# Cash flow forecasting for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, September 2026

Gane Index, September 2026 Edition. Asked as "cash flow forecasting software" and as "cash management tool", six framings each, to twelve models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/treasury/cash-flow-forecasting/2026-09/enterprise

This is the permanent record of the September 2026 Edition, published September 17, 2026 and superseded since. The current standing: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/treasury/cash-flow-forecasting/enterprise/index.md

**Standing:** Kyriba leads with 35% of first choices; verdict contested. 40 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Kyriba](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/kyriba/index.md) | 35% | 6% | 47 |
| 2 | [Tesorio](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/tesorio/index.md) | 20% | 4% | 25 |
| 3 | [HighRadius](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/highradius/index.md) | 15% | 3% | 31 |
| 4 | Transformance CashPulse | 5% | 0% | 15 |
| 5 | [Workday Adaptive Planning](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/workday-adaptive-planning/index.md) | 5% | 19% | 26 |
| 6 | [Anaplan](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/anaplan/index.md) | 5% | 26% | 31 |
| 7 | [Cube](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/cube/index.md) | 2% | 7% | 14 |
| 13 | [GTreasury](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/gtreasury/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 18 |
| 17 | [Pigment](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/pigment/index.md) | 0% | 9% | 11 |
| 75 | [Float](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/float/index.md) | 0% | 62% | 13 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 76 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: HighRadius; alternatives Chaser, Drivetrain, Tesorio
- GPT-5.4 mini: Kyriba; alternatives Ripple Treasury, Serrala, Tesorio, Trovata
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Tesorio; alternatives HighRadius, Kyriba, Transformance CashPulse, Trovata
- Perplexity Sonar: HighRadius; alternatives Anaplan, Kyriba, Tesorio, Transformance CashPulse
- Grok 4.20: Tesorio; alternatives HighRadius, Kyriba
- Mistral Small: HighRadius, Tesorio; alternatives Chaser, Transformance CashPulse, Upflow
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: HighRadius, Tesorio; alternatives GTreasury, Kyriba, Transformance CashPulse
- Llama 4 Maverick: Transformance CashPulse
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Tesorio, Transformance CashPulse; alternatives Billtrust, HighRadius
- Kimi K2: Tesorio; alternatives Anaplan, Chaser, HighRadius, Kyriba
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Tesorio; alternatives Kyriba, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance, Transformance CashPulse
- MiniMax M2.5: Tesorio; alternatives Chaser, Upflow

## Sources the answers cite

66 of 72 answers came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- transformance.ai: 36 answers, 55 citations
- farseer.com: 36 answers, 36 citations
- tesorio.com: 32 answers, 38 citations
- highradius.com: 30 answers, 59 citations
- cubesoftware.com: 23 answers, 28 citations
- worldmetrics.org: 21 answers, 41 citations
- gartner.com: 19 answers, 30 citations
- drivetrain.ai: 19 answers, 23 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://farseer.com/blog/cash-flow-forecasting-software (35 answers)
- https://tesorio.com/blog/best-cash-flow-forecasting-software-in-2026-reviewed-and-compared (32 answers)
- https://cubesoftware.com/blog/best-cash-forecasting-software (21 answers)
- https://drivetrain.ai/solutions/cash-flow-forecasting-software (19 answers)
- https://highradius.com/resources/Blog/cash-flow-forecasting-tools (19 answers)
- https://transformance.ai/reviews/cash-flow-forecasting-software-for-enterprises (17 answers)
- https://chaserhq.com/blog/best-cash-flow-forecasting-software (17 answers)
- https://transformance.ai/reviews/best-cash-flow-forecasting-software (16 answers)
- https://transformance.ai/blog-posts/best-cash-flow-forecasting-software-8-tools-for-2026 (15 answers)
- https://upflow.io/software/best-cash-flow-forecasting (15 answers)

## Warned against

- Microsoft Excel: 7 of 7 labels negative. "Excel-first / manual spreadsheet workflows when forecasting is operationally critical, since they are described as manual, outdated, and less accurate" (Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt)
- Float: 8 of 13 labels negative. "Specific tools to avoid or heavily vet: Float – Best for SMBs on Xero/QuickBooks. Its own materials note it is not a treasury platform" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt)
- Anaplan: 8 of 31 labels negative. "Avoid Anaplan unless your CFO has explicitly requested it for its modeling engine." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, budget prompt)
- Google Sheets: 4 of 4 labels negative. "Spreadsheets (e.g., Excel, Google Sheets) - Why avoid: Universally criticized as unsuitable for enterprise-scale operations." (Grok 4.20, negative prompt)

## Record

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