Workday Adaptive Planning

byWorkday
in
4.7
2025
Market Presence: Financial Planning SoftwareFinancial Close and Consolidation Solutions

Overview

Product Information on Workday Adaptive Planning

Updated 29th July 2025

What is Workday Adaptive Planning?

Workday Adaptive Planning’s AI-powered solution streamlines and automates planning workflows, freeing time for deeper strategic analysis and improving collaboration. With its intuitive cloud-based platform and integration framework, users collaborate on plans informed by real-time data. Business partners can access self-service, interactive reporting and analysis, reducing ad hoc requests for insights. Embedded AI capabilities accelerate the speed and accuracy of essential planning work, with support for variance analysis, contextual help, predictive forecasts, and more. Collaborative scenarios help planners analyze the impact of potential financial and operational outcomes, providing the clarity necessary to address disruptions or seize new opportunities.

Overall experience with Workday Adaptive Planning

Systems Assistant Manager
50M - 250M USD, Banking
FAVORABLE

A scalable & agile planning tool for Finance - with its share of challenges

4.0
Aug 18, 2025
Adaptive planning is quite powerful when it comes to financial planning where we can define different scenarios and models. The added benefit of having Workday Financial Management means that we can directly integrate actuals and plan data between the 2 platforms, increasing efficiency for the finance teams.
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
<50M USD, Miscellaneous
CRITICAL

Average Budgeting Software

3.0
Sep 15, 2025
Adaptive is an effective budgeting software, but doesn't have many bells & whistles. It is a little clunky for users and some of the functionality isn't that straight forward. We are a NFP with not too many tech savvy individuals, and they often have the same difficulties each year using the site. The budget modules do work and there is plenty of room for customization, however we often find glitches and it is sometimes difficult to navigate between different budget sections.

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About Company

Company Description

Workday is the AI platform for managing people, money, and agents. Workday unifies HR and Finance on one platform with AI at the core to empower people at every level with the clarity, confidence, and insights they need to adapt quickly, make better decisions, and deliver outcomes that matter. Workday is used by organizations around the world and across industries.

Company Details

Company type
Public
Year Founded
2005
Head office location
Pleasanton, United States
Number of employees
10001+

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Workday Adaptive Planning Reviews and Ratings

4.7

(518 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
69%
4 Star
28%
3 Star
3%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.6

Integration & Deployment

4.6

Service & Support

4.6

Product Capabilities

4.6

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  • Systems Assistant Manager
    50M-1B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    A scalable & agile planning tool for Finance - with its share of challenges

    4.0
    Aug 18, 2025
    Adaptive planning is quite powerful when it comes to financial planning where we can define different scenarios and models. The added benefit of having Workday Financial Management means that we can directly integrate actuals and plan data between the 2 platforms, increasing efficiency for the finance teams.
  • Sr Mgr Financial Systems
    50M-1B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Adaptive Planning Enables Accurate Forecasting But User Interface Presents Challenges

    5.0
    Aug 8, 2025
    I've been working with Adaptive planning for over a decade, primarily as an admin supporting both day to day ops and long term planning. My focus has been on building and managing personnel and capital models that help improve forecasting accuracy and support smarter decision making. I work closely with inter departmental teams to help ensure our models stay aligned with business goals and reflect real time changes in the organization. Over the years, I've developed a deep understanding of how to use Adaptive Planning not just as a tool, but as a strategic partner in the planning process.
  • DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
    <50M USD
    Miscellaneous
    Review Source

    Average Budgeting Software

    3.0
    Sep 15, 2025
    Adaptive is an effective budgeting software, but doesn't have many bells & whistles. It is a little clunky for users and some of the functionality isn't that straight forward. We are a NFP with not too many tech savvy individuals, and they often have the same difficulties each year using the site. The budget modules do work and there is plenty of room for customization, however we often find glitches and it is sometimes difficult to navigate between different budget sections.
  • Business process executive
    50M-1B USD
    Insurance (except health)
    Review Source

    Ease of Budgeting With Workday Adaptive Planning Offset by Reporting Complexity

    4.0
    Sep 11, 2025
    Workday adaptive planning has been a great tool overall. Its easy to use, helps steamline budgeting and forecasting. Saves a lot of manual effort. There was a bit of learning curve at first, but once I got used to it, the features really helped improve efficiency and collaboration.
  • Director Of Financial Aid
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Education
    Review Source

    Workday Adaptive Planning: Cloud-Based Access from Anywhere

    4.0
    May 25, 2025
    Workday Adaptive Planning has a similar interface as Excel, so I didn't have to take much time to learn it, which enhanced my experience. Love the secure and cloud based thing which helps me to access it from anywhere.
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