Planful vs Vena
Six of fourteen models named Planful first on the direct prompt; four named Vena. Planful was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Vena by thirteen and Planful carries 42 labels and Vena 40, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in ten categories this edition.
Named in ten 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 November 2026 Edition, Planful and Vena were named in the same answer 245 times, of the 402 answers naming Planful and the 468 naming Vena. In those answers Vena took the first choice fourteen times and Planful twenty-two.
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 4.20 | | | | | ||
| 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
2 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.Planful first, Vena an alternative
4 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
4 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
Planful27%#1 of 16Vena12%#2 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.
“Options to AVOID on a Limited Budget ... | Planful | ~$60K–$250K+/year” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Choose Planful if you want a browser-based, structured platform with strong multi-entity consolidation, financial close and rolling forecasts.” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“Choose Planful if you want a unified planning, reporting and consolidation platform with stronger native modeling and self-service” Muse Glimmer 30B · 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.
“Options to AVOID on a Limited Budget ... | Vena | ~$50K–$150K/year” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Choose Vena if adoption speed and Excel familiarity are critical and you are Microsoft-centric; it leads on operational planning and ease of implementation” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“Frequently recognized as a leader in EPM for mid-market, known for its Excel-like interface and strong financial planning capabilities” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Choose Vena if you need fast adoption, Excel continuity, and a finance-owned planning/consolidation with low change management.” Muse Glimmer 30B · 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.