Introducing G2.ai, the future of software buying.Try now

Compare IRIS CARBON® and Vena

Save
    Log in to your account
    to save comparisons,
    products and more.
At a Glance
IRIS CARBON®
IRIS CARBON®
Star Rating
(100)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (40.0% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about IRIS CARBON®
Vena
Vena
Star Rating
(366)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (60.4% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Contact Us
Browse all 2 pricing plans
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
  • G2 reviewers report that Vena excels in user satisfaction, boasting a significantly higher overall score compared to IRIS CARBON®. Users appreciate its Excel integration, which allows for familiar workflows while securely storing data in the cloud, making it easier to build tailored reports.
  • According to verified reviews, Vena's user interface is frequently praised for being intuitive and user-friendly. Reviewers highlight the ease of uploading and reviewing data, which simplifies monitoring business transactions, a feature that many find advantageous in their day-to-day operations.
  • Users say that Vena's implementation process is smooth, with many noting the gradual rollout of new features over the years. This adaptability has allowed teams to enhance their use of the software without overwhelming changes, contrasting with IRIS CARBON®, which has received less recent feedback on its implementation experience.
  • Reviewers mention that while IRIS CARBON® has a slightly higher star rating, it has fewer reviews overall, which may limit the reliability of its ratings. Users have noted the quality of support from IRIS CARBON®, appreciating the timely feedback and cooperative approach, but this is less frequently highlighted compared to Vena's robust user community.
  • G2 reviewers highlight that Vena's reporting capabilities are a strong point, with users noting the ability to create custom reports that meet specific needs. In contrast, while IRIS CARBON® offers solid reporting templates, users feel that Vena provides more flexibility and functionality in this area.
  • According to recent user feedback, Vena's collaboration features are well-received, with many users finding it easy to work together on financial planning tasks. In comparison, while IRIS CARBON® has been noted for its efficiency, it lacks the same level of collaborative tools that enhance team interactions in Vena.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
IRIS CARBON®
No pricing available
Vena
Professional Plan
Contact Us
Browse all 2 pricing plans
Free Trial
IRIS CARBON®
Free Trial is available
Vena
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.7
90
8.8
265
Ease of Use
9.2
91
8.6
308
Ease of Setup
9.5
32
8.1
252
Ease of Admin
9.7
12
8.5
153
Quality of Support
9.9
90
9.0
261
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.9
12
9.1
152
Product Direction (% positive)
9.6
85
9.2
254
Features by Category
Budgeting and ForecastingHide 20 FeaturesShow 20 Features
Not enough data
8.4
171
Budget Creation
Not enough data
8.8
161
Not enough data
9.0
162
Not enough data
8.8
162
Not enough data
8.8
154
Not enough data
8.4
134
Not enough data
9.0
159
Budget Management
Not enough data
9.1
145
Not enough data
8.9
143
Not enough data
8.8
148
Forecasting
Not enough data
9.1
154
Not enough data
8.9
149
Not enough data
8.9
146
Not enough data
8.9
148
Not enough data
6.6
70
Analytics
Not enough data
8.9
151
Not enough data
9.1
149
Not enough data
8.9
143
Agentic AI - Budgeting and Forecasting
Not enough data
6.0
15
Not enough data
6.0
15
Not enough data
6.2
15
Not enough data
8.4
102
Data Management
Not enough data
8.9
97
Not enough data
9.0
95
Not enough data
8.5
95
Reporting Structure
Not enough data
8.9
97
Not enough data
8.7
94
Not enough data
8.8
96
Standard Analytics
Not enough data
8.3
88
Not enough data
8.6
91
Not enough data
8.7
94
Not enough data
8.8
96
Custom Analytics
Not enough data
8.4
89
Not enough data
8.4
88
Not enough data
8.8
94
Not enough data
8.6
90
Not enough data
9.0
69
Agentic AI - Financial Analysis
Not enough data
6.1
16
Not enough data
6.1
17
Compensation ManagementHide 21 FeaturesShow 21 Features
Not enough data
8.6
38
Platform
Not enough data
9.2
27
Not enough data
9.1
27
Not enough data
9.4
28
Not enough data
9.6
28
Not enough data
9.3
27
Not enough data
9.2
28
Not enough data
9.5
28
Not enough data
9.5
30
Not enough data
9.6
28
Not enough data
9.4
27
Benchmarking and Equity - Compensation Management
Not enough data
9.2
25
Not enough data
9.3
25
Not enough data
9.2
25
Platform
Not enough data
9.4
35
Not enough data
9.2
34
Not enough data
8.9
33
Not enough data
9.4
36
Not enough data
8.9
35
Not enough data
8.9
32
Not enough data
9.5
35
Not enough data
9.3
33
Not enough data
8.4
87
Reconciliation
Not enough data
8.9
75
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
77
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
66
|
Verified
Reporting
Not enough data
9.0
81
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
75
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
81
|
Verified
Closing Process
Not enough data
8.8
67
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
59
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
70
|
Verified
AI - Financial Close
Not enough data
7.7
10
Not enough data
7.8
9
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
7.2
9
Not enough data
7.0
9
FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis)Hide 16 FeaturesShow 16 Features
8.2
15
8.6
124
Financial Planning
8.5
8
8.8
91
|
Verified
8.7
10
9.1
95
|
Verified
8.0
10
8.5
93
|
Verified
Agentic AI - FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis)
Not enough data
7.1
25
Not enough data
7.3
25
Financial Insight
7.2
13
9.3
114
|
Verified
7.9
12
9.0
109
|
Verified
7.9
12
9.2
111
|
Verified
Data
8.2
13
8.3
104
|
Verified
8.2
10
8.3
109
|
Verified
8.3
11
9.0
112
|
Verified
8.9
11
8.8
105
|
Verified
Status Communication
9.1
13
8.5
105
|
Verified
9.2
11
9.0
110
|
Verified
8.5
12
8.9
103
|
Verified
8.2
10
8.4
89
|
Verified
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ReportingHide 20 FeaturesShow 20 Features
9.6
14
Not enough data
Data Collection
9.7
12
Not enough data
9.7
12
Not enough data
9.7
10
Not enough data
Reporting
9.5
11
Not enough data
9.8
10
Not enough data
9.7
12
Not enough data
Integration
10.0
10
Not enough data
9.8
11
Not enough data
9.6
9
Not enough data
Risk Management - Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Reporting
9.8
7
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
Reporting - Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Reporting
9.4
6
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
9.5
7
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Reporting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Financial ReconciliationHide 17 FeaturesShow 17 Features
Not enough data
9.1
34
Reconciliation - Financial Reconciliation
Not enough data
8.8
34
Not enough data
8.9
33
Not enough data
9.2
33
Not enough data
8.8
33
Audit - Financial Reconciliation
Not enough data
9.0
34
Not enough data
9.2
32
Not enough data
9.2
33
Not enough data
9.3
33
Integrations - Financial Reconciliation
Not enough data
9.4
31
Not enough data
9.2
31
Not enough data
9.0
31
Not enough data
9.0
31
User Permissions and Security - Financial Reconciliation
Not enough data
9.4
32
Not enough data
9.6
32
Not enough data
9.3
32
Not enough data
9.4
32
Agentic AI - Financial Reconciliation
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
9.2
34
Sales Performance Features - Sales Planning
Not enough data
9.1
34
Not enough data
9.4
34
Not enough data
9.3
34
Not enough data
9.3
34
Not enough data
9.1
33
Not enough data
9.2
34
Not enough data
9.2
34
Territory Management - Sales Planning
Not enough data
9.3
33
Not enough data
9.3
34
Quota & Capacity Management - Sales Planning
Not enough data
9.6
32
Not enough data
9.3
32
Not enough data
9.3
32
Agentic AI - Sales Planning
Not enough data
8.5
9
Not enough data
8.9
9
Compensation PlanningHide 9 FeaturesShow 9 Features
Not enough data
7.7
8
Platform - Compensation Planning
Not enough data
9.4
8
Not enough data
9.4
8
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
6.7
7
Not enough data
6.7
7
Not enough data
6.9
7
Additional Features - Compensation Planning
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
7.6
7
Not enough data
6.7
7
Sales Performance ManagementHide 14 FeaturesShow 14 Features
Not enough data
9.1
34
Agentic AI - Sales Performance Management
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Incentives
Not enough data
9.1
34
Not enough data
9.4
34
Not enough data
9.2
33
Not enough data
9.3
33
Personalization
Not enough data
9.2
33
Not enough data
9.1
33
Not enough data
9.2
33
Not enough data
9.4
33
Administrative
Not enough data
9.1
33
Not enough data
9.2
33
Not enough data
9.1
33
Accounting & FinanceHide 1 FeatureShow 1 Feature
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Accounting & Finance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
IRIS CARBON®
IRIS CARBON®
Vena
Vena
IRIS CARBON® and Vena are categorized as FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
IRIS CARBON®
IRIS CARBON®
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
28.0%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
40.0%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
32.0%
Vena
Vena
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
18.3%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
60.4%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
21.3%
Reviewers' Industry
IRIS CARBON®
IRIS CARBON®
Accounting
11.0%
Financial Services
8.0%
Oil & Energy
7.0%
Real Estate
6.0%
Mining & Metals
5.0%
Other
63.0%
Vena
Vena
Information Technology and Services
9.0%
Financial Services
7.6%
Accounting
7.3%
Computer Software
5.9%
Non-Profit Organization Management
4.5%
Other
65.7%
Alternatives
IRIS CARBON®
IRIS CARBON® Alternatives
Workiva
Workiva
Add Workiva
AuditBoard
AuditBoard
Add AuditBoard
SAP Analytics Cloud
SAP Analytics Cloud
Add SAP Analytics Cloud
Anaplan
Anaplan
Add Anaplan
Vena
Vena Alternatives
Anaplan
Anaplan
Add Anaplan
Prophix Software
Prophix Software
Add Prophix Software
Board
Board
Add Board
Datarails
Datarails
Add Datarails
Discussions
IRIS CARBON®
IRIS CARBON® Discussions
I would like to hear other users' about their experience with IRIS Carbon as well
1 Comment
Vivek N.
VN
Hey Alex we are currently rated at 4.8 out of 5 by our users on G2. Thanks Read more
Monty the Mongoose crying
IRIS CARBON® has no more discussions with answers
Vena
Vena Discussions
How long does it take for Vena to sync the files?
2 Comments
Garvin C.
GC
The integration we are using is automated with Netsuite and for Vena to be updated with the most recent actuals from Netsuite takes a few minutes, but I'm...Read more
What's the best way to create a truly dynamic input template?
1 Comment
Alexandra H.
AH
You have to map the choose options as their own measures and in a separate block. They have to be able to return independently from the the dimensions their...Read more
What is the maximum time to wait for synchronization of the information?
1 Comment
Ricardo T.
RT
Data is saved or synchronized almost instantaneously and team members simply have to refresh the template on their side to see the updated forecast.Read more