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Anaplan
Star Rating
(401)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (54.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
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Star Rating
(805)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (48.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Free for 30 days
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Anaplan excels in Budget Hierarchies with a score of 8.8, allowing for complex budget structures, while SAP Analytics Cloud scores lower at 8.6, indicating less flexibility in this area.
- Reviewers mention that Anaplan's Forecasting capabilities are highly rated at 9.3, particularly for Rolling Forecasts, which users find essential for dynamic planning. In contrast, SAP Analytics Cloud's forecasting features, while solid, score slightly lower at 8.7.
- G2 users highlight Anaplan's superior Collaboration features, scoring 8.1, which facilitate real-time co-editing and sharing. Users on G2 note that SAP Analytics Cloud, while functional, has a lower collaboration score of 8.6, suggesting it may not be as robust in this area.
- Reviewers say that Anaplan's Data Import functionality is rated at 8.5, making it easier to integrate various data sources, whereas SAP Analytics Cloud's data import capabilities are rated lower at 8.0, which may hinder users needing extensive data integration.
- Users report that Anaplan shines in Performance Management Integration with a score of 7.9, allowing for seamless connections with other performance tools. In comparison, SAP Analytics Cloud's integration capabilities are rated lower at 7.6, indicating potential challenges in this area.
- Reviewers mention that Anaplan's Customization options are highly rated at 9.1, providing users with the ability to tailor the platform to their specific needs, while SAP Analytics Cloud's customization features score lower at 7.1, suggesting less flexibility for users.
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Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Anaplan
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Essential capabilities to support basic planning and modeling. Best for small, mid-market.
- Self-service connections
- Classic engine
- UX Collaboration
SAP Analytics Cloud
30-DAY TRIAL
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Free for 30 days
- 1 user
- Business Intelligence functionality only
- Basic data source imports (excel, csv, and Google Drive)
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Anaplan
No trial information availableSAP Analytics Cloud
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.8
281
8.1
518
Ease of Use
8.6
285
8.1
524
Ease of Setup
8.1
258
8.0
258
Ease of Admin
8.3
256
7.8
246
Quality of Support
8.2
277
8.0
461
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.6
249
8.3
241
Product Direction (% positive)
9.1
259
8.1
497
Features by Category
Reports
Not enough data
8.4
286
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
268
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
298
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
260
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
286
|
Verified
Self Service
Not enough data
7.9
283
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
289
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
273
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
264
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
242
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
239
|
Verified
Advanced Analytics
Not enough data
8.4
234
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
285
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
210
|
Verified
Building Reports
Not enough data
7.9
187
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
138
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
154
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
149
|
Verified
Platform
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
Reports
Not enough data
8.4
286
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
268
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
298
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
260
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
286
|
Verified
Reports
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Visualization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Updates
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Collaboration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Updates
Not enough data
9.3
14
Not enough data
9.4
16
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reports
Not enough data
8.4
286
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
268
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
298
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
260
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
286
|
Verified
Data Preparation
Not enough data
8.3
131
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
127
|
Verified
Data Modeling and Blending
Not enough data
8.2
141
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
151
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
139
|
Verified
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.9
7
Not enough data
6.7
6
Agentic AI - Analytics Platforms
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
Self Service
Not enough data
7.9
283
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
289
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
273
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
264
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
242
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
239
|
Verified
Deployment & Integration - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics
Not enough data
8.4
234
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
285
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
210
|
Verified
Performance & Scalability - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics & Modeling - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI Capabilities - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Personalized Intelligence - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Building Reports
Not enough data
7.9
187
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
138
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
154
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
149
|
Verified
Analytics
8.5
79
Not enough data
8.0
76
Not enough data
8.3
77
Not enough data
8.2
77
Not enough data
Warehouse Management
8.4
77
Not enough data
8.3
79
Not enough data
8.3
76
Not enough data
7.9
75
Not enough data
Collaborate
8.3
109
Not enough data
8.6
98
Not enough data
Logistics
7.8
88
Not enough data
8.6
91
Not enough data
8.4
90
Not enough data
Budget Creation
8.5
132
Not enough data
8.9
131
Not enough data
8.8
132
Not enough data
9.1
132
Not enough data
8.7
130
Not enough data
9.0
128
Not enough data
Budget Management
8.2
127
Not enough data
8.8
127
Not enough data
7.3
125
Not enough data
Forecasting
8.4
128
Not enough data
8.9
126
Not enough data
8.7
125
Not enough data
8.9
127
Not enough data
5.6
99
Not enough data
Analytics
8.6
126
Not enough data
8.7
127
Not enough data
9.0
122
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Budgeting and Forecasting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
8.1
63
Not enough data
7.4
60
Not enough data
6.6
65
Not enough data
8.0
70
Not enough data
7.1
59
Not enough data
7.8
64
Not enough data
7.5
63
Not enough data
7.8
72
Not enough data
8.3
67
Not enough data
7.3
65
Not enough data
Benchmarking and Equity - Compensation Management
7.3
42
Not enough data
6.7
42
Not enough data
7.9
41
Not enough data
Platform
9.1
159
Not enough data
7.7
152
Not enough data
7.6
141
Not enough data
8.7
160
Not enough data
8.7
161
Not enough data
7.6
144
Not enough data
7.9
157
Not enough data
8.2
159
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
Agentic AI - Financial Close
Not enough data
Not enough data
Financial Planning
9.0
94
|
Verified
8.4
45
|
Verified
8.1
98
|
Verified
8.6
52
|
Verified
8.0
99
|
Verified
8.2
52
|
Verified
Agentic AI - FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Financial Insight
9.2
101
|
Verified
8.6
46
|
Verified
9.3
104
|
Verified
8.7
53
|
Verified
9.4
103
|
Verified
8.7
51
|
Verified
Data
7.5
101
|
Verified
8.8
56
|
Verified
8.1
100
|
Verified
8.6
55
|
Verified
7.7
90
8.6
52
|
Verified
6.4
96
|
Verified
8.3
54
|
Verified
Status Communication
8.0
95
|
Verified
8.6
51
|
Verified
8.6
101
|
Verified
8.6
50
|
Verified
8.7
101
|
Verified
8.8
52
|
Verified
7.9
90
|
Verified
8.5
47
|
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
Agentic AI - Sales Planning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Sales Performance Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Incentives
7.3
78
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.2
76
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
81
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
72
Not enough data
Personalization
7.0
72
Not enough data
8.2
94
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
96
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
85
|
Verified
Not enough data
Administrative
8.1
91
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
90
|
Verified
Not enough data
6.4
71
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Accounting & Finance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Statistical Tool
Not enough data
7.9
139
Not enough data
8.2
144
Not enough data
8.0
141
Data Analysis
Not enough data
8.5
157
Not enough data
8.3
153
Decision Making
Not enough data
8.2
152
Not enough data
8.4
152
Not enough data
8.4
155
Not enough data
8.3
110
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
9.1
159
Not enough data
7.7
152
Not enough data
7.6
141
Not enough data
8.7
160
Not enough data
8.7
161
Not enough data
7.6
144
Not enough data
7.9
157
Not enough data
8.2
159
Not enough data
Workforce Management Platform Features
8.5
114
Not enough data
7.2
97
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.3
96
Not enough data
7.7
96
Not enough data
7.6
91
Not enough data
8.5
109
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.4
86
Not enough data
7.2
95
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Anaplan and SAP Analytics Cloud are categorized as FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis)
Unique Categories
Anaplan is categorized as Sales Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting, Sales & Ops Planning, Supply Chain Planning, Compensation Management, Sales Performance Management, Workforce Management, and Financial Close
SAP Analytics Cloud is categorized as Analytics Platforms, Predictive Analytics, and Data Visualization
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Anaplan
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
SAP Analytics Cloud
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
13.7%
Information Technology and Services
12.5%
Consulting
11.9%
Management Consulting
9.0%
Computer Software
5.4%
Other
47.5%
Information Technology and Services
17.8%
Computer Software
6.1%
Financial Services
4.6%
Accounting
4.1%
Higher Education
3.4%
Other
63.9%
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.
SAP Analytics Cloud
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Gagandeep S.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
1. Easy to use interface of SAP Lumira is a big plus. 2. Tools to alter data are appropriately positioned in toolbar. 3. Overview of data in PREPARE tab gives very good overview of the data. 4.Easy to create detailed overview and slides for...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Jakub H.
Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness
Bugs that are considered as features (ie calculation metrics in planning models work only in some cases) and strict export data limitations Poor ability to monitor platform performance User interface could be better Lack of charts formatting options...
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...
Gagandeep S.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
1. Easy to use interface of SAP Lumira is a big plus. 2. Tools to alter data are appropriately positioned in toolbar. 3. Overview of data in PREPARE tab gives very good overview of the data. 4.Easy to create detailed overview and slides for...
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.
Jakub H.
Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness
Bugs that are considered as features (ie calculation metrics in planning models work only in some cases) and strict export data limitations Poor ability to monitor platform performance User interface could be better Lack of charts formatting options...
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
Anaplan uses a proprietary in-memory database called Hyperblock.
2 comments
SK
Anaplan users Hyperblock technology for in-memory database calculations.
Some additional information is available here:...Read more
What is the use of SAP Analytics Cloud?
2 comments
GP
It is useful for business intelligence to better understand business and improve planning.Read more
Can I use SAC for planning with non-SAP data sources like Oracle and others ?
1 comment
BM
YesRead more
SAC connection to BW Live connection
1 comment
NM
Since Planning is import data and the data resides in SAC Smart discovery and sear to insights are possible. Read more
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