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Account reconciliation · November 2026 Edition

Xero vs Numeric

Zero of fourteen models named Xero first on the direct prompt; two named Numeric. Xero was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Numeric by twelve and Xero carries 32 labels and Numeric 27, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Xero

accepted challenger

Named in twenty-five categories this edition.

Numeric

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

First-choice share15%3%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate6%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#8A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels3227A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Xero reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.FloQast was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. FloQast vs Xero · FloQast vs Numeric · Xero vs QuickBooks Online

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 account reconciliation page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
XeroFirst choices, of fourteen modelsNumeric
Direct02
Paraphrase101 against Xero
Comparative10
Budget-constrained80
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Xero
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Xero and Numeric stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
Xero Numeric first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Xero on the left and Numeric on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Xero and Numeric stood in it.

Numeric first, Xero not the choice

2 of 14 modelsXero was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
DeepSeek V4 FlashFloQast, Numeric alternatives: Prophix One, Trintech
MiniMax M2.5FloQast, Numeric alternatives: Trintech Adra

Neither was the first choice, one was named

9 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Trintech Adra alternatives: FloQast, Numeric, Prophix One
Gemini 3.5 FlashFloQast alternatives: BlackLine Transaction Matching, Numeric, Trintech Adra, ZoneReconcile
Perplexity SonarFloQast alternatives: HighRadius, Numeric, Prophix One, Trintech Adra
Mistral SmallFloQast alternatives: Numeric, Prophix One, Trintech Adra
Llama 4 MaverickFloQast alternatives: BlackLine Transaction Matching, Numeric, Prophix One, Trintech Adra
Kimi K2FloQast alternatives: DOKKA, Numeric, Trintech
GLM 4.7 FlashXProphix One alternatives: FloQast, Numeric, Trintech Adra
GPT-6 LunaFloQast alternatives: BlackLine Transaction Matching, Numeric, Trintech Adra
Muse Glimmer 30BProphix One alternatives: BlackLine Transaction Matching, DOKKA, FloQast, Numeric, Trintech

Neither was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniBlackLine Transaction Matching alternatives: FloQast, Trintech
Grok 4.20FloQast alternatives: BlackLine Transaction Matching, Datarails, Prophix One, Trintech
Qwen 3.7 FlashBlackLine Transaction Matching alternatives: FloQast, ReconArt, Syft, Vena

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

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Xero leads by twenty-seven points.
Xero31%#2 of 10
Numeric3%#6 of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Xero leads by eleven points.
Xero15%#2 of 15
Numeric3%#8 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Xero0%#– of 10
Numeric0%#8 of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Xero

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.

“or Xero's Early plan (if you can afford ~$15\u201320/month) \u2014 they offer the best balance of cost, automation, and scalability” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“The best bank reconciliation automation for a mid-sized B2B company would be Xero, QuickBooks Online, or Trintech (Adra by Trintech).” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Numeric

No label in this category carried a quote.

Also compared

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.