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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Visier People

    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Visier aims to give organizations a "Workforce AI Edge:" A set of AI-powered capabilities that help leaders understand the relationship between people and work, elevate employee productivity, and win by adapting to change faster. The company offers people analytics, workforce planning, and compensation allocation. All Visier technology is underpinned by its Real-time People Data Platform, which uses AI to unlock the business-transforming potential of people data, work data, and the fusion…N/A
    Pricing
    VenaVisier People
    Editions & Modules
    Professional
    N/A
    Complete
    N/A
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    VenaVisier People
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThe Professional Plan is the most flexible way to get started quickly and can be added onto as a company grows. The plan includes: Vena Platform, Customer Success Manager, Standard Support and Customer Portal. Complete Plan includes everything in Professional, plus: Vena Insights, Premium Support, Sandbox Environment, and Expert Managed Services. For a limited time, new customers who use Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (Online) as their primary ERP can get a free year of Vena and 40% off implementation costs. Vena also offers special pricing for not for profit organizations. To learn more, speak to an expert.—
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    Features
    VenaVisier People
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Vena and Visier People
    Feature
    Vena
    7.9
    176 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Visier People
    -
    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports8.1110 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.1157 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.6167 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Vena and Visier People
    Feature
    Vena
    8.0
    290 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Visier People
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.3277 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.3277 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.4107 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.0247 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Vena and Visier People
    Feature
    Vena
    8.0
    232 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Visier People
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web7.6131 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF8.1170 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning8.1194 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.1171 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Vena and Visier People
    Feature
    Vena
    8.2
    160 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Visier People
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.7143 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.6117 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics7.5133 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining8.071 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Vena and Visier People
    Feature
    Vena
    8.4
    280 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Visier People
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.1265 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.4265 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.4266 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.5129 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)8.5205 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Vena and Visier People
    Feature
    Vena
    7.2
    142 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Visier People
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access6.9137 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.5122 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting
    Comparison of Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting features of Vena and Visier People
    Feature
    Vena
    8.4
    350 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Visier People
    -
    Ratings
    Long-term financial planning8.6317 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial budgeting8.7336 Ratings00 Ratings
    Forecasting8.6324 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scenario modeling8.0290 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management reporting8.2326 Ratings00 Ratings
    Consolidation and Close
    Comparison of Consolidation and Close features of Vena and Visier People
    Feature
    Vena
    7.2
    303 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Visier People
    -
    Ratings
    Financial data consolidation7.4263 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journal entries and reports6.9195 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-currency management6.8178 Ratings00 Ratings
    Intercompany Eliminations7.6175 Ratings00 Ratings
    Minority Ownership5.9125 Ratings00 Ratings
    Local and consolidated reporting7.3225 Ratings00 Ratings
    Detailed Audit Trails8.4265 Ratings00 Ratings
    Financial Reporting and Compliance
    Comparison of Financial Reporting and Compliance features of Vena and Visier People
    Feature
    Vena
    8.3
    330 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Visier People
    -
    Ratings
    Financial Statement Reporting8.4296 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management Reporting8.4309 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel-based Reporting9.0319 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated board and financial reporting8.5249 Ratings00 Ratings
    XBRL support for regulatory filing7.199 Ratings00 Ratings
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Vena and Visier People
    Feature
    Vena
    8.3
    262 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Visier People
    -
    Ratings
    Personalized dashboards8.2223 Ratings00 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards9.1169 Ratings00 Ratings
    KPIs8.5195 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cost and profitability analysis8.0209 Ratings00 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting8.2191 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data7.9147 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration
    Comparison of Integration features of Vena and Visier People
    Feature
    Vena
    8.1
    320 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Visier People
    -
    Ratings
    Flat file integration7.8260 Ratings00 Ratings
    Excel data integration9.0300 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct links to 3rd-party data sources7.6237 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workforce Analytics
    Comparison of Workforce Analytics features of Vena and Visier People
    Feature
    Vena
    -
    Ratings
    Visier People
    8.0
    50 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Automated data collection00 Ratings8.750 Ratings
    Data analysis00 Ratings8.750 Ratings
    Data integration00 Ratings8.650 Ratings
    Predictive analytics00 Ratings5.743 Ratings
    Benchmarking00 Ratings6.749 Ratings
    Report designer00 Ratings8.750 Ratings
    Pre-built content00 Ratings8.350 Ratings
    Data management00 Ratings8.748 Ratings
    Self-service insights00 Ratings8.048 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    VenaVisier People
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (347 ratings)
    8.7
    (52 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.9
    (26 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (39 ratings)
    8.7
    (9 ratings)
    Availability
    8.7
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.4
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.6
    (107 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.2
    (10 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.5
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    VenaVisier People
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Visier
    Visier People is well-suited for organizations that require the ability to record thorough information on analytics of the company, and to have the change of measuring training's productivity impact. The software isn't well-suited for those who tend to feature a lot of models into the software as the platform doesn't record/support most models, so some data isn't able to be recorded.
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    Pros
    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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    Visier
    • The database is very complete and detailed, thus being able to enhance a deep analysis of each user.
    • The Visier dashboard is extremely attractive and friendly, helping staff understand every detail of the analyzes conducted on the company's workforce.
    • Despite not being a great and complete solution to work with HR within this platform, however, data can be shared to exchange information between the head of each department of the company and HR staff and to speed up the analysis process and determine what to do with a low-performing employee.
    • It excellently determines the productivity of each employee and also determines risk by monitoring patterns and behavior.
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    Cons
    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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    Visier
    • Visier is a people analytics tool, so all data points are tied to employees. It can be difficult to analyze data points that aren't tied to employees (e.g., certain job data) since the data is driven by people metrics.
    • Visier releases updates quarterly. While this cadence does provide room for updates and enhances to be implemented in the tool throughout the year, other software providers operate on a more continuous update schedule.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Visier
    It is a software with great resources, it increases the possibility that the entire workforce is productive, it gives us quick answers, it is the most powerful workforce analysis software that exists so far.
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    Usability
    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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    Visier
    Visier People makes it very easy for all end users to go in and see, pull, or dig in to their data where previously my team would have to pull or schedule a report of the data to each user. It is also very fast in updating charts/analyses when changing or adding filters, which makes the ease of use better. Last, the charts and analyses are very visually appeasing, making users want to use the platform more.
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    Reliability and Availability
    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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    Visier
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    Performance
    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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    Visier
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    Visier
    No answers on this topic
    In-Person Training
    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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    Visier
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    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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    Visier
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    Implementation Rating
    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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    Visier
    Visier can move as quickly or as slowly as the client needs. The topic-by-topic approach separates the project in clear phases and allows for focus on specific data. Depending on the size of the implementation team, implementation could move more rapidly if the subject matter experts are responsible for the individual topic data sets.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Visier
    Visier People has a user-friendly interface and easy-to-use virtualization as compared to other similar tools available in the market. It also provides multiple prebuild templates for HR and workforce analytics which reduces the time and effort required for manual implementation. It can seamlessly be integrated with other ranges of HR and business systems to make it easier for organizations to centralize the workforce and HR data for analysis.
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    Scalability
    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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    Visier
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    Return on Investment
    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.
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    Visier
    • In one case, we were able to realize a 25% reduction in turnover in a key job group by leveraging the insights we derived from Visier workforce analytics.
    • In one case, we were able to identify key turnover trends that would place a business' strategy at risk (due to the fact that turnover was in revenue-generating roles).
    • In both businesses I've used Visier, we were able to significantly reduce manual reporting (by more than 80%), enabling our data analysts to do more consultative work (vs. query generating work) with HR business partners.
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    ScreenShots

    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

    Visier People Screenshots

    Screenshot of Visier People: Learning helps make sense of the complex learning landscape.  Visier People helps spot trends in the sea of records from micro-learning and self-sourced learning activities being pursued by a workforce, and gives shape to the thousands of xAPI statements from LRS. The platform centralizes learning records and identifies which sources are producing the most compelling training to understand the full impact of all a workforce's learning activity.Screenshot of Visier People: Organization provides foundational insights for the organization around employee demographics, diversity, organizational structure, starts, and exits - as well as benchmarking against other Visier organizations with Visier Benchmark’s 10 million+ employee records.Screenshot of Visier People: Workforce helps find the optimal balance when an organization is powered by the hourly worker. Unifying labor data - time, pay, safety, productivity - Visier People helps to discover how hours worked, productivity, and employees’ well-being connect together. Users can then take action on insights into absenteeism, case management, overtime, and worker safety.