# Financial modeling and scenario planning for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, November 2026 Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "financial modeling software" and as "scenario planning tool for finance", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/planning/financial-modeling-and-scenario-planning/enterprise **Standing:** Anaplan leads with 59% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 49 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts. ## First-choice share | Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels | |---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | [Anaplan](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/anaplan/index.md) | 59% | 12% | 49 | | 2 | [Workday Adaptive Planning](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/workday-adaptive-planning/index.md) | 8% | 13% | 38 | | 3 | [OneStream](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/onestream/index.md) | 8% | 5% | 21 | | 4 | [Pigment](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/pigment/index.md) | 8% | 0% | 22 | | 6 | [Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/oracle-fusion-cloud-epm/index.md) | 4% | 11% | 19 | | 7 | [IBM Planning Analytics](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/ibm-planning-analytics/index.md) | 2% | 0% | 11 | | 8 | [Vena](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/vena/index.md) | 2% | 21% | 19 | | 10 | [Planful](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/planful/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 16 | | 12 | [Cube](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/cube/index.md) | 0% | 21% | 19 | | 18 | [Prophix One](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/prophix-one/index.md) | 0% | 10% | 10 | | 77 | [Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/sparx-systems-enterprise-architect/index.md) | 0% | 50% | 10 | Rank is by share of first choices among all 121 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: Anaplan; alternatives Drivetrain, OneStream, Vena - GPT-5.4 mini: Anaplan; alternatives Board, IBM Planning Analytics, Pigment, Workday Adaptive Planning - Gemini 3.5 Flash: Pigment; alternatives Anaplan, Cube, Vena, Workday Adaptive Planning - Perplexity Sonar: Anaplan; alternatives Cube, Datarails, Drivetrain, Oracle Cloud EPM Planning - Grok 4.20: Anaplan; alternatives IBM Planning Analytics, Oracle Hyperion, Vena - Mistral Small: Anaplan; alternatives Oracle Hyperion, Planful, Prophix One, Quantrix Modeler - DeepSeek V4 Flash: Pigment; alternatives Anaplan, OneStream, Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, Workday Adaptive Planning - Llama 4 Maverick: Anaplan; alternatives OneStream - Qwen 3.7 Flash: Anaplan; alternatives Oracle Hyperion, Planful, Planning Analytics, Quantrix Modeler - Kimi K2: Anaplan; alternatives Datarails, OneStream, Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, Vena - GLM 4.7 FlashX: Anaplan, OneStream; alternatives Cube, Datarails, IBM Planning Analytics, Oracle Hyperion - MiniMax M2.5: Vena; alternatives Anaplan, Cube, IBM Planning Analytics, Microsoft Excel - GPT-6 Luna: Anaplan; alternatives Pigment, Workday Adaptive Planning - Muse Glimmer 30B: Anaplan, Board; alternatives OneStream, Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, SAP, SAP Analytics Cloud ## Sources the answers cite 76 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers: - abacum.ai: 19 answers, 32 citations - datarails.com: 18 answers, 23 citations - cfoshortlist.com: 17 answers, 29 citations - golimelight.com: 16 answers, 23 citations - g2.com: 15 answers, 26 citations - getaleph.com: 14 answers, 15 citations - erstudio.com: 13 answers, 20 citations - anaplan.com: 11 answers, 15 citations Pages named in the most answers: - https://datarails.com/blog/best-financial-modeling-software (14 answers) - https://golimelight.com/blog/best-financial-modeling-software (12 answers) - https://softwaresuggest.com/financial-modeling-software (10 answers) - https://erstudio.com/blog/best-data-modeling-tools (9 answers) - https://skyvia.com/blog/top-data-modeling-tools (9 answers) - https://getaleph.com/answers/scenario-planning-software-finance-teams (8 answers) - https://abacum.ai/blog/best-financial-modeling-software-tools (7 answers) - https://abacum.ai/blog/how-to-choose-connected-financial-planning-software (7 answers) - https://cfoshortlist.com/reports/fpa-software-soc-2-compliance (7 answers) - https://fuelfinance.me/blog/financial-modeling-software (7 answers) ## Warned against - Lucidchart: 7 of 8 labels negative. "diagramming-only tools (Lucidchart, draw.io, Visio, etc.) ... Designed for visual communication, not for production schema management." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt) - Visio: 7 of 7 labels negative. "enterprises should be cautious about using static, general-purpose diagramming tools like Microsoft Visio, Lucidchart, and draw.io for production database design, as they can be disastrous" (Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt) - draw.io: 6 of 6 labels negative. "static, general-purpose diagramming tools like Microsoft Visio, Lucidchart, and draw.io for production database design, as they can be disastrous" (Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt) - Anaplan: 6 of 49 labels negative. "its licensing is commonly based on solutions deployed, user types, model builders, and contract length, which can make total cost less straightforward to predict" (GPT-5.4 mini, budget prompt) ## Movement since October 2026 Floor: 10 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. Same leader: Anaplan at 59%. - Workday Adaptive Planning: 15% to 8%, −7. Inside the floor by 3 points · rank 2 of 121, unchanged. - OneStream: 2% to 8%, +6. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 7 → 3 of 121. - Cube: 4% to 0%, −4. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 6 → 12 of 121. - Anaplan: 56% to 59%, +3. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 1 of 121, unchanged. - IBM Planning Analytics: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 24 → 7 of 121. - Vena: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 13 → 8 of 121. - Pigment: 8% to 8%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 3 → 4 of 121. - Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: 4% to 4%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 5 → 6 of 121. - Planful: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 11 → 10 of 121. - Erwin Data Modeler: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 12 → 11 of 121. - ER/Studio: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 14 → 16 of 121. - Prophix One: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 86 → 18 of 121. ## 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.