MANY USERS FIND ANAPLAN USER-FRIENDLY INTERFACE EASY TO USE, WITH AN INTUITIVE DESIGN THAT SIMPLIFIES THE PLANNING PROCESS.

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.

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.