Vena vs Workday Adaptive Planning
Zero of twelve models named Vena first on the direct prompt; one named Workday Adaptive Planning. Vena was named by eleven of the twelve models and Workday Adaptive Planning by twelve and Vena carries 37 labels and Workday Adaptive Planning 41, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in ten categories this edition.
Named in seven categories this edition.
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
VenaFirst choices, of twelve modelsWorkday Adaptive Planning
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Vena and Workday Adaptive Planning were named in the same answer 185 times, of the 348 answers naming Vena and the 386 naming Workday Adaptive Planning. In those answers Workday Adaptive Planning took the first choice six times and Vena twenty-two.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | | ||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | ||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | ||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | ||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | ||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | |
Vena Workday Adaptive Planning first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Vena on the left and Workday Adaptive Planning on the right.The direct prompt
Workday Adaptive Planning first, Vena not the choice
1 of 12 modelsVena was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
8 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
3 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Vena14%#2 of 11Workday Adaptive Planning11%#4 of 11Vena12%#2 of 12Workday Adaptive Planning12%#4 of 12Workday Adaptive Planning4%#4 of 12Vena0%#11 of 12What 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
What the models said about Workday Adaptive Planning
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Avoid: Enterprise platforms like Anaplan or Workday Adaptive ... they're overkill and significantly more expensive” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“the best EPM software is usually Workday Adaptive Planning if you want the best balance of ease of use, planning depth, and faster implementation” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · first choice
“strong for Workday/HCM shops, easiest adoption, excellent workforce planning, native Workday integration” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.