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FP&A platforms · November 2026 Edition

Cube vs Jirav

One of fourteen models named Cube first on the direct prompt; zero named Jirav. Cube was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Jirav by ten and Cube carries 53 labels and Jirav 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Cube

accepted challenger

Named in nine categories this edition.

Jirav

accepted challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

First-choice share12%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate11%19%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#8A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels5316A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Cube reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Prophix was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Pigment vs Cube · Pigment vs Jirav · Prophix vs Cube

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

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
CubeFirst choices, of fourteen modelsJirav
Direct10
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained611 against Cube · 2 against Jirav
Scale-constrained00
Negative005 against Cube · 1 against Jirav
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Cube and Jirav were named in the same answer 108 times, of the 352 answers naming Cube and the 166 naming Jirav. In those answers Jirav took the first choice seventeen times and Cube eighteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Cube and Jirav stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
Cube Jirav first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Cube on the left and Jirav on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Cube and Jirav stood in it.

Cube first, Jirav not the choice

1 of 14 modelsJirav was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.20Cube alternatives: Centage, Maxio, Planful, Vena

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Planful alternatives: Cube, Prophix, Vena
Gemini 3.5 FlashAbacum, Mosaic alternatives: Cube, Pigment, Planful, Prophix, Vena
Llama 4 MaverickAleph, Pigment, Prophix alternatives: Cube, Datarails, Workday Adaptive Planning
Qwen 3.7 FlashPlanful, Workday Adaptive Planning alternatives: Centage, Cube, Vena
Muse Glimmer 30BAleph, Pigment alternatives: Centage, Cube, Datarails, Prophix, Vena

Neither was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniVena alternatives: Anaplan, Datarails, Planful, Workday Adaptive Planning
Perplexity SonarPigment alternatives: Aleph, Planful, Prophix
Mistral SmallPlanful alternatives: Pigment, Prophix
DeepSeek V4 FlashPigment alternatives: Aleph, Prophix
Kimi K2Pigment alternatives: Aleph, Datarails, Prophix, Vena
GLM 4.7 FlashXPigment alternatives: Aleph, Prophix
MiniMax M2.5Aleph, Pigment alternatives: Prophix, Vena
GPT-6 LunaPigment alternatives: Adaptive from Workday, Planful, Vena

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

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Cube leads by five points.
Cube24%#1 of 17
Jirav19%#2 of 17
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Cube leads by eleven points.
Cube12%#3 of 14
Jirav2%#8 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Cube leads by four points.
Cube4%#7 of 14
Jirav0%#– of 14
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Cube

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.

“Excel-adjacent tools like Datarails, Cube, and Vena may not be suitable for long-term scalability in large enterprises” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · soft negative
“median pricing for those lands in the $30,000+ range—typically too expensive for "limited budget" teams” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · soft negative
“The best FP&A software for a company with a limited budget is Cube, which offers a free plan and paid plans starting at $40-$80/user/mo.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Jirav

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.

“Be careful with "from $50/month" Jirav pricing: the public plans are described as being for FP&A advisory practices” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · soft negative
“Jirav is an affordable entry point for small businesses ... making it a relatively cost-effective choice” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared

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.