G2

Verified User in Consulting

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/15/2026

"Game-changer for enterprise budgeting and forecasting"

5/5

What do you like best about IBM Planning Analytics?

The speed of the TM1 engine. When a planner can change a driver and see the impact across the model right away, they stop treating the budget as a once-a-year exercise and start using it to answer questions. Planning Analytics for Excel is the other big one. Finance teams don't have to give up Excel, and you still get one governed model underneath it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM Planning Analytics?

The learning curve on rules and TurboIntegrator is real. A well-built model is great for years, but a poorly built one is painful, so who builds it matters a lot. Planning Analytics Workspace has gotten much better, though some admin tasks still take more clicks than they should. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IBM Planning Analytics solving and how is that benefiting you?

We implement it for clients who've outgrown spreadsheet-based budgeting and forecasting. The usual problem is version control: a dozen workbooks emailed around, nobody sure which numbers are current. Moving that into Planning Analytics gives them one source of truth and frees up the time they used to spend consolidating. We have multiple clients that use IBM Planning Analytics, but one that comes to mind is using it for budgeting and forecasting across 7 divisions. We working directly with the CFOs of each division and with their central financial technology team to ensure that each model is independent but still ties out to an overall, company-wide model. The ability of IBM PA to allow us to do this is one of its biggest benefits. It allows full customization and limitless scale. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.