# FP&A platforms: 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 a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/planning/fpa-platforms/2026-09

This is the permanent record of the September 2026 Edition, published September 17, 2026 and superseded since.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/index.md

**Standing:** Vena (tied with Pigment, Clockwork) leads with 15% of first choices; verdict contested. 48 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Vena](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/vena/index.md) | 15% | 16% | 45 |
| 2 | [Pigment](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/pigment/index.md) | 15% | 16% | 38 |
| 3 | [Clockwork](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/clockwork/index.md) | 15% | 0% | 13 |
| 4 | [Planful](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/planful/index.md) | 10% | 11% | 36 |
| 5 | [Fathom](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/fathom/index.md) | 10% | 0% | 10 |
| 6 | [Cube](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/cube/index.md) | 8% | 8% | 37 |
| 7 | [Prophix](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/prophix/index.md) | 6% | 12% | 17 |
| 8 | [Datarails](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/datarails/index.md) | 4% | 9% | 45 |
| 9 | [Aleph](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/aleph/index.md) | 2% | 0% | 18 |
| 10 | [Centage](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/centage/index.md) | 2% | 6% | 17 |
| 11 | [Workday Adaptive Planning](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/workday-adaptive-planning/index.md) | 2% | 28% | 39 |
| 12 | [Jirav](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/jirav/index.md) | 2% | 15% | 20 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 49 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: Planful; alternatives Pigment, Prophix, Vena
- GPT-5.4 mini: Planful, Vena; alternatives Cube, Datarails
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Drivetrain; alternatives Bob Finance, Cube, Planful
- Perplexity Sonar: Planful; alternatives Aleph, Centage, Pigment, Prophix
- Grok 4.20: Cube, Vena; alternatives Datarails, Pigment
- Mistral Small: Centage; alternatives Abacum, Aleph, Datarails, Workday Adaptive Planning
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Datarails; alternatives Planful, Prophix, Vena
- Llama 4 Maverick: Pigment; alternatives Aleph, Centage, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Pigment; alternatives Aleph, Centage, Datarails, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Kimi K2: Pigment; alternatives Aleph, Centage, Workday Adaptive Planning
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Pigment; alternatives Aleph, Centage, Cube, Datarails
- MiniMax M2.5: Pigment; alternatives Aleph, Centage, Datarails, Workday Adaptive Planning

## Sources the answers cite

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

- getaleph.com: 45 answers, 74 citations
- centage.com: 33 answers, 37 citations
- drivetrain.ai: 29 answers, 33 citations
- learn.g2.com: 27 answers, 34 citations
- cubesoftware.com: 26 answers, 45 citations
- golimelight.com: 23 answers, 30 citations
- financecopilothq.com: 23 answers, 25 citations
- cfoshortlist.com: 20 answers, 24 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://centage.com/blog/best-fp-a-software (33 answers)
- https://getaleph.com/answers/top-fpa-software-2026 (33 answers)
- https://drivetrain.ai/solutions/financial-planning-analysis-software (25 answers)
- https://learn.g2.com/best-fpa-software (25 answers)
- https://financecopilothq.com/best-fpa-software (23 answers)
- https://getaleph.com/answers/best-fpa-software-by-company-size (21 answers)
- https://clockwork.ai/blog/best-fpa-software-small-business (18 answers)
- https://board.com/guide/best-fpa-software (14 answers)
- https://golimelight.com/blog/fpa-software-for-small-business (14 answers)
- https://cubesoftware.com/blog/best-fpa-software-tools (12 answers)

## Warned against

- Anaplan: 23 of 38 labels negative. "Avoid or be cautious about enterprise platforms (Anaplan, Workday Adaptive, Planful, Pigment) unless you have the budget and need for their complexity." (Mistral Small, negative prompt)
- Vena: 7 of 45 labels negative. ""would rather eat a bullet than use it again." ... Anaplan and Vena are the two with the most consistent negative sentiment" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt)
- Workday Adaptive Planning: 11 of 39 labels negative. "This platform is widely reported to cause friction due to an archaic interface and sluggish performance." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt)
- Pigment: 6 of 38 labels negative. "Avoid or be cautious about enterprise platforms (Anaplan, Workday Adaptive, Planful, Pigment)" (Mistral Small, 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.