# Arelle: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 5 judge labels across 1 category by 4 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/arelle

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [SEC and disclosure reporting](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/accounting/sec-and-disclosure-reporting/index.md) | 0% | 62 | 40% | 5 |

## What the models said for it

- "Arelle is a free, open-source XBRL processor that many companies and regulators use for validation" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Disclosure reporting)

## And against it

- "Arelle is free and open source, but it is primarily an XBRL validation tool—not a complete disclosure-management system." (Perplexity Sonar, Disclosure reporting)
- "Choose Arelle only as a free validation component, not as a complete disclosure-management system." (Perplexity Sonar, Disclosure reporting)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Arelle, from 9 of the 9 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- cfoshortlist.com: 9
- houseblend.io: 9
- dfinsolutions.com: 5
- rankite.com: 5
- prophix.com: 4
- sec.gov: 4
- basedash.com: 2
- concourse.ai: 2
- github.com: 2
- gitnux.org: 2

### Pages cited

- https://cfoshortlist.com/reports/best-disclosure-management-software: 8
- https://cfoshortlist.com/reports/sec-reporting-software: 8
- https://houseblend.io/articles/sec-filing-software-platforms-pricing-compliance: 5
- https://rankite.com/blog/best-sec-reporting-software: 5
- https://houseblend.io/articles/pdfs/sec-filing-software-platforms-pricing-compliance-08abc514a3c2fcc9.pdf: 4
- https://prophix.com/blog/disclosure-management-software: 4
- https://cfoshortlist.com/reports/regulatory-reporting-software: 3
- https://dfinsolutions.com/knowledge-hub/blog/how-choose-sec-reporting-software-private-companies-2026: 3

## Record

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