Compare Appian BPM and Vena - Sep 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Appian BPM or Vena?

Vena is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Appian BPM, and Vena is rated higher (87/100) than Appian BPM (80/100). Vena offers users more features (9) than Appian BPM (3).

Looking for the right Business performance management 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:

Appian Vs. Vena Solution

Appian : Appian Corporation is a provider of Business Process Management software. According to  Gartner, Appian is a leader in Business Process Management Suites and as of 2010 was one of the six fastest-growing vendors in the world-wide Application Infrastructure and Middleware Software market.

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...

Who is more expensive? Appian BPM or Vena?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Business performance management 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 Appian BPM and Vena.

Appian BPM price starts at $75 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Appian BPM is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Business performance management software. Vena accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 Appian BPM is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Business performance management software.

Bottom line: Vena is more expensive than Appian BPM.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Appian BPM Vs. Vena based on some of the most important and required Business performance management features.

Appian BPM: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

Vena: Version Control, Audit Trail, Budgeting & Forecasting, Financial reporting, OLAP.

Target customer size

Appian BPM is perfect for companies of all shapes and sizes: starting from small business to large and multinational enterprises. 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.