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Alternatives to Anaplan
22 business intelligence tools sit alongside Anaplan in this directory. Below is what separates each from Anaplan on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 6
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Anaplan starts at
- On request
Why people look past Anaplan
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Anaplan entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Anaplan carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 6 of the 22 alternatives below can be used without paying.
There is only one tier
Anaplan publishes a single plan, Anaplan at On request. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Enterprise inventory analytics and planning
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 3 tiers to Anaplan's 1.
Complete analytics in the cloud
- Publishes an entry price of $16/month, where Anaplan does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 2 tiers to Anaplan's 1.
Enterprise cloud applications for finance and HR
- 3 tiers to Anaplan's 1.
AI notebooks combining SQL, Python and no-code for small data teams
- Can be used without paying; Anaplan cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $39/month, where Anaplan does not.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than quote.
- 4 tiers to Anaplan's 1.
IBCS-based charting add-ins that replace native visuals in Power BI, Excel and PowerPoint
- Can be used without paying; Anaplan cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $50/month, where Anaplan does not.
- Sold on a Per year by licensed user count model rather than quote.
- 5 tiers to Anaplan's 1.
Cookieless web analytics that also reports the carbon footprint of your website
- Can be used without paying; Anaplan cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $14/month, where Anaplan does not.
- Sold on a Per month by pageview volume model rather than quote.
- 3 tiers to Anaplan's 1.
Every Anaplan alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anaplan (this page) | On request | Quote | 1 | |
| SAP Analytics CloudIf you are an SAP shop and want planning against S/4HANA data without a separate modelling platform | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Anaplan |
| Oracle Analytics CloudIf your finance stack is Oracle and integrated planning matters more than modelling flexibility | $16/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Anaplan |
| WorkdayIf your primary need is workforce planning tied to your HCM rather than cross-functional supply chain modelling | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Anaplan |
| Fabi | Free, then $39/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Anaplan |
| Zebra BI | Free, then $50/month | Per year by licensed user count | 5 | vs Anaplan |
| Cabin | Free, then $14/month | Per month by pageview volume | 3 | vs Anaplan |
| Hex | Free, then $36/month | Seat-based subscription with credit system | 4 | vs Anaplan |
| Deepnote | Free, then $39/month | Subscription with free tier | 3 | vs Anaplan |
| Cube | Free, then $40/developer/month | Per-developer seats with volume pricing | 4 | vs Anaplan |
| Luzmo | €995/month | Per month by monthly active user count | 3 | vs Anaplan |
| DashThis | $44/month | Per month by dashboard count | 4 | vs Anaplan |
| Jedox | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Anaplan |
| Pigment | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Anaplan |
| Board International | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Anaplan |
| Phocas | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Anaplan |
| Snowplow | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Anaplan |
| Rill Data | $20/month | Per user per month plus metered compute | 3 | vs Anaplan |
| Quid | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Anaplan |
| Reportz | $9.9/month | Per month by dashboard count | 3 | vs Anaplan |
| NetBase Quid | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Anaplan |
| Zenlytic | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Anaplan |
| Evidence | $2500/month | Flat team pricing with no per-user fees | 2 | vs Anaplan |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Anaplan badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Anaplan is most often brought in for sales territory and quota planning across thousands of reps where a change to segmentation must reflow quota immediately, demand and supply planning at sku and location level for a manufacturer with tens of thousands of items, workforce planning that ties headcount, cost and capacity to a revenue plan across dozens of business units, replacing a spreadsheet estate where the master planning model has become too large and too fragile for excel to open reliably. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Anaplan is broadly right and the question is cost, the Anaplan pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Business Intelligence category lists everything the directory holds, and best business intelligence tools ranks them.
Anaplan runs on web, ios. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Anaplan alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Anaplan?
- 22 other business intelligence tools are listed in this directory, led by SAP Analytics Cloud, Oracle Analytics Cloud, Workday, Fabi. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Anaplan?
- 6 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Fabi, Zebra BI, Cabin, Hex, Deepnote.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Anaplan?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Anaplan?
- Anaplan is most often brought in for sales territory and quota planning across thousands of reps where a change to segmentation must reflow quota immediately, demand and supply planning at sku and location level for a manufacturer with tens of thousands of items, workforce planning that ties headcount, cost and capacity to a revenue plan across dozens of business units, replacing a spreadsheet estate where the master planning model has become too large and too fragile for excel to open reliably. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Anaplan?
- None of the business intelligence tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Anaplan alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Business Intelligence, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Anaplan against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Anaplan covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every business intelligence tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Business Intelligence category, 22 tools beside Anaplan. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.