Find your next tool
Adaptive from Workday alternatives range from full enterprise planning systems to lighter tools for financial analysis. Begin by deciding whether you need a governed budgeting process involving many departments or help examining a dataset. A conversational spreadsheet assistant can support an analyst, but it should not be assumed to provide the approvals, ownership, and connected models of an enterprise planning implementation.
Find the capabilities and workflow that matter to you.
Showing 6 of 6 alternatives
anaplan.com
Connected scenarios across financial and operational functions
What to consider
Request a demonstration and scoped commercial proposal
pigment.com
Collaborative enterprise planning with AI support
What to consider
Sales-led evaluation
ibm.com
Multidimensional planning and forecasting
What to consider
Trial and commercial offerings
All 6 options, with their fit and key trade-offs.
| Alternative | Good fit for | What it offers | Key consideration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anaplan | Connected scenarios across financial and operational functions | Application or model design and administration require planning | Request a demonstration and scoped commercial proposal |
| Pigment | Collaborative enterprise planning with AI support | Evaluate model design, integrations, and governance for your use case | Sales-led evaluation |
| IBM Planning Analytics | Multidimensional planning and forecasting | Deployment and modeling choices affect implementation | Trial and commercial offerings |
| Rows | Connected spreadsheet analysis with AI assistance | A smaller analysis workflow requires its own review process | Self-service plans |
| Quadratic | Spreadsheet analysis combining AI, code, and data connections | Users must inspect calculations and maintain the analysis | Self-service plans |
| Julius AI | Conversational investigation of data and spreadsheets | Analysis output is distinct from an approved company plan | Account-based access |
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Make an informed choice
Anaplan is a close option when the finance plan must connect to sales, workforce, or supply chain decisions. Its documented platform combines deterministic models, applications, forecasting, and AI assistance. Ask a demonstration to reproduce an actual planning cycle rather than compare only dashboards. Both products need agreement on definitions, data sources, and responsibility for model maintenance.
Pigment presents collaborative business planning and agentic AI for enterprise planning. Evaluate how its modeling and scenario experience fits your team's working style, and verify permissions and integrations using representative data. IBM Planning Analytics provides multidimensional planning with AI forecasting and an assistant. Its deployment options can be relevant to organizations with specific infrastructure needs. Confirm the chosen deployment and commercial scope.
Rows has a documented AI Analyst for spreadsheet work. It can be useful for a departmental report or exploratory analysis where enterprise-wide budgeting is unnecessary. Quadratic combines spreadsheet interaction with inspectable formulas and code, according to its official overview. Julius AI offers data and spreadsheet analysis through conversational interaction. These are relevant partial alternatives when the task is analysis rather than operating a company planning process.
Use one real forecast update as the comparison exercise. Include the actuals load, a departmental input, an alternative scenario, a reviewer question, and a report the business distributes. Record which steps require configuration or manual work and who maintains them afterward. Also compare licensing, implementation services, integrations, AI usage, and reporting requirements. A product that solves one analyst's question quickly may still be the wrong place to manage a recurring cross-functional budget.