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At a Glance
Anaplan
Anaplan
Star Rating
(391)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (54.5% of reviews)
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SAP Integrated Business Planning
SAP Integrated Business Planning
Star Rating
(235)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (55.7% of reviews)
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Entry-Level Pricing
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  • Users report that Anaplan excels in its Customization capabilities, scoring a remarkable 9.1, allowing businesses to tailor the platform extensively to their needs. In contrast, SAP Integrated Business Planning, while still strong, has a lower score of 7.7 in this area, indicating less flexibility for users looking for personalized solutions.
  • Reviewers mention that Anaplan's Forecasting features, particularly in Historical Forecast and Rolling Forecasts, are highly rated at 8.9, showcasing its strength in predictive analytics. SAP Integrated Business Planning, however, has slightly lower scores in these areas, with users noting that its forecasting capabilities, while effective, do not match the depth offered by Anaplan.
  • G2 users highlight Anaplan's superior Budget Creation features, particularly in Formulas and Budget Periods, which scored 9.1 and 9.0 respectively. Users on G2 report that these features make it easier to create complex budgets. In comparison, SAP Integrated Business Planning's scores in these areas are lower, indicating that users may find it less intuitive for budget management.
  • Reviewers say that SAP Integrated Business Planning shines in Workforce Management, particularly with a score of 9.7 in Workforce Management - Supply Chain Planning. Users appreciate its robust capabilities in managing labor resources, which Anaplan does not emphasize as strongly, scoring only 8.4 in a similar category.
  • Users report that Anaplan's Analytics features, especially in Variance Analysis and Forecasts Comparison, are highly rated at 8.6 and 8.7, respectively. This indicates a strong ability to analyze performance against forecasts. Conversely, SAP Integrated Business Planning has slightly lower ratings in these analytics areas, suggesting that users may find Anaplan more effective for in-depth analysis.
  • Reviewers mention that SAP Integrated Business Planning offers better Quality of Support, with a score of 8.3 compared to Anaplan's 8.2. Users appreciate the responsiveness and helpfulness of SAP's support team, which can be a crucial factor for businesses that require ongoing assistance and guidance.
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Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
271
8.4
111
Ease of Use
8.6
275
8.3
110
Ease of Setup
8.1
248
8.1
65
Ease of Admin
8.3
248
8.0
64
Quality of Support
8.2
267
8.3
109
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.6
241
8.4
67
Product Direction (% positive)
9.1
249
8.1
103
Features by Category
Supply Chain PlanningHide 8 FeaturesShow 8 Features
8.4
584
8.6
423
Analytics
8.6
75
8.8
67
8.1
72
8.6
58
8.4
73
8.6
64
8.4
73
8.7
65
Warehouse Management
8.6
73
8.7
57
8.4
75
8.5
57
8.4
72
Feature Not Available
8.1
71
8.4
55
Sales & Ops PlanningHide 5 FeaturesShow 5 Features
8.4
461
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
Budgeting and ForecastingHide 17 FeaturesShow 17 Features
8.5
2,025
Not enough data
Budget Creation
8.5
125
Not enough data
8.8
124
Not enough data
8.7
125
Not enough data
9.1
125
Not enough data
8.7
123
Not enough data
9.0
121
Not enough data
Budget Management
8.2
120
Not enough data
8.8
120
Not enough data
7.3
118
Not enough data
Forecasting
8.3
121
Not enough data
8.9
119
Not enough data
8.7
118
Not enough data
8.9
120
Not enough data
5.7
92
Not enough data
Analytics
8.6
119
Not enough data
8.7
120
Not enough data
9.0
115
Not enough data
Compensation ManagementHide 21 FeaturesShow 21 Features
7.9
1,940
Not enough data
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Multichannel inventory management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
3PL inventory management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Inventory Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Inventory Management Platform Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.6
800
Analytics
Not enough data
8.8
52
Not enough data
8.6
50
Not enough data
8.5
51
Not enough data
8.5
53
Not enough data
8.9
54
Collaboration
Not enough data
8.4
51
Not enough data
8.7
52
Not enough data
8.6
54
Not enough data
8.5
53
Planning
Not enough data
8.8
53
Not enough data
8.6
48
Not enough data
8.4
43
Not enough data
8.6
47
Not enough data
8.7
46
Not enough data
8.6
48
Not enough data
8.4
45
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reconciliation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reporting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Closing Process
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Corporate Performance Management (CPM)Hide 14 FeaturesShow 14 Features
8.3
1,259
Not enough data
Financial Planning
9.1
86
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
90
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
91
|
Verified
Not enough data
Financial Insight
9.3
92
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.3
95
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.4
95
|
Verified
Not enough data
Data
7.6
93
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
92
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
82
Not enough data
6.6
88
|
Verified
Not enough data
Status Communication
8.1
87
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
93
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
93
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
82
|
Verified
Not enough data
Supply Chain VisibilityHide 23 FeaturesShow 23 Features
Not enough data
8.5
701
Visibility
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
35
Not enough data
8.3
35
Not enough data
8.6
35
Not enough data
8.4
32
Delivery
Not enough data
8.2
45
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
45
Not enough data
8.2
43
Workflow Automation
Not enough data
8.5
33
Not enough data
8.1
32
Not enough data
8.4
33
Not enough data
8.4
31
Network Management
Not enough data
8.6
30
Not enough data
8.5
31
Performance
Not enough data
8.4
44
Not enough data
8.7
47
Not enough data
8.4
44
Platform
Not enough data
8.8
36
Not enough data
8.5
34
Not enough data
8.8
36
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.8
279
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
Sales Performance ManagementHide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features
7.9
884
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
7.9
1,945
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
Anaplan
SAP Integrated Business Planning
SAP Integrated Business Planning
Anaplan and SAP Integrated Business Planning are categorized as Supply Chain Planning
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Anaplan
Anaplan
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
11.1%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
34.5%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
54.5%
SAP Integrated Business Planning
SAP Integrated Business Planning
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
13.4%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
30.9%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
55.7%
Reviewers' Industry
Anaplan
Anaplan
Financial Services
13.2%
Consulting
12.3%
Information Technology and Services
12.3%
Management Consulting
9.2%
Computer Software
5.5%
Other
47.4%
SAP Integrated Business Planning
SAP Integrated Business Planning
Information Technology and Services
13.4%
Consumer Goods
9.4%
Pharmaceuticals
8.7%
Medical Devices
5.4%
Chemicals
4.7%
Other
58.4%
Most Helpful Reviews
Anaplan
Anaplan
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Paul P.
PP
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
G
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.

SAP Integrated Business Planning
SAP Integrated Business Planning
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Pharmaceuticals

Ease of usage is best in IBP. Very user friendly.Easy to understand and navigate.Fiori cloud platform made it extra ordinary

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Consumer Goods

Robustness of the solution can be improved, integration to main SAP would be great if it was one solution

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Discussions
Anaplan
Anaplan 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
Kavin Kumar L.
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
Steven K.
SK
Anaplan users Hyperblock technology for in-memory database calculations. Some additional information is available here:...Read more
SAP Integrated Business Planning
SAP Integrated Business Planning Discussions
Buying - SAP Integrated Business Planning FAQs
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