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Lease accounting · November 2026 Edition

Cradle Accounting vs iLeaseXpress

Name: Cradle Accounting vs iLeaseXpress: AI model recommendations for lease accounting, November 2026 Edition
Creator: Gane
Published: 2026-11-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Zero of fourteen models named Cradle Accounting first on the direct prompt; zero named iLeaseXpress. Cradle Accounting was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and iLeaseXpress by ten and Cradle Accounting carries 15 labels and iLeaseXpress 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Cradle Accounting

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

iLeaseXpress

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share10%10%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.

Negative rate0%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.

Rank in category#3#4A position in a field of 18; printed, not drawn.

Labels1510A count; the two differ.

The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Cradle Accounting reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.FinQuery was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. FinQuery vs Cradle Accounting · FinQuery vs iLeaseXpress · NetLease vs Cradle Accounting

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 lease accounting page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.

Cradle AccountingFirst choices, of fourteen modelsiLeaseXpress

Direct00

Paraphrase00

Comparative00

Budget-constrained55

Scale-constrained00

Negative00

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.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Cradle Accounting and iLeaseXpress were named in the same answer twenty-eight times, of the 46 answers naming Cradle Accounting and the 32 naming iLeaseXpress. In those answers iLeaseXpress took the first choice one time and Cradle Accounting nine.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Cradle Accounting and iLeaseXpress stood in it.

Model	DirectIL	ParaphraseIL	ComparativeIL	Budget-constrainedIL	Scale-constrainedIL	NegativeIL
Claude Haiku 4.5				IL
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash				IL
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20				IL
Mistral Small				IL
DeepSeek V4 Flash				IL
Llama 4 Maverick				IL
Qwen 3.7 Flash				IL
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5				IL
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B				IL

Cradle AccountingIL iLeaseXpress

first choice

named as an alternative

argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Cradle Accounting on the left and iLeaseXpress on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Cradle Accounting and iLeaseXpress stood in it.

Neither was named

14 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.

Claude Haiku 4.5FinQuery, SOFT4Lessee alternatives: EZLease, Spacebase, Visual Lease

GPT-5.4 miniFinQuery alternatives: NetLease, Occupier, Sage Intacct

Gemini 3.5 FlashFinQuery alternatives: EZLease, NetLease, Occupier, Trullion, Visual Lease

Perplexity SonarFinQuery alternatives: EZLease, Envoria, Nakisa Lease Administration, Prophix One Lease Accounting, Visual Lease

Grok 4.20FinQuery alternatives: LeaseCrunch, Nakisa Lease Administration, Sage Intacct, Visual Lease

Mistral SmallSage Intacct alternatives: FinQuery, SOFT4Lessee, Visual Lease, Yardi Corom

DeepSeek V4 FlashFinQuery alternatives: EZLease, Sage Intacct, Trullion

Llama 4 Maverickno first choice

Qwen 3.7 FlashFinQuery alternatives: Crown Lease Accounting, Leasium, Trullion

Kimi K2FinQuery alternatives: EZLease, Sage Intacct, Visual Lease

GLM 4.7 FlashXFinQuery alternatives: Trullion, Visual Lease, iLeasePro

MiniMax M2.5FinQuery, Sage Intacct alternatives: Visual Lease

GPT-6 LunaLeaseQuery, powered by FinQuery alternatives: Crunchafi, Occupier, Visual Lease

Muse Glimmer 30BSOFT4Lessee, Sage Intacct alternatives: FinQuery, Visual Lease, Yardi Corom

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

Cradle Accounting leads by fifteen points.

Cradle Accounting#2 of 14

iLeaseXpress#5 of 14

The full small business standing →

Mid-marketThe figures above

Level: the same share of first choices.

Cradle Accounting#3 of 18

iLeaseXpress#4 of 18

The full mid-market standing →

Enterprise

Neither is named for this buyer.

Cradle Accountingnot named

iLeaseXpressnot named

The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Cradle Accounting

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

“Cradle at $99/mo for up to 10 agreements is the lowest published monthly price with full ASC 842/IFRS 16 functionality and unlimited users.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice

“The best lease accounting software for a company with a limited budget is Cradle, iLeaseXpress, NetLease, or FinQuery LeaseGuru” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice

“I'd suggest starting with Cradle ($99/month) or iLeaseXpress if you need slightly more capacity” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about iLeaseXpress

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

“For the absolute most budget-conscious choice, iLeaseXpress offers the best entry point with its free tier for up to 5 leases” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice

“The best lease accounting software for a company with a limited budget is Cradle, iLeaseXpress, NetLease, or FinQuery LeaseGuru” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice

“I'd suggest starting with Cradle ($99/month) or iLeaseXpress if you need slightly more capacity” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice

Also compared

FinQuery vs Cradle Accounting FinQuery vs iLeaseXpress NetLease vs Cradle Accounting NetLease vs iLeaseXpress Cradle Accounting vs LeaseGuru Cradle Accounting vs Sage Intacct Cradle Accounting vs Yardi Corom iLeaseXpress vs LeaseGuru iLeaseXpress vs Sage Intacct iLeaseXpress vs Yardi Corom All twenty-one head-to-head pages and the full lease accounting standing

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.