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Anaplan is the only scenario planning and analysis platform designed to optimize decision-making in todays complex business environment so that enterprises can outpace their competition and the market. By building connections and collaboration across organizational silos, our platform intelligently surfaces key insights so businesses can make the right decisions, right now. More than 2,500 of the worlds best brands continually optimize their decision-making by planning with Anaplan.
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Connected Planning enables dynamic, collaborative, and intelligent planning across all areas of an organization, including finance, sales, supply chain, marketing, human resources, and operations. As a purpose-built platform connecting people, data, and plans, Anaplan delivers a unified real-time, cloud-based environment to optimize planning and democratize decision-making across all lines of business and business activities, from strategic to operational levels.
Anaplan for Finance
- Anaplan's flexible modeling capabilities automate, structure, and connect a range of financial and operational solutions including FP&A and opex to steer business performance more effectively.
Anaplan for Supply Chain
- Model your supply chain with intelligence. Enable real-time collaboration across departments, functions, suppliers, and customers through supply, demand, and sales & operations planning solutions.
Anaplan for Sales & Marketing
- Connect revenue plans to stabilize sales performance and drive growth through sales planning, sales incentives, and pipeline and revenue forecasting solutions. Marketing solutions include optimized budget allocation, spend visibility, trade promotion management, and marketing performance.
Anaplan for HR and Workforce
- Develop a dynamic workforce blueprint that aligns and executes your business strategies and operations with talent strategy, workforce planning, and compensation modeling solutions.
Highlights
- The Anaplan 2024 Decision Excellence Report shows that enterprise connectedness drives a 14% increase in TSR, a 43% reduction in unproductive meetings, and a 58% improvement in external connectivity with customers and suppliers, enhancing overall decision-making.
- Anaplan Forecaster is our next-generation AI-driven forecasting capability, natively built into the Anaplan platform. As part of Anaplan Intelligence, it empowers teams to create accurate, transparent, and scalable forecasts that seamlessly connect into enterprise planning.
- Pricing shown is based on a representative customer and will vary based on your specific needs (users, solutions, configuration options, and contract duration). For custom quotes through private offers, please contact your Anaplan AE or AWSGTM@anaplan.com.
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Dimension | Description | Cost/12 months |
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Connected Planning | Users, workspace & access to product. Varies based on specific needs. | $750,000.00 |
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Scenario Planning Platform
Cloud-based platform enabling dynamic and collaborative planning across multiple organizational domains
AI-Driven Forecasting
Native AI-powered forecasting capability for creating accurate and scalable enterprise forecasts
Cross-Functional Modeling
Flexible modeling capabilities that automate and connect financial and operational solutions across departments
Real-Time Collaboration
Unified cloud environment supporting real-time collaboration across departments, functions, suppliers, and customers
Enterprise Connectivity
Platform designed to connect people, data, and plans across strategic and operational business levels
Predictive Analytics
Embedded predictive forecasting capabilities using statistical and predictive analytics to analyze historical data and identify trends and patterns
Workflow Management
Managed and governed workflows with customizable application creation, participant invitation, submission requirements, and progress monitoring
Multidimensional Data Analysis
Advanced data exploration across large historical and future-oriented datasets from multiple perspectives to uncover strategic insights
Self-Service Modeling
Workbench Modeling enables analysts to create and maintain sophisticated financial models without IT support, including what-if scenario functionality
AI-Driven Planning
AI-powered integrated business planning platform that enables automated and unified planning across organizational departments
Data Workflow Automation
Drag-and-drop interface with 300+ analytic building blocks for creating and automating data workflows
Machine Learning Capabilities
Automated machine learning (AutoML) and feature engineering for data science use cases across skill levels
Data Preparation Tools
Comprehensive data access, preparation, blending, enrichment, and statistical analytics platform
Geospatial Analytics
Integrated geospatial analytics capabilities for spatial data processing and analysis
Cloud-Native Analytics
Browser-based, cloud-native experience for building and automating data pipelines with reduced technical complexity
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Customer reviews
Mabid Wyed
Connected planning has improved financial analysis and now optimizes productivity and reporting
Reviewed on Dec 30, 2025
Review provided by PeerSpot
What is our primary use case?
I have been using Anaplan mainly for financial planning and model building from the beginning.
One of the recent projects that I worked on was for the financial planning of a China-based company. We obtained their data and used it for planning and analysis, which allowed us to conduct a profit analysis for them. This represents the recent use case that I have been part of.
I have mainly worked on financial planning, and beyond that, I have also been part of a project briefly that included a supply chain project. I also recognize that we can use Anaplan for validation.
What is most valuable?
Anaplan helps us in connected planning by allowing us to connect other software such as Excel and PowerPoint to Anaplan, making it very useful for obtaining reporting details and enabling integration between the tools very easily.
The integration process between Anaplan and other tools such as Excel and PowerPoint is quite smooth. The integration is very seamless compared to any other tools in the market, making Anaplan quite easy to integrate with different tools.
CloudWorks in Anaplan is a valuable feature that makes the integration and the scheduling of processes very seamless. I believe most people should know about it.
Since we began using Anaplan, our firm has been very organized, and we have been gradually moving up in the market. I attribute this success to using a very firm and seamless tool.
What needs improvement?
One improvement that could be added to Anaplan is to stabilize the models when data complexity increases, allowing us to manage our time and space well. This area does need some improvement.
Another feature that Anaplan should have is the ability to validate data already in the module in the form of a chart or a pie chart directly without needing specific apps or pages. This would greatly help in the visualization aspect.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working in this field for almost three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Anaplan is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Anaplan's scalability is quite good.
How are customer service and support?
The customer support for Anaplan is good.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Negative
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have been using Anaplan since the beginning, so this is the primary tool I have used.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
What other advice do I have?
The main improvement was in productivity, where productivity actually increased compared to other tools, and time optimization has been a very key component in that tool.
What matters is how polished the software is, how flexible it is for the people, and how much it can help the company in scalability, making Anaplan a go-to software for them.
Banking
Unmatched Flexibility and Excellent Training Resources
Reviewed on Dec 27, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Anaplan is a very flexible tool which allows you to create practically any model you want. The training courses are available online and they are very well structured
What do you dislike about the product?
Anaplan may be an easy platform to learn, but a difficult one to master. Releasing its full potential may be difficult without an experienced architect or a model builder
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Anaplan is great for almost any use case: Workforce, FP&A, Supply Chain, Demand Planning.. Anaplan allows to see all updates in real time compared to offline excel spreadsheets
Phil Z
Balanced planning tools have supported detailed calculations and clear summary reporting
Reviewed on Dec 19, 2025
Review provided by PeerSpot
What is our primary use case?
IBM Planning Analytics is better for large data manipulation, whereas Anaplan excels in the presentation side and ease of use. My group company uses Anaplan for summarizing clean data, while the UK region company uses Planning Analytics for detailed calculations and speed.
I develop in both Anaplan and IBM Planning Analytics , so I know both very well. I try to find ways to compare them for various purposes and explain their slightly different use cases based on the tools' capabilities.
What is most valuable?
Anaplan's focus on APIs helps streamline data consolidation, while IBM Planning Analytics offers stronger capabilities in base-level data and detailed calculations.
Anaplan is excellent for summarizing clean data and is easier to use for reporting and security, while Planning Analytics is better for data cleansing and low-level data manipulation. The ease of developing individual models in Anaplan is notable, allowing users to handle it with minimal complication.
What needs improvement?
Anaplan's problem is that it has its own niche market. It cannot perform some tasks handled by Planning Analytics due to their different foundations, Anaplan on Hyperblock technology and TM1 on OLAP.
Anaplan lacks a native ETL tool, making it challenging to integrate numerous flat files. Its licensing model could also be changed, and integration with other solutions simplified.
The report on Anaplan and Planning Analytics could have been more detailed.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have worked with Planning Analytics for years.
How are customer service and support?
I do not use technical support much because I write code, run servers, and handle technical aspects myself, minimizing reliance on external customer service.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Planning Analytics and Anaplan have unique selling points despite being marketed in the same area. They are not the same tool, each catering to different needs. It is important to choose based on specific user requirements and end goals.
Anaplan has a different pricing methodology compared to Planning Analytics, with a more consolidated approach. This difference might guide a company's decision to switch tools if cost structure is a concern.
What other advice do I have?
I do not view it in a commercial competition way; it is more about which tool is best for my specific data needs.
I am still exploring what features could be suggested for improvement since Anaplan and IBM Planning Analytics serve different purposes in our applications.
I have colleagues who are Anaplan salespeople and marketers, driving its adoption across different companies.
Anaplan is marketed strongly, and many cannot see the distinction without understanding the backend and coding structures.
I would rate this review a nine out of ten.
Thierry D.
streamlined processes to ensure reliability and performance
Reviewed on Dec 15, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Anaplan is a powerful and user-friendly solution that integrates easily, making it ideal for planning business processes of any complexity. It significantly reduces the time required to accomplish these tasks.
What do you dislike about the product?
However, implementing the solution can become quite tedious if the publisher's recommended best practices are not adhered to. Careful attention to design is crucial for developing an effective tool and ensuring that users are able to fully adopt the solution.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Anaplan allows you to plan complex business processes and enhances their reliability. The centralization and standardization of data are crucial advantages that help ensure strong operational performance.
Alexandre C.
Effortless to Use, Lightning-Fast Implementation and Integration
Reviewed on Dec 14, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
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.
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.
What do you dislike about the product?
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.
Customer support is pretty reactive but often misses the point when subjects are complicated.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Reconciliating large numbers of data, ability to have a connected tool for all the users where their input can be reflected across all the model.
Great reactivity, possibility to handle multi^ple scenarios of forecasting with numbers of different parameters, good and ergonomic UX, and a lot of possibility regarding security and users access
Great reactivity, possibility to handle multi^ple scenarios of forecasting with numbers of different parameters, good and ergonomic UX, and a lot of possibility regarding security and users access