# FP&A platforms: what AI models recommend, November 2026

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

**Standing:** Pigment leads with 19% of first choices; verdict contested. 57 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Pigment](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/pigment/index.md) | 19% | 14% | 44 |
| 2 | [Prophix](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/prophix/index.md) | 14% | 3% | 34 |
| 3 | [Cube](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/cube/index.md) | 12% | 11% | 53 |
| 4 | [Aleph](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/aleph/index.md) | 9% | 0% | 25 |
| 5 | [Planful](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/planful/index.md) | 7% | 15% | 54 |
| 6 | [Workday Adaptive Planning](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/workday-adaptive-planning/index.md) | 7% | 35% | 62 |
| 7 | [Vena](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/vena/index.md) | 5% | 22% | 49 |
| 11 | [Jirav](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/jirav/index.md) | 2% | 19% | 16 |
| 19 | [Datarails](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/datarails/index.md) | 0% | 12% | 52 |
| 20 | [Centage](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/centage/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 14 |
| 21 | [Board](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/board/index.md) | 0% | 8% | 13 |
| 23 | [OneStream](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/onestream/index.md) | 0% | 28% | 18 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 92 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 Cube, Prophix, Vena
- GPT-5.4 mini: Vena; alternatives Anaplan, Datarails, Planful, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Abacum, Mosaic; alternatives Cube, Pigment, Planful, Prophix
- Perplexity Sonar: Pigment; alternatives Aleph, Planful, Prophix
- Grok 4.20: Cube; alternatives Centage, Maxio, Planful, Vena
- Mistral Small: Planful; alternatives Pigment, Prophix
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Pigment; alternatives Aleph, Prophix
- Llama 4 Maverick: Aleph, Pigment, Prophix; alternatives Cube, Datarails, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Planful, Workday Adaptive Planning; alternatives Centage, Cube, Vena
- Kimi K2: Pigment; alternatives Aleph, Datarails, Prophix, Vena
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Pigment; alternatives Aleph, Prophix
- MiniMax M2.5: Aleph, Pigment; alternatives Prophix, Vena
- GPT-6 Luna: Pigment; alternatives Adaptive from Workday, Planful, Vena
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Aleph, Pigment; alternatives Centage, Cube, Datarails, Prophix

## Sources the answers cite

75 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- getaleph.com: 37 answers, 66 citations
- prophix.com: 32 answers, 49 citations
- cfoshortlist.com: 30 answers, 40 citations
- g2.com: 25 answers, 56 citations
- centage.com: 20 answers, 23 citations
- corporatefinanceinstitute.com: 18 answers, 18 citations
- erpresearch.com: 17 answers, 19 citations
- board.com: 15 answers, 17 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://getaleph.com/answers/best-fpa-software-by-company-size (20 answers)
- https://prophix.com/blog/17-best-fp-a-software-for-high-performing-fp-a-teams (20 answers)
- https://cfoshortlist.com/reports/best-fpa-software-2026 (19 answers)
- https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/fpa/fp-a-tools (18 answers)
- https://erpresearch.com/erp-add-ons/fpa-planning (16 answers)
- https://board.com/guide/best-fpa-software (14 answers)
- https://getaleph.com/answers/fpa-software-pricing-guide-2026 (13 answers)
- https://centage.com/blog/best-fp-a-software (11 answers)
- https://getaleph.com/answers/top-fpa-software-2026 (10 answers)
- https://selecthub.com/c/fp-and-a-software (10 answers)

## Warned against

- Anaplan: 33 of 59 labels negative. "Red flag: Enterprise platforms (Anaplan, Oracle EPM) often assume a 5+ person dedicated FP&A staff" (Kimi K2, scale prompt)
- Workday Adaptive Planning: 22 of 62 labels negative. "Avoid the mid-market "contact us" vendors (Anaplan, Workday Adaptive Planning, Pigment, Planful)" (Kimi K2, budget prompt)
- Vena: 11 of 49 labels negative. "Extremely slow performance (e.g., single-cell updates taking 20+ minutes)... many call it "the worst decision"" (Grok 4.20, negative prompt)
- Planful: 8 of 54 labels negative. "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)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 10 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
New leader: Planful (20%) to Pigment (19%). Margin 12 points, beyond the floor.

- Pigment: 4% to 19%, +15. Cleared the floor by 5 points · rank 9 → 1 of 92.
- Prophix: 0% to 14%, +14. Cleared the floor by 4 points · rank 19 → 2 of 92.
- Planful: 20% to 7%, −13. Cleared the floor by 3 points · rank 1 → 5 of 92.
- Fathom: 15% to 2%, −13. Cleared the floor by 3 points · rank 2 → 13 of 92.
- Vena: 13% to 5%, −8. Inside the floor by 2 points · rank 3 → 7 of 92.
- Aleph: 2% to 9%, +7. Inside the floor by 3 points · rank 12 → 4 of 92.
- Drivetrain: 6% to 0%, −6. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 6 → 24 of 92.
- Cube: 7% to 12%, +5. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 4 → 3 of 92.
- Abacum: 7% to 2%, −5. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 5 → 12 of 92.
- Centage: 4% to 0%, −4. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 7 → 20 of 92.
- Clockwork: 4% to 0%, −4. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 8 → 29 of 92.
- Workday Adaptive Planning: 4% to 7%, +3. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 10 → 6 of 92.

## Record

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