Item: Vena
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Vena Solutions

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Currently Vena is being used primarily by the Finance and Accounting department. Senior executives use the tool as a source for financial reports. It addresses problems of disparate spreadsheets and emailing reports. Vena has allowed us to transition to a self-service fully accessible model. We plan to extend Vena for use in inventory management as well as HR related data.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Easy to use.
Cloud based.
Neat yet powerful.

Cons

Improving minor glitches.
Availability for MAC users.
Improving Power BI connector to have full seamless version.

Return on Investment

Saved time with consolidating financials.
Provided new report builds.
Provided a self service model for report access.

Alternatives Considered

I have not used any other product like Vena.

Other Software Used

Microsoft Power BI

Likelihood to Recommend

Specific scenarios where Vena is well suited would be for financial reporting. Any financial reporting including forecasting/budgeting can be done quickly and accurately using Vena and templates you build. Scenarios where it's less appropriate would be aggregating loads of data to present in concise, user friendly format (Power BI more appreciate).

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Vena - A Godsend!