Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Anaplan
Score 8.5 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Anaplan is a scenario planning and analysis platform designed to optimize decision-making in complex business environments so that enterprises can outpace their competition and the market. By building connections and collaboration across organizational silos, the Anaplan platform surfaces key insights.N/A
Vena
Score 8.6 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
Pricing
AnaplanVena
Editions & Modules
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Professional
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Complete
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AnaplanVena
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional DetailsThe 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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Community Pulse
AnaplanVena
Considered Both Products
Anaplan
Chose Anaplan
Compared to OneStream and Venna Anaplan offers a more modern look and feel of the platform. It is better situated and maintained in regards of platform updates as it's a full SaaS software there are never any issues with the system version as it's always automatically up to …
Chose Anaplan
Anaplan combines the best of both worlds, the flexibility, ease of use, and freedom of modeling of a spreadsheet and the control, calculation power, and reliability of the best planning, budgeting, and consolidation software vendors.
Chose Anaplan

Other platforms offer some scale vs Anaplan by adding great user interfaces and many out of the box functionality (Time filtering, versions, predefined tables (modeled sheet), chart of accounts (debit, credit)). However, very structured architecture makes edge use cases harder …

Vena
Chose Vena
Vena is much faster than other such software which is available in market. If we talking about pricing $$$ so Vena is affordable to smaller companies also. it's help us quicker integrations with other software and User Interface is much better than other software. Vena gives …
Chose Vena
Ultimately we decided on Vena because of the Excel interface which we knew would improve adoption. We also like the platform agnostic integration and easy-to-use web interface. The OLAP cube was also appealing to allow for a variety of pivoted reports.
Chose Vena
More flexible and Excel embedded
Cloud Solution
Features
AnaplanVena
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
7.5
219 Ratings
0% below category average
Vena
8.0
133 Ratings
6% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports6.47 Ratings7.891 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.3219 Ratings8.3121 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates7.96 Ratings7.9129 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
9.1
8 Ratings
12% above category average
Vena
8.2
224 Ratings
2% above category average
Drill-down analysis9.18 Ratings8.7216 Ratings
Formatting capabilities9.18 Ratings8.6216 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.18 Ratings8.5192 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings6.990 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
8.5
226 Ratings
4% above category average
Vena
8.5
179 Ratings
4% above category average
Publish to Web8.67 Ratings8.1102 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.3224 Ratings8.9134 Ratings
Report Versioning9.2195 Ratings8.5154 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling7.98 Ratings8.6140 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
8.2
8 Ratings
7% above category average
Vena
8.3
124 Ratings
8% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.17 Ratings8.8114 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.17 Ratings8.597 Ratings
Predictive Analytics6.43 Ratings7.9103 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings8.149 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
9.3
230 Ratings
8% above category average
Vena
8.7
218 Ratings
2% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)9.18 Ratings9.0206 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model9.6230 Ratings8.6204 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.18 Ratings8.7207 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control9.679 Ratings8.872 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)9.18 Ratings8.6162 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
7.6
219 Ratings
2% below category average
Vena
7.7
121 Ratings
1% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access8.3210 Ratings7.7118 Ratings
Mobile Application7.5196 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.8204 Ratings7.8106 Ratings
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
9.0
328 Ratings
9% above category average
Vena
8.6
268 Ratings
5% above category average
Long-term financial planning9.3303 Ratings8.8245 Ratings
Financial budgeting9.4307 Ratings8.9260 Ratings
Forecasting9.3316 Ratings8.3250 Ratings
Scenario modeling9.3318 Ratings8.2227 Ratings
Management reporting7.9317 Ratings8.9253 Ratings
Consolidation and Close
Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
7.8
280 Ratings
1% below category average
Vena
7.8
234 Ratings
1% below category average
Financial data consolidation8.3260 Ratings8.6205 Ratings
Journal entries and reports7.7216 Ratings7.5155 Ratings
Multi-currency management7.312 Ratings6.9149 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations7.39 Ratings8.0146 Ratings
Minority Ownership7.38 Ratings6.7109 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting8.1249 Ratings8.0180 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails8.7261 Ratings8.7207 Ratings
Financial Reporting and Compliance
Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
8.1
299 Ratings
1% above category average
Vena
8.6
254 Ratings
7% above category average
Financial Statement Reporting8.9277 Ratings8.9228 Ratings
Management Reporting8.2290 Ratings8.7239 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting7.8268 Ratings9.5248 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting8.214 Ratings8.5190 Ratings
XBRL support for regulatory filing7.31 Ratings7.284 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting
Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
9.1
319 Ratings
12% above category average
Vena
8.3
201 Ratings
3% above category average
Personalized dashboards8.7313 Ratings8.7174 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards9.2297 Ratings9.4135 Ratings
KPIs9.120 Ratings7.9153 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis9.2276 Ratings8.0165 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting9.3287 Ratings8.2149 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data9.114 Ratings7.8121 Ratings
Integration
Comparison of Integration features of Product A and Product B
Anaplan
8.5
325 Ratings
3% above category average
Vena
8.8
250 Ratings
6% above category average
Flat file integration9.2315 Ratings8.5207 Ratings
Excel data integration8.3292 Ratings9.4234 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources7.9275 Ratings8.6190 Ratings
Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses

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Medium-sized Companies
Centage
Centage
Score 9.5 out of 10
Centage
Centage
Score 9.5 out of 10
Enterprises
Prophix
Prophix
Score 8.9 out of 10
Prophix
Prophix
Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
AnaplanVena
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(337 ratings)
8.4
(265 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.9
(35 ratings)
8.8
(21 ratings)
Usability
8.9
(65 ratings)
8.7
(33 ratings)
Availability
8.8
(7 ratings)
8.2
(8 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(7 ratings)
7.8
(8 ratings)
Support Rating
4.5
(27 ratings)
9.4
(102 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.0
(6 ratings)
8.2
(4 ratings)
Online Training
7.8
(6 ratings)
7.9
(6 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(27 ratings)
8.4
(8 ratings)
Configurability
9.1
(5 ratings)
8.2
(5 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.1
(3 ratings)
7.4
(4 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.3
(7 ratings)
8.2
(7 ratings)
Professional Services
9.1
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.6
(4 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.0
(4 ratings)
8.7
(5 ratings)
User Testimonials
AnaplanVena
Likelihood to Recommend
Anaplan
Anaplan is best suited for strategic planning initiatives in industries like CPG, Manufacturing, FS, Pharma. It can handle multiple use cases for each function in the company like Supply chain, Finance, Sales and more. It is one of the best tools I have seen in scenario modelling. It is not suitable for very detailed level planning, essentially execution level eg. Production scheduling.
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Vena Solutions
Whether you have processes you are looking to make more efficient or starting from scratch, Vena is a great tool to handle both. When we started with Vena all of reporting was either very manual or frankly nonexistent. Vena was pivotal in bringing us from zero to 10 in a short time. it helped us streamline the process of gathering data to the end reporting
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Pros
Anaplan
  • Anaplan can scale as your business grows, for example adding new regions into to your geographical hierarchy.
  • Anaplan is flexible and can do anything you want it to, there are no tables pre-configured that you need to fix your business process into.
  • Reading formulas in Anaplan is straight forward with a quick learning curve.
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Vena Solutions
  • What i like best about Vena is that it is very seamless Excel integration.
  • Vena fosters collabs across teams, helping multiple members to work together on financial planning in real-time enhancing overall efficiency.
  • We now also can automate manual processes like budgeting, consolidation of data and reporting saves my valuable time and also reducing the risk of errors.
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Cons
Anaplan
  • Ability to decide if to apply the formula or a manual input on front end for each line item
  • Real Time Data Transfer across models. Currently Data is transferred using Processes across different models. Having a functionality to access data from any model in real time would be great
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Vena Solutions
  • It could improve the ease of implementation; it could take a long for an inexperienced IT team.
  • From the ERP system perspective, it can be linked easily, but it has room for improvement when you make core changes and require a Vena specialist again.
  • Some administrators can get confused while working on Excel implementation; it has complicated technical requirements.
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Likelihood to Renew
Anaplan
Anaplan is a very strong multi-dimensional modeling tool that provides a calculation engine to empower a complex planning process. It is fairly easy to learn for those with experience in similar tools, or excel. It forces structure and auditability that spread sheets do not have, along with extensive security capabilities
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Vena Solutions
Vena has been a huge win for us as an organization, as it vastly improved our budgeting process by removing manual consolidation that was incredibly time consuming, and it allows us to see a multi-year view of our organizational budget across all of our funding sources. We've seen Vena's platform grow over the years and we've not yet fully adopted some of them so it feels like there's still potential to get even more value out of the platform.
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Usability
Anaplan
Anaplan is interesting because it is at the same time easy to use and difficult to use. An end user can navigate a well-constructed app, being pointed in the right direction every time they feel a slight bit of confusion, and find everything they need in what feels like a straight line. Similarly, a model builder (developer of sorts) can have the exact same experience, but the journey is longer and more complicated. End users have great experiences with Anaplan, but sometimes model builders have a frustrating one. That is not to say model building is hard (because it truly is not), but things change, and when things change in complex systems, the effort required simply to investigate where a model builder needs to make an adjustment may frustrate them but also frustrate their non-technical bosses. However, the reality is that with complicated businesses, complicated business problems, come complicated solutions. It is actually a testament to Anaplan's capabilities that it has taken on the biggest problems at the biggest companies. It may be daunting to adjust it in those environments, but at least you know it did meet the needs there, which is more than most tools can say.
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Vena Solutions
Vena allows any solution to be built the way you need it to work, and there are many different ways of going about what you need it to do. It may require time to build, test, and rebuild and retest, before the best solution to what you are trying to accomplish is reached. It is best for those who are Excel proficient because Vena utilizes and enhances the usage of existing Excel functions. For those who are not Excel proficient, the journey may be more challenging, however, with help of EMS, you can get your planning and reporting to a dynamic state.
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Reliability and Availability
Anaplan
There are very few outages. Maintenance is scheduled on two or three Saturdays per month, so as not to affect businesses. When there is an outage, users are kept informed of progress to restore the platform and typically this takes no more than an hour. Anaplan customer support is very responsive if we ever have questions about platform issues
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Vena Solutions
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
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Performance
Anaplan
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.
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Vena Solutions
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
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Support Rating
Anaplan
Support quality has dropped since Thoma Bravo has taken over. I think some serious re-focus needs to happen here -- part of the beauty of being in the Anaplan community was how involved you felt in it before. Before I didn't dread sending a support ticket, now I am starting to.
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Vena Solutions
They are very quick to respond when you submit a ticket and typically fix issues quickly as well. I only didn't give this a 10 because there is still an open issue with our Salesforce connection that we've been waiting on now for a few months.
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In-Person Training
Anaplan
In my opinion, in-person training is always the best if you have the option to do so. This allows real-time interactions with the instructions, whereas the online training I took required me to write-down questions, email them, and wait for responses. This slows down the process, as you can imagine. That said, in-person training is an extra cost and it likely isn't needed for everyone. I would suggest selecting a small number of people to take in-person training and then having them act as mentors to the rest of your team. That way, as the rest of the team takes the online training, they have a resource to help them in real time.
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Vena Solutions
Our initial in person training was a little rough b/c I felt like our trainer wanted to focus on maximizing Vena rather than understanding what we were needing for our organization. He was very responsive and added insights, but could have worked to understand our needs a little better.
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Online Training
Anaplan
Anaplan training materials are clear, simple, easy to understand and to follow. Visuals are excellent. The vendor is good at updating training materials in a timely manner and encouraging users and administrators to keep coming back to Academy site for refresher courses or new feature courses. I really like their interactive diagrams
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Vena Solutions
The training was structured as a group training to learn the basics of creating a data model and mapping a template. While we had nearly 10 participants, I was the only actual implementer so we probably didn't actually need the training and could have just learned the initial skills from the implementation consultant. Two years later, when we hired a new team member, they completed several modules in Vena Academy (a self paced learning course) which allowed them to get up to speed on the basics with just a bit of supplemental guidance from me as our existing admin.
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Implementation Rating
Anaplan
The platform allows a flexible implementation mechanic to be put in place, since the possibilities and functionalities are vast and there are very few things the tool cannot do well. The solutions for the financial planning and the integrated business planning we put in place were easily adopted by the end users and their day-to-day work was made easier.
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Vena Solutions
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
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Alternatives Considered
Anaplan
Anaplan and these other tools are very similar. I cannot say that I selected Anaplan over them as I have worked with and been involved with setting up a number of tools for clients. They all have their advantages and Anaplan is a very strong tool in the cloud planning space
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Vena Solutions
Vena Solutions stands out due to its familiar Excel-based interface, making it easy for our team to adopt without extensive training. Compared to alternatives like Anaplan and Oracle Hyperion, Vena's strong customer support and efficient automation have significantly reduced our budgeting cycle time. We chose Vena for its seamless integration with our existing systems and substantial time-saving benefits, ultimately enhancing our decision-making process.
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Scalability
Anaplan
We have managed to leverage Anaplan for financial planning and forecasting across the business. It is now used by almost every department, with more than 50 users (but I know of companies that have hundreds of users) and still the platform is quick and reliable. It is easy to make changes to divisions and departments or add users and apply different user settings - the core part of the model is not affected and end users can continue their work without any disruption
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Vena Solutions
We onboarded the entire company in a very short time frame to complete the full company budget cycle the first year out of the gate. Now we are looking to add more data and the ETL tool makes it easy to backload data into the cube as if was always there. Vena has been very scalable for our needs.
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Return on Investment
Anaplan
  • Anaplan's implementation led to a significant reduction in planning cycle errors and bugs, streamlining processes and improving overall accuracy in data inputs
  • Standardizing the planning process and enabling cross-functional collaboration through Anaplan enhanced our ability to adapt swiftly to changing business needs, resulting in improved agility in decision-making
  • The platform's capabilities, especially in Demand Planning and Supply Chain, positively impacted our ROI by optimizing resource allocation and solving complex business problems efficiently across multiple functions
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Vena Solutions
  • Eliminated the necessity to manually combine multiple Excel budget worksheets into one file in order to compile an org-wide budget
  • Allows end-users to be self-sufficient by having the ability to drill into transaction-level detail and conduct ad-hoc analyses
  • Created more bandwidth in the FP&A team to spend more time on more meaningful analysis
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ScreenShots

Anaplan Screenshots

Screenshot of a preview of the Anaplan login page.Screenshot of a preview of an Anaplan home page.Screenshot of a preview of an Anaplan board.

Vena Screenshots

Screenshot of Operation Expenses - Predictive AnalysisScreenshot of Allocations DashboardScreenshot of Vena Add InScreenshot of Power BI DashboardScreenshot of Operational Expenses - Drill through analysisScreenshot of Process Status Dashboard