# Lease accounting for small business buyers: what AI models recommend, November 2026

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

**Standing:** NetLease leads with 23% of first choices; verdict contested. 53 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [NetLease](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/netlease/index.md) | 23% | 6% | 50 |
| 2 | [Cradle Accounting](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/cradle-accounting/index.md) | 21% | 0% | 31 |
| 3 | [FinQuery](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/finquery/index.md) | 15% | 19% | 43 |
| 4 | [LeaseGuru](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/leaseguru/index.md) | 13% | 0% | 25 |
| 5 | [iLeaseXpress](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/ileasexpress/index.md) | 6% | 5% | 22 |
| 6 | [LeaseCrunch](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/leasecrunch/index.md) | 6% | 12% | 16 |
| 7 | [iLeasePro](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/ileasepro/index.md) | 4% | 8% | 12 |
| 8 | Innago | 2% | 18% | 11 |
| 15 | [EZLease](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/ezlease/index.md) | 0% | 27% | 22 |
| 17 | [Trullion](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/trullion/index.md) | 0% | 39% | 28 |
| 56 | [Occupier](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/occupier/index.md) | 0% | 50% | 16 |
| 61 | [Xero](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/xero/index.md) | 0% | 54% | 13 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 68 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: iLeasePro; alternatives EZLease, LeaseGuru, Spacebase, iLeaseXpress
- GPT-5.4 mini: NetLease; alternatives Crunchafi, Occupier
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: LeaseCrunch, LeaseGuru, iLeaseXpress; alternatives FinQuery, NetLease, Trullion
- Perplexity Sonar: LeaseGuru; alternatives FinQuery, NetLease
- Grok 4.20: Cradle Accounting, FinQuery, LeaseGuru; alternatives iLeaseXpress
- Mistral Small: Innago, NetLease; alternatives FinQuery, Sage Intacct
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: NetLease; alternatives LeaseGuru, Nomos One
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Cradle Accounting, FinQuery; alternatives Sage Intacct, Trullion, Visual Lease, iLeaseXpress
- Kimi K2: NetLease; alternatives Cradle Accounting, FinQuery, LeaseGuru
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: FinQuery; alternatives Cradle Accounting, Innago, NetLease, Trullion
- MiniMax M2.5: NetLease; alternatives FinQuery, UGAAP Lease Accounting
- GPT-6 Luna: Cradle Accounting; alternatives FinQuery, LeaseGuru, NetLease
- Muse Glimmer 30B: NetLease; alternatives Cradle Accounting, FinQuery, LeaseCrunch, LeaseGuru

## Sources the answers cite

75 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- capterra.com: 51 answers, 86 citations
- softwareadvice.com: 42 answers, 65 citations
- reddit.com: 38 answers, 44 citations
- finquery.com: 31 answers, 44 citations
- getapp.com: 28 answers, 43 citations
- g2.com: 26 answers, 41 citations
- leaseabstractors.com: 24 answers, 30 citations
- getapp.com.au: 21 answers, 27 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://reddit.com/r/Accounting/comments/1xgzum3/what_do_you_consider_the_most_useful_lease (36 answers)
- https://capterra.com/lease-accounting-software (33 answers)
- https://capterra.com/lease-accounting-software/s/small-businesses (31 answers)
- https://softwareadvice.com/property/lease-accounting-comparison/small-business (25 answers)
- https://leaseabstractors.com/blog/lease-accounting-software-for-small-business (24 answers)
- https://getapp.com/finance-accounting-software/lease-accounting/org/small-business (22 answers)
- https://getapp.com.au/directory/1371/lease-accounting/software (20 answers)
- https://softwareadvice.com/property/lease-accounting-comparison (18 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/lease-accounting/small-business (17 answers)
- https://xero.com/us/accounting-software/lease-accounting (17 answers)

## Warned against

- Visual Lease: 16 of 26 labels negative. "Pricing is not published; you must request a demo and custom quote... Avoid or be cautious about tools that: Hide pricing until a demo" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)
- Trullion: 11 of 28 labels negative. "The complexity and potential for surprise fees make it a poor fit for tight small-business budgets." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)
- Microsoft Excel: 8 of 8 labels negative. "Using spreadsheets increases the risk of data inconsistencies, version control issues, delayed closes, inaccurate calculations, and audit findings" (Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt)
- Occupier: 8 of 16 labels negative. "No public price; demo-only approach can lead to "scope creep" and inflated proposals." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 10 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
New leader: EZLease (20%) to NetLease (23%). Margin 23 points, beyond the floor.

- NetLease: 0% to 23%, +23. Cleared the floor by 13 points · rank 19 → 1 of 68.
- EZLease: 20% to 0%, −20. Cleared the floor by 10 points · rank 1 → 15 of 68.
- iLeasePro: 15% to 4%, −11. Cleared the floor by 1 point · rank 3 → 7 of 68.
- Cradle Accounting: 11% to 21%, +10. Inside the floor by 0 points · rank 4 → 2 of 68.
- FinQuery: 7% to 15%, +8. Inside the floor by 2 points · rank 5 → 3 of 68.
- Xero: 4% to 0%, −4. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 9 → 61 of 68.
- LeaseGuru: 16% to 13%, −3. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 2 → 4 of 68.
- iLeaseXpress: 4% to 6%, +2. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 6 → 5 of 68.
- LeaseCrunch: 4% to 6%, +2. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 7 → 6 of 68.
- Innago: 0% to 2%, +2. New · not ranked in October 2026 · rank 8 of 68.
- Crunchafi: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 10 → 16 of 68.
- Trullion: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 11 → 17 of 68.

## Record

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