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
Emotional Footprint Overview
+80 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love IBM Planning Analytics?
Pros
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Trustworthy
- Caring
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Feature Ratings
Collaboration
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
Vendor Capability Ratings
Ease of Implementation
Ease of Customization
Quality of Features
Ease of Data Integration
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Breadth of Features
Vendor Support
Ease of IT Administration
Availability and Quality of Training
Business Value Created
Usability and Intuitiveness
IBM Planning Analytics Reviews
Wambugu s.
- Role: Sales Marketing
- Industry: Other
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Aug 2023
The top of the class data analytic solution
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates IBM Planning Analytics from other similar products?
IBM Planning analytics with Watson is easy to use yet very effective.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Powerful scenario modeling and predictive analytics capabilities. Real time decision making. Easy to use with an Intuitive web interface and native exel add in. Easy deployment and integrations.
What do you dislike most about this product?
The platform requires technical expertise when onboarding new users.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
IBM analytics with Watson is an easy to use planning, analytics and reporting tool. I recommend the platform.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
- Role: Finance
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Jan 2023
Fantastic continuous integrated planning tool.
Likeliness to Recommend
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Unique Features
- Over Delivered
- Reliable
Cons
- Charges for Enhancements
- Wastes Time
- Leverages Incumbent Status
Amber B.
- Role: Finance
- Industry: Finance
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Dec 2022
Best driver-based planning tool
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates IBM Planning Analytics from other similar products?
IBM Planning Analytics reveals those valuable insights that hide in plain sight in the rows and columns of our spreadsheets. The customizable interface of IBM Planning Analytics allows web-based collaboration on highly-formatted reports while maintaining better control
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
We created an audit trail to identify where and when changes were made to key business logic and calculations and thus avoiding the version control issues that lead to arguments over whose numbers are correct
What do you dislike most about this product?
We are power users of IBM Planning Analytics and would like the ability to build sophisticated queries, such as those involving asymmetrical nested reporte without a lot of manual work
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
The IBM Planning Analytics Workspace features a high visual, freeform design that offers more than 25 different graphics, including charts, maps, images and shapes that can help you create vivid, impactful reports to share insight with decision makers
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing