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Vena

Overview

What is Vena?

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.

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Recent Reviews

Easy to use....

10 out of 10
March 13, 2024
Incentivized
Vena is currently being used by the Finance department with a potential to extending usage further out to other teams in the organization. …
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Vena Review

9 out of 10
March 09, 2024
Incentivized
We adopted Vena for the preparation of our 2024 budget. Previously we were using Excel spreadsheets, but needed a more streamlined …
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Great FP&A tool

10 out of 10
January 05, 2024
Incentivized
Vena is a fantastic tool for any organization and the Vena implementation team is really helpful. I think its a money well invested for …
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Vena Review

6 out of 10
December 29, 2023
Incentivized
Vena is being used on a day to day business to support any ad-hoc requests from the finance/accounting side and constantly updating …
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Awards

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Popular Features

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  • Excel-based Reporting (194)
    9.3
    93%
  • Financial budgeting (202)
    9.2
    92%
  • Management reporting (199)
    8.8
    88%
  • Forecasting (193)
    8.6
    86%

Reviewer Pros & Cons

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Video Reviews

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Vena Review: Proves To Be Financial Management Solution For Handling Multiple, Complex Accounts
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Pricing

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Professional

N/A

Cloud

Complete

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Cloud

Entry-level set up fee?

  • Setup fee optional
    Optional
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Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Features

BI Standard Reporting

Standard reporting means pre-built or canned reports available to users without having to create them.

8.7
Avg 8.0

Ad-hoc Reporting

Ad-Hoc Reports are reports built by the user to meet highly specific requirements.

8.1
Avg 8.3

Report Output and Scheduling

Ability to schedule and manager report output.

9
Avg 8.2

Data Discovery and Visualization

Data Discovery and Visualization is the analysis of multiple data sources in a search for patterns and outliers and the ability to represent the data visually.

8.1
Avg 7.6

Access Control and Security

Access control means being able to determine who has access to which data.

9.2
Avg 8.7

Mobile Capabilities

Support for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

9.1
Avg 8.0

Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting

These activities are designed to assist with both data-driven operational, short-term planning and strategic long term planning

8.7
Avg 8.3

Consolidation and Close

Consolidation of data from multiple entities with currency management, reporting and audit trails.

8.4
Avg 8.0

Financial Reporting and Compliance

Financial statements and regulatory filings

8.5
Avg 8.2

Analytics and Reporting

Dashboards and scorecards for KPI monitoring and benchmarking

8.7
Avg 8.0

Integration

Ability to integrate with external applications.

9
Avg 8.3
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Product Details

What is Vena?

Vena is a Native Excel Complete Planning Platform used for budgeting and forecasting, for business leaders and finance and operations professionals.


Vena boasts users among more than 1,350 companies such as Nike, Coca-Cola Consolidated and the Kansas City Chiefs. In addition, Vena works with over 100 Partners.

Vena Features

Budgeting, Planning, and Forecasting Features

  • Supported: Long-term financial planning
  • Supported: Financial budgeting
  • Supported: Forecasting
  • Supported: Scenario modeling
  • Supported: Management reporting

Consolidation and Close Features

  • Supported: Financial data consolidation
  • Supported: Journal entries and reports
  • Supported: Multi-currency management
  • Supported: Intercompany Eliminations
  • Supported: Minority Ownership
  • Supported: Local and consolidated reporting
  • Supported: Detailed Audit Trails

Financial Reporting and Compliance Features

  • Supported: Financial Statement Reporting
  • Supported: Management Reporting
  • Supported: Excel-based Reporting
  • Supported: Automated board and financial reporting
  • Supported: XBRL support for regulatory filing

Analytics and Reporting Features

  • Supported: Personalized dashboards
  • Supported: Color-coded scorecards
  • Supported: KPIs
  • Supported: Cost and profitability analysis
  • Supported: Key Performance Indicator setting
  • Supported: Benchmarking with external data

Integration Features

  • Supported: Flat file integration
  • Supported: Excel data integration
  • Supported: Direct links to 3rd-party data sources

BI Standard Reporting Features

  • Supported: Pixel Perfect reports
  • Supported: Customizable dashboards
  • Supported: Report Formatting Templates

Ad-hoc Reporting Features

  • Supported: Drill-down analysis
  • Supported: Formatting capabilities
  • Supported: Predictive modeling
  • Supported: Integration with R or other statistical packages
  • Supported: Report sharing and collaboration

Report Output and Scheduling Features

  • Supported: Publish to Web
  • Supported: Publish to PDF
  • Supported: Report Versioning
  • Supported: Report Delivery Scheduling

Data Discovery and Visualization Features

  • Supported: Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
  • Supported: Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
  • Supported: Predictive Analytics
  • Supported: Support for Machine Learning models
  • Supported: Pattern Recognition and Data Mining
  • Supported: Integration with R or other statistical packages

Access Control and Security Features

  • Supported: Multi-User Support (named login)
  • Supported: Role-Based Security Model
  • Supported: Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
  • Supported: Report-Level Access Control
  • Supported: Table-Level Access Control (BI-layer)
  • Supported: Field-Level Access Control (BI-layer)
  • Supported: Single Sign-On (SSO)

Mobile Capabilities Features

  • Supported: Responsive Design for Web Access
  • Supported: Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

Vena Screenshots

Screenshot of Operation Expenses - Predictive AnalysisScreenshot of Allocations DashboardScreenshot of Vena Add InScreenshot of Power BI DashboardScreenshot of Revenue and Sales PlanningScreenshot of Corporate Dashboard - Workforce PlanningScreenshot of Operational Expenses - Drill through analysisScreenshot of Operational Expenses Planning - Input Excel templateScreenshot of Operational Expenses - Drill through analysisScreenshot of Operational Expenses Planning - Input Excel template

Vena Videos

Introduction to Vena Complete Planning
Introduction to Budgeting in Vena Complete Planning
Vena for SaaS - Financial Reporting and Reporting Made Simple
Vena for Banks and Credit Unions - Budget, Forecast and Plan With Confidence

Vena Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationYou don't need to download an app or change a setting to use Vena on your mobile device: just open your browser, go to Vena (vena.io), and log in as you normally do. The Contributor interface is fully responsive, so it can adjust to any size screen, regardless of the type of device you have.
Supported CountriesUnited States of America, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, Europe
Supported LanguagesVena supports any localization capabilities already native within Excel. Vena Cloud supports English, Spanish, and French. If a specific language is required please don’t hesitate to ask.

Frequently Asked Questions

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.

Workday Adaptive Planning, Prophix, and Planful are common alternatives for Vena.

Reviewers rate Flat file integration highest, with a score of 9.4.

The most common users of Vena are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).

Vena Customer Size Distribution

Consumers0%
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)19%
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees)55%
Enterprises (more than 500 employees)26%
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Reviews and Ratings

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Reviews

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Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Vena works really well displaying data and organizing it based on division, region, year, period, etc... Where Vena falls short is displaying data based on customers. Our company has so many customers that Vena cannot process sorting by customers and our customer field is completely crowded. Vena's drill-down is a great tool that allows for quick discovery of what the numbers on the reports actually mean, but they, unfortunately, cannot display individual invoices which require a separate search.
Andrew McFarlane ✪ | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Vena is basically a supercharged Microsoft Excel add-on that ties to your database. This allows for infinite possibilities with your model building since most finance people are already proficient with Excel. It also allows you to build reports and lockdown every cell except for the ones that you want contributors (other non-admin users) to adjust. It helps you manage your workbooks in a way that is virtually foolproof so that people that use your sheet don't have to worry about breaking anything.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Vena is great for larger companies especially those that have multiple departments. For example, if numerous teams have to submit their budget numbers to the central finance team Vena would be very useful as it would help prevent human error and would help automate the submission process. Vena would probably be less suitable for smaller companies for this application but would still be useful for the purpose of financial process automation.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I've never looked back from leaving the budgeting system we had before Vena. It's been easy to "sell" Vena within my organization because it is Excel-based so most people, even with just basic Excel skills, can use the system with little training. I started with just 12 licenses and now I'm up to nearly 30. As NAMI has grown so too has our use of Vena; it's easy to scale Vena, i.e. adding programs or accounts or staff into the database is an easy process. I recommend Vena on a regular basis to other companies.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our forecasting used to be a manual process just using excel templates. We implemented Vena and were able to keep the same templates but add the specific Vena tools to get the template to pull the data. This made it possible to basically have no training for the users. We have been able to create reports that save us numerous hours.
January 06, 2022

Vena is great!

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I think it's great for organizations that need particular detailed models that only fit them. It's good for trying to build what you need. But I think you need someone to help you build the model and keep it updated. Vena just has the tools you need to create what you need, but it doesn't do it for you from my understanding. We have a staff member dedicated to updating Vena.
Tanay Pahwa | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Vena is certainly very well suited for financial purposes. It is good for creating financial reports, financial budgets and modelling. It reads transactions deeply which helps reduce time overall and reduces the burden greatly for the finance department. It is comparably easy to use which makes it a better choice over others.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Vena Solutions suits our needs as a hotel. There are thousands of financial transactions day in and day out, and managing them becomes crucial. The best part about Vena is that it can be used even by interns with minimal training. The Excel-like workspace is great and provides a familiar interface for carrying out basic financial record keeping.
December 14, 2020

Vena - A Godsend!

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Specific scenarios where Vena is well suited would be for financial reporting. Any financial reporting including forecasting/budgeting can be done quickly and accurately using Vena and templates you build. Scenarios where it's less appropriate would be aggregating loads of data to present in concise, user friendly format (Power BI more appreciate).
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Vena is well suited for companies of all sizes as the tool is very scalable to your business size. It performs exceptionally well in an environment that is currently using an excel based solution, as the users will be familiar with the tool and can use existing knowledge to develop robust reporting.
November 26, 2020

Vena for Excel lovers

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Well suited for teams with a strong knowledge of Excel and skills to admin a data base.
It is really well suited for an organization with a limited volume of data but I could see how the system would become slower and more difficult to manage for a company with many entities, large amount of transactions, etc.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
Overall, Vena has many great features and functions, and the Vena team is constantly improving the solution. The only scenarios where Vena is lacking is spreading data from a parent member to children. This can be accomplished with Vena, but it's a little more involved compared to other technologies.
October 21, 2020

Supercharge Your Data

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Vena allows for ease of complex reporting. Vena can implement with Power BI, another software crucial to our business. Vena allows finance to involve our operations staff especially in the budgetting process. It formalizes the budgetting process and adds ownership to it. We've been able to speed up our yearly budget process to deliver more effective budgets and save many man hours with manual work.
Jeremiah Adrian Howard Ross | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I can recommend it because it can connect very well with our ERP system and this is a great advantage. In addition, Vena Solutions allows us to optimize our entire financial and budget system, which generates a positive ROI after the first few months using it. It is true that it is complex for many users, but this problem is solved simply with training, so I do not consider that the difficulty of using it is a serious problem.
Charlotte Byrne Brown | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I recommend it without thinking twice because Vena is one of the best to keep a good budget control. It is predictive, maintains control of accounts and creates the best solutions for financial data recording problems. Vena Solutions is the most reliable budgeting software on the market today and that is why I feel very confident recommending it to all businesses.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I think if you have challenges creating your budgets, Vena can be a suitable solution. Where the existing budgetary process is extremely complex with lots of other ERPs and systems involved, it may be challenging to fully integrate Vena.
October 16, 2020

Review of Vena Solutions

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Vena Solutions is appropriate for:
- Detailed Excel-based financial models/reports
- Advanced-data modeling requirements
- Multiple processes

It is inappropriate for:
- Those who lack Excel knowledge or want to move away from Excel

October 16, 2020

Easy to deploy

Score 3 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
This is a great solution for a smaller to mid-sized company that does not have a large number of data points (tens of millions). Using Excel as the primary user interface helps with change management because users are already comfortable with that tool. It is less appropriate for very large companies, as there can be performance issues. And if you have a large number of users (100+) it becomes cumbersome to audit the security and manage the processes with that many tasks.
Radu Cocos | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Vena Solutions is well suited for companies that are looking for a dynamic ERP solution. The interface is well designed and relatively easy to use. Developing templates requires proficiency in Excel as well as a good understanding of how the database works. Vena works very well for the budgeting process; we have found it less useful in the month-end cycle.
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