# Corporate performance management: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "EPM software" and as "corporate performance management platform", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/planning/corporate-performance-management/2026-11

**Standing:** Planful leads with 27% of first choices; verdict contested. 49 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Planful](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/planful/index.md) | 27% | 5% | 42 |
| 2 | [Vena](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/vena/index.md) | 12% | 12% | 40 |
| 3 | [Workday Adaptive Planning](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/workday-adaptive-planning/index.md) | 10% | 19% | 53 |
| 4 | [Cube](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/cube/index.md) | 10% | 13% | 15 |
| 5 | [Pigment](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/pigment/index.md) | 6% | 9% | 23 |
| 6 | [Jedox](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/jedox/index.md) | 6% | 10% | 10 |
| 8 | [Datarails](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/datarails/index.md) | 4% | 25% | 12 |
| 10 | [Prophix](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/prophix/index.md) | 2% | 7% | 29 |
| 17 | [Anaplan](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/anaplan/index.md) | 2% | 48% | 48 |
| 18 | [SAP Analytics Cloud](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/sap-analytics-cloud/index.md) | 0% | 12% | 24 |
| 19 | [OneStream](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/onestream/index.md) | 0% | 31% | 39 |
| 20 | [Board](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/board/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 10 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 102 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: no first choice
- GPT-5.4 mini: Workday Adaptive Planning; alternatives Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, Prophix
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Pigment; alternatives Cube, Mosaic, Planful, Vena
- Perplexity Sonar: Planful; alternatives Drivetrain, Pigment, Prophix, Vena
- Grok 4.20: Planful; alternatives Drivetrain, OneStream, Prophix
- Mistral Small: Anaplan, Empower; alternatives Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, SAP Analytics Cloud
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Planful; alternatives Datarails, Prophix, Vena, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Workday Adaptive Planning; alternatives Anaplan, Cube, OneStream, Planful
- Kimi K2: Cube, Vena; alternatives Datarails, Planful, Prophix
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Planful, Vena; alternatives Board, Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, Workday Adaptive Planning
- MiniMax M2.5: Vena; alternatives OneStream, Pigment, Planful, Workday Adaptive Planning
- GPT-6 Luna: Planful; alternatives Pigment, Vena, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Planful, Vena; alternatives Prophix, deFacto Global

## Sources the answers cite

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

- softwaresuggest.com: 36 answers, 36 citations
- github.com: 27 answers, 36 citations
- selecthub.com: 25 answers, 41 citations
- onestream.com: 24 answers, 40 citations
- cfoshortlist.com: 23 answers, 41 citations
- softwareconnect.com: 18 answers, 18 citations
- resources.rework.com: 13 answers, 14 citations
- appsruntheworld.com: 12 answers, 18 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://softwaresuggest.com/enterprise-performance-management-software (34 answers)
- https://github.com/ishandutta2007/Awesome-Enterprise-Performance-Management-EPM/blob/main/README.md (23 answers)
- https://selecthub.com/c/epm-software (19 answers)
- https://softwareconnect.com/roundups/best-epm-software (17 answers)
- https://softclouds.com/assets/images/industries/uploads/the-ultimate-guide-to-epm.pdf (12 answers)
- https://leadchangegroup.com/performance-management-software/mid-market (11 answers)
- https://onestream.com/blog/best-epm-software (11 answers)
- https://viewpointanalysis.com/post/enterprise-performance-management-software-options-2026 (10 answers)
- https://effy.ai/blog/performance-management-software-for-small-business (9 answers)
- https://github.com/ishandutta2007/Awesome-Enterprise-Performance-Management-EPM (9 answers)

## Warned against

- Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: 24 of 47 labels negative. "When to avoid \u201cfull\u2011stack\u201d EPM suites ... Oracle EPM Cloud | $150\u202f/ user\u202f/ mo | Enterprise\u2011grade" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, budget prompt)
- Anaplan: 23 of 48 labels negative. "When to avoid \u201cfull\u2011stack\u201d EPM suites ... Anaplan | $120\u202fK\u202f+/yr | Designed for massive, multi\u2011entity ... steep learning curve." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, budget prompt)
- SAP BPC: 10 of 13 labels negative. "Platforms to AVOID (End-of-Life/Legacy Systems) ... Why avoid: No longer actively developed" (Kimi K2, negative prompt)
- Oracle Hyperion: 8 of 8 labels negative. "you don't need the multi-million dollar, IT-heavy legacy EPM systems built for Fortune 100 conglomerates (like legacy Oracle Hyperion or IBM Cognos)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, scale prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 10 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Planful at 27%.

- Prophix: 17% to 2%, −15. Cleared the floor by 5 points · rank 2 → 10 of 102.
- Planful: 22% to 27%, +5. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 1 of 102, unchanged.
- Pigment: 2% to 6%, +4. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 9 → 5 of 102.
- Jedox: 2% to 6%, +4. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 8 → 6 of 102.
- Vena: 15% to 12%, −3. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 3 → 2 of 102.
- Datarails: 7% to 4%, −3. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 6 → 8 of 102.
- Cube: 8% to 10%, +2. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 5 → 4 of 102.
- Anaplan: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 98 → 17 of 102.
- Workday Adaptive Planning: 10% to 10%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 4 → 3 of 102.
- SAP Analytics Cloud: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 19 → 18 of 102.
- OneStream: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 93 → 19 of 102.
- Board: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 26 → 20 of 102.

## 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.