Vena has been a great resource
May 12, 2023
Vena has been a great resource
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Vena
Vena is being used across all departments at the corporate level. As a part of the finance team, I help oversee usage of Vena by a variety of contributors in nearly all departments. We use Vena to connect data contributors, analysts, and data consumers so there is only one source of truth to maintain. There are a variety of problems addressed, including annual planning and budgeting.
Pros
- The way it connects data contributors, analysts, and data consumers so there is only one source of truth to maintain
- So far it has been very easy to get non-technical employees comfortable enough with Vena to use it effectively as a contributor
- Documentation and training resources for Vena have been very helpful
Cons
- I have some frustrations with the limits of Vena as it is used in Excel. For example, if contributors filter or sort tables in input forms it often causes issues with the dimension mappings.
- Vena appears to limit it's connections to Microsoft products. It could be useful to be able to connect to other software.
- Some aspects of modeling in Vena are very manual, and options to make changes to multiple members at a time is limited.
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?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of Vena go as expected?
I wasn't involved with the implementation phase
Would you buy Vena again?
Yes
- Saved time by removing the need to check data is current
- Reduced stress of needing to identify multiple sources of data
- Increased confidence that planning and forecasting is based on current and accurate data
In other workplaces data has been kept in Excel files saved to individual computers. This makes the gathering and analysis of data much more difficult because it can not often be trusted to be current or accurate. Vena has been a great resource for maintaining data across teams and departments and allows those of us performing analysis to do so with more confidence.
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