Anaplan vs Workday Adaptive Planning

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Cloud-based, in-memory planning and execution for sales, operations, and finance.

Access Controls/Permissions

Activity Dashboard

Ad hoc Reporting

Audit Trail

Bonus Management

Budgeting/Forecasting

Budget Management

Channel Management

Collaboration Tools

Commission Management

Compensation Plan Modeling

Compensation Statements

Dashboard

Data Import/Export

Field Sales Management

Financial Analysis

Forecasting

Goal Setting/Tracking

Idea Management

Incentive Management

Key Performance Indicators

KPI Monitoring

Market Data Analysis

Modeling & Simulation

Opportunity Management

Payroll Management

Performance Metrics

Planning Tools

Predictive Analytics

Project Accounting

Quota Planning

Reporting/Analytics

Reporting & Statistics

Roadmapping

Salary Planning

Sales Forecasting

Sales Planning

Scenario Planning

Scorecards

Strategic Planning

Territory Management

"What If" Scenarios

Anaplan

Web-based

Basic

CS manager

We can't give access to our ICs because the interface is too complex

Account Executive

I like the intuitive design of the dashboard and the timeliness of the updates.  

Sales

easy to use platform that keeps up to date on our reporting that integrates with our single sign on well

Board

Not enough integrations; high implementation investments

Sales and Marketing Specialist

Anaplan doesn't support reporting analytics and there is a need for large collaborative organizations for carrying out the execution.

Cost Analysis Manager

Functionality of the budgeting and costing areas are clunky and manual.

It’s not super user friendly, updating actuals in a task and is my least favorite program we use.

You can get maximum customer support while encountering any issue.

Marketing Manager 

It is easy to integrate with other systems and build the best product development team for users.

Business  Analyst

The learning curve is  slightly high   and administration team  is needed to manage the apps  

Ease of Use

User Interface

Integrations

Pricing

Customer Support

Training and Learning Curve

Small Business

Large Enterprises

Mid-size Business

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Workday Adaptive Planning is an enterprise planning software that helps finance create budgets and forecasts with more speed, flexibility, collaboration, and accuracy. With unlimited scenario analysis backed by machine learning, you can quickly answer complex questions and gain real-time insights.

Accounting

Accounts Payable

Accounts Receivable

Ad hoc Analysis

AI/Machine Learning

Alerts/Notifications

Asset Lifecycle Management

Bank Reconciliation

Benchmarking

Business Process Control

Calendar Management

Capacity Management

Cash Management

Committee Management

Competency Management

Competitive Analysis

Consolidation/Roll-Up

Correlation Analysis

Cost Tracking

Customizable Dashboard

Customizable Reports

Dashboard Creation

Data Connectors

Data Discovery

Data Management

Data Visualization

Demand Forecasting

Donor Management

Drag & Drop

Dues Management

Dynamic Modeling

Employee Management

ERP integration

Event Management

Exception Reporting

Expense Management

Expense Tracking

Financial Consolidation & Close Management

Financial Management

Financial Reporting

For Manufacturers

For Nonprofits

Fund Accounting

Fundraising Management

General Ledger

Grant Management

Graphical Data Presentation

Historical Reporting

Income & Balance Sheet

Journal Entry Processing

Marketing Calendar

Marketing Reports

Member Database

Membership Management

Monitoring

Multi-Company

Multi-Currency

Multi-Department/Project

Multiple Data Sources

Multiple Projects

OLAP

Performance Management

Profitability Analysis

Profit/Loss Statement

Progress Tracking

Projections

Project Management

Project Planning

Purchasing & Receiving

Real-Time Analytics

Real-Time Data

Real-Time Monitoring

Real-Time Reporting

Real-Time Updates

Recruitment Management

Relational Display

Proprietary

Workday Adaptive Planning

iPhone

Windows

 Workday Adaptive Planning & Consolidation

Finance Manager

We can turn around our financial results so much faster than we previously could, and then use those values to project out a rolling forecast easily once the initial formulas are set up.

Sr. Director, Finance

It has all of the key integrations making the data reliable and in sync with major accounting systems

Sales and Inventory Analyst

We can easily budget, generate financial statements, and run many different what if versions for all revenue and budget scenarios.

Co-op Student

There are plenty of good things about the system such as its reliability and its security, however, sometimes it can be bit slow in picking up text.

Sr Mgr Financial Systems

More importantly, I enjoy the traceability of a questionable value to the source model.

ERP Systems Analyst - Financial Systems Manager

We have a very complex revenue model that is now captured and understood fully with Adaptive Planning.

The integrated single sign on (SSO) with Workday for ease of use was a great option for our organization.

While the core features are strong, some advanced functionalities may require additional customization or integration with other Workday products.

Finance manger

Many benefits  within the platform cloud based excellent insights backed by your own data takes away the financial guess work gives hard driven facts

I can easily troubleshoot when something looks off.

Owner

Should have better reporting capabilities.

Customer Success

The only con that I would say is that the advance features within Adaptive Planning have a deep learning curve and can take time to learn.

Professional Reviewer

The only thing I had an issue with was after the update of the workday; there was not a clear enough explanation of how to navigate the apps.

Data Specialist

Still needs work as many AI tools do, and I think that part was probably deployed too soon, tbh.

administration

great for budgeting and tracking expenses during month or quarter for large companies, easy to use interface, nice clean layout