Planning shouldn't be locked inside your ERP
Your tools should evolve with your business—not be a legacy platform frozen in time after an acquisition.
Trusted by fast-moving teams
The core difference
Both Runway and Adaptive Planning give you budgeting, forecasting, and scenario planning with enterprise-grade security. The differences are how fast the product evolves, need for consultants, and whether you'll ever fully leave the sheet behind.
Innovation pace
Runway ships new capabilities regularly on a modern tech stack built for speed of thought and flexible modeling.
Adaptive Planning has been inside Workday for 7 years. Users consistently report limited product innovation and the platform falling behind more modern competitors.
Model ownership
Runway lets your finance team build and evolve models with human-readable formulas. No consultants, no certification, no IT tickets.
Adaptive's proprietary formula syntax and cube-based architecture often require ongoing consultant support. Model changes become projects, not quick edits.
Spreadsheet independence
Runway is designed to be the tool where strategic thinking actually happens—so you don't need a spreadsheet on the side.
Adaptive built OfficeConnect, an Excel add-in, because many users still need to finish their work in spreadsheets to get the flexibility the core platform doesn't provide on its own.
Simulate business decisions in real time
See how Runway works for finance teams ready to own their model. Faster decisions, fewer bottlenecks, and a model your whole team can understand.
Platform breakdown
Honest reviews—The good and the bad
”Runway has allowed me to immediately reference any part of our model with ease, and to segment in any way I can imagine. We can now get down to vendor level BvA analysis.”
“Runway makes complex modeling a lot easier. It's just better and easier than an Excel spreadsheet.”
”The system is incredibly powerful, easy to use, easy to implement and learn, and they have a very responsive team of real people.”
“There's somewhat of a learning curve but not as steep of a learning curve as other FP&A software.”
”The options are limitless on the dimensions that you can create and link within your various models.”
”Some bugs here and there, a bit sus, but support is so fast it barely matters.”
”The onboarding specialist listens to feedback and actually implements improvements.”
“Many up front hours required for implementation. But this is easier than competitors like Anaplan.”
“Runway helps me plan for any "what if" scenario, to compare simultaneously without affecting my model, and then easily update as decisions are made.”
Fast track to clarity
Start building a unified model you can trust as the source of truth for planning and forecasting.
Onboarding guided by finance experts
01 Kickoff
Integrate all your sources
Connect data from our 750+ integrations. Including your HRIS, ERP, CRM, and more.
1-week average
02 Model
Build your model
Create your P&L, cashflow, headcount model, and more. Build out your projections, scenarios, and plans.
4-week average
03 Strategize
Get continuous support
Stay aligned with our team through strategic check-ins and real-time support in a dedicated Slack channel.
Ongoing