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SAP Business Planning and Consolidation vs Workday Adaptive Planning comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 21, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

SAP Business Planning and C...
Ranking in Financial Performance and Strategy Management
7th
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Financial Close Software (13th)
Workday Adaptive Planning
Ranking in Financial Performance and Strategy Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
Business Performance Management (10th), Reporting (24th), Data Visualization (21st), ESG Reporting Software (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Financial Performance and Strategy Management category, the mindshare of SAP Business Planning and Consolidation is 6.7%, down from 8.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Workday Adaptive Planning is 9.7%, down from 10.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Financial Performance and Strategy Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Adaptive Insights9.7%
SAP Business Planning and Consolidation6.7%
Other83.6%
Financial Performance and Strategy Management
 

Featured Reviews

it_user90087 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
​​It's a robust solution with no issues​. In my view, it is necessary to introduce another way to create reports apart from MS Excel.
There are no tutorials or wizards inside the tool, and I think they would be very useful sometimes. Having said that, I suspect that it is one of the SAP's strategies, because they get a lot of money from SAP training and don't want people learning who to work with their products on their own. There is another thing as well which could be improved. In my view, it is necessary to introduce another way to create reports apart from MS Excel, and it must be a way that can be exploited through mobile devices as well.
Andrew Rosenberg - PeerSpot reviewer
Adaptive Planning Manager at Alight
Adaptive scales well, simple to create new budget versions and models
For the organization I used to work at, it streamlined the process of creating budgets. It's very simple to create a new version and do some more modeling based on your need for planning things like headcount, other expenses, and revenue, everything is configurable within Workday. So that made it easy. Reporting was pretty easy to set up as well. It streamlined the amount of time it took to do the budget as well as kind of making it simple to implement a rolling forecast process. So, it really was more just a productivity increase and time shortening for the budgeting and forecasting process.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Up to the implementation of the application, it used to take weeks to the consolidation team to carry out the entire, monthly, financial consolidation, now it takes them just one or two days to perform the entire process."
"We utilize planning on a daily basis, therefore we find it to be the most valuable product for our organization."
"The system has allowed us to take more than 90 spreadsheets and combine them into one system which automatically calculates based on assumptions, dimensions, etc."
"Changes to corporate structure, account codes are updated in all versions including prior years, hence "one-version of truth" as claimed."
"Automated reporting."
"More accurate, reliable, and timely forecasting."
"It has helped us to automate a lot of our processes."
"Forecasting changes that instantly flow through all financial statements."
"It's very simple to create a new version and do some more modeling based on your need for planning things like headcount, other expenses, and revenue, everything is configurable within Workday."
 

Cons

"There are no tutorials or wizards inside the tool, and I think they would be very useful sometimes."
"Adaptive Insights could improve the data designer interface to make integrations easier to set up."
"Adaptive Insights has a limit of 1,00,000 rows for HTML reports. It should be improved because we will have multiple dimensions that need to be populated to enhance the image."
"We tried Discovery and OfficeConnect at one point and found them too cumbersome, at the time."
"Pricing can be made better affordable to SMEs. Every year price increase is an issue."
"The product's configuration process could be faster."
"Users continue to become more advanced and are looking for more advanced solutions."
"It's complex; thinking about the business models and capabilities in Adaptive."
"Better user interface (UI)."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Pricing is in line with other cloud-based EPM tools. It is a subscription-based model based upon the number of users and site type if it's an admin or end-user type thing."
"Ensure that you have the proper pricing plan in place."
"Licensing seems to be worth the cost considering the efficiency Adaptive brings."
"It's affordable."
"Adaptive Insights' pricing is relative to its peer competitors. It's certainly competitive compared to a spreadsheet template that you build in Excel. It can be expensive if you need to have 100-500 budget holders giving input and building financial plans. However, in that case, it becomes an extremely good bargain. Compared to its competitors, it offers an excellent value."
"Everything is negotiable, but this solution is low cost compared to others."
"Adaptive Insights' pricing is reasonable."
"Prior to purchasing licenses, make sure you understand which users will only need planning and which users will need both planning and OfficeConnect."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
14%
Energy/Utilities Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Insurance Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Construction Company
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise10
 

Also Known As

SAP BPC
Workday Adaptive Planning, Adaptive Discovery , Workday Adaptive Planning
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Medtronic, Cirque du Soleil, Antarc, B&G Manufacturing, EarlySense, eBay, Ferrero, James Austin Company, Lenovo, Sagem, RAK Ceramics, Vodafone
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