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FP&A platforms · November 2026 Edition

Prophix vs Cube

One of fourteen models named Prophix first on the direct prompt; one named Cube. Prophix was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Cube by thirteen and Prophix carries 34 labels and Cube 53, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Prophix

accepted challenger

Named in eight categories this edition.

Cube

accepted challenger

Named in nine categories this edition.

First-choice share14%12%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate3%11%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels3453A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Prophix reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Pigment was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Pigment vs Prophix · Pigment vs Cube · Prophix vs Aleph

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.
ProphixFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCube
Direct11
Paraphrase60
Comparative00
Budget-constrained061 against Cube
Scale-constrained10
Negative001 against Prophix · 5 against Cube
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, Prophix and Cube were named in the same answer seventy times, of the 262 answers naming Prophix and the 352 naming Cube. In those answers Cube took the first choice fourteen times and Prophix eleven.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Prophix first, Cube an alternative

1 of 14 modelsCube was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Llama 4 MaverickAleph, Pigment, Prophix alternatives: Cube, Datarails, Workday Adaptive Planning

Cube first, Prophix not the choice

1 of 14 modelsProphix 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

10 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
Perplexity SonarPigment alternatives: Aleph, Planful, Prophix
Mistral SmallPlanful alternatives: Pigment, Prophix
DeepSeek V4 FlashPigment alternatives: Aleph, Prophix
Qwen 3.7 FlashPlanful, Workday Adaptive Planning alternatives: Centage, Cube, Vena
Kimi K2Pigment alternatives: Aleph, Datarails, Prophix, Vena
GLM 4.7 FlashXPigment alternatives: Aleph, Prophix
MiniMax M2.5Aleph, Pigment alternatives: Prophix, Vena
Muse Glimmer 30BAleph, Pigment alternatives: Centage, Cube, Datarails, Prophix, Vena

Neither was named

2 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
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 twenty-four points.
Cube24%#1 of 17
Prophix0%#– of 17
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Prophix leads at mid-market.
Prophix14%#2 of 14
Cube12%#3 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Cube leads at enterprise.
Cube4%#7 of 14
Prophix0%#13 of 14
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Prophix

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

“Prophix often receives significantly fewer positive mentions and lower "positive-to-negative" ratios” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative

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
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.