Anaplan
Anaplan, IncExternal reviews
460 reviews
from
and
External reviews are not included in the AWS star rating for the product.
Highly Recommend for Finance, HR and Supply Chain Planning
What do you like best about the product?
Anaplan is a very powerful modeling engine. It can handle large loads of data crossing multiple dimensions and calculate them in real time. It's highly scalable and very robust
What do you dislike about the product?
The biggest struggle with Anaplan has been their slow implementation of a fully functional new UX. I agree with their decision to replace the old interface, but it took several years for the new UX to get to a point where it seemed acceptable for an enterprise tool. There are still a few quirks here and there, but it is by and large a great UX.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The ability to connect data across the organization allows for very powerful planning capabilities. What Anaplan calls "Connected Planning", allows for a holistic solution to all aspects of planning. This means you're not using disparate systems, spreadsheets, emails across departments. You have instant access to a 'source of truth' that everyone is sharing and working off of together.
Agile, flexible and scalable planning system
What do you like best about the product?
cloud based and flexible, no infrastructure setup required, very excel like and can be business owned, easy to implement and highly customizable. can be implemented for one use case and scaled to others, intuitive UX and reporting options
What do you dislike about the product?
No out of the box solution offered, heavy reliance on implementation partner, breaks easily, maintenance required, often re-work or iteration required, limited native data integartion options, needs better version control and ALM
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
process standaradization, improve planning cycle time, reduce human errors, maintain data integrity, automate data flow and enable connected planning
Anaplan: Multi-dimensional Planning Excellence
What do you like best about the product?
Much like with many planning solutions the removal of spreadsheets, the structure of the calculations really comes forward
There's a great community of global users who are able to problem solve and provide solutions where required
Although there's a relatively steep learning curve it is very intuitive and once the basics have been achieved then it's very easy to scale
Front-end for end users is very clean and not at all spreadsheet-like
The sandbox nature of Anaplan means that any problem can be solved within the platform - if it can be done in spreadsheets then it can be done in Anaplan
There's a great community of global users who are able to problem solve and provide solutions where required
Although there's a relatively steep learning curve it is very intuitive and once the basics have been achieved then it's very easy to scale
Front-end for end users is very clean and not at all spreadsheet-like
The sandbox nature of Anaplan means that any problem can be solved within the platform - if it can be done in spreadsheets then it can be done in Anaplan
What do you dislike about the product?
On massive datasets can be quite data storage heavy albeit new functionality is out to help with that
No native connectivity to other systems - requires heavy usage of APIs, ETL tooling, etc to get data from source and then onto other systems
Can be sometimes complicated to debug issues with calculations - but this is often because of poor modelling
The sandbox nature of the platform means that anything is possible and bad models can easily be created which don't confirm to best practice
No native connectivity to other systems - requires heavy usage of APIs, ETL tooling, etc to get data from source and then onto other systems
Can be sometimes complicated to debug issues with calculations - but this is often because of poor modelling
The sandbox nature of the platform means that anything is possible and bad models can easily be created which don't confirm to best practice
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
A variety of problems are being solved within our organisation: P&L planning across business units, cost management across the whole organisation, group-level consolidation and reporting of P&L
Having a consistent tooling for cross organisation processes means that everyone knows how to do their forecasting and how information needs to be inputted.
Having a consistent tooling for cross organisation processes means that everyone knows how to do their forecasting and how information needs to be inputted.
Anaplan Manager
What do you like best about the product?
What i like the most about Anaplan is that end user can modify their input and the change and impact could show immediately so that the what-if analysis and senario planning can be done efficiently.
What do you dislike about the product?
Once the structure has been setup,there is limitations on changing the dimensions or hierarchy levels. Connection between anaplan and other system is another pain point we are facing.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Anaplan benifit us starting from workforce management and leading to an connected planning with budgeting and forecasting, sales planning , and corporate performance.
Powerful Planning Tool
What do you like best about the product?
Flexibility, low code, UX and Cloud accessability
What do you dislike about the product?
Some platform enchanstemts not fullfilled for long time
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Data valuation, mapping and transperency across process
Great plattform great capabilities
What do you like best about the product?
The possibilities to create a connected planning ecosystem with multiple use cases. the flexibillites to use multiple data sources and still connect the dots. Can be use as ETL as well
What do you dislike about the product?
The price is quite high and rigid and also a bit hard to communicate, based on GB but not regular storage but calculation engine.. more GB the more users eventhough you don´t need user.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The main problem solved is that you can have one set of data and get rid of the excel hell and version tsunamies. agreeing on data to use makes the plans owned by the entire company and not different apartments.
Anaplan really is a game changer for finance and business functions
What do you like best about the product?
Anaplan is a fantastic tool to model complex business processes in a multi-dimensional platform, where users can collaborate in real time and sing from a single source of truth.
FP&A, Workforce planning, and S&OP are revolutionised by the way Anaplan takes large data sets and transforms them into insightful analysis, freeing up teams time to focus on value-add analysis, or to generate new revenue streams and products.
Don't pass Anaplan by if you're looking for a enterprise level planning tool.
FP&A, Workforce planning, and S&OP are revolutionised by the way Anaplan takes large data sets and transforms them into insightful analysis, freeing up teams time to focus on value-add analysis, or to generate new revenue streams and products.
Don't pass Anaplan by if you're looking for a enterprise level planning tool.
What do you dislike about the product?
Anaplan is wonderful in many many ways, but as with any system there can be downsides. The main one is that the tool needs to be fully planned for implementation, in order to build a system that is scalable for the long term and which remains flexible to business changes.
This is where partnering with a implementation consultant like Bolt Consulting really pays off. We're ex-Big4 accountants and consultants with decades of experience between us implementing solutions like Anaplan. Go to someone you can trust to implement it right, first time round.
This is where partnering with a implementation consultant like Bolt Consulting really pays off. We're ex-Big4 accountants and consultants with decades of experience between us implementing solutions like Anaplan. Go to someone you can trust to implement it right, first time round.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The core problem businesses face is in spreadsheet overload, where many complicated processes are modelled out with error prone and large spreadsheets. By pushing and automating calculations into a platform such as Anaplan you can formulate calculations and lock them down so theres no danger of someone accidently changing a reference. User access is managed at the granular level so you can be sure people only have access to what they need to have access to.
Anaplan for Public Sector
What do you like best about the product?
Anaplan is really flexible and adaptable to any organization! I have seen it used it across different industries for a wide variety of purposes (sales performance management, FP&A, etc). It's easy for non-IT users to learn, and it can be used to make processes much more efficient. The connected planning features are great - for example, a university could have their budget, long range planning, grant planning, etc. all connected in Anaplan.
Anaplan also is also continuing to update their platform and add new features, such as with its acquisition of Fluence.
Anaplan also is also continuing to update their platform and add new features, such as with its acquisition of Fluence.
What do you dislike about the product?
While I like Anaplan a lot overall, it could have better ways of tracking licenses. There are also some minor enhancements that would help with usability.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Consolidation is much easier. Planning can also be done at much more granular data levels, and automated validations free up time for the central budget offices. It also ensures that all financial tools are connected, saving time and increasing reliability of the data.
Anaplan: Scalable, Customizable, but Expertise Required for Success
What do you like best about the product?
Anaplan allows for finance teams to have a single source of truth for budgeting. Being a cloud-platform, hundreds of users can work on a single budget plan at a time. As a sandbox modeling platform, custom models can be developed to accommodate a host of planning needs.
What do you dislike about the product?
The learning curve for modeling in Anaplan is steep. A Center of Excellence needs to be established and granted autonomy to govern data flow, model interactions, and model building best practices.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Anaplan solves the pain point of budgeting in excel models that are unreliable and prone to version control issues. Anaplan allows end users to see data updated on daily basis from source ERP systems, and inputs from other users are shown in real time. This allows finance teams to build budgets collaboratively and in less time, with less headache / confusion.
Anaplan is Flexible and Powerful, But Does Not Require Technical Expertise or Coding
What do you like best about the product?
Excel is great when you are working by yourself, but as you start to collaborate with colleagues and add enterprise-level amounts of data the cracks start to show. Anaplan gives you the same flexibility to build whatever you need, but with enterprise-level information system guardrails for things like security, auditability, change control, etc.
What do you dislike about the product?
The initial price point is pretty high. It is hard for organizations to inexpensively do a Pilot or Proof of Concept. I would like to see them offer an inexpensive 90 or 180 day option for 2-4 users with Model Builder access to accelerate adoption.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Anaplan helps our clients connect their Financial planning with Operational planning. We hear over and over again from our clients that they are able to forecast more frequently and more accurately because the Anaplan solutions we configure for them reduce the time to forecast and plan.
showing 61 - 70