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Workday Adaptive Planning

byWorkday
in
4.8
2025
Market Presence: Financial Planning Software, Financial 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.

Workday Adaptive Planning Pricing

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Workday Adaptive Planning Financial Variance Analysis
Workday Adaptive Planning Financial Variance Analysis
Workday Adaptive Planning AI Predictive Forecaster
Workday Adaptive Planning AI Predictive Forecaster
Workday Adaptive Planning Financial Planning Dashboard
Workday Adaptive Planning Financial Planning Dashboard

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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2025
For Market:
Financial Planning Software

About Company

Company Description

Updated 13th October 2025

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

Updated 13th October 2025
Company type
Public
Year Founded
2005
Head office location
Pleasanton, United States
Number of employees
10001+
Website
http://www.workday.com

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Workday Adaptive Planning Likes & Dislikes

Like

Ability to model GL accounts with different dimensions and create multiple budget/forecast versions while integrating data from external systems. The cloud-based solution also helps in enabling real-time collaboration between different users and teams.

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Like

The tool has an Excel plug-in which is helpful when used.

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Like

What I value most is its flexibility and how easily it adapts to changing business needs. It enables me to build and maintain complex models that support accurate forecasting, while still being user friendly for cross functional teams. Its ability to drive collaboration and better decision making is what makes it truly stand out .

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Dislike

Implementing adaptive planning for large or complex organizations requires highly specialized knowledge. Also, the initial cost for setup and ongoing maintenance is quite high which means that any changes to the original model are hard to make.

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Dislike

There has been no product innovation in the past few years and is falling behind competitors at a rapid pace. Customer support is none existence and our reliance on consultants to fix our problems is way too high.

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What i find most challenging about WD Adaptive Planning is the user interface, it can be unintuitive at times, especially for new users. Some admin tasks, like navigating sheets or managing permissions, could be more streamlined.

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Workday Adaptive Planning Reviews and Ratings

Showing data for 445 ratings and reviews for Financial Planning Software market. View all 522 ratings and reviews across markets for a complete picture.

4.8

(445 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
71%
4 Star
27%
3 Star
2%
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-1B USD
    Software
    Review Source

    Adaptive is a great tool for improving reportability and internal user engagement

    4.0
    Dec 6, 2025
    Adaptive has great reporting features and they provide many options for designing models. Data integrations and other support tooling with critical vendors round out the overall product offering as a great tool for the medium-sized business with a mostly developed business model.
  • Finance Manager
    <50M USD
    Services (non-Government)
    Review Source

    Excel Functionality Enhances Reporting While Dashboard Flexibility Still Lacking

    5.0
    Dec 8, 2025
    Adaptive Insights provides efficiencies, flexibility and adaptability in managing FP&A
  • 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.
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