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XLerant’s BudgetPak is an easy to use cloud-based solution focused on collaborative budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting. An Excel add-in, myXL, provides custom reporting capabilities with dynamic integration to the database. The full suite of modules built into the BudgetPak product includes annual and hourly salary planning with enhanced detailed benefits planning, scenario modeling, and long-term projections using predictive analytics. There is built-in support for the creation, distribution, and reporting on company-wide strategic initiatives at the department and account level. The product utilizes a unique guided prompt approach, coupled with an intuitive interface, to facilitate the budget preparation and submission process. See detailed ratings and compare to Prophix, Centage or other vendors >>>
Business Services, Higher Education, Not for Profits




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CPA Practice Advisor Product Review: BudgetPak
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XLerant Rated Highest for Ease-of-Use for Sixth Consecutive Year in 2021 BPM Pulse
XLerant’s BudgetPak Receives Perfect Ease-of-Use Score in Pulse of Performance Management Study
XLerant Rated Highest of 15 BPM Vendors for Budgeting and Planning
XLerant Recognized for Top Ease-of-Use Customer Rating in 2018 BPM Pulse Survey
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The Vena AI-Powered Complete FP&A Platform, natively integrated and synchronized with Microsoft 365, is designed to streamline financial and operational planning. Vena’s platform amplifies the value of Microsoft Excel and 365 productivity and analytical tools by combining it with the control and scale of its centralized in-memory Vena CubeFLEX™ database and collaborative workflows. Vena addresses the full spectrum of financial planning and forecasting, extended planning including revenue and sales planning, and goes beyond planning with financial consolidations, account reconciliations, tax provisioning, ESG management, and more. Vena Insights leverages Microsoft Power BI fully embedded and productized in the Vena platform and Vena Copilot is Vena’s Agentic AI technology purpose-built for FP&A use cases. See detailed ratings and compare to Workday Adaptive Planning, Planful or other vendors >>>
Financial Services, Manufacturing, Retail, Services




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BARC The Planning Survey 25 R
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BPM Partners Vena 2025-2026 Vendor Landscape Matrix: Special Edition R
Nucleus Research Vena a Leader in 2025 CPM Value Matrix
Top Global CPM Trends to Watch in 2026 R
2025 Pulse of Performance Management: Vena Reviewed as Core Vendor R
CFO Show Podcast: The State of Strategic Finance 2025
Livestream: The Annual Financial Close R
Lessons from SaaS Leaders: Aligning Your Budget to Changing Business Goals R
How to Power Your Digital Finance Transformation R
Transforming Finance-Led Processes for Growth R
Rethinking FP&A: An Analyst’s View
Five Steps to Selecting Financial Software to Grow Your Business
Vena Launches Six New Microsoft Fabric Integrations
Vena Launches Planning Agent to Redefine Finance Workflows
Vena Celebrates Record-Setting First Half of FY26
Vena Recognized as a Leader with Outstanding Overall Rating in 2025-2026 VLM
Vena Announces Vena Copilot for Microsoft Teams
Vena’s 2025 Industry Benchmark Report Reveals What’s Next for FP&A Teams
Vena Kicks Off FY26 with Record Growth
Vena Recognized in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Financial Close and Consolidation Solutions
Vena Achieves US$100 Million ARR
Vena Introduces Vena for Microsoft PowerPoint
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deFacto is a unified, AI-enabled Integrated Business Planning platform that enables mid-market to large enterprises to optimize overall business performance by synchronizing planning and decision-making across every functional area. The application library includes FP&A, HR, S&OP, Demand Planning, Tax, Supply Chain, CapEx, and Project Planning. deFacto extends full write-back and planning capabilities to Excel and Power BI. It automates the generation of Power BI reports and templates, leverages the full range of Microsoft tools including Azure, Fabric, and connects to any financial and/or operational data source. See detailed ratings and compare to JustPerform, Vena or other vendors >>>
Consumer Products, Financial Services, Healthcare, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Telecommunications




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Centage is a unified and collaborative budgeting and forecasting solution for finance teams in small to midsize businesses. The solution offers integrated budgeting, predictive planning and forecasting, simple consolidation, reporting and analytics, along with robust modeling, what if, and scenario planning tools. It features unlimited dimensions, multi-step allocations, and support for transactional level details. All supported by centralized permissions-based workflow. Live access to Centage data is available from Power BI. See detailed ratings and compare to Prophix, XLerant or other vendors >>>
Healthcare, Higher Education, Manufacturing, Not for Profit, Professional Services




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Automating Budgeting and Forecasting for Midmarket Companies
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