IBM Planning Analytics

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4.3
Market Presence: Financial Planning SoftwareCloud Extended Planning and Analysis Solutions

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Product Information on IBM Planning Analytics

Updated 13th October 2025

What is IBM Planning Analytics?

IBM Planning Analytics is a software designed to streamline financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and analysis for organizations. It offers capabilities such as multidimensional analysis, data integration, scenario modeling, and collaboration tools, providing users with the ability to create detailed plans and forecasts based on real-time data. The software enables automation of manual processes, supports data-driven decision-making, and facilitates cross-functional alignment in financial and operational activities. By integrating with existing data sources, IBM Planning Analytics helps organizations improve the accuracy, speed, and efficiency of planning and reporting processes while addressing complex business requirements.

Overall experience with IBM Planning Analytics

Head Of Operations
250M - 500M USD, Transportation
FAVORABLE

Effectively analyzes multiple business units data to quickly create budget versions

5.0
Jul 9, 2025
Forecasting accuracy is impeccable with IBM Planning Analytics and its writeback templates make reviewing, editing, and finalizing our budget a seamless process.
IT PLATFORM SPECIALIST
250M - 500M USD, Consumer Goods
CRITICAL

Integration With Excel Enhances Usability Yet Complexity Hinders IBM Planning Analytics

3.0
Aug 26, 2025
My overall experience with IBM Planning Analytics has been positive. The platform is powerful, flexible and well suited for handling complex financial planning, budgeting and forecasting processes. It integrates well with Excel through Planning Analytics for Excel (PAX), which makes it easier for end users to adopt without steep learning curves. Tha ability to model various business scenarios and perform advanced analytics provides strong decision making support.

About Company

Company Description

IBM is a well-established entity focused on technology and development. The primary mission revolves around fostering technological growth and enhancing infrastructure, achieved through focused developments and consulting services. By encouraging inventiveness and innovation, it is geared towards facilitating the transition of theoretical ideas into practical realities, thus improving global functionalities. IBM brings about transformation by creating advanced solutions that reshape and redefine the world.

Company Details

Company type
Public
Year Founded
1911
Head office location
Armonk, New York, United States
Number of employees
10001+
Annual Revenue
30B+ USD

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4.3

(245 Ratings)

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4 Star
40%
3 Star
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2 Star
1%
1 Star
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Evaluation & Contracting

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Integration & Deployment

4.2

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4.3

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  • IT PLATFORM SPECIALIST
    50M-1B USD
    Consumer Goods
    Review Source

    Integration With Excel Enhances Usability Yet Complexity Hinders IBM Planning Analytics

    3.0
    Aug 26, 2025
    My overall experience with IBM Planning Analytics has been positive. The platform is powerful, flexible and well suited for handling complex financial planning, budgeting and forecasting processes. It integrates well with Excel through Planning Analytics for Excel (PAX), which makes it easier for end users to adopt without steep learning curves. Tha ability to model various business scenarios and perform advanced analytics provides strong decision making support.
  • Head Of Operations
    50M-1B USD
    Transportation
    Review Source

    Effectively analyzes multiple business units data to quickly create budget versions

    5.0
    Jul 9, 2025
    Forecasting accuracy is impeccable with IBM Planning Analytics and its writeback templates make reviewing, editing, and finalizing our budget a seamless process.
  • VP Planning
    1B-10B USD
    Real Estate
    Review Source

    Good Product But Falling Behind Competitors

    3.0
    Jun 20, 2025
    The product meets our needs at the moment but the roadmap falls short of existing and planned offerings by competitive products
  • Finance Associate
    50M-1B USD
    Insurance (except health)
    Review Source

    Dashboards and RestApi Features Appreciated, Scripting and Rules Need Improvement

    4.0
    Nov 10, 2025
    gute GUI, gute Dashboards, scripting und rules könnte besser sein.
  • Architect
    <50M USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Scalability and Flexibility: Innovations within Planning Database Software

    4.0
    Apr 21, 2025
    No other software can provide such a scalable, and yet flexible planning DB. Since we have PAW and GIT integration, development and CI/CD became much more comfortable.
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