Anaplan vs. Blue Yonder Luminate Planning

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Anaplan
Score 8.7 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Anaplan is a scenario planning and analysis platform designed to optimize decision-making in complex business environments so that enterprises can outpace their competition and the market. By building connections and collaboration across organizational silos, the Anaplan platform surfaces key insights.N/A
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
Luminate Planning from Blue Yonder headquartered in Scottsdale (formerly JDA Software Group) leverages a digital twin foundation to intelligently predict potential problems and opportunities, offer machine learning-based recommendations for action, and pivot production, inventory, and labor plans to minimize risk. It is an SCM platform that supports demand planning and inventory optimization, as well as production planning and supply network design, and replenishment.N/A
Pricing
AnaplanBlue Yonder Luminate Planning
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AnaplanBlue Yonder Luminate Planning
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
AnaplanBlue Yonder Luminate Planning
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
7.6
214 Ratings
3% below category average
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
-
Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports6.57 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.5214 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.96 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
9.1
8 Ratings
10% above category average
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
-
Ratings
Drill-down analysis9.18 Ratings00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities9.18 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.18 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
8.5
221 Ratings
3% above category average
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
-
Ratings
Publish to Web8.67 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.4219 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Versioning9.2192 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling7.98 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
8.1
8 Ratings
6% above category average
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
-
Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics6.43 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
9.3
224 Ratings
7% above category average
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
-
Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)9.18 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model9.6224 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.18 Ratings00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control9.673 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)9.18 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
7.7
213 Ratings
1% below category average
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
-
Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access8.4204 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application7.7190 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.0198 Ratings00 Ratings
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
9.0
322 Ratings
8% above category average
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
-
Ratings
Long-term financial planning9.3297 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial budgeting9.4301 Ratings00 Ratings
Forecasting9.3310 Ratings00 Ratings
Scenario modeling9.2312 Ratings00 Ratings
Management reporting8.0311 Ratings00 Ratings
Consolidation and Close
Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
7.8
275 Ratings
2% below category average
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
-
Ratings
Financial data consolidation8.3255 Ratings00 Ratings
Journal entries and reports7.5211 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-currency management7.312 Ratings00 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations7.39 Ratings00 Ratings
Minority Ownership7.38 Ratings00 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting8.3244 Ratings00 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails8.5256 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial Reporting and Compliance
Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
8.1
293 Ratings
0% below category average
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
-
Ratings
Financial Statement Reporting8.9271 Ratings00 Ratings
Management Reporting8.2284 Ratings00 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting7.8262 Ratings00 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting8.214 Ratings00 Ratings
XBRL support for regulatory filing7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting
Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
9.1
313 Ratings
12% above category average
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
-
Ratings
Personalized dashboards8.7307 Ratings00 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards9.3291 Ratings00 Ratings
KPIs9.120 Ratings00 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis9.3270 Ratings00 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting9.4281 Ratings00 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data9.114 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration
Comparison of Integration features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
8.5
319 Ratings
2% above category average
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
-
Ratings
Flat file integration9.3309 Ratings00 Ratings
Excel data integration8.2287 Ratings00 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources8.0269 Ratings00 Ratings
Supply Chain Planning
Comparison of Supply Chain Planning features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
-
Ratings
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
7.0
3 Ratings
5% below category average
Custom alerts00 Ratings7.12 Ratings
Scenario-based planning00 Ratings6.32 Ratings
Resource optimization00 Ratings6.13 Ratings
Supply forecasting00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Capacity estimation00 Ratings7.73 Ratings
Employee allocation00 Ratings6.72 Ratings
Supply network coordination00 Ratings6.92 Ratings
Procurement Management
Comparison of Procurement Management features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
-
Ratings
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
6.4
3 Ratings
14% below category average
Raw material sourcing00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Supply market analysis00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Cost analysis00 Ratings6.73 Ratings
Expense Logging00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Order Fulfillment Management
Comparison of Order Fulfillment Management features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
-
Ratings
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
7.7
2 Ratings
2% below category average
Order fulfillment optimization00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Return services00 Ratings5.92 Ratings
Purchase order generation00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Purchase order tracking00 Ratings8.22 Ratings
Supplier delivery scheduling00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Pricing and product configurations generation00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Logistics and Transportation Management
Comparison of Logistics and Transportation Management features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
-
Ratings
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
6.9
3 Ratings
6% below category average
Packaging00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Delivery planning00 Ratings7.33 Ratings
Route optimization00 Ratings7.32 Ratings
Shipping performance00 Ratings7.12 Ratings
Fleet management00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Warehouse & Inventory Management
Comparison of Warehouse & Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
-
Ratings
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
7.2
2 Ratings
9% below category average
Automation of warehouse operations00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Inventory storage00 Ratings8.12 Ratings
Stock monitoring00 Ratings7.42 Ratings
Inventory tracking00 Ratings7.42 Ratings
Warehouse asset management00 Ratings6.32 Ratings
Inventory and price forecasting00 Ratings7.12 Ratings
Demand Management
Comparison of Demand Management features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
-
Ratings
Blue Yonder Luminate Planning
7.1
2 Ratings
3% below category average
Demand signal sensing00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Demand forecasting00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Customer analytics00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Inventory stock optimization00 Ratings5.52 Ratings
Sales and operations planning00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Pricing and promotion tracking00 Ratings6.92 Ratings
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User Ratings
AnaplanBlue Yonder Luminate Planning
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(336 ratings)
7.3
(4 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.9
(35 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.9
(63 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
8.7
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
5.5
(27 ratings)
6.1
(3 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.9
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.0
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(27 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
9.1
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.4
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.3
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.1
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AnaplanBlue Yonder Luminate Planning
Likelihood to Recommend
Anaplan
Anaplan is a great tool for complex modeling of the future. When you are planning your actions for the future, have multiple, disparate datasets to interact with, have dozens if not hundreds of stakeholders who must contribute and need to be guided via a streamlined workflow engine, require complex logic that can grow with your org, require real-time reporting, and you need it all in less than 6 months.
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Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
JDA WMS is a tier 1 solution for warehousing environments. Due to its price, it may not be suitable for smaller operations. Since the system allows for multiple clients, and since my company is a 3PL, JDA WMS works well for 3PL providers.
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Pros
Anaplan
  • Anaplan can scale as your business grows, for example adding new regions into to your geographical hierarchy.
  • Anaplan is flexible and can do anything you want it to, there are no tables pre-configured that you need to fix your business process into.
  • Reading formulas in Anaplan is straight forward with a quick learning curve.
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Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
  • Great customer facing implementation team.
  • Predictable and communicated improvement processes.
  • Constant roll out of new features with a strong SIG committee.
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Cons
Anaplan
  • Ability to decide if to apply the formula or a manual input on front end for each line item
  • Real Time Data Transfer across models. Currently Data is transferred using Processes across different models. Having a functionality to access data from any model in real time would be great
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Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
  • Efficiency - At times the response time to retrieve the data from DB could be improved.
  • Cheaper pricing - can provide some concession with the pricing.
  • Training - JDA could offer more free training programs.
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Likelihood to Renew
Anaplan
Anaplan is a very strong multi-dimensional modeling tool that provides a calculation engine to empower a complex planning process. It is fairly easy to learn for those with experience in similar tools, or excel. It forces structure and auditability that spread sheets do not have, along with extensive security capabilities
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Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
No answers on this topic
Usability
Anaplan
Anaplan's usability is very good. Users can customize reports and make adjustments with very little training. They can quickly plan and collaborate very easily. Making large adjustments or creating complex functionality may require more experience or training but a lot of tasks can be completed by users with very little experience
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Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
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Reliability and Availability
Anaplan
There are very few outages. Maintenance is scheduled on two or three Saturdays per month, so as not to affect businesses. When there is an outage, users are kept informed of progress to restore the platform and typically this takes no more than an hour. Anaplan customer support is very responsive if we ever have questions about platform issues
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Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
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Performance
Anaplan
Everything is calculated in memory in the cloud. It's nearly instantaneous updates when you make changes. The only time things get a little slow is when you have a massive model with very intricate calculations...but "slow" for Anaplan is not what I would call "slow" for something like Hyperion. We used to have Hyperion calcs that ran for 60 mins before you could use data. The equivalent would be 60 seconds in Anaplan.
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Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
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Support Rating
Anaplan
Support quality has dropped since Thoma Bravo has taken over. I think some serious re-focus needs to happen here -- part of the beauty of being in the Anaplan community was how involved you felt in it before. Before I didn't dread sending a support ticket, now I am starting to.
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Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
It's still an older system which could use some updating.
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In-Person Training
Anaplan
In my opinion, in-person training is always the best if you have the option to do so. This allows real-time interactions with the instructions, whereas the online training I took required me to write-down questions, email them, and wait for responses. This slows down the process, as you can imagine. That said, in-person training is an extra cost and it likely isn't needed for everyone. I would suggest selecting a small number of people to take in-person training and then having them act as mentors to the rest of your team. That way, as the rest of the team takes the online training, they have a resource to help them in real time.
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Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
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Online Training
Anaplan
Anaplan training materials are clear, simple, easy to understand and to follow. Visuals are excellent. The vendor is good at updating training materials in a timely manner and encouraging users and administrators to keep coming back to Academy site for refresher courses or new feature courses. I really like their interactive diagrams
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Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
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Implementation Rating
Anaplan
The platform allows a flexible implementation mechanic to be put in place, since the possibilities and functionalities are vast and there are very few things the tool cannot do well. The solutions for the financial planning and the integrated business planning we put in place were easily adopted by the end users and their day-to-day work was made easier.
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Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
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Alternatives Considered
Anaplan
Compared to OneStream and Venna Anaplan offers a more modern look and feel of the platform. It is better situated and maintained in regards of platform updates as it's a full SaaS software there are never any issues with the system version as it's always automatically up to date with no backward compatibility issues. Due to the flexible nature of the modelling engine, it is also better suited to perform larger multi-department use cases, like IBP (Integrated Business Planning)
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Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
JDA WMS was a large step up from our legacy Infor solution. It filled many gaps that we couldn't fill with Infor's system. Rather than continuing to build solutions in-house to account for customer requirements, we decided to implement JDA WMS and use all of that system's capabilities to handled what we needed in our warehouses. Granted, Infor's solutions have probably improved since 2007 when we changed, but those were my experiences back when we changed WMS providers.
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Scalability
Anaplan
We have managed to leverage Anaplan for financial planning and forecasting across the business. It is now used by almost every department, with more than 50 users (but I know of companies that have hundreds of users) and still the platform is quick and reliable. It is easy to make changes to divisions and departments or add users and apply different user settings - the core part of the model is not affected and end users can continue their work without any disruption
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Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Anaplan
  • We've typically seen an average of 40% removal of time from processes using Anaplan an enabler
  • Though difficult to quantify, we consistently find our processes less error prone than in the past. Essentially, we've removed a previously "hidden cost" of risk due to poor data quality that was buried in our processes.
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Blue Yonder (formerly JDA Software Group)
  • Alignment with customer service programs.
  • Visibility for optimization and transportation cost savings.
  • Vendor performance overviews.
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ScreenShots

Anaplan Screenshots

Screenshot of Platform: The Anaplan platform is a unified cloud-based solution that connects people, data and plans to enable complex scenario modeling.Screenshot of OpEx Planning. This is where users review revenue-target-setting goals by brand, season, and capacity all on a visual dashboard.Screenshot of Supply Planning. This visualization breaks down costs across assembly production to project profitability and align an organization's supply chain to market opportunities.Screenshot of Territory and Quota Planning. This dashboard is used to track of sales goals and quotas across territories and industries to optimize sales performance.Screenshot of Headcount Planning. Here, users can align workforce plans with strategic plans, and see where the best qualified talent resides to fit an organization’s staffing needs.Screenshot of Marketing. This interface drives efficiency across planning, and is used to budget against planned activity.