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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (54.5% of reviews)
Mid-Market (47.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
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Anaplan
Star Rating
(391)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (54.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
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Star Rating
(436)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (47.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Planful excels in its Budget Hierarchies feature, scoring 8.5, while Anaplan shines in Budget Hierarchies with a higher score of 8.8, indicating a more robust structure for managing complex budgeting scenarios.
- Reviewers mention that Anaplan's Forecasting capabilities are particularly strong, with a score of 9.3 for both Budgeting and Forecasting, suggesting that users find it more effective for predictive analytics compared to Planful's scores of 8.5 and 8.4 respectively.
- G2 users highlight that Planful's Ease of Setup is rated at 7.3, which is lower than Anaplan's 8.1, indicating that users may find Anaplan easier to implement and integrate into their existing systems.
- Users on G2 report that Anaplan's Versioning feature is superior, scoring 8.7 compared to Planful's 8.0, which suggests that Anaplan provides a more effective way to manage different versions of budgets and forecasts.
- Reviewers mention that Planful's Data Import feature is rated at 8.4, while Anaplan's is slightly better at 8.5, indicating that both products are strong in this area, but Anaplan may offer a marginally smoother experience for importing data.
- Users say that Anaplan's Collaboration features, scoring 8.1, are more effective than Planful's 7.2, suggesting that Anaplan provides better tools for team collaboration and communication during the planning process.
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Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Anaplan
Essential
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Essential capabilities to support basic planning and modeling. Best for small, mid-market.
- Self-service connections
- Classic engine
- UX Collaboration
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Meets Requirements
8.8
271
8.4
296
Ease of Use
8.6
275
8.1
323
Ease of Setup
8.1
248
7.2
221
Ease of Admin
8.3
248
8.0
198
Quality of Support
8.2
267
8.3
285
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.6
241
8.7
196
Product Direction (% positive)
9.1
249
9.1
284
Features by Category
Analytics
8.6
75
Not enough data
8.1
72
Not enough data
8.4
73
Not enough data
8.4
73
Not enough data
Warehouse Management
8.6
73
Not enough data
8.4
75
Not enough data
8.4
72
Not enough data
8.1
71
Not enough data
Collaborate
8.3
106
Not enough data
8.6
95
Not enough data
Logistics
7.9
85
Not enough data
8.6
88
Not enough data
8.4
87
Not enough data
Budget Creation
8.5
125
8.4
80
8.8
124
8.5
79
8.7
125
8.0
77
9.1
125
8.0
80
8.7
123
7.6
62
9.0
121
8.7
74
Budget Management
8.2
120
8.4
66
8.8
120
8.2
67
7.3
118
7.6
60
Forecasting
8.3
121
8.6
82
8.9
119
8.4
74
8.7
118
8.5
71
8.9
120
8.6
69
5.7
92
6.8
30
Analytics
8.6
119
8.5
76
8.7
120
8.8
75
9.0
115
8.4
66
Platform
8.2
61
Not enough data
7.5
58
Not enough data
6.7
63
Not enough data
8.1
68
Not enough data
7.3
57
Not enough data
7.9
62
Not enough data
7.7
61
Not enough data
7.9
70
Not enough data
8.4
65
Not enough data
7.4
63
Not enough data
Benchmarking and Equity - Compensation Management
7.4
40
Not enough data
6.7
40
Not enough data
8.1
39
Not enough data
Platform
9.1
154
Not enough data
7.7
147
Not enough data
7.7
136
Not enough data
8.7
155
Not enough data
8.7
156
Not enough data
7.6
139
Not enough data
7.9
152
Not enough data
8.2
154
Not enough data
Reconciliation
Not enough data
8.3
47
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
49
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
44
|
Verified
Reporting
Not enough data
8.9
57
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
54
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
53
|
Verified
Closing Process
Not enough data
7.5
42
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.3
38
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
48
|
Verified
Financial Planning
9.1
86
|
Verified
7.9
33
|
Verified
8.1
90
|
Verified
8.9
38
|
Verified
8.0
91
|
Verified
8.2
38
|
Verified
Financial Insight
9.3
92
|
Verified
8.5
123
|
Verified
9.3
95
|
Verified
8.4
120
|
Verified
9.4
95
|
Verified
8.3
120
|
Verified
Data
7.6
93
|
Verified
6.7
99
|
Verified
8.2
92
|
Verified
7.5
110
|
Verified
7.9
82
8.0
124
|
Verified
6.6
88
|
Verified
7.7
115
|
Verified
Status Communication
8.1
87
|
Verified
7.2
82
|
Verified
8.6
93
|
Verified
8.2
91
|
Verified
8.6
93
|
Verified
7.9
88
|
Verified
8.0
82
|
Verified
6.6
58
|
Verified
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Sales Performance Features - Sales Planning
8.3
22
Not enough data
8.9
22
Not enough data
8.6
21
Not enough data
8.8
23
Not enough data
9.0
24
Not enough data
8.1
25
Not enough data
9.0
24
Not enough data
Territory Management - Sales Planning
8.8
24
Not enough data
9.0
24
Not enough data
Quota & Capacity Management - Sales Planning
9.0
23
Not enough data
8.8
23
Not enough data
8.8
24
Not enough data
Incentives
7.3
76
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.3
74
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
79
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
70
Not enough data
Personalization
7.0
70
Not enough data
8.3
92
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
94
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
83
|
Verified
Not enough data
Administrative
8.2
89
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
88
|
Verified
Not enough data
6.4
69
Not enough data
Platform
9.1
154
Not enough data
7.7
147
Not enough data
7.7
136
Not enough data
8.7
155
Not enough data
8.7
156
Not enough data
7.6
139
Not enough data
7.9
152
Not enough data
8.2
154
Not enough data
Workforce Management Platform Features
8.5
110
Not enough data
7.3
93
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.4
92
Not enough data
7.8
92
Not enough data
7.8
87
Not enough data
8.6
105
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.5
82
Not enough data
7.2
91
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Anaplan and Planful are categorized as Budgeting and Forecasting, Corporate Performance Management (CPM), and Financial Close
Unique Categories
Anaplan is categorized as Sales Planning, Sales & Ops Planning, Supply Chain Planning, Compensation Management, Sales Performance Management, and Workforce Management
Planful is categorized as Marketing Resource Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Anaplan
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Planful
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Financial Services
13.2%
Consulting
12.3%
Information Technology and Services
12.3%
Management Consulting
9.2%
Computer Software
5.5%
Other
47.4%
Computer Software
8.9%
Hospital & Health Care
5.4%
Insurance
4.7%
Financial Services
4.0%
Non-Profit Organization Management
3.8%
Other
73.2%
Most Helpful Reviews
Anaplan
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Paul P.
Verified User in Consulting
Excel is great when you are working by yourself, but as you start to collaborate with colleagues and add enterprise-level amounts of data the cracks start to show. Anaplan gives you the same flexibility to build whatever you need, but with enterprise-level...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Internet
It's not intuituive. If you have plenty of products, when adding information on the table, you do not see the name of that row (because you went down, but the name of the row is not frozen). The user interface needs to improve.
Planful
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Jarrod L.
Verified User in Computer Software
Creating and distributing high-quality reports is easy in Host Analytics. The reporting tool is intuitive to learn and functions much like a pivot table in Excel. Common report sets can be created to be used in multiple reports, so you don't have to...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Sean O.
Verified User in Retail
Implementation with current business needs.
Paul P.
Verified User in Consulting
Excel is great when you are working by yourself, but as you start to collaborate with colleagues and add enterprise-level amounts of data the cracks start to show. Anaplan gives you the same flexibility to build whatever you need, but with enterprise-level...
Jarrod L.
Verified User in Computer Software
Creating and distributing high-quality reports is easy in Host Analytics. The reporting tool is intuitive to learn and functions much like a pivot table in Excel. Common report sets can be created to be used in multiple reports, so you don't have to...
Verified User in Internet
It's not intuituive. If you have plenty of products, when adding information on the table, you do not see the name of that row (because you went down, but the name of the row is not frozen). The user interface needs to improve.
Sean O.
Verified User in Retail
Implementation with current business needs.
Discussions
How is anaplan different?
5 comments
RM
Anaplan is a blank model when you start with but you can implement anything using Anaplan tool. Implementation duration can be very less in implementing in...Read more
What is anaplan software?
4 comments
KL
Anaplan is a cloud-based planning tool designed to help organizations with integrated business planning. It allows organizations to build detailed, real-time...Read more
What database does anaplan use?
2 comments
SK
Anaplan users Hyperblock technology for in-memory database calculations.
Some additional information is available here:...Read more
How can I use the database from Planful direct to Power Bi? Is there this possibility, today?
2 comments
MK
You could try to complement it with Power BI custom visuals that are build for planning like...Read more
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