Anaplan Reviews & Product Details

What I like most about Anaplan is how powerful it is at connecting data across the business in real time. Once a model is built the right way, you can actually trust what you’re looking at and make decisions quickly instead of chasing numbers in spreadsheets. I also really value the flexibility—whether it’s modeling financials, forecasts, or operational scenarios, you can adapt the platform to fit the problem instead of forcing the problem to fit a tool. Finally, there’s a strong sense of ownership as a builder; when something clicks and stakeholders immediately see the value, it’s very satisfying. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I dislike about Anaplan is that some things still feel harder than they should be, especially when trying to understand or navigate someone else’s model. Tracing references, following dependencies, and answering “what will this impact?” can be time‑consuming and fairly manual. There’s also a learning curve for new users—both builders and end users—which means a lot depends on how well the model was originally designed and documented. When models aren’t built cleanly, small changes can take longer than expected to validate and explain. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Intuitive dashboards for business users. Seamless APIs and CloudWorks pipelines. Fast recalcs on large models. High ROI for enterprise planning. Strong docs and community help. Smart forecasting with PlanIQ Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Too many clicks for complex tasks. Error handling still feels manual. Expensive for small use cases. Steep ramp‑up for newcomers. AI features not deeply embedded Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The flexibility of the platform and its calculation engine are the biggest strengths. Anaplan allows you to model complex business logic in a transparent, scalable way without relying on traditional code, which makes it easier to iterate quickly as requirements change.

I also really value the dimensional modeling approach and the ability to connect planning across multiple functions in a single platform. From a model builder perspective, the ecosystem (UX, ALM, integrations, community, and enablement resources) makes it easier to maintain governance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anaplan has a steep learning curve and requires disciplined model design to stay scalable.

Anaplan is not ideal for highly transactional use cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I appreciate the comprehensive connected planning ecosystem that Anaplan offers. I also value its real-time planning capabilities and the security features it provides. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The cost appears to be somewhat challenging in the long term. I have volunteered with an organization that transitioned from Anaplan to another tool due to cost concerns. It would be beneficial if the pricing could be reduced or optimized to be more in line with other competitors available in the market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The multi-dimensional planning capabilities help us design and develop complex solutions, and they also provide valuable analytical insights through various NUX features. REST API integration helps automate data loads, which in turn improves data quality and overall performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

PlanIQ/Forecastor wasn’t completely helpful for our use cases, and our internal ML team currently supports us in driving our forecasts. It would be good to have an option to create and customize the ML language so it can be used directly via Anaplan. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anaplan is very flexible. It is designed for the business and easily owned by the business which reduces the learning curve. The Anaplan API is outstanding allowing data integration from many sources. It is a true connected planning platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

New features are sometimes slow to be released even after being promised a feature by a certain deadline. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like how Anaplan allows many users to contribute, review, and perform analysis planning and scenario analysis. It's also fun to use and compared to other tools for similar applications, it's easier to be trained on. You don't need to know coding at all because it's more formula-based with drag-and-drop and clicking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I believe that integration is still a challenging area, even if there is now a new tool called ADO, which is supposed to help a lot. However, these and other tools come at an extra cost, so they are not available for all customers. More work is needed to enable seamless integration with many systems. Also, another relevant point is the ability to customize the outputs with more freedom, particularly the dashboarding for end users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would say the best about Anaplan is that it's easy to use and to learn. It's also really fast to implement new functionnalities, thanks this easiness and also the way of handling a project with the Agile methodology.

What is also good is the speed of the calculations with large data I would say, if the model has been well developed.

It's also pretty easy to integrate with other ERP or other systems thanks to native connectors and Anaplan Connect or APIs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The fact that you can do pretty much everything in Anaplan can lead to bad developments, with no following from Anaplan team regarding what the partners are developing within clients ecosystem. I would like them to be more challenging on their partner and do reviews on their own of the models made, not only at the demand of the clients or the partner.

Customer support is pretty reactive but often misses the point when subjects are complicated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like Anaplan's planning and modeling features, intelligent engine, user experience, extensibility and scalability. Anaplan connects people, data and plans like no other with their unified cloud platform. New features and functionalities are incorporated into the platform on a frequent basis which enhance the product's value proposition and usability significantly. Availability of pre-configured industry-standard apps for financial planning, supply chain and merchandising now enable faster value realization for customers and boost the product's go-to-market value proposition. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Auditability of line items can be further enhanced by adding extra features like saved views references and filter references. Detailed error logging and scheduler accuracy can be improved in Cloudworks. Native support for allowing input/breakback and calculation logic in the same line item can be added to further boost platform adoption in Retail Planning use cases. Anaplan Data Orchestrator and Merchandising apps can benefit from improved product stability and performance to boost adoption and implementation scope for partners. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anaplan allows the "business" to own the toold rather than IT. This allows areas like finance and sales to make changes and updates to the logic without having to wait for IT to make the changes. Plus, the changes are easy becasue the "logic" is behaves in the same way as other programs used by the business. Anaplan also allows the business to design the tool to cater to the specific needs of the business such as terminoly and allowing for unique processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are quite a few ways to connect data to Anaplan, but not always a direct connection. However, Anaplan is constantly evolving as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.