Planful vs Vena
Nine of fourteen models named Planful first on the direct prompt; three named Vena. Planful was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Vena by thirteen and Planful carries 41 labels and Vena 42, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in eight categories this edition.
Named in nine categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen 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
PlanfulFirst choices, of fourteen modelsVena
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Planful and Vena were named in the same answer 205 times, of the 370 answers naming Planful and the 398 naming Vena. In those answers Vena took the first choice twenty times and Planful twenty-six.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | | | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
Planful Vena first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Planful on the left and Vena on the right.The direct prompt
Both were the first choice
1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.Planful first, Vena an alternative
8 of 14 modelsVena was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Vena first, Planful an alternative
2 of 14 modelsPlanful was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
1 of 14 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
Planful22%#1 of 14Vena15%#3 of 14Planful0%#7 of 12Vena0%#12 of 12What the models said about Planful
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“Primary recommendation: Planful – best blend of speed, functionality, and price for most mid‑sized B2B firms” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Planful is the sweet spot. It's built for mid-market, doesn't require consultants to implement” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase 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. Four of four in this category shown.
“Excel-based tools (e.g., Vena, Datarails): Lack enterprise scalability—avoid for large orgs.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
“Vena Solutions | Mid-market deployments start around $75K–$250K in year one” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Start with a demo of Vena (if you love Excel) or Adaptive Insights (if you want a clean web interface). These two cover the vast majority of mid-sized B2B use cases” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“corporate performance management (CPM/FP&A) for budgeting, forecasting, and reporting, then Vena or Datarails are stronger fits for mid-sized companies” 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.