"Non-finance savvy department managers find it a vast improvement over our previous Excel-based process."
Larry Silver, CFO Manager
Want to escape Excel chaos? Don’t choose a platform built on top of it. With 8,000+ formula errors in a typical Excel budget, unless you’ve got a whole team of Excel experts, Vena adds risk and complexity. Budgyt removes both.
Vena runs on Excel, so every edit by non-experts adds boardroom risk. One wrong formula and your reputation is on the line. Budgyt’s database foundation eliminates formula risk entirely.
Need to add a department or revenue category? Vena needs professionals at $250/hour to rebuild your reports. Budgyt handles organizational changes automatically.
When your Vena admin leaves, no one else can take over that complex Excel setup. Built on simplicity and collaboration, Budgyt works for everyone on your team.
No, unless everyone is an expert. Vena’s Excel foundation means non-technical team members can’t safely contribute to budgeting without creating risks.
With Budgyt: Quick and easy. But Vena’s manual mapping between accounting software and Excel means organizational changes need expensive rebuilds, every time.
Vena: 20 minutes. Budgyt: Seconds. Vena’s Excel foundation creates performance bottlenecks that slow down decision-making.
Most CFOs can’t. Every organizational change in Vena requires expensive consultant help to rebuild Excel templates and reports.
"Non-finance savvy department managers find it a vast improvement over our previous Excel-based process."
We rely on a flexible approach to managing our finances, so it is critical to have data organized and presented the way we need it. Budgyt is highly customizable and can fit most, if not any, account structure.
Budgyt solved all of our planning and forecasting needs by filling in a gap in our ERP system that no other third party could. They put an end to the countless tabs and pivot tables
| What You Need | Budgyt | Vena |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation | ||
| Database vs Excel | Pure database – no Excel risk | Built on Excel – all Excel problems remain |
| Formula Management | Unbreakable database formulas | 8,000+ Excel formulas at risk |
| User Requirements | Anyone can use safely | Excel experts needed |
| Professional Services | Not needed after setup | $250/hour for any changes |
| Implementation | ||
| Setup Complexity | API auto-maps everything | Long setup linking to Excel tables |
| Scalabillity | Automatic organizational changes | Manual changes needed with new departments |
| Learning curve | Intuitive for all | Steep learning curve for non-Excel experts |
| Capabilities | ||
| Budget building | Full platform, full features | Limited capabilities |
| Multi-user support | Unlimited collaborative users | Limited options and extra costs |
| Platform support | Works on PC and Mac | Doesn’t work on Mac |
Budgyt, unless your entire team are Excel experts. Vena keeps Excel’s 8,000+ formula risk while adding complex mapping between your accounting software and Excel templates. When non-experts make changes, you’re risking formula errors in board meetings. Budgyt eliminates the Excel foundation entirely.
No one else can take over. Vena’s Excel complexity and mapping requirements create dangerous single points of failure. The steep learning curve means knowledge transfer is nearly impossible. Budgyt works for anyone on your team without specialized Excel expertise.
Difficult and time-consuming. Every revenue category, department, and account must be manually mapped in Excel. When you add new categories, because reports are hard-coded, you need to get them all fixed. Budgyt’s database handles all mapping automatically.
Potentially, if you like added risk. Vena requires Excel expertise across your entire team because any edit by non-experts can break the complex template structure. With 8,000+ formulas still at risk, you can’t safely democratize the budgeting process. Budgyt eliminates formula risk so everyone can contribute safely.
Yes, if you want an unbreakable budget you can rely on the boardroom. Vena doesn’t eliminate Excel’s core problems; it builds expensive complexity on top of them. Budgyt replaces Excel entirely with a database foundation that prevents formula errors from reaching your board presentations.
No. Vena doesn’t work with Mac. This limits team collaboration and forces Mac users to work around the platform. Budgyt works seamlessly on any device.
With Vena, you’ll pay consultants $250/hour every time. Adding departments or changing structures requires professional services to rebuild Excel templates. Budgyt handles changes automatically through its database structure.
In Vena, payroll tax formulas have to be created from scratch. You’re either building complex formulas yourself or paying consultants. Budgyt includes built-in payroll structures that work out of the box.
Full Excel functionality, without the risks. No complexity, no hassle. Plus unlimited users. and more of the features you need to build the budgets you want.