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title: "Anaplan vs Workday: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Anaplan or Workday more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Financial planning and analysis 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 Workday: Which is searched more?

Is Anaplan or Workday more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Financial planning and analysis 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 Workday
- **Competitive set**: Financial planning and analysis platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Anaplan Share of Search**: 78%
- **Workday Share of Search**: 5.8%

## Is Anaplan or Workday more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Anaplan had more branded searches than Workday among financial planning and analysis platforms worldwide. Anaplan had about 74,000 branded searches, while Workday had 5,500. Anaplan made up 78% of all financial planning and analysis platform searches we track, and Workday accounted for 5.8%.
- Anaplan was ahead of Workday in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Anaplan’s share of searches among financial planning and analysis platforms worldwide moved from 70.9% to 78%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 74K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Workday’s share of searches among financial planning and analysis platforms worldwide moved from 8% to 5.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 8.3K to 5.5K.

## Top financial planning and analysis platforms in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Anaplan was mentioned in four out of five: in all three ChatGPT answers and in one of the two Google AI Overviews. Workday was mentioned in three out of five: in all three ChatGPT answers, but not in either of the two Google AI Overviews. Workday was listed before Anaplan in two out of three answers.

Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options.

| Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Workday | 1st | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Pigment | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Anaplan | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Planful | 4th | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Oracle Cloud EPM | 5th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Vena | 6th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Cube | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about financial planning and analysis platforms

- Asked ChatGPT "Which financial planning and analysis platform should I use?": 1. Pigment, 2. Workday, 3. Planful, 4. Vena, 5. Anaplan
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best financial planning and analysis platforms?": 1. Anaplan, 2. Workday, 3. Oracle Cloud EPM, 4. Pigment, 5. Planful, 6. Vena
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best financial planning and analysis platform for budgeting and forecasting?": 1. Workday, 2. Pigment, 3. Anaplan, 4. Planful, 5. Oracle Cloud EPM
- Searched Google, AI Overview "financial planning software": named none of the brands we track
- Searched Google, AI Overview "forecasting software": 1. Anaplan

Not named in any answer: Cube.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 21, 2026.

## How did search popularity change for financial planning and analysis platforms worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Anaplan gained share of searches among financial planning and analysis platforms worldwide, from 73.7% to 78%.
- In September 2026, Workday lost share of searches among financial planning and analysis platforms worldwide, from 6.7% to 5.8%.

## Month by month

| Month | Anaplan estimated searches | Anaplan Share of Search | Anaplan rank | Workday estimated searches | Workday Share of Search | Workday rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 74K | 70.9% | 1 | 8.3K | 8% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | 60.5K | 71.3% | 1 | 6K | 7.1% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | 60.5K | 73.3% | 1 | 5.2K | 6.3% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | 74K | 73.3% | 1 | 6.8K | 6.7% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | 74K | 73.7% | 1 | 7.8K | 7.8% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 74K | 72.2% | 1 | 7.8K | 7.6% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | 74K | 74% | 1 | 6.8K | 6.8% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 60.5K | 73.7% | 1 | 5.5K | 6.7% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 74K | 75.8% | 1 | 6.3K | 6.5% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 60.5K | 71.9% | 1 | 5.5K | 6.5% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 60.5K | 73.7% | 1 | 5.5K | 6.7% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | 74K | 78% | 1 | 5.5K | 5.8% | 3 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Anaplan’s and Workday’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 term “anaplan”.
- **Workday**: Measured on the search terms “adaptive planning” and “workday adaptive planning”, summed into one figure.

- [Anaplan profile](/demand/global-en/brands/anaplan)
- [Workday profile](/demand/global-en/brands/workday)
- [All financial planning and analysis platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/financial-planning-and-analysis-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 7 brands.

## Methodology

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

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Anaplan or Workday more popular in search?

In September 2026, Anaplan had more branded searches than Workday among financial planning and analysis platforms worldwide. Anaplan had about 74,000 branded searches, while Workday had 5,500. Anaplan made up 78% of all financial planning and analysis platform searches we track, and Workday accounted for 5.8%.

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