Operating · ecliptic · Develop Vision and Strategy 1.2
Develop business strategy
Translate the vision into a mission, strategic options, financial what-if models, and an organizational design — the working strategy the rest of the enterprise plans against.
Ranked software · 9 tools · snapshot 2026-Q3
Strategy Planning & OKRs
WorkBoard
Merged enterprise strategy-execution and OKR leader; absorbed Quantive (ex-Gtmhub) in 2025, resolving the draft's duplicate listing into one company.
Acquired Quantive (formerly Gtmhub) in May 2025 and is migrating those customers onto the WorkBoard platform; the Quantive brand is winding down.
RANK #1 as of 2026-Q3 ranking basis
Cascade Strategy
Strong at multi-level strategy planning and execution at scale.
RANK #2 as of 2026-Q3 ranking basis
Profit.co
AI-native platform covering the full strategy-to-OKR lifecycle; edges out Betterworks and ClearPoint for the third slot.
RANK #3 as of 2026-Q3 ranking basis
Scenario / Financial Planning
Anaplan
The connected scenario-planning benchmark; a confirmed Leader in the Dec-2025 Gartner MQ for Financial Planning.
Privately held under Thoma Bravo since 2022; no product-continuity impact.
RANK #1 as of 2026-Q3 ranking basis
Workday Adaptive Planning
Ubiquitous cloud FP&A and driver-based what-if modeling; MQ Leader.
RANK #2 as of 2026-Q3 ranking basis
Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM
Enterprise EPM suite for scenario and long-range planning; MQ Leader. Pigment and OneStream are the rising alternates.
RANK #3 as of 2026-Q3 ranking basis
Org Design
OrgVue
Category leader for organizational design, workforce modeling, and M&A integration.
RANK #1 as of 2026-Q3 ranking basis
Workday HCM
Ubiquitous org modeling paired with Adaptive workforce planning.
RANK #2 as of 2026-Q3 ranking basis
Nakisa
Enterprise org design, analytics, and org-chart modeling; replaces the draft's miscategorized experience-management pick.
RANK #3 as of 2026-Q3 ranking basis