# Anaplan vs Planful

| Attribute | Anaplan | Planful |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 56.4 (44% (low)) | 71.4 (25% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | Anaplan is an enterprise planning platform that integrates financial planning, budgeting, workforce planning, and trade management in a single system. It enables organizations to move beyond disconnected spreadsheets and siloed processes to achieve unified, data-driven decisions across finance, sales, marketing, operations, and human resources. | An integrated financial performance management platform that helps finance teams manage their complete financial cycle—from planning and forecasting through period close, multi-entity consolidation, and reporting—with connected data sources and AI-powered assistance. |
| features.capabilities | `{"sso_scim":false,"xp_and_a":true,"api_access":"read","consolidation":"multi_entity","deployment_model":"enterprise_cloud","modelling_engine":"spreadsheet","revenue_planning":true,"erp_gl_connectors":true,"scenario_planning":true,"workforce_planning":true,"excel_sheets_native":true,"dashboards_reporting":true,"warehouse_connectors":true,"budgeting_forecasting":true,"erp_integration_for_historical_sales_ingestion":true}` | `{"xp_and_a":true,"api_access":"full","consolidation":"multi_entity","revenue_planning":true,"erp_gl_connectors":true,"scenario_planning":true,"workforce_planning":true,"excel_sheets_native":true,"dashboards_reporting":true,"warehouse_connectors":true,"budgeting_forecasting":true}` |
| integrations.count | 3 | 23 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"PeopleSoft"},{"name":"Excel"},{"name":"CloudWorks"}]` | `[{"name":"SAP"},{"name":"NetSuite"},{"name":"Oracle"},{"name":"Microsoft Dynamics 365"},{"name":"QuickBooks"},{"name":"Acumatica"},{"name":"Sage Intacct"},{"name":"Workday"},{"name":"Paylocity"},{"name":"ADP"},{"name":"SuccessFactors"},{"name":"Salesforce"},{"name":"HubSpot"},{"name":"Snowflake"},{"name":"Amazon Redshift"},{"name":"MongoDB"},{"name":"Google Drive"},{"name":"Power BI"},{"name":"Workiva"},{"name":"Tableau"},{"name":"Microsoft Excel"},{"name":"Microsoft PowerPoint"},{"name":"Microsoft Word"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US","BE","IT"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing.model | commercial | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |

## Capabilities (FP&A Software)

| Capability | Anaplan | Planful |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Budgeting / forecasting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Modelling engine | Spreadsheet | - |
| **Planning** |  |  |
| Scenario / what-if planning | ✓ | ✓ |
| Workforce / headcount planning | ✓ | ✓ |
| Revenue planning | ✓ | ✓ |
| xP&A (cross-functional planning) | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Finance** |  |  |
| Consolidation | Multi-entity | Multi-entity |
| **Connectivity** |  |  |
| ERP / GL connectors | ✓ | ✓ |
| Data-warehouse connectors | ✓ | ✓ |
| Deep Excel / Sheets integration | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Reporting** |  |  |
| Dashboards / reporting | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Platform** |  |  |
| SSO / SCIM | ✗ | - |
| API access | Read | Full |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:17:51.871Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*