Cake Equity vs Fidelity Private Shares
Zero of fourteen models named Cake Equity first on the direct prompt; zero named Fidelity Private Shares. Cake Equity was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Fidelity Private Shares by twelve and Cake Equity carries 33 labels and Fidelity Private Shares 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
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 cap table management page.
By framing
Cake EquityFirst choices, of fourteen modelsFidelity Private Shares
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Cake Equity and Fidelity Private Shares were named in the same answer twenty-one times, of the 85 answers naming Cake Equity and the 40 naming Fidelity Private Shares. In those answers Fidelity Private Shares took the first choice two times and Cake Equity six.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Cake Equity Fidelity Private Shares first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Cake Equity on the left and Fidelity Private Shares on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
11 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Cake Equity12%#3 of 12Fidelity Private Shares5%#5 of 12Cake Equity5%#4 of 11Fidelity Private Shares5%#5 of 11Cake Equity0%#– of 10Fidelity Private Shares0%#– of 10What the models said about Cake Equity
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“Budget-friendly starters ... but they may lack depth for complex mid-market needs compared to Carta” Grok 4.20 · direct prompt · soft negative
“Often praised for affordability ($0–low monthly), strong compliance ... High G2 ratings (4.8/5)” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · first choice
“Cake Equity: Offers a free plan for up to 5 stakeholders, then predictable annual tiers.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“Cake Equity and Eqvista stand out as top recommendations for limited budgets” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Fidelity Private Shares
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Fidelity Private Shares is the best free cap table tool for most early-stage founders in 2026” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“For most early-stage founders, Fidelity Private Shares is the best free option” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“### 1. Fidelity Private Shares (Best Overall Free Option)” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
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.