Planful vs Vena
Two of fourteen models named Planful first on the direct prompt; four named Vena. Both were named by all fourteen models and both carry 60 labels, so the shares below are 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 FP&A platforms 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
Planful first, Vena an alternative
2 of 14 modelsVena was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Vena first, Planful an alternative
4 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
6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
2 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
Planful2%#12 of 16Vena2%#10 of 16What 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.
“Another enterprise-grade solution that may be unnecessarily complex and expensive for smaller teams.” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“Planful, Pigment, and Oracle Essbase generated the most negative feedback overall” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“should be avoided or approached with caution... 3. Planful” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · hard negative
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.
“Strong negative quotes (e.g., "would rather eat a bullet than use it again"); 16-58% negative labels” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
“Options to Avoid on a Limited Budget ... Vena — Median contract ~$34,000/year” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“#1 in G2 Mid-Market Grid for Budgeting/Forecasting & Financial Analysis (Summer 2024)... For comprehensive planning: Vena or Planful (top G2 mid-market leaders).” Grok 4.1 Fast · direct prompt · first choice
“Best For: Mid-market companies ($50M–$500M+ revenue) that are deeply committed to Excel and need enterprise-grade security and workflows.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct 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.