Corporate tax provision · November 2026 Edition
Longview Tax vs Avalara
Zero of fourteen models named Longview Tax first on the direct prompt; one named Avalara. Longview Tax was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Avalara by eleven and Longview Tax carries 45 labels and Avalara 19, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
Named in four categories this edition.
First-choice share10%5%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate16%21%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#4A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels4519A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Longview Tax reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Bloomberg Tax Provision vs Longview Tax · Bloomberg Tax Provision vs Avalara · Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision vs Longview Tax
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 corporate tax provision page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Longview TaxFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAvalara
Direct01
Paraphrase322 against Avalara
Comparative002 against Avalara
Budget-constrained203 against Longview Tax
Scale-constrained00
Negative004 against Longview Tax
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, Longview Tax and Avalara were named in the same answer twenty-five times, of the 123 answers naming Longview Tax and the 78 naming Avalara. In those answers Avalara took the first choice three times and Longview Tax four.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Longview Tax and Avalara stood in it.
| 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 | | |
Longview Tax Avalara first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Longview Tax on the left and Avalara on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Longview Tax and Avalara stood in it.
Avalara first, Longview Tax an alternative
1 of 14 modelsLongview Tax was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.GLM 4.7 FlashXAvalara, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision alternatives: Bloomberg Tax Provision, Commenda, Longview Tax
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.GPT-5.4 miniWolters Kluwer CCH Tagetik Tax Provision alternatives: Longview Tax, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision
Perplexity SonarBloomberg Tax Provision alternatives: Longview Tax, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision
Grok 4.20Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision alternatives: Bloomberg Tax Provision, CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes, Exactera Tax Provision, Longview Tax
DeepSeek V4 FlashThomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision alternatives: Bloomberg Tax Provision, Longview Tax
Llama 4 MaverickTaxfyle alternatives: Avalara, Longview Tax, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision
Qwen 3.7 FlashBloomberg Tax Provision, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision alternatives: CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes, Longview Tax
Kimi K2Bloomberg Tax Provision alternatives: CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes, Longview Tax, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision
MiniMax M2.5Bloomberg Tax Provision, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision alternatives: Account Ability, Longview Tax
GPT-6 LunaThomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision alternatives: Corptax AIT, Longview Tax, Tax Series
Muse Glimmer 30BTaxfyle alternatives: Avalara, Bloomberg Tax Provision, Longview Tax by insightsoftware, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision
Neither was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5Bloomberg Tax Provision, OneStream Tax Provision alternatives: CCH Axcess Tax from Wolters Kluwer, CSC Corptax AIT
Gemini 3.5 FlashBloomberg Tax Provision alternatives: CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes, OneStream Tax Provision, Oracle Tax Reporting, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision, Workiva Tax and Provision
Mistral SmallBloomberg Tax Provision, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision alternatives: Taxfyle
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
Avalara leads by two points.
Avalara8%#4 of 11Longview Tax6%#5 of 11Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Longview Tax leads at mid-market.
Longview Tax10%#3 of 11Avalara5%#4 of 11Enterprise
Longview Tax leads by two points.
Longview Tax2%#4 of 10Avalara0%#10 of 10What the models said about Longview Tax
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“explicitly says to avoid or be cautious about Longview, ONESOURCE, Workiva, Oracle Tax Reporting, and Corptax” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid Enterprise Tools: ONESOURCE, Bloomberg, or Longview ... often not viable under $10k–$20k/year.” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Longview Tax — excellent, but pricing is quote-only and enterprise-tier.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Request demos from insightsoftware and Longview Tax if you focus on corporate income tax” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“The best income tax compliance software for a mid-sized B2B company is insightsoftware” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Longview Tax is likely the best shortlist candidate for corporate tax provision” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Avalara
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“Avalara should generally not be treated as a primary ASC 740 provision tool” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · hard negative
“it's not primarily a corporate income tax compliance tool... it shouldn't be your primary income tax compliance system” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Cons: Primarily focused on indirect tax, not corporate income tax.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“I recommend Avalara as the top choice for comprehensive income tax compliance and related regulatory needs” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Avalara would be my primary recommendation because it specifically addresses B2B compliance needs” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision and Avalara are the top choices” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
Also compared
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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.