Anaplan Reviews & Product Details

Anaplan is a leading AI-driven scenario planning and analysis platform designed to optimize decision-making in today’s complex business environment so that enterprises can outpace their competition and the market. By building connections and collaboration across organizational silos, the platform intelligently surfaces key insights — so businesses can make the right decisions, right now. More than 2,800 global brands plan with Anaplan. G2 categories include: Corporate Performance Management, Budgeting & Forecasting, Compensation Management, Financial Close, Sales & Ops Planning, Sales Performance Management, Sales Planning, Supply Chain Planning, and Workforce Management.

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Anaplan

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Languages Supported

English, Japanese

Solution Type

All-in-One

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Andrea Barrera (Sr. Manager, Customer Marketing)

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Value at a Glance

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Time to Implement

6 months

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Julie Z.

Business Solutions Architect

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/21/2025

"Powerful Calculations, But Definite Learning Curve for Excel Users"

5/5

What do you like best about Anaplan?

Immediate calculations across multiple dimensions and modules Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Anaplan?

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. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shivankur S.

Anaplan Solution Architect

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/1/2024

"Innovating tools where continuous learning thrives"

5/5

What do you like best about Anaplan?

They have a clear vision, and product innovation is constant, with new features introduced regularly. This tool is easy to integrate and doesn't require an IT background. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Anaplan?

With six years of experience using Anaplan, I can confidently say there is nothing to dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Anaplan solving and how is that benefiting you?

Anaplan's connected planning is highly valued by clients worldwide. As a model builder, I have successfully implemented connected planning to integrate Supply and Demand, enhancing Inventory Management within Anaplan. In Finance, I have utilized connected planning for Cash Flow Management, Capex Control, EPS Calculations, and Consolidations within a single model. Anaplan truly excels in delivering impressive connected planning solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Medical Practice

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/26/2021

"Why Anaplan ?"

5/5

What do you like best about Anaplan?

Anaplan is a cloud-based application that can connect multiple cells and workspaces across different business use-cases and give a concise view of the KPIs. Real-time security is enabled with instant changing of roles, and access is possible in Anaplan. Excel cannot restrict individual cell access. Anaplan has the flexibility to plan across many dimensions, which excel does not have. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Anaplan?

The PowerPoint add-in feature is a little obsolete and unnecessary with the launch of the new UX. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Anaplan solving and how is that benefiting you?

Anaplan helps with different types of planning. I have been involved in Financial Planning and Analysis for four years now. I am assisting clients in moving from Excel sheets to Anaplan planning UX. Anaplan can have scheduled data integrations from external data sources such as Informatica Cloud, SnapLogic, Mulesoft, Dell Boomi, Docusign, Workiva, and Tableau. It has dynamic time scale implementation. Master Data structure – works on having one data hub with a single source of truth, build once and push multiple times approach. Pushing hierarchical changes across multiple worksheets is tough and error-prone. Easy for business users to adapt and easy to maintain. Anaplan has checks and balances in place to flag errors and correct inputs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tun Z.

Senior Developer DT Solution Design

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/11/2025

"As a model builder, I think Anaplan is a very good tool to build a sophisticated model."

5/5

What do you like best about Anaplan?

Anaplan displays a very straightforward and clear way of code implementation, and it provides a very good training courses that support learner to get sufficient technical knowledge. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Anaplan?

The limitation of workspace. Sometimes end users require to see reports in very detailed granular level, but due to the limitation of workspace, we couldn't build that level. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Anaplan solving and how is that benefiting you?

The main problem is disconnection among different teams that are working in the same budgeting and forecasting processes, Anaplan provides a single source of truth that every users from different functional teams use Anaplan as the single platform to submit their budget & forecast, review & analyze their financial reports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consumer Electronics

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/2/2025

"Good adaptive tool for supply chain"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Anaplan?

Anaplan is easy to use. It can be customized to your business and manufacturing model. What I liked best was it's ability to scenario plan supply chain outcomes based on our requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Anaplan?

I would like Anaplan to integrate high level analytics into the software so it can be used without having to use other tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Debaleena B.

Technical Architect

1/20/2026

"Effortless Forecasting, User-Friendly Setup"

5/5

What do you like best about Anaplan?

I like using Anaplan for forecasting. It works so effortlessly, making the process smooth and efficient. The initial setup was very easy, which added to the convenience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Anaplan?

I find the user friendliness lacking. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consulting

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/25/2023

"Anaplan for Public Sector"

5/5

What do you like best about Anaplan?

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. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Anaplan?

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. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consumer Electronics

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/1/2025

"A fantastic multi-purpose EPM platform for true Cross Planning & Analytics (XPA)"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Anaplan?

Highly flexible, highly configurable, ever-improving UX and ever-growing list of functionalities such AI, ADO or Excel add in. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Anaplan?

The sales strategy felt overly aggressive, and there’s room for improvement in the account executives’ product expertise to provide a smoother purchasing and renewal process. An experiences and trusted advisor is needed to know when to choose pre-built Apps over Customised models, Standard Calculation Engine vs Polaris or other options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Karim B.

Consulting Manager

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/25/2025

"Anaplan: Connected Planning For The Enterprise"

4/5

What do you like best about Anaplan?

Anaplan is a great connected planning tool that can break down silos between different teams, enable version control for planning, and reduce the amount of time it takes to plan through automation of datasets & calculations, predictive AI & through multi-dimensional planning Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Anaplan?

Anaplan has some challenges when it comes to concurrency for loading datasets, as well as with size when handling large quantities of data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.