Wave vs Cube
Zero of fourteen models named Wave first on the direct prompt; zero named Cube. Wave was named by eleven of the fourteen models and Cube by nine and Wave carries 11 labels and Cube 14, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in sixteen categories this edition.
Named in nine categories this edition.
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 financial reporting and dashboards page.
By framing
WaveFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCube
Every model, every framing
| 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 | | |
Wave Cube first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Wave on the left and Cube on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
13 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
What the models said about Wave
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“for most small businesses the best genuinely-free accounting software is Wave. It gives you real double-entry accounting, invoicing and reporting at no cost.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Cube
No label in this category carried a quote.
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.