Planful vs. Vena

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Planful	Score8.2 out of 10	Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)	Planful is a cloud-based enterprise performance management (EPM) suite. It includes financial applications for modeling, planning, consolidation, reporting and analytics.	N/A
Vena	Score8.8 out of 10	Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)	Vena Solutions provides a financial process automation solution to automate Corporate Performance Management, accounting and budgeting, Regulatory & Compliance, and other finance-related processes. It is scaled for medium to large-sized organizations.	N/A

The Professional Plan is the most flexible way to get started quickly and can be added onto as a company grows. The plan includes: Vena Platform, Customer Success Manager, Standard Support and Customer Portal. Complete Plan includes everything in Professional, plus: Vena Insights, Premium Support, Sandbox Environment, and Expert Managed Services. For a limited time, new customers who use Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (Online) as their primary ERP can get a free year of Vena and 40% off implementation costs. Vena also offers special pricing for not for profit organizations. To learn more, speak to an expert.

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	Planful	Vena
Considered Both Products	Planful Verified User Chose Planful Prior to joining the company, we tried to implement Vena but were unsuccessful. There we're a few reasons it didn't work out, but a lot of it related to the implementation team they provided. In just the first week with Planful, we achieved more progress than we did in several … Incentivized Helpful? Nick James Financial Analyst & Accountant in Finance and Accounting at Specialized Dental Partners (Hospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Planful Before my arrival at the company, we attempted to implement Vena but were unsuccessful. We got further with Planful in the first week than in several months with Vena. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Planful Planful seems to have the best price to performance option against the tools listed. Some of the more premium options on the market have outdated UIs and dont get updated as frequently and other in the same price category dont seem to have the same level of options and "ease" … Incentivized Helpful? Abby Cao FP&A Manager in Finance and Accounting at Unite Us (Internet, 501-1000 employees) Chose Planful Most financial folks user-friendly less technical support needed; most efficient and automated; data host in US; most automated with both the core application and excel spotlight in sync, you can view and sync in web or excel. Process time is fast. Incentivized Helpful? Michael Gaglione Director of FP&A in Finance and Accounting at ProKidney (Biotechnology, 201-500 employees) Chose Planful Planful was the most flexible package while also being priced well below some of their larger competitors. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Planful Ease of use, integrations, price, and excel compatibility were the driving factors behind getting off of Adaptive and selecting Planful over these other competitors Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Planful Planful is inherently easier (I know Excel and I don't want to have to learn a new coding language) [and] has more capability and power due to the underlying multi-dimensional architecture (i.e. it can scale much better as you grow). The Dynamic Planning piece is very similar … Incentivized Helpful? Lee Starr Accounting Manager in Finance and Accounting at ASI (Consumer Goods, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Planful Vena was a close second in our selection process. We liked the smaller price tag and faster start up time. It s use of Excel was attractive. However, we did not feel that it would be able to grow with us. It was only good for the short run. Adaptive had some good features. … Incentivized Helpful? Connie Yan Sr. Financial Analyst in Finance and Accounting at Codexis, Inc. (Biotechnology, 51-200 employees) Chose Planful Being a small company with limited cash flow, my goal was to evaluate what functions that are important and how much that we have to pay for them and last how easy it is to maintain without owning internal IT staff. I have evaluated Hyperion, Adaptive, Vena, and Host. … Incentivized Helpful?	Vena Solutions Aaron Andersen Director of Finance in Finance and Accounting at Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago (Museums & Institutions, 201-500 employees) Chose Vena Prophix is powerful, and structures data on the back-end in a very similar way with multiple data models, and I have used it before. But the learning curve is steep. Building complex rules, e.g. for a union personnel model, was much harder than designing the same logic in … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Vena We found Vena to be much more intuitive and easy to leverage with our existing models and templates we've built in Excel already. It allowed our finance and ops teams to get traction and value from the solution much faster than we felt the other CPM solutions we looked at. Incentivized Helpful? Tim Kan Senior Manager in Finance and Accounting at Archaea Energy (Renewables & Environment, 201-500 employees) Chose Vena The best ROI and the honesty that the sales team brought Incentivized Helpful? Stephanie Casertano, CPA Global Head of Finance Systems in Finance and Accounting at Colart (Retail, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Vena They all seemed similar but I think the Vena team is better Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Vena The decision to go with Vena was based mostly on flexibility. Incentivized Helpful? Mani Alkhafaji, CA VP, Business Planning & Procurement at First Majestic Silver Corp. (Mining & Metals, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Vena We chose Vena mainly due to how flexible it is for our business, and that we would be able to own the software inhouse (finance team) rather than relying heavily on external consultants, just like the case with other software we looked at. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Vena We went with Vena Solutions because it was able to meet the needs in every way for what we were looking for in a budgeting solution. From an admin perspective, it was very intuitive, but from an end user (contributor) perspective, it was outstanding that we were able to keep … Incentivized Helpful? Eric French Manager of Business Analytics in Information Technology at Tacala, LLC (Food & Beverages, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose Vena We were using Dynamic Budgets before we moved over to Vena and researched many, many, many other products before settling on Vena in the end. One of the things that quickly knocked out other vendors was our unique fiscal calendar. We have 13 periods (4 weeks each) and that … Incentivized Helpful? Jeff Deane Vice President Of Accounting and Finance in Corporate at William Lyon Homes (Real Estate, 501-1000 employees) Chose Vena They have superior database capacity due to the power of the cloud. Usability and user adoption is quick and immediate due to the direct integration with Excel and ease of use for end users and Vena administrators. Incentivized Helpful? Carrie Self, CPA IT Business Analyst in Information Technology at Tacala, LLC (Food & Beverages, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose Vena We spent about a year and a half in the selection process for our budgeting system. The issue that we kept coming across was speed, flexibility, and a lack of understanding of our process during the sales cycle. Most of these other products wanted us to change our budgeting … Incentivized Helpful?
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Features

Planful

Vena

Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Planful and Vena
Feature	Planful 5.6 45 Ratings	Vena 7.2 112 Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports	5.722 Ratings	6.571 Ratings
Customizable dashboards	5.540 Ratings	7.6100 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates	5.737 Ratings	7.5108 Ratings

Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Planful and Vena
Feature	Planful 6.9 75 Ratings	Vena 7.6 202 Ratings
Drill-down analysis	7.473 Ratings	8.3196 Ratings
Formatting capabilities	6.574 Ratings	8.4194 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration	6.869 Ratings	8.4171 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages	00 Ratings	5.470 Ratings

Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Planful and Vena
Feature	Planful 7.0 63 Ratings	Vena 8.3 159 Ratings
Publish to Web	8.122 Ratings	7.783 Ratings
Publish to PDF	6.857 Ratings	9.0115 Ratings
Report Versioning	6.539 Ratings	8.1134 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling	6.444 Ratings	8.5120 Ratings

Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Planful and Vena
Feature	Planful 6.7 35 Ratings	Vena 7.7 104 Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)	6.526 Ratings	8.094 Ratings
Predictive Analytics	6.830 Ratings	7.383 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization	00 Ratings	7.577 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining	00 Ratings	8.129 Ratings

Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Planful and Vena
Feature	Planful 8.1 75 Ratings	Vena 8.3 196 Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)	8.369 Ratings	9.1184 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model	7.867 Ratings	7.9183 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)	8.268 Ratings	8.3186 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control	8.027 Ratings	8.550 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)	8.359 Ratings	7.9142 Ratings

Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Planful and Vena
Feature	Planful 8.0 31 Ratings	Vena 7.3 102 Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access	8.629 Ratings	7.799 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile	7.421 Ratings	7.087 Ratings

Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Planful and Vena
Feature	Planful 7.3 123 Ratings	Vena 8.1 242 Ratings
Long-term financial planning	8.0110 Ratings	8.1218 Ratings
Financial budgeting	7.5122 Ratings	8.3233 Ratings
Forecasting	7.4113 Ratings	7.2224 Ratings
Scenario modeling	6.9102 Ratings	7.6203 Ratings
Management reporting	6.8119 Ratings	9.1230 Ratings

Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Planful and Vena
Feature	Planful 5.9 92 Ratings	Vena 7.6 211 Ratings
Financial data consolidation	7.181 Ratings	9.0182 Ratings
Journal entries and reports	5.264 Ratings	7.4133 Ratings
Multi-currency management	5.055 Ratings	6.3128 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations	6.156 Ratings	7.9126 Ratings
Minority Ownership	5.227 Ratings	6.689 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting	6.566 Ratings	8.0160 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails	6.368 Ratings	8.2186 Ratings

Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Planful and Vena
Feature	Planful 7.1 123 Ratings	Vena 8.0 231 Ratings
Financial Statement Reporting	7.3105 Ratings	8.4206 Ratings
Management Reporting	7.1115 Ratings	8.4216 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting	7.6115 Ratings	9.1225 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting	6.288 Ratings	7.6168 Ratings
XBRL support for regulatory filing	7.13 Ratings	6.565 Ratings

Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Planful and Vena
Feature	Planful 5.5 77 Ratings	Vena 7.5 178 Ratings
Personalized dashboards	6.168 Ratings	8.4151 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards	5.544 Ratings	8.6115 Ratings
KPIs	6.356 Ratings	6.2131 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis	6.253 Ratings	7.7142 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting	5.844 Ratings	7.2128 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data	3.18 Ratings	6.8100 Ratings

Comparison of Integration features of Planful and Vena
Feature	Planful 6.6 113 Ratings	Vena 8.7 227 Ratings
Flat file integration	7.283 Ratings	8.4185 Ratings
Excel data integration	6.6105 Ratings	9.1211 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources	6.077 Ratings	8.8169 Ratings

User Ratings
	Planful	Vena
Likelihood to Recommend	7.5 (132 ratings)	8.2 (246 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.6 (20 ratings)	8.4 (20 ratings)
Usability	8.5 (20 ratings)	8.4 (31 ratings)
Availability	8.2 (4 ratings)	7.3 (7 ratings)
Performance	9.1 (3 ratings)	8.2 (7 ratings)
Support Rating	8.4 (21 ratings)	8.6 (100 ratings)
In-Person Training	6.4 (2 ratings)	9.1 (3 ratings)
Online Training	8.9 (2 ratings)	7.7 (5 ratings)
Implementation Rating	7.3 (9 ratings)	8.5 (7 ratings)
Configurability	8.2 (2 ratings)	7.3 (4 ratings)
CPA Rating	9.1 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	5.3 (4 ratings)	9.1 (3 ratings)
Product Scalability	8.2 (2 ratings)	9.0 (6 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	8.9 (4 ratings)	9.0 (3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	9.1 (2 ratings)	8.2 (4 ratings)

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