Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Budgyt
Score 8.8 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Budgyt is a dynamic FP&A platform that simplifies budgeting, forecasting, and reporting. It offers a single source of truth for CFOs and finance teams to integrate financials, streamline processes, and manage multiple departments.
$0
per account
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
BudgytVena
Editions & Modules
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$0
per account
Non-Profit - Pro
$1,299
per month 12-month annual subscription
Professional
N/A
Complete
N/A
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BudgytVena
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredOptional
Additional DetailsPlease contact for pricing quote. Multi-Year discounts are also available.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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Community Pulse
BudgytVena
Considered Both Products
Budgyt
Chose Budgyt
I needed a robust integration between QBO and my budgeting software. The reporting is Budgyt will serve our organization far better than those found and available in QBO.
Vena

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Features
BudgytVena
Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Product A and Product B
Budgyt
8.8
12 Ratings
4% below category average
Vena
8.6
266 Ratings
5% above category average
Long-term financial planning8.611 Ratings8.8243 Ratings
Financial budgeting9.012 Ratings8.9258 Ratings
Forecasting8.811 Ratings8.3248 Ratings
Scenario modeling8.612 Ratings8.2225 Ratings
Management reporting9.011 Ratings8.9251 Ratings
Analytics and Reporting
Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Budgyt
8.2
11 Ratings
0% above category average
Vena
8.3
199 Ratings
3% above category average
Personalized dashboards8.210 Ratings8.7172 Ratings
Cost and profitability analysis8.510 Ratings8.0163 Ratings
Key Performance Indicator setting7.96 Ratings8.2147 Ratings
Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings9.4133 Ratings
KPIs00 Ratings7.9151 Ratings
Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings7.8119 Ratings
Budgeting Tools
Comparison of Budgeting Tools features of Product A and Product B
Budgyt
8.5
12 Ratings
0% above category average
Vena
-
Ratings
Automated Budgeting7.48 Ratings00 Ratings
Financial Planning Collaboration8.812 Ratings00 Ratings
Budget Customization8.912 Ratings00 Ratings
Departmental Budgeting9.011 Ratings00 Ratings
Import & Export Tools8.612 Ratings00 Ratings
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Budgyt
-
Ratings
Vena
8.0
131 Ratings
6% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings7.889 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.3119 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.9127 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Budgyt
-
Ratings
Vena
8.2
222 Ratings
2% above category average
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.6214 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.6214 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings6.988 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.5190 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Budgyt
-
Ratings
Vena
8.5
177 Ratings
4% above category average
Publish to Web00 Ratings8.1100 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.9132 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings8.5152 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.6138 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Budgyt
-
Ratings
Vena
8.3
122 Ratings
8% above category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.8112 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.595 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.9101 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings8.147 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Budgyt
-
Ratings
Vena
8.7
216 Ratings
2% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.0204 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.6202 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.7205 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.870 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.6160 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Budgyt
-
Ratings
Vena
7.7
119 Ratings
1% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.7116 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.8104 Ratings
Consolidation and Close
Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Product A and Product B
Budgyt
-
Ratings
Vena
7.8
232 Ratings
1% below category average
Financial data consolidation00 Ratings8.6203 Ratings
Journal entries and reports00 Ratings7.5153 Ratings
Multi-currency management00 Ratings6.9147 Ratings
Intercompany Eliminations00 Ratings8.0144 Ratings
Minority Ownership00 Ratings6.7107 Ratings
Local and consolidated reporting00 Ratings8.0178 Ratings
Detailed Audit Trails00 Ratings8.7205 Ratings
Financial Reporting and Compliance
Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Product A and Product B
Budgyt
-
Ratings
Vena
8.6
252 Ratings
7% above category average
Financial Statement Reporting00 Ratings8.9226 Ratings
Management Reporting00 Ratings8.7237 Ratings
Excel-based Reporting00 Ratings9.5246 Ratings
Automated board and financial reporting00 Ratings8.5188 Ratings
XBRL support for regulatory filing00 Ratings7.282 Ratings
Integration
Comparison of Integration features of Product A and Product B
Budgyt
-
Ratings
Vena
8.8
248 Ratings
6% above category average
Flat file integration00 Ratings8.6205 Ratings
Excel data integration00 Ratings9.4232 Ratings
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources00 Ratings8.6188 Ratings
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User Ratings
BudgytVena
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(46 ratings)
8.4
(265 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(6 ratings)
8.8
(21 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(28 ratings)
8.7
(33 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(8 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.8
(8 ratings)
Support Rating
8.4
(7 ratings)
9.5
(102 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(4 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(6 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(4 ratings)
8.4
(8 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(5 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.4
(4 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.9
(27 ratings)
8.2
(7 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(5 ratings)
User Testimonials
BudgytVena
Likelihood to Recommend
Budgyt
Budgyt is great for instant consolidation of a multi-department and multi-entity organization. It has strong hierarchy and roll-ups at various levels. User setup and security is straightforward, with ability to restrict data to only department heads over a project. Excellent capability in salary and benefit calculation, for instance down to each type of state and federal tax, and each type of employee health benefit with individual cost as specific as necessary. Strong export functionality.
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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
Budgyt
  • budgeting: building annual budgets from the ground-up
  • financial reporting: Budgyt includes a number of great options for navigating financial reports
  • analysis (& reporting): the ease and flexibility of configuring and using data tools allow for detailed analysis, and numerous options for accessing data to enable effective analysis and reporting views
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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
Budgyt
  • The ability to remove %'s entirely from reports, instead of only partially removing %'s from a report.
  • The formulas C2C and FOAs can be confusing to set up. I think more explanative data ---- hovering over question marks alongside cells you must complete as a suggestion --- in this module would be useful. These formulas work great once you trial & error your way into them operating. But we find their initial set-up a time commitment. We don't want to watch how-to videos each time we set them up. The hover/clarifications of what certain cells mean would be very helpful.
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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
Budgyt
It is awesome, will never go back to the spreadsheet. Just paid for our second year. It does everything we need. Slick interface for data entry, easy to use and run reports with a few clicks to get what you want. great data comparison, flexible to be able to see monthly totals from prior year or other scenario when entering in the data sheet
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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
Budgyt
We have not encountered any issues with Budgyt’s limitations, given the number of departments and the volume of data we pass to the tool. I have no reason to give it anything less than a 10; the only limitation so far is that we don’t have full API integration yet. Once that is finalized, we will be seamlessly integrated across all of our financial platforms and tools.
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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
Budgyt
No answers on this topic
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
Budgyt
No answers on this topic
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
Budgyt
During my first year of working within the budget software, I had to go through some training while trying to meet deadlines for meetings. The team at Budgyt was very accommodating and made sure I was equipped with the knowledge that I needed to be successful
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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
Budgyt
No answers on this topic
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
Budgyt
No answers on this topic
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
Budgyt
We were fortunate to have the founder lead us through a video conference to teach our users how to use the system. Totally invaluable!
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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
Budgyt
Other than Hyperion, which is in a different league and more suitable for much larger organizations, I would say that Budgyt compares very favorably. We moved from Great Plains to Sage Intacct, and evaluated their planning solution at the time of implementation. We were very underwhelmed by the management reporter tool that we used with GP, and budgeted with Excel prior to moving to Sage. We began looking at several other products alongside Budgyt & Sage's solution, but were so impressed by Budgyt that at its price point it was a no-brainer. We liked Sage's tools plenty, but felt that Budgyt could do more and cost less, so opted to go this route despite the lack of direct integration.
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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
Budgyt
The ability to budget at multiple organizational levels is central to Budgyt's design. These levels can be regions or product lines or departments, which are all easily rolled up to a consolidated organizational view. Reporting back against these levels is also built-in to the system.
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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
Budgyt
  • It has been a huge time saving for us when trying to forecast for changing personnel and contractors
  • It has also created a portal that department managers can use to drill down on their costs without risk they will see information they shouldn't
  • We have also used it to replace manual management reports created on spreadsheets and this has also saved a significant amount of time.
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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

Budgyt Screenshots

Screenshot of DashboardScreenshot of Manage Scenarios (Budgets)Screenshot of Copy DataScreenshot of Data SheetScreenshot of Manage C2C's (Category to Category Formulas)

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