Easy to use....
March 13, 2024

Easy to use....

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Vena

Vena is currently being used by the Finance department with a potential to extending usage further out to other teams in the organization. Vena is used for producing reports and outputs for various stakeholders; internal and external. Additionally, Vena is currently used for processes including period end, budgeting and forecasting.
  • Real time data refresh - reports are updated immediately; no lag
  • Link to the excel - useful for combining the offline and Vena functionality of excel
  • Dimension management - easy to update and maintain
  • Large and complex files are slow to open and save
  • Vena users are self sufficient to adapt and create output based on needs
  • Time saving; easy to use system
Vena has remained in contact to ensure there is support available in any way that's needed by the organization.

Do you think Vena delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Vena's feature set?

Yes

Did Vena live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Vena go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Vena again?

Yes

Great reporting tool; straightforward to self-maintain the dimensional data.
Could be made simpler for versioning scenarios by applying a logic to data contained within a scenario for example.

Vena Feature Ratings

Long-term financial planning
7
Financial budgeting
7
Forecasting
7
Scenario modeling
6
Management reporting
8
Financial data consolidation
9
Journal entries and reports
Not Rated
Multi-currency management
Not Rated
Intercompany Eliminations
Not Rated
Minority Ownership
Not Rated
Local and consolidated reporting
8
Detailed Audit Trails
Not Rated
Financial Statement Reporting
10
Management Reporting
9
Excel-based Reporting
9
Automated board and financial reporting
8
Personalized dashboards
Not Rated
Color-coded scorecards
Not Rated
KPIs
Not Rated
Cost and profitability analysis
Not Rated
Key Performance Indicator setting
Not Rated
Benchmarking with external data
Not Rated
Flat file integration
8
Excel data integration
9
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
Not Rated
Pixel Perfect reports
Not Rated
Customizable dashboards
Not Rated
Report Formatting Templates
Not Rated
Drill-down analysis
Not Rated
Formatting capabilities
7
Integration with R or other statistical packages
Not Rated
Report sharing and collaboration
8
Publish to Web
Not Rated
Publish to PDF
Not Rated
Report Versioning
Not Rated
Report Delivery Scheduling
7
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
Not Rated
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
Not Rated
Predictive Analytics
Not Rated
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining
Not Rated
Multi-User Support (named login)
Not Rated
Role-Based Security Model
7
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
7
Report-Level Access Control
Not Rated
Single Sign-On (SSO)
7
Responsive Design for Web Access
Not Rated
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
Not Rated