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Vena FAQs

Q. What type of pricing plans does Vena offer?

Vena has the following pricing plans:
Pricing model: Subscription
Free Trial: Available | (No Credit Card required)

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Q. Who are the typical users of Vena?

Vena has the following typical customers:
Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Non Profit, Public Administrations, Small Business

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Q. What languages does Vena support?

Vena supports the following languages:
English

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Q. Does Vena offer an API?

Yes, Vena has an API available for use.

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Q. What other apps does Vena integrate with?

Vena integrates with the following applications:
Sage Intacct, NetSuite, FinancialForce ERP, Quickbooks Online, Salesforce Platform

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Q. What level of support does Vena offer?

Vena offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, Chat, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Knowledge Base, FAQs/Forum

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Vena product overview

What is Vena?

Vena is a Complete Planning platform that empowers and inspires finance, operations and business leaders to Plan To Grow their businesses in a new way.

Key benefits of using Vena

  • Custom workflows can be created using the drag-and-drop workflow engine to automate business processes, including budget routing, reviews and approvals and to help you track and audit every step of the process, down to a single task.

  • Enterprise level data permissions and security. Vena's technology empowers you to control data access and drill down into the history of a spreadsheet so you know who has been in your templates and where your numbers are coming from.

  • The growth engine enables advanced modelling and analytics to generate insights, with a visual dashboard for graphical KPI display, and scenario modeling and forecasting from historical data.

  • Existing Excel reports and templates are automatically inventoried by Vena, removing the need for users to recreate formulas, models and templates. Vena technology uses an Excel interface so onboarding is a snap. Vena upgrades any plan you can create with Excel by increasing the security and accessibility with the Vena central database.

  • Vena provides tools for budgeting, forecasting, planning and reporting, operational planning, sales planning, regulatory reporting, financial close management and more.
  • Typical customers

    Freelancers
    Small businesses
    Mid size businesses
    Large enterprises

    Platforms supported

    Web
    Android
    iPhone/iPad

    Support options

    Email/Help Desk
    Chat
    Phone Support
    24/7 (Live rep)
    Knowledge Base
    FAQs/Forum

    Training options

    Webinars
    Live Online
    In Person
    Documentation
    Videos

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    Vena features

    Functionality

    4.3

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    Total features

    75

    9 categories

    Most valued features by users

    Reporting & Statistics
    Activity Dashboard
    Third Party Integrations
    Reporting/Analytics
    Data Import/Export
    Customizable Reports
    Workflow Management
    Real Time Reporting

    Vena users reviews

    Overall Rating

    4.3

    /5

    27

    Positive reviews

    Rating breakdown
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    • Ease of use
    • Features
    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend8.78/10
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    Pros
    The ease of use is a big plus for me. Was able to pick up a majority of the best practices within a couple weeks of use.
    Overall, we have saved time, improved processes, created one version of the data visible to all involved in the process and created efficiencies by being able to share data across processes.
    I'm integrate this software with Microsoft excel and it works effectively. Highly Recommended for the companies who mostly works with Microsoft Excel.
    Cons
    Workflows were odd and confusing - could never get them to work. Sorting templates to find the data you needed was equally as difficult, although that could have been an institutional thing.
    As of now, I didn't find anything to be disliked.
    Building a three-statement model is a disaster. Imagine building a balance sheet, but not being able to pull a number from the.
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    María G.

    Banking, 10,001+ employees

    Used daily for 1-2 years

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    • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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    My overall and remarkable insight with Vena

    Reviewed 9 months ago

    It's a reliable tool for creating and managing financial budgets. It's reliable with cash flows management.

    Pros

    I like how this tool is reliable for financial planning,budgeting and forecasting.It's simple to prepare custom financial reports reports with Vena.This tool is reliable with bank account reconciliation.

    Cons

    I lack anything that I can complain since this tool meets all my needs and expectations.

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    Todd G.

    Construction, 201-500 employees

    Used daily for 2+ years

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    • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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    Recommendation from an early Vena adopter

    Reviewed 14 days ago

    We deployed Vena in 2020 as an ERP extension to our legacy system. Vena empowered sales metrics on the front end, financial project management in the middle, and financial reporting at the job level on the back end. We deployed a second "cube" data warehouse after the initial launch for financial reporting. Each deployment has worked as prescribed and brought extraordinary value to our construction company.

    Pros

    Vena has delivered huge value for us in a flexible package that can grow with our business effectively and efficiently. Vena let us keep our existing financial system and our customer Excel quoting apps. And built a reporting system on the back of Excel which everyone already knows. The road to value was fairly straightforward for us.

    Cons

    Vena is a toolbox of powerful opportunities. It is not an out-of-the-box accounting system. So you have to know exactly what you want out of Vena before deploying it. But this is true of any data warehouse. Knowing how data is to be extracted and presented requires upfront commitment and execution. Time spent in the planning phase will pay off 10X in the execution phase.

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    Computer Software, 501-1,000 employees

    Used daily for 6-12 months

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    Coming full circle - back to excel?

    Reviewed 6 months ago

    I have used a handful of popular systems in my 10-year career. When I first heard of Excel focused planning tools I was at first excited. How can a system that solves for the very tool that all of finance uses go wrong? In the beginning, FPA wanted to get out of Excel and have one version of the truth. Then the industry pivoted back to Excel with a bunch of intermixed features between Excel and cloud...

    Pros

    Honestly, if you have used other planning software, I can not really say there is much.

    Cons

    • No web interface that shows your financials. All financials must be displayed through reports that you build through Excel. Yes, you can pull intersection data and get a dump, but that is cumbersome. • Loading headcount takes up to an hour to load since it needs to be customized. • Mapping a report takes too long. You must map not just columns and rows, but the “page”, or global like dimensions....

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    Nelson F.

    Information Technology and Services, 5,001-10,000 employees

    Used daily for 2+ years

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    • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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    This is a professional and dynamic tool

    Reviewed 24 days ago

    It's a straightforward tool that allows me to perform multiple tasks in one panel, it has effective formulas, allowing me to perform qualitative and quantitative analyzes with greater precision. In addition, when delivering these reports, I can reflect them in graphics that are easy to understand for others while still respecting the presentation’s professionalism. Another feature I like and have improved is the panel that can be personalized in the most used choices to organize it better.

    Pros

    Vana is a software that allows to carry out tasks either financial or accounting in a customized way by means of calculation sheets and templates very similar to the established Excel tool, except that in this opportunity offers a greater number of options that conform to the specific requirements required by the current administrative systems of the enterprises. With this program, automated reports can be made enabling the preparation of managerial plans, with a high level of protection that will enable you to function without fear of filtering such data. It adapts very well to different industries and enables archives to be imported and exported quickly

    Cons

    The monthly cost of the tool is very high relative to other similar ones, but of course, it should be remembered that it is a tool targeted at medium and large businesses, so that the price for large organizations can be manageable.

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    siva K.

    Accounting, 501-1,000 employees

    Used weekly for 1-2 years

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    • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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    Excel based Performance Management Tool

    Reviewed 5 years ago
    Pros

    Our Financial Planning and Analysis team picked Vena from many other tools. The reason for zeroing on this tool, is, it is an excel based tool. We have been doing all this work in excel since years. We have standardized the process and have fixed excel templates. However excel has certain limitations like version control, access control, audit trail etc. With Vena we overcame the limitations of...

    Cons

    There is a learning curve like any other tool. There is no drag and drop from a selection of columns, fields etc. However once you learn the tool, reporting becomes easier.

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