# Corporate performance management for enterprise buyers: 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 an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/planning/corporate-performance-management/enterprise

**Standing:** Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM leads with 30% of first choices; verdict contested. 56 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/oracle-fusion-cloud-epm/index.md) | 30% | 25% | 69 |
| 2 | [OneStream](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/onestream/index.md) | 29% | 4% | 67 |
| 3 | [Anaplan](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/anaplan/index.md) | 14% | 27% | 66 |
| 4 | [Workday Adaptive Planning](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/workday-adaptive-planning/index.md) | 5% | 15% | 61 |
| 5 | [Planful](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/planful/index.md) | 4% | 22% | 23 |
| 8 | [SAP Analytics Cloud](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/sap-analytics-cloud/index.md) | 2% | 16% | 31 |
| 13 | [IBM Planning Analytics](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/ibm-planning-analytics/index.md) | 2% | 47% | 19 |
| 14 | [CCH Tagetik](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/cch-tagetik/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 21 |
| 15 | [Board](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/board/index.md) | 0% | 6% | 16 |
| 19 | [Vena](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/vena/index.md) | 0% | 28% | 18 |
| 22 | [Prophix](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/prophix/index.md) | 0% | 25% | 12 |
| 65 | [Oracle Hyperion](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/oracle-hyperion/index.md) | 0% | 69% | 13 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 66 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; alternatives Anaplan, Drivetrain, OneStream, Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM
- GPT-5.4 mini: OneStream; alternatives Anaplan, Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Anaplan, Pigment; alternatives OneStream, Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, SAP Analytics Cloud, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Perplexity Sonar: Anaplan; alternatives OneStream, Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Enterprise Performance Management
- Grok 4.20: Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM; alternatives Anaplan, OneStream, SAP Analytics Cloud
- Mistral Small: Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM; alternatives OneStream, Workday Adaptive Planning
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: OneStream, Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM; alternatives Anaplan, SAP Analytics Cloud, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM; alternatives Anaplan, OneStream, SAP Analytics Cloud, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Kimi K2: Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, Workday Adaptive Planning; alternatives OneStream
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM; alternatives Anaplan, OneStream, SAP Analytics Cloud
- MiniMax M2.5: Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, SAP Analytics Cloud; alternatives Anaplan, Workday Adaptive Planning
- GPT-6 Luna: Anaplan; alternatives OneStream, Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM; alternatives Anaplan, OneStream, SAP, SAP Analytics Cloud

## Sources the answers cite

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

- onestream.com: 36 answers, 65 citations
- selecthub.com: 27 answers, 32 citations
- github.com: 27 answers, 28 citations
- cfoshortlist.com: 25 answers, 41 citations
- softwaresuggest.com: 21 answers, 22 citations
- appsruntheworld.com: 17 answers, 25 citations
- anaplan.com: 16 answers, 23 citations
- softwareconnect.com: 15 answers, 16 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://github.com/ishandutta2007/Awesome-Enterprise-Performance-Management-EPM/blob/main/README.md (26 answers)
- https://onestream.com/blog/best-epm-software (22 answers)
- https://softwaresuggest.com/enterprise-performance-management-software (21 answers)
- https://selecthub.com/c/epm-software (19 answers)
- https://appsruntheworld.com/top-10-epm-software-vendors-and-market-forecast (16 answers)
- https://softwareconnect.com/roundups/best-epm-software (15 answers)
- https://viewpointanalysis.com/post/enterprise-performance-management-software-options-2026 (14 answers)
- https://softclouds.com/assets/images/industries/uploads/the-ultimate-guide-to-epm.pdf (13 answers)
- https://betterworks.com/magazine/best-performance-management-software (11 answers)
- https://onestream.com/compare (11 answers)

## Warned against

- Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: 17 of 69 labels negative. "Examples (not exhaustive): older versions of Oracle EPM (Hyperion), SAP Business Planning & Consolidation (BPC), IBM Cognos TM1, and other on‑premise CPM tools that are now end‑of‑life." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)
- Anaplan: 18 of 66 labels negative. "Avoid these pricing traps: Per-user SaaS models (Anaplan, smaller vendors) — costs explode at thousands of users" (Kimi K2, budget prompt)
- SAP BPC: 11 of 15 labels negative. "older versions of Oracle EPM (Hyperion), SAP Business Planning & Consolidation (BPC), IBM Cognos TM1, and other on‑premise CPM tools that are now end‑of‑life" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)
- IBM Planning Analytics: 9 of 19 labels negative. "older versions of Oracle EPM (Hyperion), SAP Business Planning & Consolidation (BPC), IBM Cognos TM1, and other on‑premise CPM tools that are now end‑of‑life" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 10 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
New leader: Anaplan (30%) to Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM (30%). Margin 16 points, beyond the floor.

- Anaplan: 30% to 14%, −16. Cleared the floor by 6 points · rank 1 → 3 of 66.
- OneStream: 19% to 29%, +10. Inside the floor by 0 points · rank 3 → 2 of 66.
- Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: 24% to 30%, +6. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 2 → 1 of 66.
- Planful: 0% to 4%, +4. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 16 → 5 of 66.
- Workday Adaptive Planning: 7% to 5%, −2. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 4 of 66, unchanged.
- SAP Analytics Cloud: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 14 → 8 of 66.
- IBM Planning Analytics: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 20 → 13 of 66.
- CCH Tagetik: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 17 → 14 of 66.
- Board: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 15 of 66, unchanged.
- Vena: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 70 → 19 of 66.
- Jedox: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 22 → 20 of 66.
- Prophix: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 43 → 22 of 66.

## 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.