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Worked with Anaplan as a Partner for 3 years.
What do you like best about the product?
I like how easy it has been to connect multiple Anaplan models together so business data can be shared easy between groups. It has been seamless for users around the world to be in the system and collaborate.
What do you dislike about the product?
It is not the best system for visualizations. Users often cannot view the data in formats that they would like, and there are sometimes functionalities that they see in excel that do not carry over into Anaplan that makes it difficult for them to view the data.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am working with financial reporting and the problems we have been tackling are eliminating large excel files that need to be updated by global users. The benefits have been to consolidate large amounts of data, run calculations against them, and have users all over the world be able to quickly view and assess their financial reports.
Versatile platform that is easy to master and can be scaled up to meet complex modelling challenges
What do you like best about the product?
Very versatile platform, can be used in many ways
What do you dislike about the product?
Layout of settings could be improved, can take time to get feedback on issues
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Real estate modelling, Insurance P&L, Supply Chain planning; more integrated planning, reducing errors, more control over inputs and assumptions
Anaplan is a Cloud-based Multi-Tool
What do you like best about the product?
Anaplan's flexibility, ability to work at scale, and its extensibility make it an excellent tool that can be applied to large-scale business processes and more granular operational processes alike.
What do you dislike about the product?
It's licensing/pricing model. It's very confusing to both partners and customers, makes it harder to sell services than it should, and since those conversations occur towards the end of the sales cycle, it can create unnecessary tension between the partner and customer.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I currently use and implement Anaplan to solve all kinds of problems for a variety of our clients. Most use cases have been within the FP&A, Supply Chain, or SPM areas of our clients' organizations but have also entailed some Call Center Planning, Contract modeling, and other interesting implementations. The primary benefits we've realized have been more efficient planning cycles that require less time and produce better plans, unleashing more creative potential in our clients' teams from increased collaboration in Anaplan, and enhanced analysis from greater transparency in the modeling and planning process.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you're a partner, make sure you understand the licensing model so that you can help the client understand it and avoid potential issues coming from the Anaplan AE.
Otherwise, if you're considering Anaplan as a user just make sure to go through the Level 1-2 trainings, at a minimum. It will give a solid foundation to understanding the platform and the underlying technology.
Otherwise, if you're considering Anaplan as a user just make sure to go through the Level 1-2 trainings, at a minimum. It will give a solid foundation to understanding the platform and the underlying technology.
Anaplan is a fantastic planning solution for business focused teams
What do you like best about the product?
It is simple to build (point and click instead of writing code). It is fully customizable. It can be architected to build any train of logic. Therefore it forces the business to truly understand itself when building models. So not only does Anaplan helps teams plan more effectively because it puts structure around their process, but it also allows businesses to think thru, collaborate on, and develop the logic of their business in more details terms.
What do you dislike about the product?
Anaplan has a tendency to talk the talk about a year before they can walk the walk. This causes many customers to become frustrated when they hear that new functionality is available, but the model builders tell them it is not actually in a useable format yet. However this is not all downside, because it prepares customers for the exciting new changes that are coming to Anaplan.
Also, since any logic can be built in Anaplan, if builders are not careful, it is easy to build an overly complex solution that ends up failing in the end because it cannot adapt to the changing nature of the business. However if builders are thoughtful, it is a great tool to build solutions with the right amount of complexity and pair them with sound business processes.
Also, since any logic can be built in Anaplan, if builders are not careful, it is easy to build an overly complex solution that ends up failing in the end because it cannot adapt to the changing nature of the business. However if builders are thoughtful, it is a great tool to build solutions with the right amount of complexity and pair them with sound business processes.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Sales forecasting, P&L forecasting, new item development, and marketing budget planning. Teams collaborate more efficiently, use one source of truth instead of many competing versions of the data, and understand their business more deeply.
AN Review by K. Mihaylova - Senior Anaplan Consultant
What do you like best about the product?
The connected planning, single source of truth, reliable & up-to-data calculations, what-if scenarios
What do you dislike about the product?
The User interface could be enhanced; There's no automated email notification directly from Anaplan
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are transferring really big processes into one place which means substituting a number of excel spreadsheets with one cloud based tool :)
Anaplan - Powerful & Flexible Business Planning Platform
What do you like best about the product?
Anaplan is a truly dynamic multi dimensional modeling platform which performs calculations in real time. This allows Anaplan to offer agility, flexibility and power to model any Business planning process or workflow across any function.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are no major downsides of the platform. The platform is constantly evolving and I am excited for new UI and reporting enhancements which will offer advanced analytics to the end users
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The platform is able to solve core problem of agility which any business process requires and ability to model across multiple dimensions which truly makes the platform industry and function agnostic in Enterprise Business Planning
Anaplan for Supply Chain
What do you like best about the product?
It is flexible and owned by the business
What do you dislike about the product?
Limited visualization items for end users
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Flexible and easy to integrate with multiple areas of a business
I would recommend Anaplan because it is a better way to model.
What do you like best about the product?
Due to Anaplan's architecture, when building a model you can focus on the model and dont have to worry about the container, like you have to do in excel. Dragging rows and formulas for example.
What do you dislike about the product?
Because of the architecture, some relatively simple tasks in excel are much harder to accomplish in Anaplan.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I have solved complex cash flow calculations with Anaplan, the benefits received are better, more timely data.
Great tool
What do you like best about the product?
Scalability, flexibility and ability to move from the standard solution to cloud
What do you dislike about the product?
reacting to proposed changes is rather weak- platform could be better hearing valuable opinions
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
cloud solution instead of standard local files
Recommendations to others considering the product:
try it and love it
Quick Implementation, Low Maintenance, Increased Accuracy!
What do you like best about the product?
Anaplan is relatively intuitive and easy to pick up on if users have a background with MS Excel, which makes it great for system admins and power users since they typically have strong Excel backgrounds and can pick up on the syntax/logic required to build in Anaplan. I also love how quick the implementations are and the ability to have multiple use cases all within the same system (and even same workspace). There's also a strong community with forums, blogs, template models, etc. to assist organizations in their Anaplan journey.
What do you dislike about the product?
Not too much to dislike, but would like to see improvements in aggregation methods for P&L purposes aggregates everything, but would like ability to have a more flexible option of flipping signs when needed).
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Connected Planning across Demand, Supply, and FP&A functions. Increased forecast accuracy in less time. Real time updates. Easily version or snapshot forecasts that isn't easily possible in other solutions.
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