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Cap table management · November 2026 Edition

Eqvista vs EquityList

Zero of fourteen models named Eqvista first on the direct prompt; one named EquityList. Eqvista was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and EquityList by seven and Eqvista carries 38 labels and EquityList 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Eqvista

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

EquityList

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share20%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate3%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#7A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels3816A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Eqvista reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Carta Equity was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Carta Equity vs Eqvista · Carta Equity vs EquityList · Eqvista vs Ledgy

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

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
EqvistaFirst choices, of fourteen modelsEquityList
Direct01
Paraphrase301 against Eqvista
Comparative00
Budget-constrained80
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, Eqvista and EquityList were named in the same answer twenty-six times, of the 124 answers naming Eqvista and the 43 naming EquityList. In those answers EquityList took the first choice one time and Eqvista seven.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Eqvista and EquityList stood in it.

EquityList first, Eqvista not the choice

1 of 14 modelsEqvista was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
MiniMax M2.5Carta Equity, EquityList alternatives: Ledgy, Qapita

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.
GPT-5.4 miniCarta Equity alternatives: Eqvista, Ledgy, Pulley
Grok 4.20Carta Equity alternatives: EquityList, Ledgy
Mistral SmallCarta Equity, Ledgy alternatives: EquityList

Neither was named

10 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Qapita alternatives: Cake Equity, Pulley, Shareworks
Gemini 3.5 FlashCarta Equity alternatives: Ledgy, Pulley, Shareworks
Perplexity SonarCarta Equity alternatives: Ledgy, Qapita, Shareworks
DeepSeek V4 FlashCarta Equity alternatives: Ledgy, Qapita
Llama 4 MaverickCarta Equity
Qwen 3.7 FlashCarta Equity, Ledgy alternatives: Pulley
Kimi K2Carta Equity alternatives: Ledgy, Qapita
GLM 4.7 FlashXCarta Equity alternatives: AngelList Stack, Capboard, Fidelity Private Shares, Ledgy, Pulley, Walter
GPT-6 LunaCarta Equity alternatives: Fidelity Private Shares, Shareworks
Muse Glimmer 30BCarta Equity alternatives: Ledgy, Morgan Stanley at Work Shareworks

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
Eqvista leads by thirty-six points.
Eqvista38%#1 of 12
EquityList2%#6 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Eqvista leads by eighteen points.
Eqvista20%#2 of 11
EquityList2%#7 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Eqvista leads by four points.
Eqvista4%#7 of 10
EquityList0%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Eqvista

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

“though it may provide less ecosystem depth than Carta” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Eqvista offers the most generous free tier (20 stakeholders) and the lowest paid pricing at $2/stakeholder/month” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Eqvista - G2's #1 Equity Management Platform, provides comprehensive equity management with expert 409A valuations” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Eqvista stands out as the best cap table management software for companies with a limited budget” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about EquityList

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

“or EquityList if you have international operations. Both offer the scalability, compliance features, and integrations necessary for mid-market complexity” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“For regional compliance and AI features, especially in India/Singapore, EquityList is a strong contender.” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · alternative
“alternatives like Qapita, EquityList, Ledgy, and Cake Equity offer compelling features” MiniMax M2.5 · comparative prompt · alternative
Also compared
Carta Equity vs EqvistaCarta Equity vs EquityListEqvista vs LedgyEqvista vs Cake EquityEqvista vs Fidelity Private SharesEqvista vs QapitaEqvista vs CapboardLedgy vs EquityListCake Equity vs EquityListFidelity Private Shares vs EquityListQapita vs EquityListEquityList vs CapboardAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full cap table management 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.