What is IBM Planning Analytics?
IBM Planning Analytics partnered with Watson is a AI-powered, extended planning and analysis solution that integrates, streamlines and scales planning, budgeting and forecasting across every part of the organization, including finance, sales, supply chain, HR, IT, and marketing.
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86 Likeliness to Recommend
93 Plan to Renew
78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+80 Net Emotional Footprint
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- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Trustworthy
- Caring
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Governance Risk and Compliance
BI and Performance Management
Budgeting and Forecasting
Business Application Integration
Data Visualization
Planning and Scheduling
Process Simulation and Execution
Financial Reporting and Consolidation
Marketing Analytics
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Ease of Data Integration
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IBM Planning Analytics Reviews
Matthew K.
- Role: Finance
- Industry: Manufacturing
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Oct 2022
Immensely in-depth solution for detailed analysis
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates IBM Planning Analytics from other similar products?
This is a comprehensive planning-led platform that offers a different kind of experience and takes planning relationships to the next level. IBM Planning Analytics is easy to use and provides powerful tools for tracking investments, forecasting future income and expenses, and creating budgets
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
It has a good user interface that works well both on mobile and desktop, so its good for us to manage finances on the go. Its AI-based features overcome the limits of manual planning
What do you dislike most about this product?
Additional Artificial Intelligence features could improve this solution so that it can provide more accurate suggestions. Automation is also good but could be improved
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Whether you are a small firm just or a larger firm looking to upgrade to a complex, highly capable analytic solution, IBM Planning Analytics is the financial planning software best suited for you
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Jennie W.
- Role: Sales Marketing
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Oct 2022
Fully automated meaningful analyses
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates IBM Planning Analytics from other similar products?
IBM Planning Analytics is a systemised planning and reporting application that helps translate our high-level business strategy to operational execution. It automated the process for planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting so we spend more time on value-add analysis and business partnering
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Automatically sources data from our source systems and makes it easy to understand data forecast, analyze trends, and plan to drive accurate conclusions and authenticate assumptions
What do you dislike most about this product?
Should add more reporting templates and the interface be more updated to suit the modern designs
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
IBM Planning Analytics is powered by one of the best in-memory calculation engines available. The application is scalable to handle hundreds of users all logged in and entering data at once
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Austen H.
- Role: Consultant
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Oct 2022
Useful tool due to outstanding features
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates IBM Planning Analytics from other similar products?
Planning is important in inorganization and thats where this product comes in. Its an effective, efficient yet a very easy to use tool. Its highly customizable to your companies theme.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The aspect of financial reporting and projection were the most favorite features or aspect in this product. We are able to project our business performance in the near feature using historical data.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Minimal challenges which are outweighed by the benefits of the tool
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Highly recommend the tool
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing