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Anaplan
Star Rating
(451)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (54.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
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Star Rating
(1,851)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (58.2% of reviews)
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Entry-Level Pricing
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- G2 reviewers report that Anaplan excels in providing a user-friendly interface, with many users highlighting its intuitive design that simplifies the planning process. This makes it particularly appealing for teams looking to streamline their financial planning and forecasting.
- Users say that Workiva shines in audit management, transforming a typically stressful process into a smooth experience. Reviewers appreciate how it centralizes all audit evidence and documentation, ensuring that teams can collaborate effectively without wasting time on paperwork.
- According to verified reviews, Anaplan is praised for its ability to connect enterprise-wide planning across various departments, such as finance, sales, HR, and supply chain. This integration helps eliminate disconnected planning, which is a significant advantage for organizations seeking a unified approach.
- Reviewers mention that Workiva provides a robust foundation for managing complex reporting needs, where accuracy and accountability are critical. Users value the connected data model that keeps numbers synchronized across all related reports, enhancing reliability in high-stakes environments.
- G2 reviewers highlight that while Anaplan has a strong focus on budgeting and forecasting, it faces challenges in areas like ease of setup compared to Workiva. Users have noted that Workiva's setup process is slightly more straightforward, which can be a deciding factor for teams looking for quick implementation.
- Users report that collaboration features in Workiva are particularly strong, allowing multiple team members to work on the same report simultaneously with tracked changes. This capability is a significant advantage for teams that prioritize real-time collaboration and efficiency in their reporting processes.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Anaplan
Essential
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Essential capabilities to support basic planning and modeling. Best for small, mid-market.
- Self-service connections
- Classic engine
- UX Collaboration
Workiva
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Anaplan
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No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.8
327
8.8
749
Ease of Use
8.7
331
8.7
1,491
Ease of Setup
8.1
305
8.2
1,070
Ease of Admin
8.4
298
8.6
186
Quality of Support
8.1
323
8.8
704
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.6
291
8.9
189
Product Direction (% positive)
9.0
303
9.2
732
Features by Category
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
154
8.4
46
8.8
153
8.0
42
8.8
154
8.6
46
9.1
155
8.2
46
8.7
152
7.7
45
8.9
148
7.8
44
Budget Management
8.3
147
8.3
44
8.8
146
8.2
40
7.3
145
8.8
42
Forecasting
8.5
148
8.8
42
8.9
146
Feature Not Available
8.8
146
Feature Not Available
9.0
148
Feature Not Available
5.5
118
7.3
31
Analytics
8.7
146
Feature Not Available
8.8
148
Feature Not Available
9.0
141
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - Budgeting and Forecasting
4.4
18
Not enough data
4.9
18
7.7
5
5.6
18
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
184
Not enough data
7.5
165
Not enough data
7.8
180
Not enough data
8.2
182
Not enough data
Reconciliation
8.1
9
8.3
203
|
Verified
9.1
9
8.5
215
|
Verified
8.3
9
Feature Not Available
Reporting
8.1
9
8.6
244
|
Verified
6.1
9
8.6
234
7.0
9
8.5
218
|
Verified
Closing Process
8.1
9
8.2
201
|
Verified
6.7
8
Feature Not Available
7.5
8
8.4
198
|
Verified
AI - Financial Close
2.7
5
6.1
33
Not enough data
6.7
33
Not enough data
6.4
33
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.4
32
Audit Management
Not enough data
8.2
52
Not enough data
8.2
49
Not enough data
8.2
55
Not enough data
8.2
51
Not enough data
8.8
52
Regulatory Change Management
Not enough data
8.4
55
Not enough data
8.6
58
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
47
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Risk Management
Not enough data
8.6
52
Not enough data
8.3
48
Not enough data
8.3
51
Not enough data
8.3
47
Third Party & Supplier Risk Management
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Business Continuity Management
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Ethics and Compliance Learning
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.9
26
Not enough data
7.9
26
Platform
Not enough data
8.9
47
Not enough data
9.0
47
Not enough data
8.0
40
Not enough data
8.6
54
Services
Not enough data
8.7
51
Not enough data
8.6
51
Not enough data
8.9
53
Not enough data
8.8
46
Financial Planning
9.1
121
|
Verified
8.2
53
8.2
124
|
Verified
8.7
59
8.2
130
|
Verified
8.4
59
Agentic AI - FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis)
4.5
23
Feature Not Available
5.8
26
Feature Not Available
Financial Insight
9.2
137
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
9.3
143
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
9.4
141
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
Data
7.6
135
|
Verified
8.1
63
8.0
131
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.7
124
8.8
60
6.5
127
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
Status Communication
7.9
128
|
Verified
9.1
66
8.6
132
|
Verified
9.2
64
8.8
137
|
Verified
9.2
66
7.9
120
|
Verified
8.2
54
Resource Management
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Compliance Management
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Administrative
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.9
48
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ReportingHide 20 FeaturesShow 20 Features
Not enough data
6.9
81
Data Collection
Not enough data
7.8
64
Not enough data
7.3
64
Not enough data
6.2
61
Reporting
Not enough data
6.6
61
Not enough data
7.2
60
Not enough data
7.7
62
Integration
Not enough data
7.1
59
Not enough data
7.4
63
Not enough data
6.8
61
Risk Management - Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Reporting
Not enough data
7.3
51
Not enough data
6.7
51
Not enough data
6.6
49
Not enough data
6.7
49
Reporting - Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Reporting
Not enough data
6.4
48
Not enough data
6.4
50
Not enough data
6.0
49
Not enough data
6.9
51
Not enough data
6.7
40
Agentic AI - Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Reporting
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.1
185
Not enough data
7.1
184
Workflows - Audit Management
Not enough data
8.5
157
Not enough data
7.6
151
Not enough data
8.2
155
Not enough data
7.3
146
Not enough data
7.3
144
Documentation - Audit Management
Not enough data
7.6
144
Not enough data
7.3
145
Reporting & Analytics - Audit Management
Not enough data
8.0
147
Not enough data
7.9
147
Not enough data
7.9
147
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.0
24
Not enough data
6.9
25
Platform AI Features - Policy Management
Not enough data
6.3
16
Not enough data
5.9
15
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
8.9
15
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
Emissions Tracking - Carbon Accounting
Not enough data
8.6
15
Not enough data
8.2
13
Not enough data
8.6
15
Not enough data
8.0
14
Decarbonization - Carbon Accounting
Not enough data
7.8
12
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.5
12
Analytics - Carbon Accounting
Not enough data
7.8
13
Not enough data
6.7
12
Not enough data
7.4
12
Integration - Carbon Accounting
Not enough data
7.1
14
Not enough data
7.1
13
Agentic AI - Carbon Accounting
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
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 - SAP Store
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
184
Not enough data
7.5
165
Not enough data
7.8
180
Not enough data
8.2
182
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 Workiva are categorized as Budgeting and Forecasting, Financial Close, and FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis)
Unique Categories
Anaplan is categorized as Sales Planning, Sales & Ops Planning, Supply Chain Planning, Compensation Management, Sales Performance Management, Workforce Management, and Workforce Planning
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Anaplan
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Workiva
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
Consulting
12.4%
Information Technology and Services
12.4%
Financial Services
12.4%
Management Consulting
8.2%
Computer Software
5.3%
Other
49.2%
Accounting
12.6%
Financial Services
9.9%
Insurance
5.6%
Information Technology and Services
5.5%
Banking
5.5%
Other
61.0%
Discussions
How is anaplan different?
6 Comments
RM
Anaplan is a blank model when you start with but you can implement anything using Anaplan tool. Implementation duration can be very less in implementing in...Read more
What is anaplan software?
4 Comments
KL
Anaplan is a cloud-based planning tool designed to help organizations with integrated business planning. It allows organizations to build detailed, real-time...Read more
What database does anaplan use?
3 Comments
SK
Anaplan users Hyperblock technology for in-memory database calculations.
Some additional information is available here:...Read more
Can i ise this for upload charts?
1 Comment
CH
The Workiva platform includes the ability to import files from Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. We import charts in Word and PowerPoint files as images...Read more
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