Compare Anaplan and Spendesk
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (54.5% of reviews)
Mid-Market (63.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Contact Us
Contact Us Per Month
Anaplan
Star Rating
(457)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (54.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Contact Us
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Spendesk
Star Rating
(413)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (63.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Contact Us Per Month
Free Trial is available
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Summary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Anaplan excels in flexibility, allowing users to create a wide range of models tailored to their specific needs. This adaptability is complemented by well-structured online training courses, making it easier for teams to get up to speed without needing coding skills.
- Users say Spendesk stands out for its intuitive interface, which is described as clean and user-friendly. Reviewers appreciate how the platform guides them through each step, making it particularly effective for managing expenses and creating online cards for purchases.
- According to verified reviews, Anaplan is recognized for its powerful integration capabilities, which significantly reduce the time required for complex business planning processes. Users highlight the ease of collaboration, allowing multiple contributors to engage in analysis and scenario planning seamlessly.
- Reviewers mention that Spendesk's budgeting and spending control features are effective, with users noting the clear processes for expense management. However, some users feel that while it is easy to use, it may not offer the same depth of functionality as Anaplan for more complex forecasting needs.
- G2 reviewers highlight that Anaplan's overall user satisfaction is significantly higher, reflecting its robust capabilities in budgeting and forecasting. Users appreciate the platform's ability to handle various forecasting types and its strong support for versioning and historical data analysis.
- Users report that while Spendesk has a solid user experience, Anaplan's higher G2 Score indicates a more favorable reception among users, particularly in areas like support quality and product direction, where Anaplan is seen as a more reliable partner for long-term business planning.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Anaplan
Essential
Contact Us
Essential capabilities to support basic planning and modeling. Best for small, mid-market.
- Self-service connections
- Classic engine
- UX Collaboration
Spendesk
Essentials Plan
Contact Us
Per Month
For SMBs looking to streamline their spend management process, all in one place.
- Unlimited virtual and physical cards
- Automated & customizable bookkeeping
- End to end invoice management
Free Trial
Anaplan
No trial information availableSpendesk
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
334
9.2
351
Ease of Use
8.7
338
9.4
353
Ease of Setup
8.1
312
8.6
88
Ease of Admin
8.4
299
8.6
76
Quality of Support
8.1
329
9.0
276
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.6
292
8.9
75
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
309
8.5
338
Features by Category
Expense Reports
Not enough data
8.7
160
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
179
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
175
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
218
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
188
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
155
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
164
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Expense Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Travel Management
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
62
Not enough data
8.2
69
Client Invoicing
Not enough data
8.3
78
Not enough data
8.8
96
Not enough data
8.3
77
Generative AI - Expense Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Mobile
Not enough data
9.1
199
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
88
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.7
50
Platform
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
142
|
Verified
Administration
Not enough data
8.6
100
|
Verified
Administration
Not enough data
8.6
124
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
136
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
173
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
124
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
158
|
Verified
Platform
Not enough data
8.6
135
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
93
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
120
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
169
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
137
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Analytics
8.6
92
Not enough data
8.0
89
Not enough data
8.3
90
Not enough data
8.2
91
Not enough data
Warehouse Management
8.4
91
Not enough data
8.3
92
Not enough data
8.2
89
Not enough data
7.8
87
Not enough data
Collaborate
8.2
119
Not enough data
8.5
108
Not enough data
Logistics
7.7
96
Not enough data
8.5
98
Not enough data
8.2
98
Not enough data
Budget Creation
8.5
155
8.3
12
8.8
153
8.7
15
8.8
155
9.0
12
9.1
155
8.3
12
8.7
153
8.2
11
8.9
148
8.5
16
Budget Management
8.3
148
8.6
11
8.8
146
8.9
11
7.3
146
8.9
11
Forecasting
8.5
148
8.8
14
8.9
146
8.8
12
8.8
147
8.6
12
9.0
148
8.2
12
5.5
118
Not enough data
Analytics
8.7
147
8.6
13
8.8
148
8.5
12
9.0
142
8.5
12
Agentic AI - Budgeting and Forecasting
4.4
18
Not enough data
4.9
18
Not enough data
5.9
19
Not enough data
Setup
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.8
143
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Performance
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.8
40
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Payment Cards
Not enough data
9.2
70
Not enough data
8.8
59
Not enough data
8.4
56
Reporting
Not enough data
8.7
61
Not enough data
8.2
45
Not enough data
8.1
43
Not enough data
8.3
45
Payments
Not enough data
8.5
48
Not enough data
8.4
53
Not enough data
8.9
62
Not enough data
7.7
33
Fraud & Risk Management
Not enough data
8.5
55
Not enough data
8.8
54
Not enough data
8.7
52
Agentic AI - Spend Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Planning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Execution
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Procure to Pay
Not enough data
Not enough data
Invoice Management
Not enough data
8.7
40
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
15
Not enough data
8.5
34
|
Verified
Invoice Processing
Not enough data
8.7
19
Not enough data
8.9
38
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
37
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
18
Analytics
Not enough data
8.8
30
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
11
Not enough data
8.3
12
Integration
Not enough data
7.7
30
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
28
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.7
14
Risk
Not enough data
8.1
14
Not enough data
8.6
14
Not enough data
8.5
13
Recovery
Not enough data
7.9
13
Not enough data
8.3
13
Audit
Not enough data
8.2
11
Not enough data
8.0
11
Not enough data
8.2
11
Not enough data
8.5
12
Fraud
Not enough data
8.3
14
Not enough data
8.2
13
Not enough data
8.6
14
Agentic AI - AP Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Invoice Generation
Not enough data
9.0
27
Not enough data
9.3
85
Not enough data
8.8
30
Invoice Processing
Not enough data
9.3
93
Not enough data
9.0
66
Not enough data
8.9
30
Not enough data
8.8
42
|
Verified
Analytics
Not enough data
8.7
73
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.9
39
|
Verified
Integration
Not enough data
8.5
65
Not enough data
9.1
67
Not enough data
8.1
25
Not enough data
8.5
32
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Invoice Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
8.0
70
Not enough data
7.4
66
Not enough data
6.6
72
Not enough data
7.9
77
Not enough data
7.0
64
Not enough data
7.7
69
Not enough data
7.4
69
Not enough data
7.7
79
Not enough data
8.3
73
Not enough data
7.2
69
Not enough data
Benchmarking and Equity - Compensation Management
7.3
47
Not enough data
6.5
47
Not enough data
7.8
47
Not enough data
Platform
9.2
185
Not enough data
7.7
175
Not enough data
7.6
161
Not enough data
8.7
185
Not enough data
8.7
185
Not enough data
7.5
165
Not enough data
7.8
181
Not enough data
8.3
183
Not enough data
Reconciliation
8.3
10
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
Reporting
8.1
9
Not enough data
6.5
10
Not enough data
7.0
9
Not enough data
Closing Process
8.1
9
Not enough data
6.7
8
Not enough data
7.5
8
Not enough data
AI - Financial Close
2.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Financial Planning
9.1
123
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
126
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
134
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis)
4.5
23
Not enough data
6.0
27
Not enough data
Financial Insight
9.2
138
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.3
146
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.4
147
|
Verified
Not enough data
Data
7.6
135
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
133
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
126
Not enough data
6.5
127
|
Verified
Not enough data
Status Communication
7.9
127
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
133
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
139
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
121
|
Verified
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Resource Planning - Workforce Planning
9.2
14
Not enough data
9.5
14
Not enough data
9.0
16
Not enough data
9.3
14
Not enough data
Human Resources - Workforce Planning
7.7
14
Not enough data
8.3
14
Not enough data
7.6
13
Not enough data
6.9
12
Not enough data
Sales Performance Features - Sales Planning
8.3
34
Not enough data
9.1
34
Not enough data
8.8
33
Not enough data
9.0
35
Not enough data
9.1
36
Not enough data
8.1
38
Not enough data
9.1
37
Not enough data
Territory Management - Sales Planning
8.9
36
Not enough data
9.0
36
Not enough data
Quota & Capacity Management - Sales Planning
9.0
35
Not enough data
8.8
35
Not enough data
8.8
36
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Sales Planning
4.7
10
Not enough data
4.8
10
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Sales Performance Management
3.5
10
Not enough data
3.0
10
Not enough data
3.0
10
Not enough data
Incentives
7.0
90
|
Verified
Not enough data
6.9
88
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
92
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
84
Not enough data
Personalization
6.7
84
Not enough data
8.1
107
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
109
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
98
|
Verified
Not enough data
Administrative
8.1
104
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
102
|
Verified
Not enough data
6.2
83
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Accounting & Finance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
9.2
185
Not enough data
7.7
175
Not enough data
7.6
161
Not enough data
8.7
185
Not enough data
8.7
185
Not enough data
7.5
165
Not enough data
7.8
181
Not enough data
8.3
183
Not enough data
Workforce Management Platform Features
8.4
124
Not enough data
7.2
106
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.3
104
Not enough data
7.7
105
Not enough data
7.5
99
Not enough data
8.5
119
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.4
94
Not enough data
7.2
103
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Anaplan and Spendesk are categorized as Budgeting and Forecasting
Unique Categories
Spendesk is categorized as Spend Management, AP Automation, Invoice Management, Expense Management, and Procure to Pay
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Anaplan
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Spendesk
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Financial Services
12.7%
Consulting
12.5%
Information Technology and Services
12.2%
Management Consulting
8.1%
Computer Software
5.5%
Other
49.1%
Computer Software
15.2%
Information Technology and Services
14.2%
Financial Services
4.7%
Marketing and Advertising
4.7%
Internet
3.7%
Other
57.6%
Alternatives
Discussions
How is anaplan different?
6 Comments
AB
In-memory computing and multidimensionality set Anaplan apart from its competitors. Read more here: https://www.anaplan.com/platform/. Read more
What is anaplan software?
4 Comments
AJ
Anaplan is a market-leading, cloud-native, enterprise SaaS company, transforming how enterprises across industries see, plan, and drive business performance....Read more
What database does anaplan use?
3 Comments
AB
For specifics on Anaplan architecture, reference Anapedia / Anaplan Community here: https://help.anaplan.com/. Read more
How do I reimburse via Spendesk?
1 Comment
CL
Hi Gabriela, there are different options to reimburse employees, all of them enables you to reimburse in bulk:
1. Export an XML Sepa file if you have a...Read more
If you're looking for people for user test I'd like to participate :)
1 Comment
CL
Hi Francis GG, so nice of you to offer! We will then! :) Read more
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