Vena vs Workday Adaptive Planning
Zero of twelve models named Vena first on the direct prompt; zero named Workday Adaptive Planning. Vena was named by twelve of the twelve models and Workday Adaptive Planning by eleven and Vena carries 26 labels and Workday Adaptive Planning 17, 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 financial modeling and scenario planning 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
Neither was the first choice, one was named
6 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
6 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
Vena0%#– of 13Workday Adaptive Planning0%#– of 13Vena6%#5 of 8Workday Adaptive Planning4%#7 of 8Workday Adaptive Planning3%#4 of 7Vena0%#6 of 7What 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.
“Vena or Planful are the top choices due to their balance of structure, Excel integration, and advanced scenario capabilities” Mistral Small · 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. Two of two in this category shown.
“You generally want to avoid enterprise-grade tools (like Anaplan or Workday) which cost thousands per month.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“I'd recommend Workday Adaptive Planning if you want the best balance of usability, guided finance workflows, and solid scenario modeling” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase 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.