# Anaplan alternatives: what AI models name instead, September 2026 Finance AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition. 931 of the 1,080 answers in the 5 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) - OneStream: 56 - Clockwork: 53 - Cube: 44 - Float: 36 - Fathom: 32 - Vena: 31 ## Corporate performance management **Small business**: 71 of 72 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #11 of 11 at 0%). - Vena: first choice in 15 of those 71 - Cube: first choice in 12 of those 71 - Datarails: first choice in 12 of those 71 - Drivetrain: first choice in 7 of those 71 - Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 6 of those 71 - Fathom: first choice in 3 of those 71 - Jirav: first choice in 2 of those 71 - Prophix: first choice in 2 of those 71 **Mid-market**: 64 of 72 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #8 of 12 at 2%). - Planful: first choice in 12 of those 64 - Prophix: first choice in 5 of those 64 - Vena: first choice in 5 of those 64 - Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 3 of those 64 - Cube: first choice in 2 of those 64 - OneStream: first choice in 2 of those 64 - Pigment: first choice in 2 of those 64 - deFacto Global: first choice in 2 of those 64 **Enterprise**: 39 of 72 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #2 of 12 at 30%). - OneStream: first choice in 5 of those 39 - Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: first choice in 3 of those 39 - Betterworks: first choice in 2 of those 39 - Board: first choice in 1 of those 39 - IBM Planning Analytics: first choice in 1 of those 39 - Limelight: first choice in 1 of those 39 - Planful: first choice in 1 of those 39 - SAP Analytics Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 39 ## FP&A platforms **Small business**: 72 of 72 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #12 of 13 at 0%). - Clockwork: first choice in 39 of those 72 - Cube: first choice in 8 of those 72 - Fathom: first choice in 8 of those 72 - Datarails: first choice in 4 of those 72 - Jirav: first choice in 4 of those 72 - Aleph: first choice in 2 of those 72 - Causal: first choice in 1 of those 72 - Databook: first choice in 1 of those 72 **Mid-market**: 66 of 72 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #16 of 16 at 0%). - Clockwork: first choice in 7 of those 66 - Pigment: first choice in 7 of those 66 - Vena: first choice in 7 of those 66 - Cube: first choice in 5 of those 66 - Fathom: first choice in 5 of those 66 - Planful: first choice in 5 of those 66 - Prophix: first choice in 3 of those 66 - Aleph: first choice in 2 of those 66 **Enterprise**: 29 of 72 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #1 of 12 at 48%). - Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 4 of those 29 - Pigment: first choice in 2 of those 29 - Fintastic: first choice in 1 of those 29 - IBM Planning Analytics: first choice in 1 of those 29 - Limelight: first choice in 1 of those 29 - OneStream: first choice in 1 of those 29 ## Financial modeling and scenario planning **Small business**: 72 of 72 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #13 of 13 at 0%). - Clockwork: first choice in 7 of those 72 - LivePlan: first choice in 7 of those 72 - Fathom: first choice in 6 of those 72 - Microsoft Excel: first choice in 5 of those 72 - Float: first choice in 4 of those 72 - Google Sheets: first choice in 4 of those 72 - Cube: first choice in 3 of those 72 - Excel/Google Sheets: first choice in 3 of those 72 **Mid-market**: 68 of 72 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #8 of 8 at 0%). - Datarails: first choice in 7 of those 68 - Google Sheets: first choice in 6 of those 68 - Cube: first choice in 5 of those 68 - Microsoft Excel: first choice in 5 of those 68 - Vena: first choice in 3 of those 68 - Limelight: first choice in 2 of those 68 - Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets: first choice in 2 of those 68 - Pigment: first choice in 2 of those 68 **Enterprise**: 40 of 72 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #1 of 7 at 56%). - Limelight: first choice in 3 of those 40 - Erwin Data Modeler: first choice in 2 of those 40 - Acterys: first choice in 1 of those 40 - Ardoq: first choice in 1 of those 40 - Board: first choice in 1 of those 40 - IBM Planning Analytics: first choice in 1 of those 40 - LeanIX: first choice in 1 of those 40 - Vena: first choice in 1 of those 40 ## Cash flow forecasting **Small business**: 72 of 72 answers did not name Anaplan. - Float: first choice in 27 of those 72 - Cash Flow Frog: first choice in 8 of those 72 - QuickBooks Cash Flow Planner: first choice in 5 of those 72 - Trezy: first choice in 4 of those 72 - Chaser: first choice in 3 of those 72 - Pulse: first choice in 3 of those 72 - QuickBooks Online: first choice in 3 of those 72 - Agicap: first choice in 1 of those 72 **Mid-market**: 67 of 72 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #13 of 14 at 0%). - Agicap: first choice in 8 of those 67 - Tesorio: first choice in 6 of those 67 - Float: first choice in 5 of those 67 - QuickBooks Cash Flow Planner: first choice in 5 of those 67 - Chaser: first choice in 4 of those 67 - Cube: first choice in 4 of those 67 - Cash Flow Frog: first choice in 3 of those 67 - Drivetrain: first choice in 3 of those 67 **Enterprise**: 58 of 72 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #6 of 10 at 5%). - Kyriba: first choice in 18 of those 58 - Tesorio: first choice in 8 of those 58 - HighRadius: first choice in 6 of those 58 - Palm: first choice in 2 of those 58 - Transformance CashPulse: first choice in 2 of those 58 - Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 2 of those 58 - Acterys: first choice in 1 of those 58 - Centage Planning Maestro: first choice in 1 of those 58 ## Financial consolidation **Small business**: 72 of 72 answers did not name Anaplan. - Joiin: first choice in 17 of those 72 - Fathom: first choice in 10 of those 72 - Centage Planning Maestro: first choice in 9 of those 72 - LiveFlow: first choice in 7 of those 72 - Cube: first choice in 5 of those 72 - Datarails: first choice in 5 of those 72 - JustConsolidate: first choice in 2 of those 72 - QuickBooks Online: first choice in 2 of those 72 **Mid-market**: 71 of 72 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #12 of 13 at 0%). - Joiin: first choice in 8 of those 71 - Prophix: first choice in 8 of those 71 - OneStream: first choice in 7 of those 71 - Planful: first choice in 7 of those 71 - Sage Intacct: first choice in 7 of those 71 - CCH Tagetik: first choice in 2 of those 71 - BlackLine: first choice in 1 of those 71 - Centage Planning Maestro: first choice in 1 of those 71 **Enterprise**: 70 of 72 answers did not name Anaplan (Anaplan is #11 of 11 at 0%). - OneStream: first choice in 41 of those 70 - Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: first choice in 3 of those 70 - Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close: first choice in 2 of those 70 - Workiva: first choice in 2 of those 70 - Board: first choice in 1 of those 70 - CCH Tagetik: first choice in 1 of those 70 - Fivetran: first choice in 1 of those 70 - Oracle NetSuite: first choice in 1 of those 70 Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.