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Alternatives to Anaplan, as AI models named them

In the September 2026 Edition, 167 of the 216 answers collected in the one category where Anaplan holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
First choices in the 167 answers that did not name Anaplan, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Workforce planning

Workforce planning and analytics. Six framings, twelve models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Anaplan is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessAnaplan is #12 of 12 here at 0% of first choices, 17 labels.

Seventy-two of the seventy-two answers did not name Anaplan; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those seventy-two answers, twenty-two products in all, the eight most named:

Homebase21 of 72
Rippling8 of 72
ChartHop7 of 72
BambooHR4 of 72
Float4 of 72
Gusto4 of 72
Thrivea3 of 72
Agentnoon2 of 72
14 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketAnaplan is #13 of 13 here at 0% of first choices, 34 labels.

Sixty-two of the seventy-two answers did not name Anaplan; it was the first choice in four. The first choices in those sixty-two answers, fourteen products in all, the eight most named:

ChartHop17 of 62
Homebase9 of 62
Rippling6 of 62
Connecteam4 of 62
Planful3 of 62
Abacum2 of 62
APS1 of 62
6 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseAnaplan is #1 of 9 here at 47% of first choices, 54 labels.

Thirty-three of the seventy-two answers did not name Anaplan; it was the first choice in twenty-nine. The first choices in those thirty-three answers, five products in all:

The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of twelve models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is seventy-two answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Anaplan neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Anaplan only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Anaplan's side.

Every answer and every label is in the free record. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Anaplan was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.