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Corporate performance management · November 2026 Edition

Datarails vs Prophix

Zero of fourteen models named Datarails first on the direct prompt; zero named Prophix. Datarails was named by eight of the fourteen models and Prophix by eleven and Datarails carries 12 labels and Prophix 29, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Datarails

criticized challenger

Named in ten categories this edition.

Prophix

accepted challenger

Named in eight categories this edition.

First-choice share4%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate25%7%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#7#8A position in a field of 16; printed, not drawn.
Labels1229A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Datarails reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Planful was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Planful vs Datarails · Planful vs Prophix · Vena vs Datarails

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 corporate performance 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.
DatarailsFirst choices, of fourteen modelsProphix
Direct00
Paraphrase01
Comparative001 against Datarails
Budget-constrained201 against Prophix
Scale-constrained001 against Datarails
Negative001 against Datarails · 1 against Prophix
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, Datarails and Prophix were named in the same answer 100 times, of the 406 answers naming Datarails and the 262 naming Prophix. In those answers Prophix took the first choice eleven times and Datarails nine.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniWorkday Adaptive Planning alternatives: Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, Prophix
Perplexity SonarPlanful alternatives: Drivetrain, Pigment, Prophix, Vena, Workday Adaptive Planning
Grok 4.20Planful alternatives: Drivetrain, OneStream, Prophix
DeepSeek V4 FlashPlanful alternatives: Datarails, Prophix, Vena, Workday Adaptive Planning
Kimi K2Cube, Vena alternatives: Datarails, Planful, Prophix
Muse Glimmer 30BPlanful, Vena alternatives: Prophix, deFacto Global

Neither was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
Gemini 3.5 FlashPigment alternatives: Cube, Mosaic, Planful, Vena, Workday Adaptive Planning
Mistral SmallAnaplan, Empower alternatives: Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, SAP Analytics Cloud
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashWorkday Adaptive Planning alternatives: Anaplan, Cube, OneStream, Planful
GLM 4.7 FlashXPlanful, Vena alternatives: Board, Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, Workday Adaptive Planning
MiniMax M2.5Vena alternatives: OneStream, Pigment, Planful, Workday Adaptive Planning
GPT-6 LunaPlanful alternatives: Pigment, Vena, Workday Adaptive Planning

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
Datarails leads by three points.
Datarails5%#5 of 14
Prophix2%#9 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Datarails leads by two points.
Datarails4%#7 of 16
Prophix2%#8 of 16
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Datarails0%#– of 13
Prophix0%#11 of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Datarails

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

“Choose tools like Cube, Datarails, or Centage, which can be configured internally or with minimal vendor onboarding support.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Prophix

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

“Avoid: Enterprise solutions like Anaplan, Workday Adaptive Planning, or Prophix until you scale” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Recurring negatives include limited cloud/mobile access, an outdated UI, occasional performance or setup hiccups” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
Also compared

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.