Workday Adaptive Planning

byWorkday
in
4.8
2025
Market Presence: Financial Planning SoftwareFinancial Close and Consolidation Solutions

Overview

Product Information on Workday Adaptive Planning

Updated 8th August 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 FP&A AND PROCUREMENT
50M - 250M USD, Software
CRITICAL

Product Innovation Lags Behind, Increasing Reliance on Consultants

2.0
Apr 12, 2024
No product innovation and falling behind peers. Other tools are able to bring new products to the table must faster.

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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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4.8

(441 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

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71%
4 Star
27%
3 Star
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2 Star
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Evaluation & Contracting

4.6

Integration & Deployment

4.6

Service & Support

4.6

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4.6

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  • Systems Assistant Manager
    50M-1B USD
    Banking
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    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 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.
  • DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL AID
    50M-1B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Easy Forecasting and Department Collaboration Offset by Less Effective Mobile Usability

    4.0
    Nov 18, 2025
    It made my overall experience pretty good because of the clear dashboard and well organized data in reports. It has flexible model tools which offers me to adjust any assumptions.
  • Finance Associate
    1B-10B USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Continuous Improvements Aim to Simplify Daily Activities With Prompt Support for Issues

    5.0
    Jul 28, 2025
    The fact that the outputs in the form of reports are customizable to the user's needs makes absolutely everything easier.
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