8 Reasons why organisations replace Workday Adaptive Planning with Pigment or Anaplan for EPM (FP&A)

Written By James Wakefield

Having done a number of replacements of Workday Adaptive Planning with Pigment/Anaplan, some of which were for some the largest Australian Tech companies, here are the key reasons why companies move to alternatives like Anaplan and Pigment:

  • Ability to do Planning with AI infused ability

  • Adaptive sheets interface leads to unneeded complexity

  • True Multi Dimensionality Modelling

  • A need for better Statistical Forecasting Methods

  • They want Native Integrations to Source Systems

  • Deployment via Pre built Templates / Apps

  • A better Dashboarding Experience for Users

  • Proven Use Cases outside of Finance

Workday Adaptive Planning can often seem a very easy to use and own and can be great for simple 3 way financial statement planning but the limitations start to appear when you start wanting to do driver based revenue planning. Larger multi dimensionality needs will start to lead to longer load times and frustration from users as they wait.

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