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Corporate performance management · September 2026 Edition

Planful vs Vena

Seven of twelve models named Planful first on the direct prompt; zero named Vena. Planful was named by twelve of the twelve models and Vena by eleven and Planful carries 40 labels and Vena 37, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Planful

accepted challenger

Named in nine categories this edition.

Vena

accepted challenger

Named in ten categories this edition.

First-choice share29%12%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate12%8%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#2A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels4037A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Planful reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Prophix was named alongside these two in nine of the twelve direct answers. Planful vs Prophix · Vena vs Prophix

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the corporate performance management page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
PlanfulFirst choices, of twelve modelsVena
Direct70
Paraphrase421 against Planful
Comparative00
Budget-constrained023 against Planful · 1 against Vena
Scale-constrained11
Negative001 against Planful · 2 against Vena
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Planful and Vena stood in it.

Planful first, Vena an alternative

7 of 12 modelsVena was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarPlanful alternatives: Drivetrain, Prophix
Grok 4.1 FastPlanful alternatives: Drivetrain, Prophix, Vena
Mistral SmallPlanful alternatives: Cube, Drivetrain, Prophix
DeepSeek V4 FlashPlanful, Prophix alternatives: Cube, Datarails, Drivetrain, Vena, Workday Adaptive Planning
Llama 4 MaverickPlanful alternatives: Drivetrain, Prophix, Workday Adaptive Planning, deFacto Global
Kimi K2Planful, Prophix alternatives: Cube, Drivetrain, OneStream, Vena
MiniMax M2.5Pigment, Planful, Prophix alternatives: Cube, Drivetrain, Workday Adaptive Planning

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashPigment alternatives: Cube, Mosaic, NetSuite Planning and Budgeting, Planful, Prophix, Vena
Qwen 3.7 FlashSonar alternatives: Anaplan, OneStream, Planful, Vena
GLM 4.7 FlashXProphix alternatives: Drivetrain, Limelight, Planful, Vena

Neither was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
GPT-5.4 miniWorkday Adaptive Planning alternatives: OneStream, Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Vena leads by twelve points.
Vena14%#2 of 11
Planful2%#8 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Planful leads at mid-market.
Planful29%#1 of 12
Vena12%#2 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Planful leads by two points.
Planful2%#6 of 12
Vena0%#11 of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Planful

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.

“What to Avoid on a Limited Budget | Planful | ~$50,000–$100,000 (3-year TCO) | Mid-market to enterprise focus” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“1. Planful (G2: 4.3/5) - Why it fits: Cloud FP&A platform excelling in budgeting, forecasting, consolidation, and reporting for mid-sized firms” Grok 4.1 Fast · direct prompt · first choice
“The best EPM software for a mid-market B2B company includes Planful, Prophix, Drivetrain, Workday Adaptive Planning, and deFacto Global.” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Vena

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.

“1. Vena Solutions – Best for Excel-Dependent Teams ... Choose Vena if your team lives in Excel and wants minimal change management” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Also compared
Planful vs ProphixVena vs ProphixThe full corporate performance ma standing

Comparisons are drawn for the top three products in each category. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.