Workday Adaptive Planning alternatives
Workday Adaptive Planning alternatives for NZ and Australian businesses
Workday Adaptive Planning: Quoted privately, based on organisation size, licensed planners and modules.
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What people compare Workday Adaptive Planning with
Workday publishes no price for Adaptive Planning, so every plan is quoted privately. If planner licences, added modules and partner work are driving your bill, or an export leaves the planning logic behind, you may be looking for an alternative.
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Budget and Forecast for Claude Code
The open-source budgeting and forecasting system that is just a database and Claude Code. Built around your business, with your Workday Adaptive Planning data brought across.
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How to choose a Workday Adaptive Planning alternative
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What drives the bill
Check what your quote counts, including licensed planners, organisation size and added modules. Ask how the bill changes when more budget holders join or your needs grow. Adaptive Planning is quoted privately, so get the full pricing basis before comparing it with another option.
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Where your records stay
Adaptive Planning can export account values by level and month, but its formulas, drivers and workflow do not come with them. Ask whether you can keep your records in a database you own, and what logic must be rebuilt before you switch.
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Fit with your rules
List the accounts, entities, periods, versions and drivers you use, along with your headcount plans, covenants and commentary. Check whether the alternative can be built around your fields and how your business works, including the different GST or BAS periods and currencies you may need.
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What switching involves
Find out what data you can export and how it will be matched to your new version. Adaptive Planning exports account values by level and month, while formulas, drivers, modelled sheets and workflow need rebuilding if you rely on them. Plan who will handle that work.
The option that fits
Own a version built around your business
Budget and Forecast for Claude Code gives you your own version, built around how your business runs, with your records in a database you own. Enterprise DNA brings your Workday data across, builds the version and runs it for you for one setup fee, then a monthly retainer, with no charge per planner. You can also use plain language to work with your numbers, or run the free version yourself.
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Make it yours
Design your own Workday Adaptive Planning replacement
Everything starts from the open-source base. Then it gets your name, the parts you run, your rules and your data from Workday Adaptive Planning. Try it here, and we build the real one.
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Questions
Workday Adaptive Planning alternatives, answered
How can I compare the cost with Adaptive Planning? expand_more
Workday quotes Adaptive Planning privately, so there is no public price to compare. The free version has no licence fee, though hosting and using an assistant have their own costs. Enterprise DNA charges one setup fee for your version, then a monthly retainer, with no charge per planner.
Will my forecasts and planning rules move across too? expand_more
Adaptive Planning exports account values for a version by level and month. The formulas, drivers, modelled sheets and workflow do not export as values. The free version can read the exported data, while Enterprise DNA can rebuild the parts you rely on as it creates your version.
Can budget holders still contribute their numbers? expand_more
With the free version, budget holders can send their numbers or comments for the finance lead to record, or their spreadsheet can be imported. If you need a shared entry screen where each manager sees only their own lines, Enterprise DNA can build that into your version.
Can one version cover NZ and Australian companies? expand_more
Each company can keep its own currency, GST or BAS period and covenants, without adding NZD to AUD. Consolidating the group into one currency is something Enterprise DNA can add to your version. Your accountant and directors still make the relevant financial decisions.
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