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We performed a comparison between Anaplan and Oracle HFM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Business Performance Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Anaplan vs. Oracle HFM Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"The features that I have found most valuable are that it is web-based and easy to use.""The best thing is that it's very intuitive and user-friendly. You don't need coding skills to manipulate the platform.""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's most valuable features are that it's a no-coding platform, everything can be scaled to your other functions, and it's easy to learn and use (especially because Anaplan provides excellent interactive training).""Anaplan provides 130 GB of cloud storage for organizations to use as part of their license.""This product has a very good modeling feature, and its graphical representation of visualizations has also been valuable.""Technical support has been good.""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."

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"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.""It is a very user-friendly software.""Financial consolidation and reporting tool with good built-in features such as currency exchange and elimination.""The most valuable features are around consolidations, eliminations, conversions.""The most valuable feature is the flexibility and ease of configuration in terms of testing and formula creation.""You can bring in data from any source and from multiple sources, and you can consolidate that data in HFM.""The tool is stable."

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Cons
"Anaplan should come up with flexible options to connect to a data warehouse rather than an Anaplan hub.""One area of improvement is conditional formatting. It's not very practical, and you need to specify additional formatting.""The solution could improve by better dashboards and while entering the form loss and project implementation the ability to use graphical shapes more effectively.""The integration technique should be a little bit easier.""The price of the solution can improve.""The solution can improve by providing an easier form of integration to different platforms, such as receiving data from different Salesforce. There is a process to do it through the use of some APIs but it could be made much easier. This would be a large help to us.""There are workspace issues, like the limitation on model sizes.""The visualization tools in the product are limited in comparison to other reporting tools."

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"The solution has integration challenges. We need a simple tool that is fool-proof for the data that is submitted not only for consolidation purposes but also for performance management and reporting purposes.""In terms of improvement, one challenge with Oracle HFM is the need for technical knowledge in writing SQL syntax for custom extensions.""If there could be data integration between HFM and the accounting software that would be ideal.""Integration is an area where it lacks and can be improved.""It's a difficult process to try to edit, configure, or change the business rules that exist and work within HFM.""The complexity is okay. I don't see it as super complex. The solution could have more functionality to make it a little bit more flexible.""The intercompany reporting function in this tool needs improvement, particularly being able to run reports in batches, rather than one at a time."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "We are currently using a free workspace license for 90 days. We are satisfied with the price of the solution. There are additional costs if you want more storage, the default limit is 250 GB."
  • "The entry-level is anywhere from about $30,000 to $50,000 a year, however, it does go up significantly after that depending on the complexity and how much space you're using."
  • "This is a yearly subscription. So a customer initially buys a workspace and specifies how much GB they want. The minimum starts at around 30 GB. You can buy multiple workspaces."
  • "The license is a yearly subscription. There are three licensing tiers: the model builder, planner, and the reporting."
  • "This is an expensive product and if the price were reduced then it would attract more customers."
  • "The cost of Anaplan is a challenge for clients, especially if they don't have an ongoing long-term use case for it. It's a $50,000 licensing fee just to get started. Clients need a strong business case to switch from Excel to Anaplan. But if clients have used something similar in the past, such as Hyperion or other solutions, that's not a factor because they know what to expect."
  • "Anaplan is a bit pricier compared to its competitors - the license costs about $4,000 per user annually."
  • "A value-for-money product and a very reasonable price compared to competitors like SAP or IBM."
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  • "Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) uses the named user licensing model. There's different pricing depending on HFM and Essbase planning."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Anaplan is an industry-leading cloud-based corporate performance management (CPM) platform that combines business planning and analytics in a single solution. It is designed to assist organizations of… more »
    Top Answer:We've had several FP&A departments include Anaplan in their analytics discussions, and while BI information IS generated, the focus is generally on compiling input from various sources and… more »
    Top Answer:There are different aspects of both Anaplan and SAP ERP that I like and dislike. Anaplan improves forecast accuracy and drives up the quality of analytics. Rather than spending all of their time… more »
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature is the flexibility and ease of configuration in terms of testing and formula creation.
    Top Answer:In terms of improvement, one challenge with Oracle HFM is the need for technical knowledge in writing SQL syntax for custom extensions. Also, the transition from on-premises to the cloud can be… more »
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    Compared 8% of the time.
    SAP S/4HANA logo
    Compared 8% of the time.
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    Compared 7% of the time.
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    Compared 2% of the time.
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    Overview

    Anaplan is a cloud-based planning and performance management platform with documented use cases in finance, sales, supply chain, marketing, IT and HR. At the core of Anaplan's technology is a single hub where business users can build, deploy, maintain, and share models without coding or reliance on IT personnel.

    With Anaplan You Can:

    • Accelerate revenue growth
    • Convert data into market opportunity
    • Drive higher sales performance
    • Gain market share
    • Improve customer satisfaction
    • See edge-to-edge across your company
    • Achieve business and technology goals
    • Become agile and resilient with continuous models and forecasts

    The Anaplan Platform Is:

    • Flexible
    • Scalable
    • Collaborative
    • Secure
    • Multi-dimensional
    • Built to help businesses think ahead and rapidly adapt to change

    Anaplan Benefits:

    • Illuminate blind spots and hidden opportunities.
    • Easily create a shareable, living representation of how your business actually works.
    • Dynamic planning allows you to continuously adapt to market changes and other changing circumstances effectively.
    • Information is always readily available and can be easily shared with all teams across your enterprise.
    • Anaplan provides intelligent decision-making. The platform gives you all the information you need to make business decisions and also gives you the ability to run several “what if” scenarios to determine which decision is best based on a large range of variables - at record speed, instead of it taking days or weeks to complete.
    • By using Anaplan, you can adapt to changes very quickly. You can consider all of the possible options before responding in real time.
    • Anaplan can be used remotely from wherever you are.
    • Anaplan will help your organization stay focused and on target. You can stay in control with the ability to run scenario calculations quickly and use the information to make adjustments as needed.
    • Anaplan provides accurate, real-time data so you don’t have to worry about the risk of bad data. In turn, this boosts shareholder confidence because Anaplan’s platform mitigates the risks associated with incorrect data.
    • Anaplan’s Connected Planning helps you meet regulatory requirements. All the relevant business data is held in one place, therefore making adjustments easier to implement quickly. With Connected Planning, results also have a full audit trail.

    Anaplan Features:

    • Hyperscale computing: Anaplan eliminates the “messy middle” caused by out-of-date, siloed signals.
    • Integrated and dynamic signal set: This feature incorporates internal and external factors, relationships, and market context across functions which can all be seamlessly integrated.
    • Responsive unified system: Anaplan’s high-fidelity, responsive, and unified system for execution and accountability is reliable, accurate, and traceable.
    • Real-time insights: Detect signals hidden in your systems and gain insight into every asset, resource, risk, and change to help provide decision clarity.
    • Unlimited multi-dimensional scenarios: Anaplan helps your organization run unlimited multi-dimensional scenarios to identify ideal plans of action.
    • Synchronization: Using Anaplan, you can synchronize execution and readiness. Anaplan enables autonomous and coordinated in-market action by connecting headquarters to your most remote outposts.

    Reviews from Real Users:

    "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.” - Sandeep A., Lead Analyst at a retailer

    "This product has a very good modeling feature, and its graphical representation of visualizations has also been valuable.” - Raghavendra K., Lead Consultant at a tech services company

    "Anaplan is a three-dimensional cloud platform that is good for analyzing data, visualization, integration, terrific for visibility.” - Anaplan model builder at a tech services company

    Oracle Hyperion Financial Management is a financial consolidation and reporting application built with advanced Web technology. It provides financial managers the ability to rapidly consolidate and report financial results, meet global regulatory requirements, reduce the cost of compliance and deliver confidence in the numbers.
    Sample Customers
    HP, ForeScout, DocuSign, EAT, Pandora, Aviva, Intel Security, Zalora
    B&B Hotels, Goldwind, Drake & Scull
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization25%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Manufacturing Company8%
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    Construction Company22%
    Manufacturing Company22%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Non Tech Company11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company13%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Healthcare Company5%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business43%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise43%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise31%
    Large Enterprise52%
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    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise69%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise66%
    Buyer's Guide
    Anaplan vs. Oracle HFM
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Anaplan vs. Oracle HFM and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    768,857 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Anaplan is ranked 1st in Business Performance Management with 24 reviews while Oracle HFM is ranked 7th in Business Performance Management with 14 reviews. Anaplan is rated 8.0, while Oracle HFM is rated 8.0. 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 Oracle HFM writes "Offers flexibility and ease of configuration". Anaplan is most compared with SAP ERP, Oracle Hyperion, SAP S/4HANA, IBM Planning Analytics and CCH Tagetik, whereas Oracle HFM is most compared with Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud, Oracle Hyperion, OneStream XF, CCH Tagetik and IBM Cognos. See our Anaplan vs. Oracle HFM report.

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