# Lease accounting: what AI models recommend, September 2026

Gane Index, September 2026 Edition. Asked as "lease accounting software" and as "ASC 842 and IFRS 16 compliance tool", six framings each, to twelve models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/accounting/lease-accounting/2026-09

This is the permanent record of the September 2026 Edition, published September 17, 2026 and superseded since. The current standing: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/accounting/lease-accounting/index.md

**Standing:** FinQuery leads with 36% of first choices; verdict contested. 50 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [FinQuery](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/finquery/index.md) | 36% | 8% | 48 |
| 2 | [iLeasePro](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/ileasepro/index.md) | 12% | 6% | 17 |
| 3 | [Visual Lease](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/visual-lease/index.md) | 10% | 7% | 41 |
| 4 | [EZLease](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/ezlease/index.md) | 10% | 3% | 29 |
| 6 | [SOFT4Lessee](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/soft4lessee/index.md) | 6% | 0% | 10 |
| 8 | [Trullion](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/trullion/index.md) | 4% | 8% | 24 |
| 9 | [Crunchafi](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/crunchafi/index.md) | 2% | 7% | 15 |
| 13 | [NetLease](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/netlease/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 17 |
| 14 | [MRI ProLease](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/mri-prolease/index.md) | 0% | 5% | 19 |
| 15 | [DebtBook](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/debtbook/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 11 |
| 16 | [Occupier](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/occupier/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 10 |
| 17 | [Nakisa Lease Administration](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/nakisa-lease-administration/index.md) | 0% | 9% | 11 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 58 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: SOFT4Lessee; alternatives EZLease, FinQuery, Trullion, Visual Lease
- GPT-5.4 mini: FinQuery; alternatives Nakisa Lease Administration, Sage Intacct, UGAAP, Yardi Corom
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: FinQuery; alternatives NetLease, SOFT4Lessee, Trullion, Visual Lease
- Perplexity Sonar: FinQuery, Spacebase; alternatives EZLease, SOFT4Lessee, Visual Lease
- Grok 4.20: FinQuery; alternatives EZLease, Visual Lease
- Mistral Small: FinQuery, SOFT4Lessee; alternatives EZLease, Trullion, Visual Lease
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: FinQuery; alternatives Crunchafi, LeaseCrunch, NetLease, Visual Lease
- Llama 4 Maverick: iLeasePro; alternatives EZLease, LeaseAccelerator, Leasecake, SOFT4Lessee
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: FinQuery; alternatives EZLease, Spacebase, iLeasePro
- Kimi K2: FinQuery; alternatives EZLease, iLeasePro
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: FinQuery, Visual Lease; alternatives DebtBook, SOFT4Lessee, iLeasePro
- MiniMax M2.5: FinQuery, Visual Lease; alternatives Spacebase

## Sources the answers cite

66 of 72 answers came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- softwareconnect.com: 45 answers, 75 citations
- debtbook.com: 41 answers, 45 citations
- capterra.com: 33 answers, 53 citations
- trullion.com: 32 answers, 38 citations
- blackowlsystems.com: 29 answers, 37 citations
- guideflow.com: 28 answers, 28 citations
- g2.com: 27 answers, 57 citations
- getapp.com: 26 answers, 35 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://softwareconnect.com/roundups/best-lease-accounting-software (43 answers)
- https://debtbook.com/blog/best-lease-accounting-software (38 answers)
- https://guideflow.com/blog/lease-accounting-software (28 answers)
- https://trullion.com/blog/lease-accounting-software-solutions-for-asc-842-ifrs-16-2026-guide (27 answers)
- https://capterra.com/lease-accounting-software (25 answers)
- https://gartner.com/reviews/market/lease-accounting-and-management-software (24 answers)
- https://blackowlsystems.com/best-lease-accounting-software-in-2026-compared (23 answers)
- https://acquisition-international.com/best-lease-accounting-software-of-2026-from-compliance-to-cashflow (22 answers)
- https://softwareconnect.com/roundups/best-lease-management-software (18 answers)
- https://finantrix.com/buyer-guides/lease-accounting-administration-software (17 answers)

## Warned against

- Microsoft Excel: 7 of 7 labels negative. "Spreadsheets / Excel: sources warn they create data integrity, version-control, security, and compliance risks, and they are poor for large or complex lease portfolios." (Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt)
- Spreadsheets: 4 of 4 labels negative. "Spreadsheets / Excel: sources warn they create data integrity, version-control, security, and compliance risks, and they are poor for large or complex lease portfolios." (Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt)
- FinQuery: 4 of 48 labels negative. "LeaseQuery (FinQuery): "Irreversible changes" after a lease is approved, forced re-approval workflows for minor corrections, limited vehicle entry options" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt)
- SAP RE-FX: 4 of 4 labels negative. "massive, enterprise-grade ERP modules (like SAP or Oracle Real Estate) are usually too expensive and over-engineered for your needs" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, scale prompt)

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, September 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/finance.