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Corporate performance management · November 2026 Edition
Workday Adaptive Planning vs Cube
Two of fourteen models named Workday Adaptive Planning first on the direct prompt; one named Cube. Workday Adaptive Planning was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Cube by nine and Workday Adaptive Planning carries 53 labels and Cube 15, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in seven categories this edition.
Named in nine categories this edition.
First-choice share10%10%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate19%13%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#4A position in a field of 16; printed, not drawn.
Labels5315A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Workday Adaptive Planning 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 Workday Adaptive Planning · Planful vs Cube · Vena vs Workday Adaptive Planning
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.
Workday Adaptive PlanningFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCube
Direct211 against Workday Adaptive Planning
Paraphrase101 against Workday Adaptive Planning
Comparative00
Budget-constrained044 against Workday Adaptive Planning
Scale-constrained201 against Cube
Negative204 against Workday Adaptive Planning · 1 against Cube
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, Workday Adaptive Planning and Cube were named in the same answer 175 times, of the 498 answers naming Workday Adaptive Planning and the 352 naming Cube. In those answers Cube took the first choice thirty times and Workday Adaptive Planning fourteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Workday Adaptive Planning and Cube stood in it.
| 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 | | | | |
Workday Adaptive Planning Cube first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Workday Adaptive Planning on the left and Cube on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Workday Adaptive Planning and Cube stood in it.
Workday Adaptive Planning first, Cube an alternative
2 of 14 modelsCube was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.GPT-5.4 miniWorkday Adaptive Planning alternatives: Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, Prophix
Qwen 3.7 FlashWorkday Adaptive Planning alternatives: Anaplan, Cube, OneStream, Planful
Cube first, Workday Adaptive Planning not the choice
1 of 14 modelsWorkday Adaptive Planning was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Kimi K2Cube, Vena alternatives: Datarails, Planful, Prophix
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.Gemini 3.5 FlashPigment alternatives: Cube, Mosaic, Planful, Vena, Workday Adaptive Planning
Perplexity SonarPlanful alternatives: Drivetrain, Pigment, Prophix, Vena, Workday Adaptive Planning
DeepSeek V4 FlashPlanful alternatives: Datarails, Prophix, Vena, Workday Adaptive Planning
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
Neither was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
Grok 4.20Planful alternatives: Drivetrain, OneStream, Prophix
Mistral SmallAnaplan, Empower alternatives: Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, SAP Analytics Cloud
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Muse Glimmer 30BPlanful, Vena alternatives: Prophix, deFacto Global
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
Cube leads by eleven points.
Cube18%#1 of 14Workday Adaptive Planning7%#4 of 14Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Workday Adaptive Planning10%#3 of 16Cube10%#4 of 16Enterprise
The order flips: Workday Adaptive Planning leads at enterprise.
Workday Adaptive Planning5%#4 of 13Cube0%#– of 13What the models said about Workday Adaptive Planning
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of five in this category shown.
“Avoid: Enterprise solutions like Anaplan, Workday Adaptive Planning, or Prophix until you scale” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Options to AVOID on a Limited Budget ... | Adaptive Planning (Workday) | ~$100K+/year” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“your sweet spot at 500 employees is mid-market EPM. Top contenders include: ... Workday Adaptive Planning | Planning/FP&A focus, Workday HCM users | Strong trial available” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“For most mid-to-large enterprises today, Adaptive Insights (Workday), Vena, and Trullio (for specialized uses) are often considered more user-friendly starting points” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“The Best All-Rounder: Workday Adaptive Planning ... widely considered the gold standard for mid-market to upper-mid-market companies” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Cube
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“Perform especially rigorous reference checks, security reviews, roadmap validation, and integration testing.” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“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
“If you need a paid tool, shortlist Cube for a lean finance team that mainly needs budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · first choice
“Start with Cube or LiveFlow — they integrate with tools you already use and have lower implementation costs.” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared
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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.