Aleph vs Planful
Three of fourteen models named Aleph first on the direct prompt; three named Planful. Aleph was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Planful by fourteen and Aleph carries 25 labels and Planful 54, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in five categories this edition.
Named in ten 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 FP&A platforms page.
By framing
AlephFirst choices, of fourteen modelsPlanful
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 | | | | | |
Aleph Planful first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Aleph on the left and Planful on the right.The direct prompt
Aleph first, Planful not the choice
3 of 14 modelsPlanful was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Planful first, Aleph not the choice
3 of 14 modelsAleph was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.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
Planful4%#6 of 14Aleph0%#– of 14What the models said about Aleph
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“I'd suggest starting with Aleph if your team is spreadsheet-centric and wants quick implementation” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Currently showing high market share... Look closely at Aleph or Cubesoftware.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
What the models said about Planful
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“60% of FP&A professionals expressed criticism about Planful. Users report that "the planning feature was almost impossible to use".” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid the mid-market "contact us" vendors (Anaplan, Workday Adaptive Planning, Pigment, Planful)” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Planful is best for horizontal mid-market and enterprise finance teams that value packaged AI features and integrated FP&A plus close, and is a G2 Leader” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
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.