Zero of fourteen models named Sovos Tax Provision first on the direct prompt; zero named CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes. Sovos Tax Provision was named by eight of the fourteen models and CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes by twelve and Sovos Tax Provision carries 13 labels and CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes 28, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
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.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Sovos Tax Provision and CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes were named in the same answer eighteen times, of the 32 answers naming Sovos Tax Provision and the 94 naming CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes. In those answers CSC Corptax Accounting for Income Taxes took the first choice two times and Sovos Tax Provision one.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | ||||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | ||||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | CC | CC | CC | CC | CC | CC |
| Perplexity Sonar | CC | CC | ||||
| Grok 4.20 | CC | CC | ||||
| Mistral Small | CC | |||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | CC | CC | CC | |||
| Llama 4 Maverick | CC | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | CC | |||||
| Kimi K2 | CC | CC | ||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | CC | |||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | CC | CC | ||||
| GPT-6 Luna | ||||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | CC |
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.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Taxfyle or the Sovos eCommerce/tiered offerings are the most affordable provision-oriented options” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“Sovos is the best fit for multinational enterprises needing jurisdiction-level provision automation” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · alternative
“Choose Sovos if you want a broader compliance platform covering indirect taxes” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · alternative
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Avoid as a first choice on a tight budget: ONESOURCE, CSC Corptax, and similar enterprise suites” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid ONESOURCE and Corptax unless you have a Fortune-500-style tax department.” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“should be avoided or used with caution include: ... Corptax” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · hard negative
“Choose CSC Corptax or ONESOURCE if you have a dedicated in-house corporate tax manager needing end-to-end provision and return automation.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Choose ONESOURCE or Corptax for a broad corporate-tax platform” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · first choice
“Often recommended for companies that want to combine their provision work with state/federal return preparation in one place.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · alternative
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.