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title: "Anaplan vs Planful: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Anaplan or Planful? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Financial planning platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# Anaplan vs Planful: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Anaplan or Planful? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Financial planning platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Anaplan and Planful
- **Competitive set**: Financial planning platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Anaplan Share of Search**: 74.3%
- **Planful Share of Search**: 7%

## Which is more popular in search, Anaplan or Planful?

- In August 2026, Anaplan had more branded searches than Planful among financial planning platforms worldwide. Anaplan was estimated to have 61.8K branded searches compared to Planful’s 5.8K, and held a 74.3% Share of Search versus Planful’s 7%.
- Anaplan was ahead of Planful in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Anaplan’s estimated Share of Search among financial planning platforms worldwide moved from 70.8% to 74.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 75.3K to 61.8K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Planful’s estimated Share of Search among financial planning platforms worldwide moved from 9.8% to 7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 10.4K to 5.8K.

## How did search popularity change for financial planning platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Planful worldwide fell 44.2% over 11 measured months, from 10.4K to 5.8K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Anaplan worldwide fell 18% over 11 measured months, from 75.3K to 61.8K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Anaplan estimated searches | Anaplan Share of Search | Anaplan rank | Planful estimated searches | Planful Share of Search | Planful rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 75.3K | 70.8% | 1 | 10.4K | 9.8% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 61.7K | 67.9% | 1 | 8.5K | 9.4% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 61.4K | 71.9% | 1 | 7K | 8.2% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 75.4K | 71.9% | 1 | 8.7K | 8.3% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 75.5K | 73% | 1 | 7.1K | 6.8% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 75.6K | 71.7% | 1 | 8.7K | 8.2% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 75.5K | 74.9% | 1 | 7.1K | 7% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 61.8K | 74.8% | 1 | 5.9K | 7.1% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 75.2K | 77.7% | 1 | 5.9K | 6.1% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 61.8K | 74% | 1 | 5.8K | 7% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 61.8K | 74.3% | 1 | 5.8K | 7% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Anaplan’s and Planful’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Anaplan**: Measured on the search terms “anaplan”, “anaplan app”, “anaplan com”, “anaplan financial planning”, “anaplan fp&a”, “anaplan software” and “fp&a anaplan”, summed into one figure.
- **Planful**: Measured on the search terms “planful”, “planful com”, “planful financial planning”, “planful fp&a” and “planful software”, summed into one figure.

- [Anaplan profile](/demand/global-en/brands/anaplan)
- [Planful profile](/demand/global-en/brands/planful)
- [All financial planning platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/financial-planning-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 5 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is more popular in search, Anaplan or Planful?

In August 2026, Anaplan had more branded searches than Planful among financial planning platforms worldwide. Anaplan was estimated to have 61.8K branded searches compared to Planful’s 5.8K, and held a 74.3% Share of Search versus Planful’s 7%.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Anaplan vs Planful: Which is more popular by branded search?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/compare/anaplan-vs-planful

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