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AI accounting assistants · November 2026 Edition

QuickBooks Online vs Numeric

Two of fourteen models named QuickBooks Online first on the direct prompt; zero named Numeric. QuickBooks Online was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Numeric by ten and QuickBooks Online carries 39 labels and Numeric 15, so the shares are not directly comparable.

QuickBooks Online

accepted challenger

Named in twenty-three categories this edition.

Numeric

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

First-choice share6%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate18%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#5A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels3915A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, QuickBooks Online reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Rillet was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Zoho Books vs QuickBooks Online · Zoho Books vs Numeric · Rillet 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 AI accounting assistants page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
QuickBooks OnlineFirst choices, of fourteen modelsNumeric
Direct201 against QuickBooks Online
Paraphrase032 against QuickBooks Online
Comparative50
Budget-constrained101 against QuickBooks Online
Scale-constrained00
Negative103 against QuickBooks Online
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 QuickBooks Online 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
QuickBooks Online Numeric first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, QuickBooks Online on the left and Numeric on the right.

The direct prompt

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

QuickBooks Online first, Numeric not the choice

2 of 14 modelsNumeric was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniIntuit Enterprise Suite, QuickBooks Online alternatives: BILL, Botkeeper, Campfire, Vic.ai
MiniMax M2.5QuickBooks Online alternatives: DualEntry, Netgain, Vic.ai

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.
Gemini 3.5 FlashVic.ai alternatives: Numeric, Ramp Accounting Agent, Stampli, Tabs, Trullion, Zone & Co
GPT-6 LunaSage Intacct alternatives: Numeric, Oracle NetSuite

Neither was named

10 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5DualEntry alternatives: Campfire, Rillet, Sage Intacct
Perplexity SonarSage Intacct alternatives: Booke AI, Rillet, Vic.ai, Zeni
Grok 4.20Rillet alternatives: Sage Intacct
Mistral SmallRillet, Sage Intacct alternatives: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
DeepSeek V4 FlashRillet alternatives: Digits, Zeni
Llama 4 MaverickSage Intacct alternatives: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Rillet, Zeni
Qwen 3.7 FlashRillet alternatives: Vic.ai, Zeni
Kimi K2Rillet alternatives: QuickBooks with AI, Ramp Accounting Agent, Sage Intacct
GLM 4.7 FlashXRillet alternatives: Booke AI, Docyt
Muse Glimmer 30BSage Intacct alternatives: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Rillet

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
QuickBooks Online leads by twenty-four points.
QuickBooks Online24%#1 of 16
Numeric0%#– of 16
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
QuickBooks Online6%#4 of 15
Numeric6%#5 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
QuickBooks Online0%#13 of 13
Numeric0%#– of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about QuickBooks Online

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

“found it gave wrong or irrelevant answers on more than half of them ... users report no way to turn it off” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“If you want the most broad, integrated AI feature set for SMBs, QuickBooks currently stands out from the product pages I checked.” GPT-5.4 mini · comparative prompt · first choice

What the models said about Numeric

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

“I'd recommend starting with Numeric for its published pricing and mid-market focus” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · first choice
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.