# FP&A platforms: what fourteen AI models recommend, and why, November 2026 Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/planning/fpa-platforms/guide Fourteen AI models were asked for FP&A software six ways each, on behalf of a small, a mid-market and an enterprise B2B company: 252 answers, in which a judge labeled 92 products. Eight of them carry at least 10 labels and a first choice, and are ranked. This guide walks the top eight in the order the mid-market standing puts them, with what the models said for and against each, in their words. Pigment leads at 19% of first choices, and the standing is contested. ## At a glance | # | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels | |---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Pigment | 19% | 14% | 44 | | 2 | Prophix | 14% | 3% | 34 | | 3 | Cube | 12% | 11% | 53 | | 4 | Aleph | 9% | 0% | 25 | | 5 | Planful | 7% | 15% | 54 | | 6 | Workday Adaptive Planning | 7% | 35% | 62 | | 7 | Vena | 5% | 22% | 49 | | 8 | Jirav | 2% | 19% | 16 | ## 1. Pigment Pigment is #1 of 8 at 19% of first choices, 44 labels, negative rate 14%. By buyer: small business unranked; mid-market #1 of 8 at 19%; enterprise #4 of 10 at 7%. - For: "If you want the safest all-around choice for mid-market B2B, Pigment offers the best balance of power, modern UI, and scalability." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, direct prompt) - For: "For most mid-market B2B companies, Pigment offers the best balance of modern functionality, ease of use, and mid-market pricing." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, direct prompt) - Against: "65% of FP&A professionals raising concerns about this platform... substantial negative sentiment among practitioners." (Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt) - Against: "Avoid the mid-market "contact us" vendors (Anaplan, Workday Adaptive Planning, Pigment, Planful)" (Kimi K2, budget prompt) ## 2. Prophix Prophix is #2 of 8 at 14% of first choices, 34 labels, negative rate 3%. By buyer: small business unranked; mid-market #2 of 8 at 14%; enterprise unranked. - Against: "Prophix often receives significantly fewer positive mentions and lower "positive-to-negative" ratios" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt) ## 3. Cube Cube is #3 of 8 at 12% of first choices, 53 labels, negative rate 11%. By buyer: small business #1 of 11 at 24%; mid-market #3 of 8 at 12%; enterprise #7 of 10 at 4%. - For: "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) - Against: "Excel-adjacent tools like Datarails, Cube, and Vena may not be suitable for long-term scalability in large enterprises" (Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt) - Against: "median pricing for those lands in the $30,000+ range—typically too expensive for "limited budget" teams" (Kimi K2, budget prompt) ## 4. Aleph Aleph is #4 of 8 at 9% of first choices, 25 labels, negative rate 0%. By buyer: small business #5 of 11 at 5%; mid-market #4 of 8 at 9%; enterprise unranked. - For: "I'd suggest starting with Aleph if your team is spreadsheet-centric and wants quick implementation" (MiniMax M2.5, direct prompt) - For: "Currently showing high market share... Look closely at Aleph or Cubesoftware." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, scale prompt) ## 5. Planful Planful is #5 of 8 at 7% of first choices, 54 labels, negative rate 15%. By buyer: small business #11 of 11 at 2%; mid-market #5 of 8 at 7%; enterprise #6 of 10 at 4%. - For: "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) - Against: "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) - Against: "Avoid the mid-market "contact us" vendors (Anaplan, Workday Adaptive Planning, Pigment, Planful)" (Kimi K2, budget prompt) ## 6. Workday Adaptive Planning Workday Adaptive Planning is #6 of 8 at 7% of first choices, 62 labels, negative rate 35%. By buyer: small business unranked; mid-market #6 of 8 at 7%; enterprise #3 of 10 at 11%. - For: "Workday Adaptive Planning and Prophix One are the most recommended due to their balance of functionality, scalability, and user-friendliness" (Mistral Small, paraphrase prompt) - Against: "Avoid the mid-market "contact us" vendors (Anaplan, Workday Adaptive Planning, Pigment, Planful)" (Kimi K2, budget prompt) ## 7. Vena Vena is #7 of 8 at 5% of first choices, 49 labels, negative rate 22%. By buyer: small business unranked; mid-market #7 of 8 at 5%; enterprise #10 of 10 at 2%. - Against: "Extremely slow performance (e.g., single-cell updates taking 20+ minutes)... many call it "the worst decision"" (Grok 4.20, negative prompt) - Against: "Vena is criticized mainly for scalability and being Excel-in-the-cloud" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt) ## 8. Jirav Jirav is #8 of 8 at 2% of first choices, 16 labels, negative rate 19%. By buyer: small business #2 of 11 at 19%; mid-market #8 of 8 at 2%; enterprise unranked. - For: "Jirav is an affordable entry point for small businesses ... making it a relatively cost-effective choice" (Claude Haiku 4.5, budget prompt) - Against: "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) ## Questions the record answers **Which FP&A software do AI models name first most often?** Pigment, in 19% of first choices for a mid-market B2B company in the November 2026 Edition, from 44 labels. The standing is contested: the models did not settle on one product. **Does the answer change with the size of the company?** Small business: Cube at 24%. Mid-market: Pigment at 19%. Enterprise: Anaplan at 49%. Each standing is computed within its segment and never pooled. **Which framing changes the answer?** The direct, paraphrase, budget and scale framings count toward share. The product named first differs by framing: direct Pigment; paraphrase Prophix; comparative Anaplan; budget-constrained Cube; scale-constrained Aleph; negative Anaplan. The table above has the counts. **How stable is one answer?** The repeat measurement is published with the next edition. **Where do the answers come from?** Fourteen of the fourteen models return sources. Their 75 answers here cite 771 pages; the sites cited most are getaleph.com, prophix.com, cfoshortlist.com. The category page lists them all. **Can a vendor pay to be on this list?** No. A product is on the record because a model named it. A vendor can claim its page, propose corrections to the vendor table and be told when its standing moves; it cannot change a label, a share or a rank, and the publisher's conflicts are disclosed on the method page. Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.