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Sales tax automation · November 2026 Edition

Anrok vs Kintsugi

One of fourteen models named Anrok first on the direct prompt; zero named Kintsugi. Anrok was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Kintsugi by ten and Anrok carries 27 labels and Kintsugi 14, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Anrok

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

Kintsugi

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share4%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate7%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#6A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels2714A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Anrok reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Avalara AvaTax was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Avalara AvaTax vs Anrok · Avalara AvaTax vs Kintsugi · TaxCloud vs Anrok

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 sales tax automation page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
AnrokFirst choices, of fourteen modelsKintsugi
Direct10
Paraphrase10
Comparative10
Budget-constrained01
Scale-constrained00
Negative022 against Anrok
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, Anrok and Kintsugi were named in the same answer sixteen times, of the 88 answers naming Anrok and the 52 naming Kintsugi. In those answers Kintsugi took the first choice zero times and Anrok one.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Anrok first, Kintsugi not the choice

1 of 14 modelsKintsugi was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Kimi K2Anrok, Avalara AvaTax alternatives: TaxCloud

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Taxwire alternatives: Anrok, Avalara AvaTax, Numeral
GPT-5.4 miniAvalara AvaTax alternatives: Anrok, TaxJar, Vertex
Gemini 3.5 FlashAvalara AvaTax alternatives: Anrok, Galvix, Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud, TaxConnex, Vertex
Grok 4.20Taxwire alternatives: Anrok, Numeral
Mistral SmallAvalara AvaTax alternatives: Anrok, Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud, TaxCloud, Vertex
MiniMax M2.5Avalara AvaTax, TaxCloud alternatives: Anrok, Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud, Vertex

Neither was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Perplexity SonarTaxwire alternatives: Avalara AvaTax, Vertex, Zamp
DeepSeek V4 FlashAvalara AvaTax alternatives: TaxCloud, Taxwire, Zamp
Llama 4 MaverickTaxwire alternatives: Avalara AvaTax, TaxCloud, TaxJar
Qwen 3.7 FlashTaxwire alternatives: Avalara AvaTax, Vertex
GLM 4.7 FlashXAvalara AvaTax alternatives: TaxCloud, TaxJar, Taxwire
GPT-6 LunaAvalara AvaTax, Vertex Cloud alternatives: Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud
Muse Glimmer 30BAvalara AvaTax alternatives: Sovos Intelligent Compliance Cloud, TaxCloud, Taxwire, Vertex

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
Kintsugi leads by seven points.
Kintsugi12%#3 of 13
Anrok5%#5 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Anrok leads at mid-market.
Anrok4%#4 of 11
Kintsugi2%#6 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Anrok0%#7 of 10
Kintsugi0%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Anrok

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

“Grouped in warnings about assuming full automation. It can mishandle edge cases like digital products, international sales” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · hard negative
“the platforms with the most charges that exist without a published number are Avalara, Anrok, TaxCloud, Zamp” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“B2B SaaS / Software Company | Anrok | Solves subscription changes, prorations, and complex SaaS state tax laws.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Go with Anrok if you are a pure-play B2B SaaS / digital product business” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“If you're a software/SaaS company with modern billing → Anrok” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Kintsugi

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

“Safer Alternatives Worth Considering ... Kintsugi (4.8/5 rating, free tier available)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“Specifically praised for bridging the gap between automation and human expertise” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“Kintsugi (if free is essential)” MiniMax M2.5 · 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.