Workday Adaptive Planning Reviews

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- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Sophisticated, but slow software
Reviewed on 24/02/2022
The actual forecast model is very nice, but I wish the software could be more user-friendly, and...
The actual forecast model is very nice, but I wish the software could be more user-friendly, and faster.
Pros
Adaptive Planning is very sophisticated. There are so many ways models can be created, and it supports so many different versions which I love. I can create a forecast for every single GL account for every different department of the company.
Cons
First, the software is very slow for a company at around 1000 size. If you make even a slight forecast/formula update, it can take 30mins to an hour before you can start using it again.
Also, the formulas are very difficult to learn. The formula assistant feature definitely helps, but the way the formula is structured, it's almost impossible to use without the assistant.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
An FP&A Dream Tool
Reviewed on 08/07/2020
I will always recommend Adaptive to FP&A professionals. Once you use it and truly understand it,...
I will always recommend Adaptive to FP&A professionals. Once you use it and truly understand it, I'm sure you will do the same. There is little wonder why they are a leader in the SaaS space.
Pros
A cloud-based tool that enables you to forecast and budget different scenarios. OfficeConnect (an add-on feature) allows you to create reports directly in Excel and increases overall team efficiency.
Cons
Setting up Adaptive Insights is a crucial, timely, and difficult process. However, the time you put into building your instance initially saves time and pays dividends in the future.
Reasons for Switching to Workday Adaptive Planning
Previous positive experience with the product and one that I trust. Didn't see a reason to learn something new for the same price.- Industry: Chemicals
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Adaptive User
Reviewed on 14/07/2020
excellent tool for forecasting, budgeting and reporting
excellent tool for forecasting, budgeting and reporting
Pros
Very easy to use and set up as well, also easy to able to be deployed across the business and user training required is minimal.
Cons
to start with it is cloud based and very easy to begin with
- Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Monthly for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 3.0 /10
Excellent insight
Reviewed on 03/11/2024
Offers training qnd education on the System, see, you can't really get lost even tho it seems like...
Offers training qnd education on the System, see, you can't really get lost even tho it seems like alot they help you along the way. Many benefits within the platform cloud based excellent insights backed by your own data takes away the financial guess work gives hard driven facts
Pros
Being able to generate reports.Also I liked the monthly and quarterly budgets.scenario plans the use of AI
Cons
Takes time to learn but backed with help . It can be a lil difficult but once honed in worth the investment
- Industry: Staffing & Recruiting
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
For adaptive work planning.
Reviewed on 29/02/2024
In my department it has made it easy to plan work engage teams and also in creating reliable...
In my department it has made it easy to plan work engage teams and also in creating reliable accounting functions.
Pros
It is simple in work plan follow up of tasks and team work engagement.
Accurate accounting and bank reconciliation.
Proper prediction and budgeting.
Cons
No drawbacks for a while now and it keeps improving.

- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
Workday for company data management
Reviewed on 12/04/2023
Overall I am satisfied because Workday gave me all that I wanted to have in relation to my personal...
Overall I am satisfied because Workday gave me all that I wanted to have in relation to my personal data or company data. Even thought it was hard at start to navigate and find my self in the tool but after some time it is a pure pressure to work with Workday data.
Pros
We have all data related to our job in one place where we can work with them and put them to analysis.
Cons
The navigation is sometimes hard especially when the dashboard have a lot of information.
- Industry: Accounting
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Friendly App
Reviewed on 22/05/2024
Pros
Very informative and accessible application.
Cons
Technical error may cause to bug the application
- Industry: Government Administration
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
Easy to use
Reviewed on 07/05/2024
Pros
Once you get familiar with Workday, it is every easy to use.
Cons
Figuring out where everything is that I need.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Effective business tool
Reviewed on 30/08/2024
Pros
It has good functionality and more affordable compared to similar products.
Cons
User experience interface can be developed a bit more.
- Industry: Writing & Editing
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for Free Trial
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- Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10
Finish line corporate review
Reviewed on 25/05/2024
My overall experience was great, I also like to plan events and very special work days
My overall experience was great, I also like to plan events and very special work days
Pros
Workday was used to help build structure to plan schedules etc.
Cons
What I liked least about the workday adaptive planning is that , it does not offer a calendar that can be edited to submit task for that day.
- Industry: Management Consulting
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for Free Trial
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Great brand and excellent product
Reviewed on 11/05/2024
Pros
It has great and intuitive features and adapts well.
Cons
It is a bit expensive, especially for smaller companies.
- Industry: Judiciary
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Workday is a very practical and easy app to manage.
Reviewed on 20/04/2023
Workday is an easy and clear app that we can manage all our professional life.
Workday is an easy and clear app that we can manage all our professional life.
Pros
Workday is an easy and clear app. We can manage our professional life.
Cons
It's not something really essential, but I couldn't close the signs of alerts even when I check the messages, because it is not clear how to do it.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Adaptive Insights impresses even more than expected
Reviewed on 30/01/2019
Pros
Our employees were used to working with Excel spreadsheets. We considered such an approach not completely effective, so our choice turned next to Adaptive Insights. There are no restrictions on the size of the documents. This program is synchronized with other applications, including such important for us solutions like SAP and Oracle. We like the high accuracy of the reports we can create on the tool’s base. It is also important that all data are in one place and don’t require much effort for their processing and analysis. Adaptive Insights is a multifunctional tool with a robust and well-thought-out suite of features. This application allows our employees to track finances, budgets, sales, resources, and labor contribution. With its help, our company’s managers are also able to collect divergent data, make various kinds of reports, build models, and make optimal business decisions.
Cons
It would be better if Adaptive Insights had an opportunity to filter for specific months while working with spreadsheets. This lack of functionality makes our work a bit confusing sometimes. We wouldn’t mind adding more advanced features to the planning tools as well. We believe it would behoove this product if it had several tutorial videos on how to use it to the full extent. Even though we find this tool user-friendly, it doesn’t mean at all that it is so for every company.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10
Planning Adaptive Way
Reviewed on 31/07/2022
It has been good, however need to bring in drastic changes to compete in market
It has been good, however need to bring in drastic changes to compete in market
Pros
Reporting is good, and also the ease to run the report.
Cons
Metadata maintenance is a bit complicated, and also customisation is also not at par.
UI and admin features can improve.
- Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Adaptive has created a tool that is easy to use and provides value almost instantly.
Reviewed on 01/08/2017
Pros
I love the ease of creating a budget and the ability to quickly create a new forecast. Adaptive has created a formula wizard that is similar to excel, which makes it easy for excel based planners to easily adapt. Adaptive also has an excel interface for reporting, OfficeConnect which makes reporting even easier. They have also created an upload feature to easily maintain your hierarchy, dimensions and attributes. For a company as large as ours it makes the maintenance of the system easier.
Since Adaptive is Cloud based there is no sharing excel files. I can work with anyone in my organization from anywhere and we are all able to access the same file. Since everything is housed in Adaptive we are able to collaborate easier and make better decisions.
Cons
There is always room for improvement and Adaptive is always listening to its customers. There are some features that make reporting a little clunky, rollups. They recently updated the reporting tool within Adaptive, but it doesn't seem as user friendly as the older version. Hopefully over time it will be easier to use.
- Industry: Biotechnology
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Outstanding Planning and Reporting Platform
Reviewed on 27/09/2016
We plan at a very granular level, and Adaptive's formulas and overall approach to modeling has made...
We plan at a very granular level, and Adaptive's formulas and overall approach to modeling has made this tool a pleasure to work with. Like any new tool, it took our team a little bit of time (~3 months) of getting used to it, but this is simply a tool we can't live without now.
In addition to the feature set, the customer support is outstanding. Very responsive to questions and highly knowledgeable on a variety of topics.
Pros
Feature set is very strong.
Customer support is among the best in the industry. Highly responsive to detailed technical questions.
Cons
Like any new platform, it took our team a few months after go-live to really utilize the power of the tool, but now it simply a resource that we can't live without.
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Great product for your business
Reviewed on 07/01/2021
I have complete control over my data using this software.
I have complete control over my data using this software.
Pros
Workday makes it super easy to manage all aspects of my job from scheduling to time off and payment elections and tax withholdings anywhere at anytime.
Cons
The task workflow process seems a bit drawn out and unclear for some things. There are a lot of options that still appear even if not enabled by the administrators.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Adaptive Planning Review
Reviewed on 03/08/2016
Overall we have been pleased with Adaptive Planning. We originally transitioned to Adaptive from...
Overall we have been pleased with Adaptive Planning. We originally transitioned to Adaptive from excel based reporting due to increasing data allocation requirements. After several months of implementation we were able to start populating our weekly financial reports entirely from data exported from Adaptive. The end result has been a significant decrease in reporting time, even though we now splice our data by more dimensions than we have looked at in the past. This would not have been possible in excel, and we now have more time to analyze our information instead of being stuck in the reporting cycle.
Pros
The best part of the software for me is the ability to quickly create reports based on any selected dimensions, levels, and timeframes. This is something that historically would have taken us a significant amount of time and is now done in minutes.
Cons
My least favorite parts about the software are the difficulty in navigating the data sheets and the inability to lock formulas and values in historical versions while updating formulas going forward. I would love to see greater functionality to search in data sheets by specific columns.
- Industry: Medical Devices
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
AI Review
Reviewed on 12/02/2019
Pros
This is a solid software base that my firm uses to consolidate forecasting data and pull those forecasts for board review. It is a great platform to use for data warehousing and to pull massive subsets of data. Those pulls can then be used and pasted into Excel or whatever template that you need to generate the proper metrics.
Cons
The functionality is not as user friendly as you would like. The customized reporting is complex and hard to understand. I would recommend sitting in on a seminar or tutorial before committing to it. It isn't quite user friendly and, for us, we don't use it for anything but generating massive paste fills to be dumped into our reporting templates.
- Industry: Outsourcing/Offshoring
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
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Reviewed on 15/07/2022
My experience of using Workday Adaptive Planning is very good since my work is related to analyzing...
My experience of using Workday Adaptive Planning is very good since my work is related to analyzing data's of financial planning's etc.
Pros
Workday Adaptive Planning is very convenient to use especially when it comes to financial planning solutions and enterprise planning, they really provide it.
Cons
I don't see any downside or lack of this product and that is why I rated it 10.
- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
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We've had great experiences and success with Adaptive Insights
Reviewed on 09/03/2016
We're a large corporation with multiple lines of business. Our main goal was to simplify our annual...
We're a large corporation with multiple lines of business. Our main goal was to simplify our annual budgeting process; to make it easier on the end users, give them ownership of their budgets and to cut down on the time it took to put the whole budget together. Adaptive exceeded those expectations.
Overall it's been great and I would highly recommend it.
Pros
Easy to implement and maintain. Easy for end users to understand how to use the software and the models. Give you instant access to "the whole picture". OfficeConnect is great for reporting.
Cons
Some admin functions are still a little tedious. The built-in reporting module needs some upgrading, but it's adequate.
- Industry: Hospital & Health Care
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
flow and transparency for FP&A
Reviewed on 24/02/2017
I've been using Adaptive since 2011, and I am fully satisfied with the Adaptive suit. Every...
I've been using Adaptive since 2011, and I am fully satisfied with the Adaptive suit. Every year they are improving and developing the suit of services and product. I might be biased but the ease of use of the platform is really what's important for me. The flow and transparency of the data is equally important. I don't think I could be as good as I am when it comes to FP&A and reporting if it wasn't for using Adaptive.
Pros
everything- ease of use
Cons
none
- Industry: Maritime
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
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Working with Adaptive Insights is a breeze
Reviewed on 24/02/2016
We have been using Adaptive Insights for over 4 years. So far we are a happy camper. We are happy...
We have been using Adaptive Insights for over 4 years. So far we are a happy camper. We are happy with our investment and choice. Adaptive greatly cut down our time in deploying and completing our annual budgets.
Pros
- Quick and easy to consolidate all accounts for all business units
- Status tracking is made easy
- Superb customer services
Cons
Would love to see the changes in future releases:
- Ability to import formulas rather than having to manually set up 1000+ formulas in Adaptive;
- Ability to line up notes in reports
- Industry: Printing
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Great product!
Reviewed on 19/09/2016
It has simplified our work quite a bit. We are no longer dependent on our previous excel-based...
It has simplified our work quite a bit. We are no longer dependent on our previous excel-based reporting tools. Creating and modifying reports have become a very process.
Pros
Ease of implementation and use.
Cons
Still developing some modules, need time to improve
- Industry: Outsourcing/Offshoring
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Reliable and easy to use tool for data business planning
Reviewed on 11/07/2022
Pros
It has easy-to-use features that are good for reporting, planning, and data visualization.
Cons
The only that I don't like with this software is that it freezes and crashes on my computer. But I think I need upgrades on my computer. Overall, the software is good.