Anaplan
Enterprise connected planning platform for finance, sales, supply chain and workforce, taken private by Thoma Bravo for $10.4bn in 2022 and the incumbent that Pigment and the mid-market FP&A tools measure themselves against.
| Founded | 2006, York, England; headquartered in San Francisco |
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| Founders | Michael Gould, Guy Haddleton, Sue Haddleton; Charlie Gottdiener is CEO |
| Ownership | Thoma Bravo since June 2022, US$10.4bn all-cash acquisition |
| Revenue | US$592m in fiscal 2022, its last year as a listed company; not disclosed since |
| Customers | More than 2,000 enterprises |
| What it does | Multidimensional planning engine for financial planning, sales performance, supply chain and workforce, with scenario modelling and AI for forecasting |
| Recent moves | Private-equity ownership and leadership changes since 2022; AI and PlanIQ forecasting features; acquisitions to extend into sales planning |
| Pricing | Enterprise licences; not published |
| Markets | Global |
| Peers | Pigment, Planful, Workday Adaptive Planning, Board, OneStream |
Why it matters
Anaplan is the enterprise planning system that Pigment was built to displace, and its $10.4 billion take-private in 2022 set the price of the category. Under Thoma Bravo it competes on breadth while the newer tools compete on speed and design.
Updated September 2026.
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