Compare Vena and Synario - Oct 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Oct 27, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Vena or Synario?

Vena is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Synario, and Vena is rated higher (87/100) than Synario (76/100). Vena offers users more features (9) than Synario (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. Whitebirch Software

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...

Whitebirch Software: Whitebirch Software, Inc. develops and deploys Business Performance Management software. Its integrated financial analysis platform is designed to support the entire financial management cycle of reporting, analysis & consolidation; budgeting, forecasting & planning; financial modeling; and strategic analytics.

Who is more expensive? Vena or Whitebirch Planning?

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 Whitebirch Planning.

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. Whitebirch Planning 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.

Bottom line: Vena cost is around the same cost of Whitebirch Planning.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Vena Vs. Synario 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.

Whitebirch Planning: 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 Whitebirch Planning's target customer size include: Medium and large size businesses.



Vena

ITQlick rating
(4.3/5)

Vena Solutions is a Corporate Performance Management (CPM) software that helps corporate companies manage, organize, and support spreadsheet and spreadsheet based processes for consolidation, management, and re...

Categories: Accounting & Finance, Budgeting & CPM, Financial reporting, Financial consolidation.

Synario

ITQlick rating
(3.8/5)

WhiteBirch Planning is a cloud-based and on-premise budgeting solution designed to offer strategic planning to various industries including higher education, project finance and local government and more.

Categories: Budgeting & CPM.

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Vena: 9 Features

Version Control
Audit Trail
Budgeting & Forecasting
Financial reporting
OLAP
Project Budgeting
Dashboarding
Business performance management
Forecasting

Whitebirch Planning: 3 Features

Data Import/Export
Basic Reports
Online Customer Support
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
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Vena
ITQlick rating
4.3/5
Score
87/100
Pricing
6.8/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
21
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Synario
ITQlick rating
3.8/5
Score
76/100
Pricing
6.4/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
4
Workday ...
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
94/100
Pricing
8/10
License pricing
$15,000 per license
Functionality
28
neubrain...
ITQlick rating
3.8/5
Score
92/100
Pricing
4/10
License pricing
$10,000 per license
Functionality
17
Budgyt
ITQlick rating
4.9/5
Score
89/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$399 per month
Functionality
3
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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.