Anaplan Reviews & Product Details

I like that Anaplan is a cloud-based hyper platform that is primarily used to connect enterprise-wide planning across finance, sales, HR, and supply chain. It solves the issue of disconnected planning by unifying finance and sales which I find really helpful. I appreciate the ability to align high-level strategic planning with detailed operational planning, which allows for flexible modeling users can utilize for a repository for master data and planning. I find balancing data with security to ensure scalability is beneficial. I also use it with ETL tools and BI tools, which works well for my needs. The initial setup was highly flexible, albeit with a high learning curve. I would definitely recommend Anaplan to a friend or colleague as I would rate it a 10 out of 10. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I find issues with insufficient model design and poor maintenance of browser network. There's also a need to restart my machine and re-authenticate into Anaplan, which can be frustrating. Balancing data with security to ensure scalability also seems to be a challenge. Additionally, while Anaplan is highly flexible, there's a high learning curve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This is a low-code/no-code platform that empowers business users to take ownership of their applications, reducing dependence on IT and eliminating common bottlenecks. Its hyper-block technology supports real-time collaboration throughout the organization, helping to break down silos. The platform also gives you the flexibility to define your own models without being constrained by rigid structures or limitations. It's user friendly UX allows model builder to build highly customized UX with KPIs, Charts and Conditional formatted tables, hence improving overall user experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The extra efforts in handling sparsity of the model; we need to spend significant efforts in building concatenated list to reduce sparsity of the model to gain better performance. Polaris seems to be an answer for that, however, the costs of the license would be higher.

The limitation in reporting, currently we are restricted to do slice and dice on the reporting dimensions included in the module. It would be nice if we could also include properties of the reporting dimensions to achieve something similar in BI tools.

The current solution on this would be exporting the data with the properties and build those kinds of reports in BI tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anaplan is highly capable and can handle any task with impressive flexibility and power. It is also able to manage large amounts of data effectively. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anaplan is a very expensive tool, but it can be worthwhile if you develop a well-defined use case. Although Anaplan is capable of handling almost any task, it's important to consider whether a particular task truly needs to be done within Anaplan, or if it would be more cost-effective to handle it elsewhere. We should remember, that Anaplan is the planning tool at first. For example, raw data transformation might be better performed outside of Anaplan to save on performance / cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anaplan is a cloud-based software platform primarily designed for Connected Planning, and it has now expanded its capabilities to include finance, sales, supply chain, retail, and workforce management. The platform enables users to conduct dynamic scenario analysis, variance analysis, and generate real-time reports within the application. As a low-code solution, Anaplan can be easily managed by business users after the initial implementation. Recently, Anaplan introduced Financial Close and Consolidation solutions, providing a more comprehensive financial offering. Additionally, the product features prebuilt applications that help organizations reduce implementation time by two to three weeks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anaplan has consistently faced challenges due to its expensive licensing model and performance limitations when handling large datasets. The basic AI and Gen AI features are not only costly but also have a very limited user base, as their use cases are quite narrow. Achieving scalability with Anaplan comes at a significant expense. Additionally, its ad hoc analysis capabilities, especially in Excel, are much weaker compared to other EPM tools, which forces users to rely solely on the application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anaplan allows for an enterprise approach to planning and forecasting, allowing for collaboration while maintaining consistency in approach, calculation, and reporting. Anaplan models that allow for controlled access and user role-driven experiences, ensuring Apps can be built to expose the right data to the right users at the right time. The inbuilt Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) features allows for controlled release of model changes to end users and allows for segregation of development, testing and production usage.

As a SaaS offering there are continually new features being developed which support both the end user and model builder experiences. Anaplan is continually refining based on customer feedback to address key features to advance modeling capabilities and improve ease of use. In recent years the App/UX layer has advanced greatly, allowing for dynamic formatting/visualizations, more curated user interactions and less reliance on model builders to make structural changes to the model. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lack native multi-select functionality and conditional formatting in the App layer can be a bit clunky and require workarounds or supplemental model development. Model to model connections require integration with no ability to share data in real time thought advancements in functionality like Workflow added more options/capability to support end user driven activity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Scalability and flexibility in planning is the cornerstone feature of this product. Errors associated with excel based planning can be eliminated and much more can be done with productivity improvements. The calculation engine Hyperblock is the foundation that powers this tool. The ability to customize for any type of planning be it sales, finance, supply chain, headcount etc helps in exploiting synergies of different orgs. In addition, the new features like combined grids, ADO etc will definitely make it a serious product in the market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

More AI features are required for the increasingly competitive industry. The product roadmap is already filled with AI roadmap so it is just a matter of time. The tool is costly and the pricing definitely needs to be standardized and made transparent for all customers. Also, there should be focus to replace visualization tools like PowerBI by bringing in visual planning. This has been addressed with geo-mapping feature that is released recently but Anaplan should be bringing in and constantly improving the features like these. On the upsteam, the integration ability with other systems should be made easily. ADO is definitely a game-changer but it needs to be bi-directional. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anaplan is relatively low cost platform which provided business a quick ROI.

I am using Anaplan since year 2015 and switched my career to consulting, before year 2015 I used to work as a Head of Production Planning and Logistics for one of the Tata Group entity. I was responsible for end to end supply chain, production planning , distribution planning , after market and logistics planning. It was very difficult for me to do planning, budgeting, supply chain provisions in excel spread sheets at granular level of details, considering huge count of SKU's I was not able to create detailed rough cut /short term planning at product or product-customer level, because of which I always faced challenges while planning plant capacity, planning constraint based production etc. It was always difficult for me to commit production / distribution to sales team, impact on inventory carrying cost.

From 2015 I have started using Anaplan and I implemented many end to end Anaplan models in the field of Production planning, inventory planning , capacity planning, S&OP, demand planning, supply planning for multiple global customers and I really can see my clients taking huge benefit out of Anaplan in terms of profitability or cost reduction. With proper planning company can decide their strategy to make business more profitable. Anaplan is a great tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing to dislike, I think Anaplan is a great and competitive tool at this point of time in market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that the user experience is really flexible and meets the main needs of most enterprises. The Connected Planning experience a good implementation can give to its customers is a high-end solution that works really well. The platform constantly expands and is market competitive, the multiple integration options allow the system to communicate and seamlessly fit in any existing environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Having worked with both the gritty back-end and not just the polished front-end, I see areas where improvements could be made, particularly in how the dimensions function and how the engine operates, as well as new features that can make the quality of work significantly better (e.g. view filters on import creation). Since this is a live system, any blocking action can significantly disrupt the user experience for all users involved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like Anaplan's ability to configure datasets exactly as I want and build dashboards around them that are both numeric and visual. The unique feature within Anaplan that I appreciate is the ability to add a variable within the overall dataset. This allows us to update just a single variable, which then updates the entire dataset and dashboard simultaneously. This feature is particularly useful when managing risk factors across multiple companies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think role-based access could use an improvement. It wasn't very flexible at the time I was using it. Everyone used to have access to the same dataset, and there was just one system administrator who needed to assign roles to everyone. The data within the roles wasn't very comfortable, so we had to assign administrator roles to almost everyone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The part I like about Anaplan the most is CONNECTED PLANNING at its best. Due to its hyper engine, everything is connected such that one change is easily transmitted to the whole model. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only thing I don't like is that it is too expensive for the mid market, but that is partially understandable since it is an enterprise software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.