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SEC and disclosure reporting · November 2026 Edition

Workiva vs IRIS CARBON

Five of fourteen models named Workiva first on the direct prompt; one named IRIS CARBON. Workiva was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and IRIS CARBON by thirteen and Workiva carries 68 labels and IRIS CARBON 42, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Workiva

criticized challenger

Named in nine categories this edition.

IRIS CARBON

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share27%16%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate26%2%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#4A position in a field of 6; printed, not drawn.
Labels6842A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Workiva reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.DFIN ActiveDisclosure was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Certent Disclosure Management vs Workiva · Certent Disclosure Management vs IRIS CARBON · Workiva vs DFIN ActiveDisclosure

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 SEC and disclosure reporting page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
WorkivaFirst choices, of fourteen modelsIRIS CARBON
Direct513 against Workiva
Paraphrase312 against Workiva
Comparative140
Budget-constrained0812 against Workiva · 1 against IRIS CARBON
Scale-constrained90
Negative001 against Workiva
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, Workiva and IRIS CARBON were named in the same answer 123 times, of the 539 answers naming Workiva and the 126 naming IRIS CARBON. In those answers IRIS CARBON took the first choice thirty-four times and Workiva forty-nine.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Workiva and IRIS CARBON 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
Workiva IRIS CARBON first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Workiva on the left and IRIS CARBON on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Workiva and IRIS CARBON stood in it.

Workiva first, IRIS CARBON an alternative

5 of 14 modelsIRIS CARBON was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniWorkiva alternatives: DFIN ActiveDisclosure, Toppan Merrill Bridge
Mistral SmallWorkiva alternatives: Certent Disclosure Management, DFIN ActiveDisclosure, IRIS CARBON
DeepSeek V4 FlashCertent Disclosure Management, Workiva alternatives: DFIN ActiveDisclosure, Toppan Merrill Bridge
Llama 4 MaverickDFIN ActiveDisclosure, Workiva
MiniMax M2.5Workiva alternatives: DFIN ActiveDisclosure, EdgarAgents

IRIS CARBON first, Workiva not the choice

1 of 14 modelsWorkiva was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Muse Glimmer 30BCertent Disclosure Management, IRIS CARBON alternatives: DFIN ActiveDisclosure

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Certent Disclosure Management alternatives: DFIN ActiveDisclosure, IRIS CARBON
Gemini 3.5 FlashDFIN ActiveDisclosure alternatives: Certent Disclosure Management, Toppan Merrill Bridge, Workiva
Perplexity SonarDFIN ActiveDisclosure alternatives: Certent Disclosure Management, Workiva
Grok 4.20Certent Disclosure Management alternatives: DFIN ActiveDisclosure, IRIS CARBON, Workiva
Qwen 3.7 FlashCertent Disclosure Management alternatives: Toppan Merrill Bridge, Workiva
GLM 4.7 FlashXDFIN ActiveDisclosure alternatives: Certent Disclosure Management, Workiva
GPT-6 LunaDFIN ActiveDisclosure alternatives: Workiva

Neither was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Kimi K2DFIN ActiveDisclosure alternatives: Certent Disclosure Management

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
IRIS CARBON leads by twenty-three points.
IRIS CARBON29%#2 of 5
Workiva6%#4 of 5
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Workiva leads at mid-market.
Workiva27%#2 of 6
IRIS CARBON16%#4 of 6
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Workiva leads by eighty-five points.
Workiva85%#1 of 9
IRIS CARBON0%#5 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Workiva

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

“What to Avoid with Limited Budgets: ... Workiva | $40,000 - $300,000+ | Premium pricing accumulates” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“For most accelerated and large accelerated filers, Workiva is the default with linked data across every document and the deepest iXBRL automation in the category.” Muse Glimmer 30B · scale prompt · first choice
“Workiva is the strongest overall platform in 2026, leading on connected data, native iXBRL and breadth across SEC, SOX, statutory and ESG reporting” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Workiva: The gold standard for workflow and cross-document linking. Best if budget allows and you want industry-leading reliability.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · scale prompt · first choice

What the models said about IRIS CARBON

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

“Worth pricing for a value-oriented option, though reported list pricing starts around $25,000.” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · soft negative
“Choose Certent Disclosure Management / IRIS CARBON if you want governed 10-K/10-Q/8-K and proxy filing with native iXBRL” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“is Certent Disclosure Management or IRIS CARBON, as they deliver the essential workflow at a fraction of the cost” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“Certent Disclosure Management and IRIS CARBON deliver the essential workflow at a fraction of the leader's cost.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared
Certent Disclosure Management vs WorkivaCertent Disclosure Management vs IRIS CARBONWorkiva vs DFIN ActiveDisclosureDFIN ActiveDisclosure vs IRIS CARBONAll six head-to-head pages and the full disclosure reporting 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.