Vena Solutions, the Microsoft-native platform for Orchestrated Planning, Decisioning and Close, today announced that both Vena and Acterys have been recognized as Leaders in Info-Tech Research’s 2026 Enterprise Performance Management Data Quadrant Report, providing independent customer validation of Vena’s expanding capabilities in financial and operational planning across Excel, Power BI and the broader Microsoft ecosystem.
The recognition reflects the strength of two familiar, Microsoft-native planning experiences serving different parts of the organization. Vena gives Finance a governed, Excel-native environment for planning, reporting and decision-making, while Acterys extends enterprise-grade planning, modeling and write-back directly into Power BI and Microsoft Fabric for data, analytics and operational teams. Together, Vena and Acterys give organizations greater flexibility to connect financial and operational planning in the tools their teams already know and use.
As financial planning expands across more teams, data sources and decision-making processes, customer validation provides an important measure of how solutions perform in real-world environments. SoftwareReviews, a division of Info-Tech Research Group, evaluates software products based on feedback from verified end users across product features and satisfaction, as well as vendor experience and capabilities. The 2026 Enterprise Performance Management Report includes 570 reviews across products in the EPM market.
Acterys Ranks Number One Overall for the Fourth Consecutive Year
Acterys ranked number one overall with a 9.2 out of 10 composite score, marking the fourth consecutive year it has ranked first in the EPM Data Quadrant. It also earned two number one Vendor Capability rankings and six number one Product Feature rankings, with 21 leading rankings across the evaluation.
“Customer feedback is one of the clearest measures of whether technology is creating meaningful value in the way people actually work,” said Mike Zack, General Manager, Acterys. “To see Acterys continue to rank first year after year, alongside Vena earning strong customer ratings across key capabilities, reinforces the value of giving organizations planning experiences that meet teams where they already are. Acterys extends Power BI and Fabric beyond reporting with governed write-back, connected modeling and the depth required to support complex financial and operational planning at scale.”
Acterys received leading scores across several vendor capability and product features, including the following:
- BI and Performance Management
- Financial Reporting and Consolidation
- Ease of Data Integration
- Availability and Quality of Training
- Planning and Scheduling
- Business Application Integration
- Data Visualization
- Process Simulation and Execution
Acterys also received a 93% Likeliness to Recommend score, reflecting strong customer sentiment toward the solution.
Vena Earns Leader Status Across Key EPM Capabilities Including Financial Reporting and Consolidation
Vena also earned Leader status with an 8.2 out of 10 composite score and 10 leading rankings across the evaluation. Customers recognized its strengths across Financial Reporting and Consolidation, Breadth of Features, Collaboration, Data Visualization and Ease of Implementation – all integral as financial planning, reporting and close become increasingly connected.
The recognition comes as Vena continues to advance Microsoft-native Orchestrated Planning, Decisioning and Close across Finance and the broader business. In August, Vena announced the general availability of Vena Financial Consolidation, building on its existing consolidation capabilities with a more advanced standalone solution for complex multi-entity environments, governed close and audit-ready reporting. Combined with Acterys’ Power BI-native operational planning experience, Vena is expanding the ways Finance and the broader business can connect trusted actuals, plans and operational inputs to the decisions that follow.
“Vena and Acterys continue to demonstrate strong performance in SoftwareReviews’ Enterprise Performance Management Data Quadrant,” said Hong Kwok, Research Director at Info-Tech Research Group. “Their recognition reflects the value customers place on flexible, scalable solutions that support increasingly complex planning and performance management needs.”
Download the full 2026 Enterprise Performance Management Data Quadrant Report here to learn more about Vena and Acterys’ recognition and performance.
About Vena
Vena is a leader in Microsoft-native Orchestrated Planning, Decisioning and Close across Excel, Power BI, Azure and Fabric. With governed financial and operational data, cumulative business context and purpose-built AI agents embedded in the flow of work, Vena connects planning, consolidation, reporting and decision-making so organizations can automate work and move from insight to governed action with greater speed and confidence. Thousands of organizations worldwide rely on Vena to perform better and achieve more. For more information, visit venasolutions.com.
About Acterys
Acterys, by Vena Solutions, provides enterprise-grade planning, analytics and application development solutions for Microsoft Power BI, Azure and Fabric. Its modular, scalable platform empowers organizations to build connected, data-driven applications at scale. Visit Acterys.com for more information.
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