# FP&A platforms for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, September 2026

Gane Index, September 2026 Edition. Asked as "FP&A software" and as "financial planning and analysis platform", six framings each, to twelve models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/planning/fpa-platforms/2026-09/enterprise

This is the permanent record of the September 2026 Edition, published September 17, 2026 and superseded since. The current standing: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/planning/fpa-platforms/enterprise/index.md

**Standing:** Anaplan leads with 48% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 40 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) | 48% | 20% | 66 |
| 2 | [Workday Adaptive Planning](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/workday-adaptive-planning/index.md) | 20% | 19% | 64 |
| 3 | [Pigment](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/pigment/index.md) | 15% | 10% | 40 |
| 4 | [OneStream](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/onestream/index.md) | 2% | 9% | 45 |
| 5 | [Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/oracle-fusion-cloud-epm/index.md) | 2% | 10% | 39 |
| 6 | [Board](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/board/index.md) | 2% | 3% | 31 |
| 7 | [IBM Planning Analytics](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/ibm-planning-analytics/index.md) | 2% | 19% | 21 |
| 10 | [Cube](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/cube/index.md) | 2% | 47% | 17 |
| 11 | [SAP Analytics Cloud](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/sap-analytics-cloud/index.md) | 0% | 10% | 20 |
| 12 | [CCH Tagetik](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/cch-tagetik/index.md) | 0% | 7% | 15 |
| 13 | [Planful](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/planful/index.md) | 0% | 19% | 21 |
| 17 | [Vena](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/vena/index.md) | 0% | 36% | 25 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 37 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
- GPT-5.4 mini: Anaplan; alternatives Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, Pigment, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Pigment; alternatives Anaplan, Planful, Vena, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Perplexity Sonar: Pigment; alternatives Anaplan, Board, CCH Tagetik, IBM Planning Analytics
- Grok 4.20: Anaplan; alternatives OneStream, Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, Pigment, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Mistral Small: Pigment; alternatives Anaplan, Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Anaplan, Pigment; alternatives OneStream, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Llama 4 Maverick: Workday Adaptive Planning
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Anaplan; alternatives OneStream, Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, Planful, Vena
- Kimi K2: Pigment; alternatives Anaplan, IBM Planning Analytics, OneStream, Workday Adaptive Planning
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Anaplan, Board; alternatives CCH Tagetik, OneStream, Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, SAP Analytics Cloud
- MiniMax M2.5: Workday Adaptive Planning; alternatives Anaplan, Board, OneStream, Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM

## Sources the answers cite

66 of 72 answers came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- getaleph.com: 50 answers, 80 citations
- cfoshortlist.com: 46 answers, 81 citations
- board.com: 43 answers, 69 citations
- financecopilothq.com: 36 answers, 39 citations
- centage.com: 36 answers, 38 citations
- drivetrain.ai: 32 answers, 46 citations
- cubesoftware.com: 23 answers, 35 citations
- gartner.com: 19 answers, 26 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://getaleph.com/answers/top-fpa-software-2026 (39 answers)
- https://centage.com/blog/best-fp-a-software (35 answers)
- https://board.com/guide/best-fpa-software-for-enterprises (34 answers)
- https://financecopilothq.com/best-fpa-software (34 answers)
- https://board.com/guide/best-fpa-software (28 answers)
- https://cfoshortlist.com/reports/best-fpa-software-2026 (26 answers)
- https://drivetrain.ai/solutions/financial-planning-analysis-software (25 answers)
- https://learn.g2.com/best-fpa-software (19 answers)
- https://viewpointanalysis.com/post/financial-planning-and-analysis-software-options-2026 (18 answers)
- https://cubesoftware.com/blog/best-fpa-software-tools (14 answers)

## Warned against

- Anaplan: 13 of 66 labels negative. "Avoid Anaplan / Workday / OneStream unless you have a dedicated procurement team to cap escalation" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)
- Workday Adaptive Planning: 12 of 64 labels negative. "Avoid Anaplan / Workday / OneStream unless you have a dedicated procurement team" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)
- Vena: 9 of 25 labels negative. "Mid-Market/Value-Tier Tools (e.g., Cube, Datarails, Centage, Jirav, Vena for non-Excel natives)" (Grok 4.20, negative prompt)
- Cube: 8 of 17 labels negative. "Spreadsheet-Native Tools (Cube, Datarails/Jirav) ... Why to avoid: These platforms sit "on top of" spreadsheets rather than replacing the architecture." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, September 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/finance.