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. It's really driven by the number of users and also the space. It's more the user base, however, sometimes you need to buy extra users just to get the space.

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.

Anaplan sets a limit on the size of the model. Say that you pay for 130 GB and you want to increase this to 560 or 700 GB, you have to buy a separate one and pay a lot for it. But let's say if you are running a business model on a supply chain and you can't run a model that is more than 130 GB. That's too much. And they'll have to pay and purchase a separate workspace that is 700 GB. They call it "HyperCare" or a "HyperModel" and that's too expensive. 

Pricing is premium because they're the market leader right now. Their competitors are still far behind.  haven't seen a real competitor in Anaplan's niche. Of course, IBM has  Watson Analytics. However, when it comes to implementation, that's too technical and people tend to prefer Anaplan over that. 

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. 

I haven't come across any additional costs. In our role, we've considered developing our own solutions within Anaplan, which requires different licensing costs on our side if we were to do that. That's the only time I ever talked about additional costs beyond a basic licensing fee.

While the cost is on the higher side, the value is high as well. The customer's plan is a yearly cost. It's software as a service. Beyond the standard licensing fee, there are no additional costs. 

The is a cost per user and also costs related to the implementation itself.

I'd like the product to have more transparency in terms of the pricing and the licensing model.

I don't know how to check the date of the licensing and when it will expire. It would be great if there was some feature on the Anaplan site that people could check. I can check, for example, the GBs used, and yet I can't check the license status. I've raised so many emails in regards to needing to know when the license will be expiring, however, I still don't get any response.

The price of the solution is expensive.

The license is a yearly subscription. There are three licensing tiers: the model builder, planner, and the reporting. The reporting is the cheapest. Model builder is the costliest one. Depending on the type of license you buy, you get more spaces to work on.

There are some additional costs to the standard licensing fees. For example, we go with the extended workspace ISIS. For that, they charge for model optimization if you are below the premium customer level, so we were having more licenses. We are in the premium level, but if you are below premium, they charge for your model optimization, or they charge you if they want to investigate something on the licenses.

The sizing is the biggest culprit, so please get your sizing done properly by giving all the details before you decide on going with Anaplan.

The tool’s pricing is reasonable and competitive with other solutions.

It's not that expensive compared to the vast majority of other products. But it's not cheap, it's somewhere in the middle. I would rate the cost five out of ten.

This is an expensive product and if the price were reduced then it would attract more customers.

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.

I don't know anything about the cost or the licensing. It's not an aspect of the solution I work on.

Anaplan sell their licenses on a storage basis, which they call a bucket. 

It might cost more compared to some decent tools in the market. But one should be mindful about the capabilities of Anaplan, which justify the cost.

Be mindful about storage limits initially. Also, make sure you decide how many Administrator licenses you need. If I recall, the Admin/Developer license costs ten times more than a standard user license so make sure you know how many of those you really need at your company to make cost effective decisions for your organization.

Go for a bigger deal initially. Once you start using it, you will certainly want more of it.

It is an expensive solution. 

So long as Anaplan fits your requirements, it's quite affordable. It's a value-for-money product and a very reasonable price compared to competitors like SAP or IBM. There are multiple pricing models, and you only need the costlier license if you use the model builder.