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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Salesforce Data 360

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ASalesforce Data 360 (formerly Salesforce Data Cloud, or Salesforce Genie) is a solution to put data to work for customers. It is deeply embedded in the Einstein 1 Platform, which means any external data lake or warehouse can now drive actions and workflows inside of the Salesforce CRM.

    $108,000

    per year per org

    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
    Pricing
    Salesforce Data 360Vena
    Editions & Modules
    Data Cloud for Marketing
    $108000
    per year per org
    Professional
    N/A
    Complete
    N/A
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Salesforce Data 360Vena
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—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
    Salesforce Data 360Vena
    Considered Both Products
    Salesforce
    No answer on this topic
    Vena Solutions
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    315 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    279 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    12 Answers
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    320 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    220 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    84%
    Implementation went as expected
    227 Answers
    Features
    Salesforce Data 360Vena
    Data Source Connection
    Comparison of Data Source Connection features of Salesforce Data 360 and Vena
    Feature
    Salesforce Data 360
    8.0
    9 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Vena
    -
    Ratings
    Connect to traditional data sources8.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Connecto to Big Data and NoSQL7.96 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Transformations
    Comparison of Data Transformations features of Salesforce Data 360 and Vena
    Feature
    Salesforce Data 360
    7.9
    10 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Vena
    -
    Ratings
    Simple transformations8.810 Ratings00 Ratings
    Complex transformations7.110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Modeling
    Comparison of Data Modeling features of Salesforce Data 360 and Vena
    Feature
    Salesforce Data 360
    7.9
    10 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Vena
    -
    Ratings
    Data model creation8.310 Ratings00 Ratings
    Metadata management7.89 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business rules and workflow8.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration7.710 Ratings00 Ratings
    Testing and debugging7.510 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Governance
    Comparison of Data Governance features of Salesforce Data 360 and Vena
    Feature
    Salesforce Data 360
    7.0
    10 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Vena
    -
    Ratings
    Integration with data quality tools7.510 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with MDM tools6.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Salesforce Data 360 and Vena
    Feature
    Salesforce Data 360
    -
    Ratings
    Vena
    7.9
    176 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.1110 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.1157 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.6167 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Salesforce Data 360 and Vena
    Feature
    Salesforce Data 360
    -
    Ratings
    Vena
    8.0
    291 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.3278 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.2278 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.5107 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.0248 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Salesforce Data 360 and Vena
    Feature
    Salesforce Data 360
    -
    Ratings
    Vena
    8.0
    233 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings7.6131 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.0171 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings8.1195 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.1171 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Salesforce Data 360 and Vena
    Feature
    Salesforce Data 360
    -
    Ratings
    Vena
    8.2
    161 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.7144 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.6118 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.6133 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings8.171 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Salesforce Data 360 and Vena
    Feature
    Salesforce Data 360
    -
    Ratings
    Vena
    8.4
    281 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.1266 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.4266 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.4267 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.5130 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.5206 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Salesforce Data 360 and Vena
    Feature
    Salesforce Data 360
    -
    Ratings
    Vena
    7.2
    142 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings6.9137 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.5122 Ratings
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Salesforce Data 360 and Vena
    Feature
    Salesforce Data 360
    -
    Ratings
    Vena
    8.4
    351 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Long-term financial planning00 Ratings8.5318 Ratings
    Financial budgeting00 Ratings8.7337 Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings8.6325 Ratings
    Scenario modeling00 Ratings8.0291 Ratings
    Management reporting00 Ratings8.2327 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Salesforce Data 360 and Vena
    Feature
    Salesforce Data 360
    -
    Ratings
    Vena
    7.2
    304 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Financial data consolidation00 Ratings7.4263 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports00 Ratings7.0196 Ratings
    Multi-currency management00 Ratings6.8178 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations00 Ratings7.7175 Ratings
    Minority Ownership00 Ratings5.9125 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting00 Ratings7.3225 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails00 Ratings8.4266 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Salesforce Data 360 and Vena
    Feature
    Salesforce Data 360
    -
    Ratings
    Vena
    8.3
    331 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Financial Statement Reporting00 Ratings8.4297 Ratings
    Management Reporting00 Ratings8.4310 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting00 Ratings9.0320 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting00 Ratings8.5250 Ratings
    XBRL support for regulatory filing00 Ratings7.199 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Salesforce Data 360 and Vena
    Feature
    Salesforce Data 360
    -
    Ratings
    Vena
    8.3
    263 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Personalized dashboards00 Ratings8.1224 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings9.1170 Ratings
    KPIs00 Ratings8.5196 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis00 Ratings8.0210 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings8.2192 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings7.9147 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of Salesforce Data 360 and Vena
    Feature
    Salesforce Data 360
    -
    Ratings
    Vena
    8.1
    321 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Flat file integration00 Ratings7.8261 Ratings
    Excel data integration00 Ratings8.9301 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources00 Ratings7.6238 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Salesforce Data 360Vena
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (12 ratings)
    8.6
    (348 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (26 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (12 ratings)
    8.7
    (39 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (10 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (107 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (5 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (10 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (9 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Salesforce Data 360Vena
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Salesforce
    Great tool for client management, sales tracking, cases studies. Using is as the source of truth for all client communication. Allowing more integration options for cc and ACH payments. Right now the options are limited and only integrate with strict processing capabilities that are not always in the businesses best interest.
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    Vena Solutions
    It is well suited for planning, budgeting, and forecasting. Using its capabilities also allows you to use it for reporting, whether it's month-end reporting or other reporting where you want to rely on data from a source that can be nicely presented and adjusted in Excel.
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    Pros
    Salesforce
    • Allows use to bring external data into Salesforce as zero-copy
    • Is able to present data using standard Salesforce reports familiar to our users
    • Allows us to establish multiple relationships between our CRM data and the external data to contextualize the imported data.
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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
    Salesforce
    • pricing or costing visibilty, we can't estimate what would be consumption this month and suddenly we get surprised
    • CI/CD can be improved, that looks a difficult and hard
    • Also sandbox comes with many limitation so very hard to replicate production like environment to test
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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
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Salesforce
    Most of the daily use features, are very usr friendly, intuitive, every end user can learn how to manage and operate basic activities such as enter information, send an email, send a campaign, create an email marketing template, run a report on the renewals for the month, open and close a support case, create new account or a new contact, etc
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    Vena Solutions
    Vena is somehow easy to manipulate. If you want to map accounts, or change mapping. there are clear instructions and guidance. and also Vena AI is on the way, so i think we can leverage it more and let AI help us mapping and check errors. overall a very good product and easy to learn and set up.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    Vena Solutions
    When I reach out to our support team, they are always able to fix any issues we are having in a timely manner. It is always resolved quickly which proves that customer support always helps out our support team with any issues so they can in turn help us quickly
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    In-Person Training
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Salesforce
    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
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Salesforce
    we have evaluated Snowflake, adobe rt-cdp as well. They also offer a very strong capabilities but the Data 360 is more suitable for us because of the same Salesforce ecosystem. The main key factor is without any custom code we were able to include it into our automations. And ofcourse with agentforce already in plans, we had to pick Data 360
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    Vena Solutions
    Previously used Synario for long-term forecasting. Ultimately moved to Vena for this to keep budgeting and forecasting together in a single solution. Vena's system is much easier to learn on the admin side since it is Excel-based so the transition was pretty simple. Previously used Jenzabar with JICS for budgeting. Vena's budget system is more user-friendly for end users and more flexible so it works better for our specific needs. Vena's reporting system is easier to use and customize.
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    Scalability
    Salesforce
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Salesforce
    • Salesforce Data Cloud has a positive impact on me as a realtor because it is easy to generate reports on customer data and see what is needed to be bumped to the next level. We have to earn a certain commission by the end of the year and it makes it easy to see how close you are
    • It has a positive impact on keeping track of customers because it is nice to have it all in one place which is a nice time saver
    • I like that you can even see customer info from other agents making it nice to compare and try and pass others
    • Makes the customers journey smooth sailing because everything is in one place
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    Vena Solutions
    • Vena has helped save time by reducing the manual work involved with budgeting, reporting, and variance analysis. Instead of spending as much time organizing data and reconciling spreadsheets, I can focus more on reviewing results and making informed decisions. It has improved collaboration between teams and provided better visibility into financial performance, creating more efficient processes overall.
    Incentivized
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    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