We performed a comparison between Anaplan and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Anaplan, Oracle, Jedox and others in Business Performance Management."Anaplan is a three-dimensional cloud platform that is good for analyzing data, visualization, integration, terrific for visibility."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of Anaplan is machine learning. The solution is constantly evolving from feedback. Additionally, there is a wide range of training material online."
"The features that I have found most valuable are that it is web-based and easy to use."
"It's simple to use with a lot of functions."
"This is readily available and affordable, as well as user-friendly and simple to use in my opinion."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is cloud accessibility."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The solution has good dashboard functionalities and export functionalities."
"Microsoft Dynamics NAV's most valuable feature is the integration with other Microsoft solutions."
"I am impressed with the tool's user authentication, compatibility , and policies."
"The solution can scale."
"The selling feature is the most valuable."
"Anaplan is a relatively expensive piece of software."
"Anaplan should come up with flexible options to connect to a data warehouse rather than an Anaplan hub."
"Automation needs to be built into this solution."
"The dashboard could be better. Because within a dashboard or report, you have to do a lot of scrolling. You need to scroll down because the table doesn't fit in a single view. That's why even the users aren't happy with that kind of user experience. They need to scroll to see all the data, and it could be better if it fits in just one page. That way, you can see everything. In the next release, I want automation that's connected to Anaplan. For example, to load master data from SAP to Anaplan. I don't know if this already exists, but a log where you can see the progress and see if there's an error will also help. It would be better to give you the error message, for example, if there is an error within the automated process importing to Anaplan."
"It would be nice if the solution offered better extensions."
"Anaplan's workflow component is probably the biggest area for improvement. I'd also like to see Anaplan add an ad hoc reporting tool that allows users to query things. It's going to factor into how you design your data set and your models, but I'd like the ability to create ad hoc queries against the data that's in there."
"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."
"The cloud engine slows down when working with a large dataset. It still lacks a powerful engine."
"The solution can improve by having better integration with Microsoft PowerBI and reporting."
"There is room for improvement in terms of compatibility."
"Some of the control aspects such as auditing can definitely be improved. For example, auditing is not very easy, and the user permissions are complicated."
"The initial setup of the solution was quite complex and the troubleshooting involved with that needs to be improved."
"One aspect that could be improved in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is the visibility and accessibility of communication-related features, such as email integration."
"The price of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central could be reduced."
"The configuration packages can be somewhat tiresome at times, and they can be slow when loading data."
"We need to customize more often than we would like."
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Anaplan is ranked 1st in Business Performance Management with 24 reviews while Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is ranked 3rd in ERP with 62 reviews. Anaplan is rated 8.0, while Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 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 Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central writes "Easy to deploy, extremely stable, and highly scalable". Anaplan is most compared with SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, Oracle Hyperion, SAP Analytics Cloud and Jedox, whereas Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is most compared with SAP S/4HANA, Microsoft Dynamics AX, SAP Business One and SAP ERP.
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