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    Prophix

    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Prophix One, a Financial Performance Platform, is used to improve the speed and accuracy of decision-making within a harmonized user experience. To reduce complexity and uncertainty, the software offers automated insights and planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and consolidation functionalities.N/A

    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik

    Score8.5 out of 10
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    Vena

    Score8.1 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
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeOptional
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    Prophix Software
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    Again, the ease of use and product adoption of the solution has been wonderful. This is because it is an easy to use and intuitive system. The Fiserv System was very complex to use and processing time when changes were made was time consuming. The axiom solution was also very …
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    We ultimately chose Prophix for its stronger automation features and direct relationship with CMiC. While Vena offers a similar set of capabilities, we found Prophix to be more intuitive, especially when it comes to creating and managing reports without heavy reliance on Excel. …
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    Chose Prophix
    Vena and Prophix are designed to target similar markets. In the end the ability to support globally in multiple locations, time zones and languages lead us to choose Prophix. We carried out reviews of demo environments of both systems and felt that Prophix was focused more on …
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    We felt Prophix was much more flexible than Briq and offered a more solid financial reporting and budgeting package. Briq is more custom built solution-focused. They build solutions to fit your specific needs. The primary reason we went with Prophix is that we wanted something …
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    Price, functionality, and service were major factoring for us when deciding on which platform to use.
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    We found Prophix to be more flexible than the other solutions. It proved to have less of an implementation timeframe, and we felt more comfortable supporting the system ourselves post-implementation. We were also surprised to find that Prophix's pricing was more competitive …
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    Chose Prophix
    Prophix is significantly better than these two products and at a better price. We tried implementing DataRails and it just didn't work for us as the struggled mightily with implementation. The Prophix implementation was very smooth and the support team was an absolute pleasure …
    Incentivized
    Chose Prophix
    We chose Prophix based on the desire to make a paradigm shift away from Excel and towards a more fully-featured web-based SaaS solution that would still allow for the utilization of Excel where it made sense. Prophix does this through an Excel add-on, while more comprehensive …
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    Our company used Vena for our budgeting and forecasting process, but it never ended up working correctly for our organization. Once we switched to Prophix, we have had a much better experience from the start. Prophix's implementation team helped us design everything very well …
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    Chose Prophix
    The company was looking for a robust tool and during the demo sessions the key budget contributors were satisfied with the user friendliness and positive outlook on the success of Prophix.
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    Chose Prophix

    Compared to Host Analytics and Adaptive, Prophix provides more value for the dollar, especially when we deploy multiple models. Solution set is also comparably built out, so we are not missing any critical functionality. Self-maintenance by finance is also comparable to Host …

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    Chose Prophix
    We ultimately chose price and function for our needs.
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    Vena Solutions
    Chose Vena
    When looking at other tools, we were concerned about end user adoption and Vena stood out because of the use of Excel. It is a familiar format and provides almost endless flexibility when considering business processes that can be added. At first, Adapative was a front runner …
    Incentivized
    Chose Vena
    We had Prophix (old version) for planning and budgeting and it was way less user-friendly and flexible than Vena.
    We always had to go back to Excel to build more complex reports and share them.
    And we extended the use of Vena to monthly reporting, which could not have been done …
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    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 …
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    Vena is easier to use than Prophix but Prophix has a personnel module and more flexible ad-hoc reporting capabilities.
    Incentivized
    Chose Vena
    The main contender with Vena was Prophix. Most of the other products we looked at were not capable of the complexity we needed. We chose Vena because the Excel templates made it look like the budget we were working with. We were able to use syntax we were familiar with for …
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    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 …
    Incentivized
    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.
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    Chose Vena
    I really like Vena for organizations with smaller finance teams. Excel is at the heart of Vena so there is a less new technology for them to learn. All three solutions have strengths that make them appropriate for specific organizations.
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    Chose Vena
    The Excel functionality better suited our end users.
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    Chose Vena
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    ProphixWolters Kluwer CCH® TagetikVena
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Prophix and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Vena
    Feature
    Prophix
    8.4
    66 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    8.1
    10 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Vena
    7.9
    176 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.628 Ratings8.07 Ratings8.1110 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.359 Ratings8.58 Ratings8.1157 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.362 Ratings8.09 Ratings7.6167 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Prophix and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Vena
    Feature
    Prophix
    8.4
    183 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    7.3
    24 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Vena
    8.0
    290 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Drill-down analysis8.8180 Ratings6.523 Ratings8.3277 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities7.6174 Ratings7.123 Ratings8.3277 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.8166 Ratings8.716 Ratings8.0247 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.17 Ratings7.4107 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Prophix and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Vena
    Feature
    Prophix
    8.6
    162 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    9.4
    15 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Vena
    8.0
    232 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Publish to PDF8.8153 Ratings9.913 Ratings8.1170 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.4122 Ratings7.712 Ratings8.1194 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.6139 Ratings9.911 Ratings8.1171 Ratings
    Publish to Web00 Ratings9.910 Ratings7.6131 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Prophix and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Vena
    Feature
    Prophix
    8.3
    72 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    8.5
    8 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Vena
    8.2
    160 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Predictive Analytics8.372 Ratings9.06 Ratings7.5133 Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.07 Ratings8.7143 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.04 Ratings8.6117 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings9.11 Ratings8.071 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Prophix and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Vena
    Feature
    Prophix
    8.8
    172 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    9.8
    23 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Vena
    8.4
    280 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.7163 Ratings9.923 Ratings8.1265 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.6164 Ratings9.922 Ratings8.4265 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.8169 Ratings9.923 Ratings8.4266 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.9110 Ratings9.94 Ratings8.5129 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.216 Ratings8.5205 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Prophix and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Vena
    Feature
    Prophix
    9.1
    84 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    6.1
    9 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Vena
    7.2
    142 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.184 Ratings5.08 Ratings6.9137 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.16 Ratings7.5122 Ratings
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Prophix and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Vena
    Feature
    Prophix
    8.4
    298 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    8.4
    49 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Vena
    8.4
    350 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Long-term financial planning8.5249 Ratings8.235 Ratings8.6317 Ratings
    Financial budgeting8.7284 Ratings8.143 Ratings8.7336 Ratings
    Forecasting8.4266 Ratings8.240 Ratings8.6324 Ratings
    Scenario modeling8.0220 Ratings8.634 Ratings8.0290 Ratings
    Management reporting8.3277 Ratings9.046 Ratings8.2326 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Prophix and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Vena
    Feature
    Prophix
    8.7
    224 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    8.8
    46 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Vena
    7.2
    303 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Financial data consolidation8.8184 Ratings8.940 Ratings7.4263 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports8.7119 Ratings8.337 Ratings6.9195 Ratings
    Multi-currency management8.894 Ratings8.334 Ratings6.8178 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations8.5113 Ratings9.337 Ratings7.6175 Ratings
    Minority Ownership8.650 Ratings8.630 Ratings5.9125 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting9.1155 Ratings9.944 Ratings7.3225 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails8.5142 Ratings8.236 Ratings8.4265 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Prophix and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Vena
    Feature
    Prophix
    9.0
    270 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    9.0
    50 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Vena
    8.3
    330 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Financial Statement Reporting9.0251 Ratings9.042 Ratings8.4296 Ratings
    Management Reporting9.1259 Ratings8.947 Ratings8.4309 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting8.7233 Ratings8.150 Ratings9.0319 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting8.6207 Ratings9.035 Ratings8.5249 Ratings
    XBRL support for regulatory filing9.524 Ratings9.920 Ratings7.199 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Prophix and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Vena
    Feature
    Prophix
    8.3
    244 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    8.2
    31 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Vena
    8.3
    262 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Personalized dashboards8.2228 Ratings8.426 Ratings8.2223 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards8.5162 Ratings8.020 Ratings9.1169 Ratings
    KPIs8.0178 Ratings8.624 Ratings8.5195 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis8.3172 Ratings8.322 Ratings8.0209 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting8.5147 Ratings8.022 Ratings8.2191 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data8.4106 Ratings8.014 Ratings7.9147 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of Prophix and Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik and Vena
    Feature
    Prophix
    8.5
    263 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik
    9.2
    47 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Vena
    8.1
    320 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Flat file integration8.6212 Ratings9.239 Ratings7.8260 Ratings
    Excel data integration8.5228 Ratings9.145 Ratings9.0300 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources8.4202 Ratings9.231 Ratings7.6237 Ratings
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    8.3
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    8.7
    (18 ratings)
    8.9
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    9.4
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    7.3
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    8.7
    (10 ratings)
    Performance
    8.8
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    9.1
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    8.4
    (9 ratings)
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    8.0
    (123 ratings)
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    8.9
    (106 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.1
    (12 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.3
    (15 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    4.0
    (20 ratings)
    5.5
    (3 ratings)
    8.2
    (10 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
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    9.1
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    9.0
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    8.0
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    Product Scalability
    8.3
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    9.1
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    8.5
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    7.5
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    7.3
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    7.8
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    8.2
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    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    ProphixWolters Kluwer CCH® TagetikVena
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Prophix Software
    Prophix is best suited if you have a very extensive budgeting process that currently relies on multiple Excel spreadsheets. It is also great if you have on-prem tools that may no longer be supported for reporting. It may not be appropriate if you require an unlimited number of mid-tier users, as it can be very expensive annually. It's definitely not a cheap tool, but the cost can at least be optimized based on users' use cases. In both organizations I've worked for that use it, cost has been mentioned.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    Scenarios where CCH Tagetik is suitable is when a company have large amounts of data and want to transform, consolidate, store and produce reporting in different year, period etc with complex calculations and allocation. Tagetik is the tool for you in this case and it's very flexible in terms of creating your own business rule, calculation and reporting options with a user friendly interface. I have not thought about scenarios where it is not appropriate to use tagetik yet as the tool covers small and large business financial needs
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    Vena Solutions
    Using Vena's tools for budgeting, forecasting, and budget variance reports, I have saved hundreds of hours of work, and that increases every year. Vena is perfect when there is a single report template that needs to go to every manager with their own department's data - rather than manually copying and pasting each of them, I create a template in Vena and assign security settings to show each manager only their data. No individual emailing needed either; I just let everyone know their report is in Vena. Days of work are now reduced to hours. When doing forecasting, all the budget and actual data is easily available and can be referenced by other reports. Vena eliminates needing to keep multiple Excel sheets in sync and manually updating each one when a change is made. All I need to do is click Refresh, and it's done.
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    Pros
    Prophix Software
    • Reporting - single report that can be opened by multiple users, each will see only aspect specific to them based on their security access.
    • Budgeting - workflow driven budget data collection, visibility of its current status, ability to take action to ensure timely completion. Ability to snapshot budget data at a point in time. Ability to perform what-if scenarios.
    • Forecasting - as above with added benefit of either reusing budget level of grain or forecasting at high level.
    • Granular planning - ability to create unlimited number of subsidiary models to assist with the planning process. Non-financial data collected during budget/forecast process help with operation planning and variance analysis.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    • Processes are clearly described in CCH Tagetik ; users can easily find where they are and which action they have to make
    • Interaction with Excel is really fluid ; the Excel add-in is easy to deploy and to updgrade, in the hand of users. It is reliable provided the internet connection is fast.
    • Managing hierachies is obvious in CCH Tagetik. Hierarchies are fundamental for a good reporting ; CCH Tagetik has obviously a deep experience of this feature.
    • SaaS : our experience with CCH Tagetik is of only 1 year, but it technically performs well, the system is reponsive, no shut-down, and updates (every quarter) do not disturb production.
    • AIH seems to be able to manage very large quantity of data, and to provide advanced analysis functionalities. We did not have time to explore them.
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    Vena Solutions
    • The Admin function of Vena, being able to set up the users in the user categories and the different groups and assigning the groups and the task bindings, is particularly easy and very helpful because as we have so many different departments and disciplines in our organization, we do need to establish pretty specific user access so this process works really well for us.
    • Running reports in Vena is fairly easy, and we do enjoy being able to just push a button and get some budget versus actuals.
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    Cons
    Prophix Software
    • Ability to filter report views for report binder without creating duplicate reports.
    • More extensive documentation and examples in the ProCalc library.
    • More ProCalc functions that deal with the time dimension and allow functions that can utilize the system date. So if it is day 8 of the month.
    • Ability to save company color scheme for use in reporting.
    • Would like to create a link between the account dimension and another dimension so I can easily report on account properties. For example, an account property could be columns in a report.
    • Would like to see the ability to have a report view on a dashboard. The tables are poorly formatted, and I’d like more formatting ability.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    • Online help and manual is a bonus but could be improved e.g. the clarity of English explanations.
    • Improved Excel compatibility e.g. formula driven reporting and dash boarding.
    • Mobile phone connectivity e.g. launching a consolidation from a Wolters Kluwer CCH® Tagetik app.
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    Vena Solutions
    • Create an bottom-line functionality.
    • Have another license between power user and contributor that allows building reports that aren't ad hoc, but don't have all the admin rights of a power user.
    • Have a session on best in class Workforce Planning prior to implementation.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Prophix Software
    The system works well for us, and meets all of our needs. All of our future plans can and will be achieved within Prophix, so there is no need to pursue another product. Prophix has continuously proven to improve their product over the years, which provides an even higher level of confidence in this tool, and future developments
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    Wolters Kluwer
    Because in my oppinion Wolters Kluwer CCH Tagetik is one of the most usable tools for consolidation, planning (controlling) and reporting. Its usability is quite easy and innovative. I like the data entry method for the customers with its workflow and tasks, quite easy way to implement a co pilot. And i like the reporting tool, with a lot of customization opportunities.
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    Vena Solutions
    Vena has become an integral part of finance and our daily process. Without it we would take longer to prepare results and decisions will be delayed. Vena has given the whole organization more visibility of results and budgets so that all departments participate more actively in managing their budgets rather than it being the sole responsibility of finance.
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    Usability
    Prophix Software
    I don't rate anybody a 10 because I believe there's always room for improvement, so I'll go with an 8. And I'm giving 8 because it has helped us do more than we were doing before, and I believe there's still room for improvement.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    Surprisingly, this platform is a powerhouse ERP system. However, given time, when more and more organization is able to identify how powerful this tool can be, CCH Tagetik is able to stand as a competitive advantage to many of the Financial industry of today. Although, it needs time to understand the logic behind how CCH Tagetik is formed and setup, once it is known to the user, it is an easy day to day operations with minimal maintenance.
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    Vena Solutions
    I love this product. We integrate all of our financial needs between finance and the operations team so that we have real time data being looked at all of the time. Our operations can reach out and be able to discuss possible issues or variances at any time of the month and leads us to be able to have smoother month end closes.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Prophix Software
    There have been very few times that Prophix has not been available and we have been informed ahead of time. The only issue that we have is when we update cubes or import information and run processes during working hours which stops access for a short period of time but this is more about our processes than Prophix.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    CCH Tagetik has alwyas been there in case we need help. In almost 20 years of commercial relationship, I have no evidence of times in which they were not available to answer a question or to solve an issue linked to their products, timely and efficiently.
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    Vena Solutions
    Vena is seemingly always available. They plan maintenance windows well in advance and always off hours (typically over a weekend) and communicate clearly throughout maintenance about what will be affected. Over 5 years of using the product, I can only remember one time when the platform was unavailable (I believe due to an underlying server hosting issue from their provider), and they resolved the issue and had everything up and running again within 8 hours.
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    Performance
    Prophix Software
    Prophix has always performed consistently. We are using on-premise so many factors can contribute to slower than desired performance, most having nothing to do with Prophix itself. If we move to the web-client cloud based solution I believe performance will even be better.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    As you can see, speed depends on the applications but also on the hardware that runs them. As far as CCH Tagetik improved, we saw the benefit of a cloud-based solution which could solve many speed performance issues.
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    Vena Solutions
    The performance is dependent on how much data and calculations are involved and how complex the security settings are. A simple template or report loads in seconds. A complex template or report can take a while. If there are many users with complex security settings, that will be a factor in the load time.
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    Support Rating
    Prophix Software
    We’ve gotten moved around a lot and so we don’t always know our pod people. Also when we book sessions with a random person it seems like we have to take the first 15-20 minutes explaining our system and process.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    I got very quick respons. After very little mail iterations, they decided to have online meeting to look together with me to the issue. They tried to solve it during the meeting. I had the impression that the customer care person really knew the system and was able to ask help from other colleagues when needed
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    Vena Solutions
    If I had to rate the overall support for Vena based on my experiences, I would give it a 9 out of 10. The support team is very responsive, providing best assistance during both the implementation phase and ongoing use of the Vena. They have been proactive in offering training resources and addressing me very well, which significantly enhances the user experience and overall satisfaction with the Vena.
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    In-Person Training
    Prophix Software
    Training is essential for this software to be successful for any company. We unfortunately had a bad implementation and training manager so I can say with confidence that if we had the CSM we have now - we would be light years ahead of our knowledge of the system. I highly suggest taking all training opportunities and not rushing the implementation training
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    Wolters Kluwer
    At the official deployment of the original product Controlling and Accounting teams went to Lucca and were walked through the product, Excel usage, Design, ETL run
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    Vena Solutions
    This is the best way to learn and buy-in. The in person effect gives students both a hands on approach but an instruction to be there to customize assistance and understanding. In person also builds greater buy in with your future team on creators. However if your audience is better at on line learning this is another good option.
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    Online Training
    Prophix Software
    We used our system and created a test cube to work with our own data. We ran through the different functions of Prophix and covered alot of material. We did two sessions a week, with homework tasks assigned. We were able to ask questions and cover any questions during the followup sessions.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    several times since the deployment of the product in 2013 we got on-line training on new functions or on very specific questions/issues (e.g. ETL customisation), followed by the usage of the Learning Hub since 2025
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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
    Prophix Software
    Prophix Consulting should bring, in house, chargeable expertise in Oracle EBS table access for Drill Across and provide reasonable limits on dimension member combinations so there are no unreasonable expectations about the application of multi dimensional cubes to detail, such as revenue by product and customer.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    we did it in a coaching model. This allowed us to have 2 key advantages: we got to know the system very well and managed to save on the implementation cost. This worked well, was maybe a bit slower since we had to do this in our spare time. Nevertheless I strongly recommand
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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
    Prophix Software
    Prophix is so much easier to use that other platforms or products. It can be customized so much easier than other larger, more expensive products. I work for a small university where we have a small finance team and Prophix allows us to tailor reporting to emerging needs in real time without having to reconfigure clunky systems with expensive modifications
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    Wolters Kluwer
    I found the Excel piece of IBM Cognos TM1 to be easier to use than CCH Tagetik. It was much easier to customize the data being pulled and the feel of the reports because of that. Other than that, CCH Tagetik has been more user friendly than IBM Cognos TM1. Navigating within the application is much easier. IBM Cognos TM1 had a lot of issues with certain modules that could not be open concurrently; this would often lead to phantom data being entered in the system. I have not had these issues with CCH Tagetik.
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    Vena Solutions
    Prior to using Vena, I have worked with Excel-based budgeting and reporting processes, as well as other property management and financial reporting systems such as Yardi and Entrata. These tools provided access to financial data, but Vena has been more focused on streamlining budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis by centralizing information and improving collaboration.
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    Scalability
    Prophix Software
    Prophix is a capable tool of growing with an organization and the uses for different items in the software. Our organization was able to scale the product to lots of different end users and the needs of the departments. There are plenty of updates and features to grow and bring in new data.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    A good and performing scalability both on a geographical and a legal entity scale. The link with MS Office suite allows an easy deployment of the application, especially for contributors.
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    Vena Solutions
    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
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    Return on Investment
    Prophix Software
    • Prophix has made it possible to move away from some Excel reporting we were doing, which allows for 50% quicker reporting on a monthly basis.
    • Although it has saved us time, an improved PowerPoint feature that automatically updates our decks would save an additional 75% on top of what we already do.
    • Our Board Reporting has improved by 10 hours by moving our reports fully into Prophix.
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    Wolters Kluwer
    • Gave us a tool that can absolutely grow with us to help multi phase implementations.
    • A significant time savings in terms of the amount of time we used to spend running reports vs. the time we spend now. Unbelievable improvement.
    • Gives us the option to use CCH Tagetik to solve business problems that perhaps we didn't have when we implemented CCH Tagetik. It gives us options without the possibility of implementing a whole other software package.
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    Vena Solutions
    • Automated monthly financial statements saves us 3 hours a month.
    • Moving reporting away from IT has begun to save hours of IT involvement, which will only grow as we shift more reports to Vena. This frees up IT to work on more important IT initiatives.
    • Using budget templates saved hours of copy and paste time when gathering inputs from each department.
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    ScreenShots

    Prophix Screenshots

    Screenshot of Prophix One Portal: One single point of entry into Prophix One through its portal simplifies access and authentication but also allows seamless movement between applications.Screenshot of Chart Insights, one of the AI Insights capabilities that utilizes Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing to provide enhanced business awareness.  Chart Insights extends the important details contained within dashboards, and analyzes the complete dataset behind the dashboard, automatically surfacing the data relationships not obvious in dashboard visualizations alone. It then provides a summary of key performance metrics found buried within Prophix charts.  It also summarizes the important insights in plain English.Screenshot of Prophix One Financial Planning & Analysis: Prophix's self-serve dashboards and visualizations are directly integrated with data, workflow tasks, announcements, and external URLs and databases. Dashboard Studio helps users to be informed and make better business decisions.Screenshot of Detailed interactive charts and graphs that Prophix offers to uncover insights. Prophix’s visual analytics are linked directly to data with transaction details.  There is no need to input the numbers.  Prophix does this tedious work, automatically.Screenshot of Prophix’s Workflow Manager, used to assign tasks to users and facilitate approvals across the business.  Stakeholder input can be captured directly with the ability to add comments and notes in a single unified database.Screenshot of Cell Comments, that allow users to add supporting details like notes and attachments to data.  Since comments are stored with the data, they can be viewed in any template along with their trailing history. Cell Comment Reports can also be generated to show all comments from any data view in one convenient report.

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    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