Workday Adaptive Planning 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Pricing and Plans
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User Reviews

Overview

Workday Adaptive Planning

4.5

(230)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Workday Adaptive Planning

Workday Adaptive Planning is a native-cloud planning solution that empowers finance to configure sophisticated, driver-based models with ease, analyze unlimited scenarios on the fly, and use AI and machine learning (ML) to create predictive forecasts and gain insights.

With Workday Adaptive Planning, FP&A teams can create budgets and forecasts with more speed, flexibility, collaboration, and accuracy. And with unlimited scenario analysis backed by machine learning, you can deliver fast answers to complex questions and gain real-time insights.

The planning platform has a purpose-built integration framework that helps organizations adapt and perform at scale. Its dashboards and reports ensure that everyone on the team can access timely insights.

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Workday Adaptive Planning Pricing and Plans

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Free Trial

Free Version

Workday Adaptive Planning

Pricing available upon request

Plan includes:

Connects With Any ERP or GL
Unlimited Versions
Unlimited What-If Scanrios
Intuitive Access and Model Management
Integrations
Planning and Modeling Capabilities
Support and Resources

Workday Adaptive Planning & Consolidation

Pricing available upon request

Plan includes:

Workday Adaptive Planning Plus Close And Consolidation Capabilities
Connects With Any ERP or GL
Unlimited What-If Scenarios
Intuitive Access and Model Management
Integrations
Planning and Modeling Capabilities
Support and Resources

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Workday Adaptive Planning Features

Popular features found in Budgeting
Cash Management
Chart of Accounts
Consolidation/Roll-Up
Forecasting
General Ledger
Income & Balance Sheet
Multi-Company
Multi-Department/Project
Profit/Loss Statement
Strategic Planning
More features of Workday Adaptive Planning
Access Controls/Permissions
Accounting
Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Activity Dashboard
Ad hoc Analysis
Ad hoc Reporting
AI/Machine Learning
Alerts/Notifications
API
Asset Lifecycle Management
Audit Trail
Bank Reconciliation
Benchmarking
Budgeting/Forecasting
Budget Management
Business Process Control
Calendar Management
Capacity Management
Collaboration Tools
Committee Management
Competency Management
Competitive Analysis
Correlation Analysis
Cost Tracking
CRM
Customizable Dashboard
Customizable Reports
Dashboard
Dashboard Creation
Data Connectors
Data Discovery
Data Import/Export
Data Management
Data Visualization
Demand Forecasting
Donor Management
Drag & Drop
Dues Management
Dynamic Modeling
Employee Management
ERP integration
Event Management
Exception Reporting
Expense Management
Expense Tracking
Financial Analysis
Financial Consolidation & Close Management
Financial Management
Financial Reporting
For Manufacturers
For Nonprofits
Fund Accounting
Fundraising Management
Goal Setting/Tracking
Grant Management
Graphical Data Presentation
Historical Reporting
Idea Management
Journal Entry Processing
Key Performance Indicators
KPI Monitoring
Marketing Calendar
Marketing Reports
Member Database
Membership Management
Modeling & Simulation
Monitoring
Multi-Currency
Multiple Data Sources
Multiple Projects
OLAP
Payroll Management
Performance Management
Performance Metrics
Planning Tools
Predictive Analytics
Profitability Analysis
Progress Tracking
Project Accounting
Projections
Project Management
Project Planning
Purchasing & Receiving
Real-Time Analytics
Real-Time Data
Real-Time Monitoring
Real-Time Reporting
Real-Time Updates
Recruitment Management
Relational Display
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting/Project Tracking
Reporting & Statistics
Resource Allocation & Planning
Resource Management
Resource Scheduling
Roadmapping
Sales Forecasting
Sales Reports
Sales Trend Analysis
Scenario Planning
Scheduled/Automated Reports
Scorecards
Search/Filter
Self-Service Reporting
Single Page View
Single Sign On
Skills Tracking
Statistical Analysis
Succession Management
Succession Planning
Supply Chain Management
Task Management
Task Progress Tracking
Third-Party Integration
Third-Party Integrations
Trend/Problem Indicators
Version Control
Visual Analytics
Visual Discovery
Visualization
Volunteer Management
"What If" Scenarios
Workflow Management

Workday Adaptive Planning Integrations

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Dynamics 365

Sage Intacct

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft 365

Workday Adaptive Planning User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.5

Ratings Breakdown

55%

38%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.2

Value for money

4.3

Customer support

4.4

Functionality

4.4

Himanshu J.

Verified reviewer

Real Estate

501-1000 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2024

Managing outlines of Business ideas

Very positive experience with workday, it customize and make the model based on how we think and want to grow our business. Super easy data structure to use and manage.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

1. Easy to adapt , manage and built our own dashboard for end users based on data. 2. It is extremely good and wonderful for managing and creating reports in seconds. 3. Quick and easy implementation. 4. Extremely reliable and we have never seen this kind of performance , no latency noticed till now.

Cons:

1. Little disappoint with customer care support and timeline. 2. User management is completely manual.

Anna C.

Verified reviewer

Financial Services

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed January 2026

Ease of front end unser interface

In a nutshell, it saves alot of time, its easy to use and the flexiblity it allows make for more efficient model building.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like working with the front and back end interface. The sheets are intuitive and the formula / syntax building is also easy to understand. More importantly, I enjoy the traceability of a questionable value to the source model. I can easily troubleshoot when something looks off.

Cons:

There is size / capacity limitation for each version. So during the build , one has to ensure that the formulas are written to optimize performance.

Reasons for switching to Workday Adaptive Planning

Not sure, I was not here at the time but I think it had to do with the overall Workday ecosystem.

Tim B.

Computer Software

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed February 2018

I love using Adaptive compared to the other systems I've used

It is a great system and the company is putting a lot of work into the product.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Previously 4

Functionality

Previously 5

Pros:

I like how it is easy to use and that they thought of the things that we really need to do our job. It looks good and works.

Cons:

They have an excel add in you can use and I love it. I allows you to use excel to pull data from the system and make your own reports. However, there are sometimes glitches so that's annoying.

Emily P.

Verified reviewer

Retail

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed November 2025

Finance Manager

I am a big fan of Adaptive - I have implemented it in two different companies now and have seen the results first hand, seeing before-and-after financial process impacts.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We can turn around our financial results so much faster than we previously could, and then use those values to project out a rolling forecast easily once the initial formulas are set up. It's nearly automatic now.

Cons:

A little bit of inflexibility with some of the reporting features (Vol, Rate analysis not possible outside downloading to Excel and QTD values not easily pulled without backend edits to saved reports).

Reasons for choosing Workday Adaptive Planning

I have used it in the past and was hired on my current role specifically to implement an automated reporting and budgeting platform, and Adaptive was my preference.

Aaron H.

Verified reviewer

Consumer Goods

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2024

Workday Adaptive Planning is a must for growing organizations!

Absolutely love workday adaptive planning, has taken our financial and budget capabilities to a whole new level!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Workday allowed us to do all of our financial planning in one central hub. We can easily budget, generate financial statements, and run many different what if versions for all revenue and budget scenarios. Super user friendly for all planning options!

Cons:

It was slightly tough to implement and get things started in the system, just very different than other financial planning tools I’ve worked with. Once you get it implemented, everything is smooth sailing!

Reasons for choosing Workday Adaptive Planning

It fit our budget and capability needs the best

Reasons for switching to Workday Adaptive Planning

Prophix has limited capabilities for our organization, struggled with doing multiple versions, and had too many breakdowns where the system was not usable

Verified

Reviewer

Retail

10000+ employees

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2025

Flexible Accounting platform

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

Use it for accounting purposes both domestic and imports in our retail company. It is more intuitive and flexible to configure compared to our previous software PeopleSoft.

Cons:

It's proprietary so integrating into our internal tools is challenging.

Reasons for switching to Workday Adaptive Planning

The former was outdated and not flexible enough.

Vincent O.

Verified reviewer

Accounting

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2026

Workday Program

Overall very simple to use, very affordable . Employees also like this program. needs better reporting selections.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Very easy to use as a user and as an employee.Excellent security and exceptional customer support. Great value.

Cons:

Should have better reporting capabilities. Needs more reporting selections. Better breakdowns with scheduling and actual hours.

Verified

Reviewer

Gambling & Casinos

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed August 2025

Workday Adaptive Planning is a Game Changer

The ability to get very granular with plan aspects that can roll up is a game changer. We have a very complex revenue model that is now captured and understood fully with Adaptive Planning.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The integrated single sign on (SSO) with Workday for ease of use was a great option for our organization.

Cons:

Lack of integrated security with the Workday platform. It would be great to tie position with security rather than user.

Carrie G.

Verified reviewer

Medical Practice

5001-10000 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed May 2025

You could do worse

Overall, I’ve used worse. Reporting and data visualizations were great, AI tools weren’t. Still needs work as many AI tools do, and I think that part was probably deployed too soon, tbh.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

Little work to maintain after setup, data visualizations were pretty good! I really appreciated the planning and forecasting tools.

Cons:

Setup took aaaaaaages. It’s best if you have someone take a certification class to do the setup if you can swing it.

Emmanuel R.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

1001-5000 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years