Compare Vena and ILOG JRules - Jul 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Vena or ILOG JRules?

Vena is more expensive to implement (TCO) than ILOG JRules, and Vena is rated higher (87/100) than ILOG JRules (84/100). Vena offers users more features (9) than ILOG JRules (3).

Looking for the right Budgeting & CPM solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Vena Solution Vs. IBM

Vena Solution: Vena Solutions delivers the most flexible performance management solution available for budgeting, forecasting, planning, reporting, analytics, and other mission-critical finance and accounting processes to large and mid-market companies around the world. Vena’s unified web-based software platform embraces all the power and flexibility of Microsoft...

IBM: International Business Machines Corporation, or IBM, is an American corporation. IBM manufactures and markets computer hardware and software, and offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology.

Who is more expensive? Vena or ILOG JRules?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Budgeting & CPM software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Vena and ILOG JRules.

Vena accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 Vena is rated 6, which is similar to the average cost of Budgeting & CPM software. ILOG JRules price starts at $3,324 per license , When comparing ILOG JRules to its competitors, the software is rated 6 - similar to the average Budgeting & CPM software cost.

Bottom line: Vena cost is around the same cost of ILOG JRules.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Vena Vs. ILOG JRules based on some of the most important and required Budgeting & CPM features.

Vena: Version Control, Audit Trail, Budgeting & Forecasting, Financial reporting, OLAP, Project Budgeting, Dashboarding, Business performance management.

ILOG JRules: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

Target customer size

Vena is best for medium to large corporate companies that deal with a lot of spreadsheets and spreadsheet like reports from other companies and/or subsidiaries. and ILOG JRules's target customer size include: Start up, Small business, Medium business, Large business.