Stay in Native Excel
Vena is fully native to Excel for flexibility and fast adoption. Planful uses plug-ins and a proprietary grid that limits functionality and adds complexity.
Plan in One Unified Platform
Vena runs all planning on one centralized model. Planful splits workflows across Structured and Dynamic Planning, leading to duplicated maintenance and disconnected reporting.
Keep Data Connections Simple and Dependable
Vena connects directly to source systems and Microsoft Fabric, avoiding middleware. Planful depends on Boomi, increasing breakage risk and integration upkeep.
Flexible Modeling That Finance Teams Can Own
Vena combines native Excel with a centralized planning engine, letting finance teams build, update and extend models without consultants. Unlike Planful’s split modules, Vena supports faster scenario changes, simpler maintenance and greater day-to-day ownership.
Collaboration and Workflow Tools Built for Modern FP&A
Vena’s visual workflow builder makes it easy to manage tasks, approvals and deadlines across teams in one place. Planful’s flatter, module-based workflows make it harder to coordinate contributors and track accountability end to end.
Workforce Planning That Scales With Your Organization
Vena unifies headcount, compensation and finance data so teams can model workforce changes quickly. Planful’s workforce planning often relies on manual steps and lacks the granularity fast-growing organizations need.
“Time spent on manual reporting has decreased by over 60%, and our ability to respond to business challenges with real-time insights has dramatically improved.”
“Vena makes it much easier for us to run different scenarios, make changes and easily flow them through the data model at the appropriate level.”
Award-Winning Innovation and Ease of Use
