Recognized by financial professionals around the world for trustworthiness and excellence
TORONTO – November 18, 2025 – Vena, the only AI-powered planning platform built for the Microsoft technology ecosystem, today announced that TrustRadius has recognized the Vena platform with a Buyer’s Choice 2026 award. This is the seventh total time Vena has earned this accolade, based entirely on real user reviews and feedback, signaling Vena’s continued commitment to delivering exceptional value and innovative solutions as a Complete Planning platform.
As businesses continue to explore ways to get more out of their data, reviews are an increasingly important factor in the purchase process as a key indicator of product quality and ROI. According to the Spiegel Research Center at Northwestern University, products with five reviews are 270% more likely to be purchased than a product with no reviews. For higher-priced products like a business software platform, displaying reviews increases the conversion rate by 380%.
“Our seventh Buyer’s Choice award from TrustRadius validates Vena’s ability to solve common pain points in the Office of Strategic Finance, such as disconnected systems, manual reporting and limited performance visibility. Our customers’ reviews make it clear that we consistently deliver the capabilities, value and strategic partnership they need from their technology vendors,” said Hugh Cumming, CTO at Vena. “I am enormously proud of everything Vena has accomplished for our customers so far.”
Hailed as “the new Excel game changer” in one customer review, Vena provides a differentiated FP&A platform that builds on the technology finance professionals rely on: Microsoft Excel. With industry-leading agentic AI capabilities, a deep library of integrations across the Microsoft ecosystem and external databases, and an emphasis on delivering exceptional customer service and support, the platform simplifies and automates complex financial processes, enabling organizations to plan at the speed of today’s business landscape.
Other customer reviews include:
- “Vena blends with the workflow quite well.” —Head of Operations in Product Management, Philips Lighting
- “Vena's capability to extract financial data from various groups ensures that the end result is trusted and reliable.” —Corporate Finance Specialist at Goldman Sachs
- “It is a game-changer that saves both our money and time through better financial planning and budgeting.” —Project Expert in Information Technology at EY
"Vena is transforming how finance teams plan, adapt and grow," said Allyson Havener, CMO, TrustRadius. "Winning the 2026 TrustRadius Buyer’s Choice Award shows the real impact customers are seeing, like more collaboration, more confidence and more clarity in their business performance. It’s exciting to see Vena recognized for empowering their customers."
Buyer’s Choice awards are based entirely on vetted, unbiased and recent customer reviews. To be eligible, a product needed to receive at least 10 reviews between January 1 and October 17, 2025, ensuring that the feedback was recent and relevant enough to inform a prospective buyer.
During the evaluation process, reviewers are asked if products and their support teams live up to expectations and if they would buy the product again. Reviewers’ answers determine the other qualifying factor: if a product is rated best in capabilities, value for price, and customer relationship.
Vena now provides complete FP&A planning, analysis and reporting solutions to more than 2,000 customers worldwide. To learn more about what Vena is doing for businesses worldwide, visit our Customer Stories page.
About Vena
Vena is the only agentic AI-powered FP&A platform purpose-built to harness the full power of the Microsoft technology ecosystem for finance teams everywhere. Vena amplifies Microsoft's world-leading productivity tools, cloud technology and AI innovation to make FP&A, operational planning and adjacent strategic processes more flexible, efficient and intelligent. Thousands of the world’s leading companies rely on Vena to power their planning. For more information, visit venasolutions.com.
About TrustRadius
TrustRadius, a HG Insights company, is a buyer intelligence platform for business technology. TrustRadius enables buyers to make confident decisions through comprehensive product information, in-depth customer insights and reviews, and peer conversations. On the TrustRadius platform, technology brands can capture and activate the authentic voice of customers to help improve their products, build confidence with prospects, and engage in-market buyers to improve ROI.
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