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362 Ratings
Anaplan
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Feature Set Ratings
- Anaplan ranks higher in 3 feature sets: Data Discovery and Visualization, Access Control and Security, Mobile Capabilities
- Vena ranks higher in 7 feature sets: BI Standard Reporting, Ad-hoc Reporting, Report Output and Scheduling, Consolidation and Close, Financial Reporting and Compliance, Analytics and Reporting, Integration
- Anaplan and Vena are tied in 1 feature set: Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
BI Standard Reporting

7.6
Anaplan
76%
8.4
Vena
84%
Vena ranks higher in 2/3 features
Vena ranks higher in 2/3 features
Pixel Perfect reports

6.4
64%
1 Rating
8.3
83%
34 Ratings
Customizable dashboards

8.7
87%
105 Ratings
8.5
85%
56 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates

N/A
0 Ratings
8.4
84%
60 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting

8.4
Anaplan
84%
8.6
Vena
86%
Vena ranks higher in 4/4 features
Vena ranks higher in 4/4 features
Drill-down analysis

8.6
86%
2 Ratings
8.9
89%
110 Ratings
Formatting capabilities

8.2
82%
2 Ratings
9.1
91%
108 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration

8.2
82%
2 Ratings
8.8
88%
97 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages

N/A
0 Ratings
7.8
78%
37 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling

8.5
Anaplan
85%
9.0
Vena
90%
Vena ranks higher in 3/4 features
Vena ranks higher in 3/4 features
Publish to Web

9.1
91%
1 Rating
8.1
81%
45 Ratings
Publish to PDF

8.2
82%
107 Ratings
9.6
96%
70 Ratings
Report Versioning

8.5
85%
93 Ratings
8.9
89%
76 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling

8.3
83%
3 Ratings
9.4
94%
70 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization

8.0
Anaplan
80%
7.9
Vena
79%
Anaplan ranks higher in 2/3 features
Anaplan ranks higher in 2/3 features
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)

8.6
86%
2 Ratings
7.4
74%
54 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization

8.2
82%
2 Ratings
7.8
78%
40 Ratings
Predictive Analytics

7.2
72%
2 Ratings
8.4
84%
45 Ratings
Access Control and Security

9.2
Anaplan
92%
8.8
Vena
88%
Anaplan ranks higher in 3/4 features
Anaplan ranks higher in 3/4 features
Multi-User Support (named login)

9.1
91%
2 Ratings
9.4
94%
102 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model

9.4
94%
108 Ratings
8.8
88%
104 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)

9.1
91%
2 Ratings
8.3
83%
104 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)

9.1
91%
2 Ratings
8.9
89%
73 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities

7.7
Anaplan
77%
7.4
Vena
74%
Anaplan ranks higher in 3/3 features
Anaplan ranks higher in 3/3 features
Responsive Design for Web Access

8.6
86%
98 Ratings
7.8
78%
54 Ratings
Mobile Application

7.4
74%
81 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

7.6
76%
91 Ratings
7.0
70%
49 Ratings
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting

8.9
Anaplan
89%
8.9
Vena
89%
Anaplan ranks higher in 4/5 features
Anaplan ranks higher in 4/5 features
Long-term financial planning

9.1
91%
185 Ratings
8.9
89%
129 Ratings
Financial budgeting

9.3
93%
189 Ratings
9.0
90%
137 Ratings
Forecasting

9.3
93%
200 Ratings
9.0
90%
133 Ratings
Scenario modeling

9.1
91%
201 Ratings
8.8
88%
122 Ratings
Management reporting

7.8
78%
199 Ratings
9.0
90%
135 Ratings
Consolidation and Close

7.0
Anaplan
70%
8.6
Vena
86%
Vena ranks higher in 7/7 features
Vena ranks higher in 7/7 features
Financial data consolidation

8.2
82%
150 Ratings
8.8
88%
106 Ratings
Journal entries and reports

7.2
72%
116 Ratings
7.7
77%
80 Ratings
Multi-currency management

6.2
62%
11 Ratings
8.9
89%
76 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations

6.0
60%
8 Ratings
8.8
88%
76 Ratings
Minority Ownership

6.0
60%
7 Ratings
8.4
84%
50 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting

8.1
81%
140 Ratings
9.1
91%
90 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails

7.4
74%
148 Ratings
8.4
84%
116 Ratings
Financial Reporting and Compliance

8.3
Anaplan
83%
8.7
Vena
87%
Vena ranks higher in 4/5 features
Vena ranks higher in 4/5 features
Financial Statement Reporting

8.1
81%
162 Ratings
8.8
88%
122 Ratings
Management Reporting

8.2
82%
173 Ratings
8.9
89%
125 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting

7.9
79%
159 Ratings
9.3
93%
132 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting

9.0
90%
13 Ratings
8.4
84%
97 Ratings
XBRL support for regulatory filing

N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
35 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting

8.7
Anaplan
87%
9.2
Vena
92%
Vena ranks higher in 6/6 features
Vena ranks higher in 6/6 features
Personalized dashboards

8.9
89%
199 Ratings
9.1
91%
89 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards

8.6
86%
183 Ratings
9.3
93%
66 Ratings
KPIs

8.1
81%
19 Ratings
9.8
98%
75 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis

8.6
86%
162 Ratings
9.1
91%
82 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting

9.0
90%
172 Ratings
9.0
90%
78 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data

8.7
87%
13 Ratings
8.7
87%
59 Ratings
Integration

8.8
Anaplan
88%
8.9
Vena
89%
Anaplan ranks higher in 2/3 features
Anaplan ranks higher in 2/3 features
Flat file integration

9.3
93%
198 Ratings
9.2
92%
109 Ratings
Excel data integration

8.7
87%
184 Ratings
9.1
91%
122 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources

8.4
84%
163 Ratings
8.4
84%
102 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Anaplan is rated higher in 9 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Likelihood to Renew, Usability, Availability, Performance, Support Rating, Online Training, Implementation Rating, Product Scalability
- Vena is rated higher in 1 area: In-Person Training
Likelihood to Recommend

9.1
Anaplan
91%
214 Ratings
8.8
Vena
88%
147 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew

8.8
Anaplan
88%
6 Ratings
8.4
Vena
84%
10 Ratings
Usability

9.0
Anaplan
90%
4 Ratings
7.7
Vena
77%
18 Ratings
Availability

9.1
Anaplan
91%
3 Ratings
8.7
Vena
87%
4 Ratings
Performance

9.1
Anaplan
91%
3 Ratings
8.4
Vena
84%
4 Ratings
Support Rating

9.1
Anaplan
91%
6 Ratings
8.5
Vena
85%
91 Ratings
In-Person Training

3.0
Anaplan
30%
1 Rating
8.6
Vena
86%
2 Ratings
Online Training

9.1
Anaplan
91%
2 Ratings
8.2
Vena
82%
2 Ratings
Implementation Rating

9.1
Anaplan
91%
25 Ratings
8.5
Vena
85%
5 Ratings
Product Scalability

9.1
Anaplan
91%
2 Ratings
8.7
Vena
87%
4 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Anaplan
Depending on the specific requirements there are areas in which some tools perform better than others or are more adequate than others. For example, Anaplan doesn’t offer the on-premises solution being a natively cloud SaaS; instead, Anaplan allows real-time calculations and refresh of the entire model with the possibility to fully drill down the results. Therefore, a preliminary software selection would be desirable to select the software that best fits the requirements. Anaplan is capable to support and connect very well any planning process, instead, it is not the most appropriate tool for use cases like detailed transactions storage.

Verified User
Manager in Finance and Accounting
Management Consulting Company, 10,001+ employeesVena
Vena has shortened month-end processing time by half the time. We required a lot of long days of training for months to implement this process. The implementation and cross-training could benefit from more training materials for the primary user to share with new contributors. Typical integration times for other systems have been 6 months. I would say both for the good and bad, Vena has so many different processes to offer the integration time for our company on this system is still ongoing a year later.

Verified User
Contributor in Finance and Accounting
Real Estate Company, 1001-5000 employeesPros
Anaplan
- Flexibility - the tool can be built the suite the company's needs. It allows for maximum customization for even the most complex business models.
- Data Integrations - the tool has the ability to connect to many different data sources so that data can be passed seamlessly.
- Connected Planning - the tool allows for teams across the organization to pass information and data back and forth between models, enhancing the ability to do connected planning

Verified User
Professional in Finance and Accounting
Information Technology & Services Company, 10,001+ employeesVena
- Vena is easily adoptable by new users because it is Excel based. Staff are not intimidated by the software.
- It's easy to distribute monthly reports to the staff with Vena's workflows and Report Books. Once those are set up, distributing monthly financials to individual departments is an easy process.
- It's easy for us to upload data from our accounting system - at the transaction level - to Vena. We simply download a file from our accounting system and upload it into Vena. Whatever manipulation of the data that's required is done by Vena. We don't have to do anything.
- Vena's customer service is excellent. Their customer service reps. are pretty good and I will say they are fair-minded during contract renewals. I never feel like they're gouging me. They are decent people to work with.

Verified User
Executive in Finance and Accounting
Non-profit Organization Management Company, 51-200 employeesCons
Anaplan
- Considering a collaborative platform, workflow features need to be more sophisticated to handle event-based triggers.
- ALM governance is tedious in multiple developers set up, as it does not allow to migrate changes by each developer rather forces to migrate at a model level that includes all changes by all developers.
- Reporting ability is still limited, many times dependency on other reporting tools is unavoidable.
- Time referencing (e.g. default today's date) is not possible without engaging an integration interface.
- NUX pages are rich in features but building pages for DEV/UAT and PROD are not straightforward.
Master Architect
Anheuser Busch In BevFood & Beverages, 10,001+ employees
Vena
- Template automation encountering issues due to certain excel functions used.
- Mac users often have issues.
- There should be a built-in option to automatically overwrite actual periods with actual data in forecast scenarios.
- Users must be proficient in Excel to use Vena to its full potential.
Manager of FP&A
PipedriveComputer Software, 501-1000 employees
Pricing Details
Anaplan
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Optional
Starting Price
—Vena
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Optional
$0
Starting Price
—Likelihood to Renew
Anaplan
Anaplan 8.8
Based on 6 answers
In any line of work, a tool that is flexible and would allow different departments of your company to easily interact and exchange valuable insights, is highly anticipated and needed. For me, what Anaplan provides to a business, be it a smaller one or an enterprise customer, is an easily scaling, agile planning and modeling platform that can meet almost any need and give a high-end solution to the problems any company faces on a daily basis.
Anaplan Solution Architect
B EYE LtdInformation Technology & Services, 51-200 employees
Vena
Vena 8.4
Based on 10 answers
We have been extremely satisfied with the Vena Solutions product and have been able to become more efficient in our budgeting, forecasting and salary planning processes, as well as adding functionality and accuracy that was not possible in the past. Administrators no longer have to keep track manually of each department's budgeted net, but can use a report created in Vena to report this information, as well as see which departments have not yet submitted information. Customer service has always been very responsive as well
Business Systems Manager
Biola UniversityHigher Education, 1001-5000 employees
Usability
Anaplan
Anaplan 9.0
Based on 4 answers
There is a dependency in this rating - in that I find Anaplan extremely easy to use, but I've spent the necessary time developing a strong understanding of the platform. Once you understand how to use it, the platform is flexible, easy to use, and fun to use.
Director, Financial Planning & Analysis
Cherwell SoftwareComputer Software, 201-500 employees
Vena
Vena 7.7
Based on 18 answers
This is split between usability from an end-user perspective and administrative. Administrative - The tool is lacking in a cohesive way to administer the tool, both from more of a back-end perspective (ETL/Integrations, scripting, etc.) as well as from a business administrative (Processes, Models, etc.). On the more back-end IT related aspects, the tool is a mishmash of modules that were clearly developed in stovepipe fashion. Basic feature/functionality aspects such as version control, auto vs manual save, etc. differ between the code preparation components. It is also lacking in any sort of coherent version control. Not all pages display the context information, so extreme caution must be used. There is also no coherent migration strategy. The process and model navigation has been somewhat challenging for our business administrators, often requiring assistance from Vena when creating or altering templates. 2 of 10End User - This is better. The Excel add-in generally functions well. Creating basic templates is straightforward, and there is a large degree of flexibility when creating reporting templates. Being part of Excel puts many users into a comfort zone. The toggle switch between template and data mode is not well conceived, and the add-in pop-ups occasionally have issues on multi-monitor displays. 6 of 10

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Architecture & Planning Company, 1001-5000 employeesReliability and Availability
Anaplan
Anaplan 9.1
Based on 3 answers
In nearly 3 years, I have only had 1 issue of being unable to access my model for an unplanned maintenance. Even planned maintenance windows are handled during low traffic hours on the weekend.
Manager, Financial Systems
Research NowMarket Research, 1001-5000 employees
Vena
Vena 8.7
Based on 4 answers
Contact with Vena Solutions technical support is quick and experts in the field always respond. It is not necessary to go through a large form to explain the problems and then answer more questions to receive a direct answer, we simply send a message indicating the specific problem and they are immediately there to actively help us
Robotic Process Automation Manager
Mr. CooperFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 employees
Performance
Anaplan
Anaplan 9.1
Based on 3 answers
Everything is calculated in memory in the cloud. It's nearly instantaneous updates when you make changes. The only time things get a little slow is when you have a massive model with very intricate calculations...but "slow" for Anaplan is not what I would call "slow" for something like Hyperion. We used to have Hyperion calcs that ran for 60 mins before you could use data. The equivalent would be 60 seconds in Anaplan.
Manager, Financial Systems
Research NowMarket Research, 1001-5000 employees
Vena
Vena 8.4
Based on 4 answers
Vena Solutions pages load quickly and only a few times does it get a bit slow, only when there are many integrations and the reports are long. But in general it is always fast and honestly I am very satisfied with the speed in the generation of statistical reports and the pages
Manager and Analyst of Development of Strategic Alliances and Technological Information
Sopra SteriaInformation Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees
Support Rating
Anaplan
Anaplan 9.1
Based on 6 answers
I feel like the support team is a little lacking in product knowledge. Several times I have contacted them to get help, and ended up finding a solution to my own problem before the team could get back to me with anything useful. I have also submitted a few bugs, and never got updates to when they were fixed in later releases.
Manager, Financial Systems
Research NowMarket Research, 1001-5000 employees
Vena
Vena 8.5
Based on 91 answers
From initiate setup to going live, Vena's customer representatives and technicians have proven to be responsive and enthusiastic in getting our company up and running. They have been patient with our questions and frustrations and worked to troubleshoot issues that have come up.

Verified User
Employee in Finance and Accounting
Hospital & Health Care Company, 201-500 employeesIn-Person Training
Anaplan
Anaplan 3.0
Based on 1 answer
The in-person training is simply not worth the cost. After a few weeks of playing in Anaplan, I went to the basic training and knew more than the person teaching it. a year down the road, I was the first person to complete the advance training, and again could have been teaching the class better than the person running the session. Spend some time on your own trying out different things and you will get all the understanding you need to be successful.
Manager, Financial Systems
Research NowMarket Research, 1001-5000 employees
Vena
Vena 8.6
Based on 2 answers
The original training was onsite and over two weeks. Since our original onboarding the company has come out with a training website to aid in user self directed needs.

Verified User
Executive in Finance and Accounting
Restaurants Company, 5001-10,000 employeesOnline Training
Anaplan
Anaplan 9.1
Based on 2 answers
Learning made easy . One of the best trainings i have attended. Training was very detailed training by the trainer, which helped me understand the basics of the model building. Level 1 training was easy and instructor was most helpful here. Level 2 training was challenging but was able to go thru due to understanding of the basics.
Anaplan Consultant
EnqueroComputer Software, 501-1000 employees
Vena
Vena 8.2
Based on 2 answers
The online training was effective, it would be nice to see a more personalized solution. I understand the training is tailored for all industries, but it would be nice to see industry-specific use cases.
Senior Manager - Financial Planning and Analysis
Phillips Pet Food & SuppliesTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 1001-5000 employees
Implementation Rating
Anaplan
Anaplan 9.1
Based on 25 answers
Agile methodology and breaking the work down into sprints was very helpful. Implementation required a deeper dive into our data than expected for the consultants to be able to construct the data model. But once it was in place, the focus on knowledge transfer enabled us to be able to use the product effectively after the team rolled off.
Head of Sales Compensation
Robert HalfStaffing and Recruiting, 10,001+ employees
Vena
Vena 8.5
Based on 5 answers
The Vena consultant had great knowledge of both the Vena solution and Excel and Excel functions. He was able to help suggest ways to build our templates that met our requirements using Excel functions we had not previously considered using. And we have been able to use the Excel information he provided in other ways outside of Vena. He was very patient and flexible as we learned the Vena tool and created templates
Business Systems Manager
Biola UniversityHigher Education, 1001-5000 employees
Alternatives Considered
Anaplan
Anaplan works well where you have a requirement for complete flexibility, such as in business structure, or in calculation methodology that is bespoke. You can tailor the system to your exact requirements, whereas some products come with pre-built modules that you might struggle to do certain things with. All in all [it] depends on the business requirements as there is a different tool for a different job. Anaplan succeeds in being a very strong all [arounder].

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Professional Services
Computer Software Company, 1-10 employeesVena
Vena's interface and software felt more intuitive to use than the other companies that our company had considered using. In addition, the community that supports and backs up Vena is immense and extremely friendly. To me, this seems like a good indicator that Vena is used around the world and has something to offer to everyone.

Verified User
Analyst in Finance and Accounting
Retail Company, 51-200 employeesScalability
Anaplan
Anaplan 9.1
Based on 2 answers
It's going to handle most of what you can throw at it. The problem lies in the sparsity of some datasets. When you have over 5ish dimensions of sparse data, the size of the model gets bloated for not much value. In several cases, I have had to adapt my model to account for sparsity in a way that minimized use of space, but also made interacting with the data more cumbersome.
Manager, Financial Systems
Research NowMarket Research, 1001-5000 employees
Vena
Vena 8.7
Based on 4 answers
Vena solutios is a software that provides robust tools that help different departments in their statistics and we can visualize a lot of promising and visually attractive data. Vena Solutions' level of scalability is high and sustainable over time thanks to the fabulous technical support that is ready to help us at all times
Robotic Process Automation Manager
Mr. CooperFinancial Services, 5001-10,000 employees
Return on Investment
Anaplan
- The agile implementation methodology used to deploy the system has helped our clients to use and realize the benefits of the system right from the early stages of the implementation.
- The system can be easily managed and maintained by the end users reducing dependency on IT teams and making business more self-sufficient.
Senior Consultant
Deloitte India (Offices of the US)Information Technology & Services, 5001-10,000 employees
Vena
- Through the roof! Time savings were never quantified but when you save weeks of time, not much more needs to be said.
- We are way more efficient in our budgeting and forecasting processes as a result of utilizing the Vena workflow processes.
- Just having information at our fingertips to perform our duties is priceless!
Senior Director, Financial Services
Saint Mary's UniversityHigher Education, 501-1000 employees