About Workday Adaptive Planning












Workday Adaptive Planning pricing
Workday Adaptive Planning does not have a free version but does offer a free trial. Workday Adaptive Planning paid version starts at US$15,000.00.
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Workday Adaptive Planning Reviews
Feature rating
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Great Product
We are going into our third budget cycle using Adaptive and it has made our process much more efficient. Prior to using Adaptive we played budget ping pong, bouncing spreadsheets back and forth and then once we landed on a final version the Finance team consolidated the numbers. Adaptive is great because you can see the impact of a change to the consolidated budget in real time. This is a great software for the Finance team as well as the budget / business managers.
Pros
There are many great features including: audit trails, notes, role permissions and security, the ability to quickly create versions, great technical support, and it’s cloud based.
Cons
There is a report builder in Adaptive and it’s easy to use. However, I do feel like they have focused on making improvements in other areas and the reporting hasn’t made as much progress. I do think this is one area that could use some improvements.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 51-200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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An FP&A Dream Tool
I will always recommend Adaptive to FP&A professionals. Once you use it and truly understand it, I'm sure you will do the same. There is little wonder why they are a leader in the SaaS space.
Pros
A cloud-based tool that enables you to forecast and budget different scenarios. OfficeConnect (an add-on feature) allows you to create reports directly in Excel and increases overall team efficiency.
Cons
Setting up Adaptive Insights is a crucial, timely, and difficult process. However, the time you put into building your instance initially saves time and pays dividends in the future.
Reasons for Switching to Workday Adaptive Planning
Previous positive experience with the product and one that I trust. Didn't see a reason to learn something new for the same price.- Industry: Outsourcing/Offshoring
- Company size: 51-200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Reliable and easy to use tool for data business planning
Pros
It has easy-to-use features that are good for reporting, planning, and data visualization.
Cons
The only that I don't like with this software is that it freezes and crashes on my computer. But I think I need upgrades on my computer. Overall, the software is good.

- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 501-1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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Sophisticated, but slow software
The actual forecast model is very nice, but I wish the software could be more user-friendly, and faster.
Pros
Adaptive Planning is very sophisticated. There are so many ways models can be created, and it supports so many different versions which I love. I can create a forecast for every single GL account for every different department of the company.
Cons
First, the software is very slow for a company at around 1000 size. If you make even a slight forecast/formula update, it can take 30mins to an hour before you can start using it again.
Also, the formulas are very difficult to learn. The formula assistant feature definitely helps, but the way the formula is structured, it's almost impossible to use without the assistant.
- Industry: Outsourcing/Offshoring
- Company size: 51-200 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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My experience of using Workday Adaptive Planning is very good since my work is related to analyzing data's of financial planning's etc.
Pros
Workday Adaptive Planning is very convenient to use especially when it comes to financial planning solutions and enterprise planning, they really provide it.
Cons
I don't see any downside or lack of this product and that is why I rated it 10.