# Anaplan alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026 Finance AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 832 of the 1,008 answers in the 4 categories where Anaplan holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://finance-ai-index.com/vendors/anaplan/alternatives/ ## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added) - Cube: 49 - Float: 45 - Fathom: 30 - Vena: 30 - Datarails: 27 - Planful: 22 ## FP&A platforms **Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #16 of 16 at 0%). - Fathom: first choice in 14 of those 84 - Cube: first choice in 12 of those 84 - Jirav: first choice in 11 of those 84 - Clockwork: first choice in 10 of those 84 - Datarails: first choice in 10 of those 84 - Aleph: first choice in 3 of those 84 - LiveFlow: first choice in 3 of those 84 - Drivetrain: first choice in 2 of those 84 **Mid-market**: 73 of 84 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #18 of 18 at 0%). - Planful: first choice in 9 of those 73 - Fathom: first choice in 8 of those 73 - Vena: first choice in 7 of those 73 - Cube: first choice in 6 of those 73 - Abacum: first choice in 4 of those 73 - Drivetrain: first choice in 3 of those 73 - Centage: first choice in 2 of those 73 - Clockwork: first choice in 2 of those 73 **Enterprise**: 39 of 84 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #1 of 14 at 53%). - OneStream: first choice in 5 of those 39 - Board: first choice in 3 of those 39 - Limelight: first choice in 2 of those 39 - CCH Tagetik: first choice in 1 of those 39 - IBM Planning Analytics: first choice in 1 of those 39 - Pigment: first choice in 1 of those 39 - Planful: first choice in 1 of those 39 - Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 1 of those 39 ## Corporate performance management **Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #13 of 13 at 0%). - Cube: first choice in 14 of those 82 - Datarails: first choice in 6 of those 82 - Vena: first choice in 6 of those 82 - Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 6 of those 82 - Jirav: first choice in 4 of those 82 - Centage: first choice in 3 of those 82 - Prophix: first choice in 3 of those 82 - Zoho People: first choice in 3 of those 82 **Mid-market**: 71 of 84 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #14 of 14 at 0%). - Planful: first choice in 12 of those 71 - Prophix: first choice in 9 of those 71 - Vena: first choice in 9 of those 71 - Cube: first choice in 5 of those 71 - Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 5 of those 71 - Datarails: first choice in 4 of those 71 - Drivetrain: first choice in 2 of those 71 - Pigment: first choice in 2 of those 71 **Enterprise**: 46 of 84 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #1 of 12 at 30%). - OneStream: first choice in 4 of those 46 - Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: first choice in 4 of those 46 - Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 2 of those 46 - Oracle Primavera Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 46 - ProofHub: first choice in 1 of those 46 - SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting: first choice in 1 of those 46 - SAP SuccessFactors: first choice in 1 of those 46 - Workday Performance Management: first choice in 1 of those 46 ## Financial modeling and scenario planning **Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #10 of 10 at 0%). - Google Sheets: first choice in 11 of those 84 - Microsoft Excel: first choice in 9 of those 84 - Fathom: first choice in 8 of those 84 - Jirav: first choice in 6 of those 84 - Causal: first choice in 4 of those 84 - Float: first choice in 4 of those 84 - Finmark: first choice in 3 of those 84 - BILL: first choice in 2 of those 84 **Mid-market**: 81 of 84 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #14 of 14 at 0%). - Microsoft Excel: first choice in 10 of those 81 - Cube: first choice in 8 of those 81 - Vena: first choice in 8 of those 81 - Datarails: first choice in 6 of those 81 - Google Sheets: first choice in 6 of those 81 - Drivetrain: first choice in 4 of those 81 - Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 4 of those 81 - Prophix: first choice in 3 of those 81 **Enterprise**: 44 of 84 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #1 of 12 at 57%). - Erwin Data Modeler: first choice in 6 of those 44 - ER/Studio: first choice in 2 of those 44 - Limelight: first choice in 2 of those 44 - Pigment: first choice in 2 of those 44 - Cube: first choice in 1 of those 44 - GoLimelight: first choice in 1 of those 44 - Mermaid.js: first choice in 1 of those 44 - OneStream: first choice in 1 of those 44 ## Cash flow forecasting **Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #12 of 12 at 0%). - Float: first choice in 35 of those 84 - Cash Flow Frog: first choice in 11 of those 84 - Xero Cash Flow Forecasting: first choice in 4 of those 84 - Agicap: first choice in 3 of those 84 - Pulse: first choice in 3 of those 84 - Wave: first choice in 3 of those 84 - Chaser: first choice in 2 of those 84 - Quicken Business & Personal: first choice in 2 of those 84 **Mid-market**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #15 of 15 at 0%). - Agicap: first choice in 7 of those 82 - Float: first choice in 6 of those 82 - Cash Flow Frog: first choice in 5 of those 82 - Chaser: first choice in 4 of those 82 - Cube: first choice in 3 of those 82 - Kyriba: first choice in 3 of those 82 - Pulse: first choice in 3 of those 82 - Tesorio: first choice in 3 of those 82 **Enterprise**: 62 of 84 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #3 of 12 at 16%). - Kyriba: first choice in 16 of those 62 - Tesorio: first choice in 7 of those 62 - HighRadius: first choice in 6 of those 62 - OneStream: first choice in 2 of those 62 - Pegasus Insights: first choice in 2 of those 62 - Trovata: first choice in 2 of those 62 - Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 2 of those 62 - Datarails: first choice in 1 of those 62 Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.