Vena makes your planning easy
Updated May 09, 2022

Vena makes your planning easy

Nicolas LEFEVRE | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review

Overall Satisfaction with Vena

Vena Solutions provides a complete EPM solution for companies looking for a financial, reporting, operational tool that is integrated with Excel. With Vena Solutions, you can plan, produce reporting, share, and communicate with all departments within a single solution.
  • Excel embedded
  • Easy access via a website
  • Sharing with all departments
  • Predictive capacity
  • More data source connectors
  • Ability to input data at every level of the hierarchies

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

  • More analysis
  • More flexibility
More flexible and Excel embedded
Cloud Solution
SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)
Vena Solutions is well suited to:
Financial planning
Forecast and rolling forecast
Financial Consolidation
Headcount planning
Salaries follow-up
Sales target

Vena Feature Ratings

Long-term financial planning
9
Financial budgeting
10
Forecasting
9
Scenario modeling
9
Management reporting
9
Financial data consolidation
8
Journal entries and reports
7
Multi-currency management
8
Intercompany Eliminations
7
Minority Ownership
7
Local and consolidated reporting
8
Detailed Audit Trails
9
Financial Statement Reporting
9
Management Reporting
9
Excel-based Reporting
10
Automated board and financial reporting
Not Rated
XBRL support for regulatory filing
Not Rated
Personalized dashboards
8
Color-coded scorecards
8
KPIs
8
Cost and profitability analysis
8
Key Performance Indicator setting
8
Benchmarking with external data
Not Rated
Flat file integration
10
Excel data integration
10
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
5
Pixel Perfect reports
9
Customizable dashboards
9
Report Formatting Templates
9
Drill-down analysis
8
Formatting capabilities
9
Integration with R or other statistical packages
Not Rated
Report sharing and collaboration
8
Publish to Web
8
Publish to PDF
8
Report Versioning
8
Report Delivery Scheduling
8
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
6
Multi-User Support (named login)
10
Role-Based Security Model
10
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
10
Single Sign-On (SSO)
10
Responsive Design for Web Access
Not Rated
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
Not Rated

Vena Solutions Attributes

Every time I open a ticket to Vena Support, the answer is quick and helpful.

Evaluating Vena and Competitors

  • Product Features
  • Product Usability

Vena Support

ProsCons
Quick Resolution
Good followup
Knowledgeable team
Problems get solved
Kept well informed
No escalation required
Immediate help available
Support understands my problem
Support cares about my success
Quick Initial Response
None

Using Vena

ProsCons
Like to use
Relatively simple
Easy to use
Technical support not required
Well integrated
Consistent
Quick to learn
Convenient
Feel confident using
Familiar
None
  • Excel interface
  • Power BI Embedded
  • ETL