What I like most about Vena is how it combines the flexibility of Excel with stronger controls, workflows, and integrations that help scale FP&A processes. It has improved our budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and scenario planning, while still letting teams work in a familiar environment. I also appreciate the direction Vena is heading in, especially with its AI-enabled reporting and analytics capabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like least is the steep learning curve, especially during the initial implementation and report-building phase. At first, setting up data models, hierarchies, and reports can feel complex and highly technical, and troubleshooting problems isn’t always intuitive. Although the platform’s flexibility is a major strength, it can sometimes come at the cost of simplicity and day-to-day ease of administration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I use Vena for budgeting and forecasting, and I appreciate the efficient process and reliability it offers while building budgets. I like the ease of building reports, which makes my work smoother. The templates and reports are also something I value highly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish there were more licensing options so that more than just a power user could update templates and load data. It would be better if more users had the ability to load data or input templates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ability to have our financial statements automatically update each month is a huge improvement over our manual excel files. Vena's budgeting/forecasting capabilities are really strong and allows for creating multiple scenarios. Working with Vena is excel allows for all normal excel functionality. We really like the drill in capabilities to go from summary data to expand down to even the transactional level. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In our experience, Vena's account reconciliation tool does not match the capabilities of some specialized reconciliation solutions. However, as a relatively affordable add-on, it adequately serves our requirements. Additionally, the ease of implementation largely depends on the amount of effort dedicated to data cleansing beforehand and having a clear understanding of predefined expectations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ease of drilling to transactions for non-technical users allows people to get to the “why” on their own when they typically would have come straight to me or controller for answers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The way we have it configured it is not super flexible to handle how dynamic our company is. We regularly create new subsidiaries, change the chart of accounts, add new classes, etc and this doesn’t seem to be easy for Vena. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that Vena has an Excel-based front end. It allows me to work within a framework that I'm familiar with, offering the same flexibility to change models. The cube back end and robust workflows make it durable for whatever I can throw at it. I also appreciate that it provides stability in the core formulas and assumptions and doesn't require the same level of horsepower on my local PC to generate results. It's more flexible than other enterprise-level solutions. The setup was fantastic, thanks to a great partnership with implementation consultants. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are limitations still on what the Vena 365 solution can do compared to the desktop. I would hope that they would scale those out. One particular item where I would like to see better functionality is the error troubleshooting. I'd like 365 to be able to have the same level of troubleshooting across platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that Vena enables reporting with a click of a button, which keeps all reports in one place. This feature saves significant time and reduces the need for manual labor, making the financial reporting process much more efficient for our team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vena does require a lot of training across my team. Creating new reports or adjusting reports to fit our needs can take some time. Especially when we have turnover on the team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like Vena's flexibility and dynamic row functionality. It can be completely owned and maintained by finance, which I find very beneficial. This aspect of finance ownership means it bypasses the data loads and eliminates wait times for IT support, speeding up user administration and technical support processes. Additionally, the initial setup of Vena was easy, which is definitely a plus. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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I like the fact that Vena is Excel-based. I also appreciate that I can load import files into Vena, and it does all the calculations in the background, providing me with several Excel-based models for quick and easy answers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would like more reporting such as a reconciliation between scenarios directly out of the workforce and more ease of use to do ad hoc reporting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I appreciate Vena for the convenience of using one familiar platform that all of our users know, which is Excel. It eliminates the need for multiple versions of various Excel documents and consolidates everything on one platform. It also allows the ability to create quick reporting for senior management and integrates with PowerPoint to create presentations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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I use Vena for budgeting and forecasting. I appreciate how it easily creates our reports and organizes all our data. I like that it is customizable and love the auto mapping when creating reports. As a beginner user, I am able to use the system like an experienced user because it's a well-built UI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish it would be less clicks to get to my Global Files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.