We performed a comparison between Anaplan and Infor LN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Anaplan, Oracle, Jedox and others in Business Performance Management."Anaplan's in-memory calculation engine is super-fast compared to the old tools we previously used. You enter the data and everything shows up in one go."
"It's real-time connected planning, so the calculations are pretty much seamless as far as your model is connected."
"This product has a very good modeling feature, and its graphical representation of visualizations has also been valuable."
"The solution works very well for budgeting."
"I am impressed with the tool’s real-time calculations and intuitive interface. The tool’s user interface is the best compared to other software that I have worked with. I also find the tool’s management reporting feature valuable."
"It's highly flexible. If you've got a complex environment with complex calculations, you can build that out. So that's a really good positive."
"Where we're seeing the opportunity in the market is at the Fortune 100 companies that have far more complex modeling type scenarios where you need to be able to have a lot of people collaborating together, and you need a lot of information all at everyone's fingertips. This is where you see the big advantage of a solution like Anaplan."
"Anaplan is a three-dimensional cloud platform that is good for analyzing data, visualization, integration, terrific for visibility."
"It's not too hard to handle the initial setup."
"The project module is the best that I've ever seen, and more than that, it's the company's flexibility to change. It means that in our company, Infor LN has the capability to support many kinds of industries."
"The best thing about Infor LN is that you can use it for inter-company business and for international businesses, especially by mid-sized and big companies."
"Material planning and predictive planning are both essential aspects."
"We have definitely seen a return on our investment with the product."
"It's fast, predicts well, and is basically the best tool in the market for the automotive industry and network planning projects."
"The best feature of this solution, is that it provides businesses with a way to see information from across different process streams, in one place via dashboards."
"Our clients appreciate the financial part of the solution, which is usually very complex. The Spanish localization is also very good."
"When there is a lot of data, it sometimes takes long to load."
"Anaplan should come up with flexible options to connect to a data warehouse rather than an Anaplan hub."
"It would be nice if the solution offered better extensions."
"Anaplan could be improved with a stronger consolidation module."
"One area of improvement is conditional formatting. It's not very practical, and you need to specify additional formatting."
"The integration technique should be a little bit easier."
"There are workspace issues, like the limitation on model sizes."
"The price of the solution can improve."
"The training for Infor LN is not straightforward, so a non-specialist will need training before using it."
"The tool is expensive. It needs to refine its planning details."
"The interface can be difficult sometimes. I need to apply a bar code system, such as business intelligence and user interface tools. The user has to be a technician sometimes to use it."
"It's not that intuitive."
"From a technical perspective, LN needs to work on customization and integration. It's fairly expensive for many clients to migrate from a customized private solution to the cloud. Infor needs to improve the cloud solution to make the migration from the on-prem customized solution faster and smoother. Otherwise, many clients will find it difficult or expensive to do."
"While Infor LN incorporates the latest business processes and functions, there is always room for improvement as the business grows. In the new normal, it could stand to incorporate quite a few automation processes like the RPA and utilize machine learning in the Internet of Things."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"When you have a bug in the system, you get some kind of alert. They should explain those alerts more."
Anaplan is ranked 1st in Business Performance Management with 24 reviews while Infor LN is ranked 8th in ERP with 24 reviews. Anaplan is rated 8.0, while Infor LN is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Anaplan writes "Great for large-scale modelling, easy to learn, and very stable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Infor LN writes "A flexible ERP with the best project module and excellent support". Anaplan is most compared with SAP ERP, Oracle Hyperion, SAP S/4HANA, IBM Planning Analytics and SAP Analytics Cloud, whereas Infor LN is most compared with SAP ERP, Infor M3, Infor LX, Infor CloudSuite Industrial and Infor System21.
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