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Vena Review
May 15, 2020

Vena Review

Paolo Mari | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Vena Solutions

We use Vena for reporting of actual and budget. We use the Vena Power BI connector.
  • Distributed reporting
  • Analytics intergration
  • Distributed budgeting
  • Template design
  • Complexity of templates in supply chain for non-financial metrics.
  • Training
  • Decrease budgeting cycle
  • Decreased reporting cycle
  • Analytics
  • Distribution of reporting
Have previously used Hyperion Essbase.
Excel functionality with the ability to integrate into other programs (Power BI). Collaborative reporting and budgeting.

Vena Feature Ratings

7.2
Long-term financial planning
7
Financial budgeting
8
Forecasting
7
Scenario modeling
7
Management reporting
7
7.0
Financial data consolidation
7
Journal entries and reports
Not Rated
Multi-currency management
7
Intercompany Eliminations
Not Rated
Minority Ownership
Not Rated
Local and consolidated reporting
Not Rated
Detailed Audit Trails
Not Rated
7.7
Financial Statement Reporting
7
Management Reporting
8
Excel-based Reporting
8
Automated board and financial reporting
Not Rated
XBRL support for regulatory filing
Not Rated
7.2
Personalized dashboards
7
Color-coded scorecards
7
KPIs
6
Cost and profitability analysis
8
Key Performance Indicator setting
8
Benchmarking with external data
Not Rated
7.5
Flat file integration
Not Rated
Excel data integration
8
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
7
Not Rated
Pixel Perfect reports
Not Rated
Customizable dashboards
Not Rated
Report Formatting Templates
Not Rated
8.0
Drill-down analysis
Not Rated
Formatting capabilities
Not Rated
Integration with R or other statistical packages
Not Rated
Report sharing and collaboration
8
7.0
Publish to Web
7
Publish to PDF
7
Report Versioning
Not Rated
Report Delivery Scheduling
Not Rated
7.0
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
7
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
Not Rated
Predictive Analytics
Not Rated
Not Rated
Multi-User Support (named login)
Not Rated
Role-Based Security Model
Not Rated
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
Not Rated
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Not Rated
Not Rated
Responsive Design for Web Access
Not Rated
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile
Not Rated

Vena Solutions Attributes

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?

No

Would you buy Vena again?

Yes

The original training staff and implementation were junior with a lack of understanding of our business. We had a very quick turn around from purchase to implementation.

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