Vena Solutions Inc

Vena Complete Planning

Composite Score

8.1 /10

CX Score

8.1 /10

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What is Vena Complete Planning?

Vena Complete Planning enables you to work the way you think. Power your Plan To Grow with the flexibility of Excel and the structure of a controlled application environment in a single unified platform. With an Excel interface and OLAP cube technology, Vena is the only cloud-based solution that seamlessly integrates and secures your data.

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Awards & Recognition

Vena Complete Planning won the following awards in the Enterprise Performance Management category

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2 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

2 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2023

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022

7 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2022

Vena Complete Planning Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

90 Likeliness to Recommend

2
Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+88 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Vena Complete Planning?

7% Negative

2% Neutral

91% Positive

Pros

Unique Features
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Acts with Integrity

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Collaboration

Data Visualization

Process Simulation and Execution

Financial Reporting and Consolidation

Governance Risk and Compliance

Budgeting and Forecasting

Mobile Access

Marketing Analytics

Business Application Integration

Planning and Scheduling

BI and Performance Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 86

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Vena Complete Planning Reviews

Heath B.

Role: Finance
Industry: Entertainment
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Submitted Jul 2024

Vena is a great budgeting and reporting product!

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Vena Complete Planning from other similar products?

The ability to create dynamic reports and manage our budgets/forecasts in one system while allowing end-user comments saves our team a ton of time and effort. The software is powerful, and the implementation team has been able to come up with solutions to all of our requests. The end-user interface is intuitive and easy to use, even for those users who don't typically work with excel.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Vena has allowed us to provide the executive team more timely reporting and better transparency.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The GL data load takes 20-25 minutes to refresh. So if we post entries to our GL and want to capture them in our Vena reports, we have to manually kick off a refresh and wait 25 minutes to run the new reports.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

The implemenation was difficult and took way longer than expected, but the end results were worth it.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Cons

Under Delivered

Sowndarya S.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Retail
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2025

Vena Complete planning: Efficiency &Collaboration:

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Vena Complete Planning from other similar products?

Vena Complete Planning stands out with its unique combination of Excel-native interface and centralized database, allowing users to leverage familiar tools while benefiting from robust data consolidation and version control. Its pre-built templates, customizable workflows, and strong integration capabilities with popular ERPs and CRMs further differentiate it, providing a balance of flexibility and scalability for financial and operational planning.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

One standout aspect of Vena Complete Planning is its seamless integration with Microsoft Excel, allowing users to work within a familiar environment while leveraging powerful centralized data management and automation features. This unique approach simplifies adoption and enhances productivity for finance and operational teams.

What do you dislike most about this product?

A common drawback of Vena Complete Planning is that its reliance on Excel, while familiar, can sometimes limit advanced collaboration and scalability compared to fully web-based solutions. Additionally, users may experience a steeper learning curve for configuring templates and workflows to suit complex organizational needs.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Vena Complete Planning is an excellent choice for teams familiar with Excel, offering seamless integration with business systems and robust data management. Take advantage of Vena’s training programs to maximize its features and ensure a smooth onboarding process. Start with a pilot project to assess its suitability for your workflows and prepare for customization to meet your specific needs. This approach will help unlock the tool’s full potential while addressing any initial challenges.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

DEVENDRA G.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2025

Easy to Integrate cloud-based financial platform

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Vena Complete Planning from other similar products?

Full-Cycle maximum Support and insightful Forecasting and Predictions differentiates Vena from its Competitors. Faster budgeting, reporting and insights.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Forecasting and Prediction with great predictions and easy to use

What do you dislike most about this product?

There is a whole bunch of things to learn and then you have to start.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

The support and Easy to Use with its great Reports and Insights just makes life easier

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Vena Complete Planning Ratings

90 Likeliness to Recommend

2 Since last award

97 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+88 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Vena Complete Planning?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Collaboration Includes ability to view, share and direct work between co-workers in real or near real-time.

Data Visualization Visualize customer data in configurable dashboards or reports, and easily share these visualizations with decision makers.

Process Simulation and Execution Includes ability to test and optimize the performance of a process using historical data.

Financial Reporting and Consolidation Timely access to financial data and financial information in the forms of reports or online. Financial reporting is generated in specific periods.

Governance Risk and Compliance Includes governance, risk management, compliance, security management, controls and audit.

Budgeting and Forecasting Includes financial information access, budget projections, assessment and analysis, tax planning, and scenario planning.

Mobile Access The solution can be easily accessed by employees through a dedicated native application or HTML5 access.

Marketing Analytics Predictive analytics, machine learning, data ingestion and visualization; data segmentation; assign attributes to unstructured data; work from segmented data.

Business Application Integration APIs available for straightforward integration with multiple business systems such as ERP or CRM.

Planning and Scheduling Includes milestones, tasks and resource assignments (can also include WBS and CPM).

BI and Performance Management Includes all aspects of reporting and BI analytics, as well as planning and optimization.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vena Complete Planning Reviews

Heath B.

Vena is a great budgeting and reporting product!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Sowndarya S.

Vena Complete planning: Efficiency &Collaboration:

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

DEVENDRA G.

Easy to Integrate cloud-based financial platform

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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