Workday Adaptive Planning vs Anaplan
One of twelve models named Workday Adaptive Planning first on the direct prompt; zero named Anaplan. Both were named by all twelve models and both carry 41 labels, so the shares below are directly comparable.
Named in seven categories this edition.
Named in six categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the corporate performance management page.
By framing
Workday Adaptive PlanningFirst choices, of twelve modelsAnaplan
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Workday Adaptive Planning and Anaplan were named in the same answer 305 times, of the 386 answers naming Workday Adaptive Planning and the 438 naming Anaplan. In those answers Anaplan took the first choice fifty-four times and Workday Adaptive Planning eighteen.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | |||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | | ||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | |||
| Mistral Small | | | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | | |||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | | | ||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | |
Workday Adaptive Planning Anaplan first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Workday Adaptive Planning on the left and Anaplan on the right.The direct prompt
Workday Adaptive Planning first, Anaplan not the choice
1 of 12 modelsAnaplan was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
7 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Workday Adaptive Planning11%#4 of 11Anaplan0%#11 of 11Workday Adaptive Planning12%#4 of 12Anaplan2%#8 of 12Anaplan30%#2 of 12Workday Adaptive Planning4%#4 of 12What the models said about Workday Adaptive Planning
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Avoid: Enterprise platforms like Anaplan or Workday Adaptive ... they're overkill and significantly more expensive” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“the best EPM software is usually Workday Adaptive Planning if you want the best balance of ease of use, planning depth, and faster implementation” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · first choice
“strong for Workday/HCM shops, easiest adoption, excellent workforce planning, native Workday integration” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
What the models said about Anaplan
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“you generally want to avoid heavy enterprise platforms like Anaplan or Oracle (which cost tens of thousands annually)” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Anaplan or Workday Adaptive Planning are the top recommendations due to their scalability, strong FP&A features” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.