I like how Vena allows my team to navigate away from manually taking data from various Excel workbooks for budgeting and financial reporting while retaining the familiar Excel functionality. The ability to utilize data from multiple sources while maintaining the same Excel functionality is a big plus for me. I appreciate being able to bring in individuals from different departments to collaborate on the budgeting process and the ability to limit their view to only the sections that pertain to them. This creates better efficiency and is auditable, which helps strengthen controls. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Based on my company’s GL structure, I would like to be able to create my hierarchy at the fully qualified account level but still be able to create reports that only show the 6 digit account number vs showing the 15 digit FQID. Our GL was set up to allow us to use our Branch and Cost Center, and GL accounts to report in, which allows us to minimize the amount of GL accounts we have to create. However, in implementing Vena, we had to create many new 6 digit GL accounts to accommodate how our hierarchy was being set up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like Vena's adaptability. There are a lot of unique ways to display and arrange data, making it very personalized to our company. It allows us to make things presentable in the ways that senior leadership wants. It's not just useful for reporting; we can also use it to create workbooks to calculate different forecasts and show report packages. Additionally, it saves a huge amount of time by automating the pulling of information and collaborating with management to get their forecasts. At the end of the day, we have a product that works really well for what we need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Organizing the model has become a bit cumbersome with some of the measures and dimensions as we've built and changed stuff. I feel like Vena's support could be more helpful in finding some of our inefficiencies. Also, the initial setup was a bit of a struggle. It took a lot longer than we anticipated and required more effort from our side than we were prepared for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like Vena's native Excel capability as it feels familiar and integrates well with my workflow. I appreciate that Vena is constantly evolving and improving, which keeps it relevant and useful. The customer service is great, making the experience smooth and supportive. Using Vena helps me make faster and more error-free decisions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Communication is difficult at times during implementation as to how data connection would happen and what we needed. They made it seem we could connect directly to our ERPs but we needed to route through a day lag API. It just took longer to implement. Technically not real-time data, one day old data. Challenging setup but inline with other product implementation and it’s partially due to our existing products that we’re integrating with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that Vena makes budgeting and reporting more efficient. It keeps financial data organized, simplifies collaboration, and integrates well with Excel, making it easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The system can be slow at times, and some processes aren’t very intuitive. I also risk losing data if I don’t save every 15 minutes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that Vena is Excel-based, making it easy to use and decipher. It's really helpful for budgeting, forecasting, and reporting. I appreciate how it eliminates manual errors and streamlines the reporting process, which used to be very manual. Vena enhances collaboration with different departments. I also value the consolidation feature, which minimizes Excel chaos by providing one platform for multiple uses. The Vena team was very supportive during the setup, which made the process less stressful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't like that there's a day lag with uploads from our ERP system, which delays reporting. Also, I would prefer the ability to collapse multiple rows with a single click. It would be better to integrate with multiple ERP systems to allow for a direct connection with Vena to provide live data at all times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The link with Excel, how easy to create new report linked to

Vena. The Netsuite and Vena intergration makes it really usefull. The support and onboarding of MCC/Vena was one of the best i've seen in my life. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The drill down needs to be a bit more easy to understand and get more info from it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I use Vena daily in my work, and I find it very user-friendly. It has been a great help to both our Operations and Finance teams. We use it to house all of our month end excel sheets that we use for input and uploads that integrates with our Accounting software, as well as for our budget process, and all of our financial reporting on all levels. It was very easy to implement with our Operations team, and customer support was always there if we ran into problems. I value the fact that we have all of our reporting in one place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Honestly, I can't think of anything that I dislike about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really appreciate how easy it is to set up new users and train them in Vena. The process of setting up user groups and running reports is also incredibly straightforward once everything is in place. This ease of setup is important because we have many different departments with specific needs, and Vena makes it easy to manage user access and categorization. Our implementation team was great, so the setup was seamless and quick, which was a big plus for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think building reports in Vena is a little bit difficult. That is something that we have struggled with. We did struggle with training in that particular aspect when we first started onboarding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I find Vena very user-friendly, which makes working with it easy. The Vena SMEs are easy to work with, and our end users who need reporting are always satisfied and impressed with the quality of our deliverables. Vena provides great SOPs and detailed step-by-step instructions on troubleshooting. There are also articles on upcoming features and ongoing system enhancements, which continuously enhance our workflow. The initial setup of Vena was very easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I guess a status tracker for operational health. If there was an error in the ETL running or a download did not complete entirely, a red light on the top row (where the Manager, Modeler tabs are) would be a great indication of needing to look into the ETL history. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love how Vena allows me to build detailed models and forecasts without the usual headaches of manual data wrangling or version control issues. I also like the centralized environment it creates. This centralized and governed platform is well connected with ERP systems, Excel, and other data sources, making financial forecasts and decisions more accurate, collaborative, and scalable. It helps streamline planning and analytics workflows with better control, auditability, and real-time collaboration. Plus, the rollout was smoother than expected. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Being heavily based on data sources like Excel, it slows down significantly with complex models, large reports, and heavy usage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.