Anaplan vs Solver

Anaplan9.1Visit Solver8.6Visit

Higher score Anaplan #3 in Financial Reporting Software 9.1/10 Pricing on request ✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Anaplan

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Solver #8 in Financial Reporting Software 8.6/10 Pricing on request ✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Solver

• Anaplan fits best

  Large teams connecting finance with operational planning

• Solver fits best

  Microsoft-focused mid-market and enterprise teams

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Side by side

Feature	Anaplan 9.1/10 Visit ↗	Solver 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.1	8.6
Ranking	#3 in Financial Reporting Software	#8 in Financial Reporting Software
Best for	Large teams connecting finance with operational planning	Microsoft-focused mid-market and enterprise teams
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	—
Free plan	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Tickets, Community, Docs	Email, Phone, Tickets, Community, Docs
Compliance	SOC 2, ISO 27001, SSO/SAML	SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA
Integrations	4 integrations	20 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Anaplan 0/3 · Solver 0/3
Financial consolidation	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Financial report templates	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Multi-entity reporting	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Data refresh	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Accounting integrations	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Report export formats	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Combines budgeting, forecasting, scenario modeling, and financial reporting Connects planning across finance, sales, operations, and HR Supports workforce planning, consolidation, REST API, and SAML 2.0	Combines budgets, rolling forecasts, scenarios, and workforce planning Supports multi-company consolidation with currency translation and eliminations Connects with Dynamics, Microsoft Fabric, SQL, and Power BI
Cons	Cloud deployment only Pricing requires contacting sales Broad planning scope may exceed the needs of teams seeking simple reporting	Pricing requires a custom quote rather than published recurring rates Contributor users can enter budgets and forecasts but cannot build reports Viewer users cannot enter data or manage security
Our verdict	Anaplan is a cloud-based planning and analysis platform for mid-market and enterprise organizations. It brings financial planning and analysis together with budgeting, forecasting, scenario modeling, workforce planning, consolidation, and… Read the review →	Solver brings budgeting, forecasting, reporting, consolidation, and analysis into a cloud FP&A platform for finance and management teams, particularly at mid-market and enterprise organizations. Its feature set spans rolling forecasts,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Anaplan — where it wins

  • Combines budgeting, forecasting, scenario modeling, and financial reporting
  • Connects planning across finance, sales, operations, and HR
  • Supports workforce planning, consolidation, REST API, and SAML 2.0

  Where it doesn't

  • Cloud deployment only
  • Pricing requires contacting sales
  • Broad planning scope may exceed the needs of teams seeking simple reporting

• Solver — where it wins

  • Combines budgets, rolling forecasts, scenarios, and workforce planning
  • Supports multi-company consolidation with currency translation and eliminations
  • Connects with Dynamics, Microsoft Fabric, SQL, and Power BI

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires a custom quote rather than published recurring rates
  • Contributor users can enter budgets and forecasts but cannot build reports
  • Viewer users cannot enter data or manage security

• Anaplan9.1/10 · Pricing on request

  Connected planning links finance and operating teams across budgets, forecasts, and scenarios.

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• Solver8.6/10 · Pricing on request

  A broad cloud FP&A suite for Microsoft-focused finance teams, with quote-based pricing.

  Visit SolverFull verdict →