Essentially a planning tool , not data and BI tool completely so for BI features , need to link to external tools for rich reports and charts although new UX provide great options
> Bulk adding of users in a workspace is not possible.
> Lesser use of AI features for now
>Essentially a planning tool , not data and BI tool completely so for BI features , need to link to external tools for rich reports and charts although new UX provide great options
> Bulk adding of users in a workspace is not possible.
> Lesser use of AI features for now
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
> FP&A - inherently a EPM tool meant for financial planning and analysis , there are a variety of features to manage financial planning like versions for scenario management , time base functions to calculate forecast plan based on actuals
> Seamless integration to load organizational data and feature of having a hub so that across different use cases right type of data is pushed and data is managed at one place centrally
> User experience - With languid features of new UX , business users can easily use Anaplan in order of the way they can and also perform features like exporting the grids as pdfs and inputting data which immediately edits in the backend and recalculates all logic simultaneously leading to real time planning.
> Seamless integration to load organizational data and feature of having a hub so that across different use cases right type of data is pushed and data is managed at one place centrally
> User experience - With languid features of new UX , business users can easily use Anaplan in order of the way they can and also perform features like exporting the grids as pdfs and inputting data which immediately edits in the backend and recalculates all logic simultaneously leading to real time planning.
Anaplan keeps getting better and better!
What do you like best about the product?
Building and making updates to Anaplan is really easy to learn for new users. Especially those already familiar with Excel, the formula syntax is easy to learn in Anaplan. Anaplan also has great customer support. They get back to you right away.
What do you dislike about the product?
Anaplan can be built overly complex and take up too much space if enough upfront work and thought isn't put into the design.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Anaplan saves our customers time and also gets them out of several different excel files. Streamlines their planning process. Everything is in one place, and everyone can access it, and it also updates all output reports live.
Connected Planning Made Simple and Scalable with Anaplan
What do you like best about the product?
I like Anaplan’s flexibility and real-time calculation engine the most. It enables fast, collaborative planning across different teams without needing complex coding.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some improvements are needed in reporting, workflow automation (automated email trigger), and the mobile app experience.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Anaplan addresses the complexities of budgeting, forecasting, and FP&A by providing a unified platform that connects finance with other business functions like sales and operations. This eliminates data silos and manual consolidation, enabling real-time updates and scenario analysis. As a result, we get faster, more accurate forecasts and can respond quickly to changing business conditions. It greatly improves collaboration between finance and stakeholders, leading to more informed and confident decision-making.
best integrated planning platform
What do you like best about the product?
it's developed for business users who prefer excel-style planning by sheets
powerful and plain development tools oriented toward financial users - no tech background required for building models
process-enhanced excel with advanced reporting and analytics functionality
powerful and plain development tools oriented toward financial users - no tech background required for building models
process-enhanced excel with advanced reporting and analytics functionality
What do you dislike about the product?
their marketing and sales approach.
evangelistic marketing - sometimes it feels like new iPhone presentation or weight loss drug fair.
core platform worth its money, all non-core products ridiculously overpriced
evangelistic marketing - sometimes it feels like new iPhone presentation or weight loss drug fair.
core platform worth its money, all non-core products ridiculously overpriced
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
full-scale financial planning, budgeting and reporting
workforce performance analytics, up to daily granularity
workforce performance analytics, up to daily granularity
Best Modeling and Planning Tool on the market
What do you like best about the product?
Anaplan's standout feature is its powerful flexibility in connected planning, enabling seamless collaboration across departments. Its intuitive cloud-based interface simplifies complex modeling, while real-time data integration ensures accurate, dynamic decision-making. The scalability accommodates diverse business needs, and the ability to create custom workflows empowers organizations to adapt swiftly in changing environments.
What do you dislike about the product?
Anaplan's primary drawback is its steep learning curve, especially for new users unfamiliar with its modeling language or advanced functionalities. Complex formulas can be hard to debug, and the platform occasionally lacks intuitive visualizations for certain tasks. Additionally, performance may slow with extremely large datasets, and licensing costs can be prohibitive for smaller organizations.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Anaplan allows user to plan their territory with live calculations, live comparisons, and be able to make quick adjustments to tweak their assignments.
Anaplan is my preferred platform for modeling FP&A processes and producing connected forecasts.
What do you like best about the product?
The most helpful aspect of Anaplan is that it gives business users the ability to build models, i.e. planning, budgeting, and forecasting models, that are customized to their business needs. Models can also be built to incorporate data from almost any source, into the hundreds of millions of data points (rows/columns/cells), without compromising on performance or detail.
What do you dislike about the product?
Anaplan's customizability can also be a double-edged sword. Although there are more and more out-of-the-box solutions being built and provided by Anaplan and 3rd parties, an organization will most likely have to expend significant resources to implement.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Anaplan is helping me to build PBF models that connect all levels of the FP&A organization (from analysts to leadership) and beyond to other organizations throughout companies. With Anaplan you can provide large datasets and detailed models to produce detailed forecasts at the lowest levels, and easily consolidate and aggregate those forecasts to produce high-level reporting. Leadership can use these reports to analyze KPI's, simulate scenarios, strategize moves, make decisions, develop goals, and set targets.
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