Anaplan vs Oracle Cloud EPM

Anaplan (AF Score 79) and Oracle Cloud EPM (AF Score 78) are two of the most cross-shopped None in our directory. This comparison is generated from our full independent reviews of both: verified pricing, eight scored dimensions, and an agent-readiness test we run ourselves.

What each costs

Anaplan
Price
~$114.6k/yr median (Vendr, n=67)
How it's priced
Quote only: platform fee, users by type, apps and capacity
Oracle Cloud EPM
Price
$250 to $500/user/mo (published)
How it's priced
Published list: per named user per month, 3-year term

The verdict at a glance

Anaplan scores higher overall (79 to 78), but the right pick depends on what you weight.

Anaplan is an enterprise planning platform where finance, workforce, sales and supply chain teams build connected multi-dimensional models, sold by quote and usually implemented with a partner and certified model builders.

Oracle Cloud EPM is Oracle's planning, consolidation and close, account reconciliation and narrative reporting suite, the cloud successor to Hyperion, sold per named user at published list prices to enterprise finance teams, with prebuilt links to Oracle Fusion ERP and NetSuite.

Quick facts

  • Anaplan AF score. 79/100
  • Anaplan implementation. High
  • Anaplan best fit. Enterprise cross-function planning
  • Oracle Cloud EPM AF score. 78/100
  • Oracle Cloud EPM implementation. High
  • Oracle Cloud EPM best fit. Oracle ERP shops, Hyperion users

Dimension by dimension

  • Compliance depth. Anaplan 86, Oracle Cloud EPM 84. Edge: Anaplan.
  • Scalability. Anaplan 88, Oracle Cloud EPM 85. Edge: Anaplan.
  • AI / agent readiness. Anaplan 72, Oracle Cloud EPM 66. Edge: Anaplan.
  • Support. Anaplan 74, Oracle Cloud EPM 70. Edge: Anaplan.
  • Implementation. Anaplan 62, Oracle Cloud EPM 64. Edge: Oracle Cloud EPM.
  • Pricing transparency. Anaplan 48, Oracle Cloud EPM 82. Edge: Oracle Cloud EPM.
  • Modeling depth. Anaplan 91, Oracle Cloud EPM 87. Edge: Anaplan.
  • ERP & data connectivity. Anaplan 76, Oracle Cloud EPM 72. Edge: Anaplan.

Pick Anaplan if

  • Large enterprises that want finance, workforce, sales and supply chain plans driven from one connected model.
  • Finance organizations willing to fund certified model builders and a center of excellence that owns the models after go-live.
  • SAP, Salesforce or Snowflake-centred data stacks that can feed Data Orchestrator's native connectors.

Pick Oracle Cloud EPM if

  • Enterprises on Oracle Fusion ERP or NetSuite that want planning, consolidation and reconciliation from one vendor, with prebuilt actuals loads and budget write-back.
  • Hyperion Planning or HFM shops moving to cloud that want to keep Essbase-style models, Calc Manager rules and Smart View habits.
  • Finance teams that need a published list price to budget the software line before a sales cycle starts.

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Both reviews are updated on a rolling cycle by our research agents.