# Anaplan alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 810 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://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/anaplan/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Cube: 60
- Datarails: 30
- Float: 29
- Jirav: 28
- Microsoft Excel: 26
- Cash Flow Frog: 22

## Corporate performance management

**Small business**: 81 of 84 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #7 of 14 at 3%).

- Cube: first choice in 18 of those 81
- Datarails: first choice in 8 of those 81
- Jirav: first choice in 7 of those 81
- Vena: first choice in 7 of those 81
- Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 6 of those 81
- Effy AI: first choice in 4 of those 81
- Aleph: first choice in 3 of those 81
- Planful: first choice in 3 of those 81

**Mid-market**: 70 of 84 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #9 of 16 at 2%).

- Planful: first choice in 13 of those 70
- Vena: first choice in 6 of those 70
- Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 6 of those 70
- Cube: first choice in 5 of those 70
- Jedox: first choice in 3 of those 70
- Pigment: first choice in 3 of those 70
- Datarails: first choice in 2 of those 70
- Lattice: first choice in 2 of those 70

**Enterprise**: 43 of 84 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #3 of 13 at 14%).

- OneStream: first choice in 8 of those 43
- Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: first choice in 7 of those 43
- Betterworks: first choice in 1 of those 43
- Corporater: first choice in 1 of those 43
- IBM Planning Analytics: first choice in 1 of those 43
- Lattice: first choice in 1 of those 43
- Pigment: first choice in 1 of those 43
- Planful: first choice in 1 of those 43

## FP&A platforms

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #17 of 17 at 0%).

- Cube: first choice in 23 of those 84
- Jirav: first choice in 15 of those 84
- Datarails: first choice in 11 of those 84
- Fathom: first choice in 11 of those 84
- Aleph: first choice in 6 of those 84
- Clockwork: first choice in 3 of those 84
- PlanGuru: first choice in 3 of those 84
- LiveFlow: first choice in 2 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 71 of 84 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #14 of 14 at 0%).

- Pigment: first choice in 12 of those 71
- Cube: first choice in 7 of those 71
- Prophix: first choice in 7 of those 71
- Aleph: first choice in 5 of those 71
- Planful: first choice in 4 of those 71
- PlanGuru: first choice in 3 of those 71
- Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 3 of those 71
- Excel: first choice in 2 of those 71

**Enterprise**: 34 of 84 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #1 of 14 at 49%).

- OneStream: first choice in 5 of those 34
- Cube: first choice in 2 of those 34
- Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: first choice in 2 of those 34
- Limelight: first choice in 1 of those 34
- Pigment: first choice in 1 of those 34
- Planful: first choice in 1 of those 34
- Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 1 of those 34

## Financial modeling and scenario planning

**Small business**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #16 of 16 at 0%).

- Google Sheets: first choice in 15 of those 83
- Microsoft Excel: first choice in 15 of those 83
- Jirav: first choice in 6 of those 83
- LivePlan: first choice in 6 of those 83
- Causal: first choice in 5 of those 83
- Fuelfinance: first choice in 5 of those 83
- Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets: first choice in 3 of those 83
- Cube: first choice in 2 of those 83

**Mid-market**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #11 of 11 at 0%).

- Microsoft Excel: first choice in 11 of those 82
- Datarails: first choice in 9 of those 82
- Google Sheets: first choice in 7 of those 82
- Pigment: first choice in 4 of those 82
- Prophix One: first choice in 4 of those 82
- Cube: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Limelight: first choice in 2 of those 82

**Enterprise**: 48 of 84 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #1 of 11 at 59%).

- Erwin Data Modeler: first choice in 4 of those 48
- Ardoq: first choice in 2 of those 48
- Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: first choice in 2 of those 48
- AWS SageMaker: first choice in 1 of those 48
- Azure ML: first choice in 1 of those 48
- ER/Studio: first choice in 1 of those 48
- IBM Planning Analytics: first choice in 1 of those 48
- IDERA ER/Studio: first choice in 1 of those 48

## Cash flow forecasting

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #10 of 11 at 0%).

- Float: first choice in 29 of those 84
- Cash Flow Frog: first choice in 18 of those 84
- Pulse: first choice in 8 of those 84
- BILL: first choice in 5 of those 84
- QuickBooks Cash Flow Planner: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Xero Cash Flow Forecasting: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Cash Flow Tool: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Fathom: first choice in 2 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #22 of 22 at 0%).

- Agicap: first choice in 9 of those 77
- Drivetrain: first choice in 5 of those 77
- Pulse: first choice in 5 of those 77
- Upflow: first choice in 5 of those 77
- Cash Flow Frog: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Centime: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Prophix One: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Tesorio: first choice in 3 of those 77

**Enterprise**: 53 of 84 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #2 of 16 at 12%).

- Kyriba: first choice in 19 of those 53
- HighRadius: first choice in 3 of those 53
- Pegasus Insights: first choice in 3 of those 53
- Access CashForecaster: first choice in 1 of those 53
- CashAnalytics: first choice in 1 of those 53
- Farseer: first choice in 1 of those 53
- GTreasury: first choice in 1 of those 53
- SAP Treasury and Risk Management: first choice in 1 of those 53

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