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    UiPath Automation Platform

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AUiPath's agentic platform combines the company's Robotic Process Automation (RPA) solution for automating repetitive tasks with agentic automation. By unifying agentic AI, automation, BPM, and process intelligence, the platform gives organizations control to design, run, and optimize new agentic processes.

    $25

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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
    Pricing
    UiPath Automation PlatformVena
    Editions & Modules
    Automation Cloud Basic
    $25
    per month 1 user, 1 basic platform tier
    Automation Cloud Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Enterprise Medium Business
    Contact Sales
    Automation Cloud Standard
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    Automation Cloud Basic
    starting at $25
    per month 1 user, 1 basic platform tier
    Automation Suite
    Contact Sales
    Professional
    N/A
    Complete
    N/A
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    UiPath Automation PlatformVena
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    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
    UiPath Automation PlatformVena
    Considered Both Products
    UiPath
    No answer on this topic
    Vena Solutions
    Chose Vena
    We found Vena to be much more intuitive and easy to leverage with our existing models and templates we've built in Excel already. It allowed our finance and ops teams to get traction and value from the solution much faster than we felt the other CPM solutions we looked at.
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    Chose Vena
    Vena Solutions is much better than its alternatives in terms of usability, quality of tools and quality of technical support.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    96%
    Would buy again
    315 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    279 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    97 Answers
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    320 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    78 Answers
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    220 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    95 Answers
    84%
    Implementation went as expected
    227 Answers
    Features
    UiPath Automation PlatformVena
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of UiPath Automation Platform and Vena
    Feature
    UiPath Automation Platform
    -
    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 UiPath Automation Platform and Vena
    Feature
    UiPath Automation Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Vena
    8.0
    290 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.3277 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.3277 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.4107 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.0247 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of UiPath Automation Platform and Vena
    Feature
    UiPath Automation Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Vena
    8.0
    232 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings7.6131 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.1170 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings8.1194 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.1171 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of UiPath Automation Platform and Vena
    Feature
    UiPath Automation Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Vena
    8.2
    160 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings8.7143 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.6117 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.5133 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings8.071 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of UiPath Automation Platform and Vena
    Feature
    UiPath Automation Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Vena
    8.4
    280 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.1265 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.4265 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.4266 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.5129 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.5205 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of UiPath Automation Platform and Vena
    Feature
    UiPath Automation Platform
    -
    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 UiPath Automation Platform and Vena
    Feature
    UiPath Automation Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Vena
    8.4
    350 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Long-term financial planning00 Ratings8.6317 Ratings
    Financial budgeting00 Ratings8.7336 Ratings
    Forecasting00 Ratings8.6324 Ratings
    Scenario modeling00 Ratings8.0290 Ratings
    Management reporting00 Ratings8.2326 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of UiPath Automation Platform and Vena
    Feature
    UiPath Automation Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Vena
    7.2
    303 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Financial data consolidation00 Ratings7.4263 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports00 Ratings6.9195 Ratings
    Multi-currency management00 Ratings6.8178 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations00 Ratings7.6175 Ratings
    Minority Ownership00 Ratings5.9125 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting00 Ratings7.3225 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails00 Ratings8.4265 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of UiPath Automation Platform and Vena
    Feature
    UiPath Automation Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Vena
    8.3
    330 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Financial Statement Reporting00 Ratings8.4296 Ratings
    Management Reporting00 Ratings8.4309 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting00 Ratings9.0319 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting00 Ratings8.5249 Ratings
    XBRL support for regulatory filing00 Ratings7.199 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of UiPath Automation Platform and Vena
    Feature
    UiPath Automation Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Vena
    8.3
    262 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Personalized dashboards00 Ratings8.2223 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards00 Ratings9.1169 Ratings
    KPIs00 Ratings8.5195 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis00 Ratings8.0209 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting00 Ratings8.2191 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data00 Ratings7.9147 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of UiPath Automation Platform and Vena
    Feature
    UiPath Automation Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Vena
    8.1
    320 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Flat file integration00 Ratings7.8260 Ratings
    Excel data integration00 Ratings9.0300 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources00 Ratings7.6237 Ratings
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    Score8.4 out of 10
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    Score7.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    UiPath Automation PlatformVena
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (195 ratings)
    8.6
    (347 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    8.9
    (26 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    8.7
    (39 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (10 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.4
    (9 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (82 ratings)
    8.6
    (107 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (10 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (9 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    UiPath Automation PlatformVena
    Likelihood to Recommend
    UiPath
    UiPath Automation Platform is well-suited for automating repetitive and time-consuming tasks such as invoice processing, data entry, and report generation. By using UiPath Automation Platform, employees can focus on more strategic tasks, which leads to increased efficiency. Additionally, UiPath Automation Platform is highly effective at automating rule-based processes, such as financial processes like bank statement reconciliation, account payable, and account receivable processes that follow a set of predetermined rules.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    UiPath
    • UiPath is very simple to learn.
    • Any type of application can be automated (Desktop Application, Web Application and also applications reachable only via remote technologies such as Citrix, Remote Desktop and so on).
    • The writing of a process code takes place entirely through the use of objects. In the event that there were no objects capable of solving a particular problem, it is possible to use some languages of the .net platform such as: VB.net, C#.
    • It is easy to scale the solution by adding more robots to run a process in case the solution requires more performance in the future.
    • It can also be used by functional analysts to design the flow to be automated.
    • An academy is available online where basic and advanced courses can be taken. It is also possible to take a completely free basic certification.
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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
    UiPath
    • As I mentioned, Excel automation is not very effective, there are a number of packages to add, but there is nothing as smooth as a good macro.
    • Working with selectors is certainly challenging and UiPath does a good job with that, but there is room for improvement since the interface could be smarter in selecting the right attributes and warn the user if something is not properly setup.
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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
    UiPath
    This platform has so much potential and have been garnering a lot of attention by proving benefits in terms of saving operational and manpower costs. I am sure with minute efforts we were able to achieve our ROI and the same is the case with many of our customers whom we have been working around Digital Automation initiatives.
    Incentivized
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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
    UiPath
    There are two main reasons with this rating 1. UiPath Automation Platform requires the old school type of Change Weather management, Which actually eats a lot of time to manage and roll out the recent changes. There is not something kind of CI/CD when you are developing the things With UiPath Automation Platform. 2. Very high development and maintenance cost, which actually decrease its usability.
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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
    UiPath
    Its a cloud based platform which is easily available and used
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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
    UiPath
    It has proved and provided good performance across platforms and technologies.
    Incentivized
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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
    UiPath
    UiPath RPA has an exceptional studio interface. It has been a year and so since I am using UiPath RPA. Whether it is some my personal task to scrape information & links from the Journal or find a specific character string from multiple PDF collection using OCR, UiPath RPA has made its roots to our technological ecosystem
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    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
    UiPath
    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
    UiPath
    Video material supported by text. The training has evolved a lot in the past 3 years to become more attractive. Specific training tracks exist for the different roles in RPA development, where everyone is expected to learn basic development.
    Incentivized
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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
    UiPath
    The implementation was quick and practical
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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
    UiPath
    As compared to other products, we require programming knowledge and concepts to work but UiPath is for everyone. It provides us extensive event logging at various stages and effective exception handling for applications and business. It increases our agility and enhances the overall productivity further by using the source control SVC. The solution that we implemented is also very scalable in terms of incorporating new requirements.
    The open source tools require lots of IT effort in order to set up and maintain over time. UiPath is like a complete package and customer service is also active in terms of solving issues arising while automating procession on a day to day basis.
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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
    UiPath
    It can be widely used across various departments regardless of platform the product,processes, use cases are build on.
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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
    UiPath
    • We are well on our way to automating our expenses, saving so many hours for project managers and engagement managers.
    • Proofs-of-concept excite our clients, though we are yet to make a sale on a project.
    • UiPath specifically has incited interest with our apprentices and has led them to join the RPA team.
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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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