# Board alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 708 of the 756 answers in the 3 categories where Board holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/board/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- OneStream: 75
- Cube: 54
- Joiin: 48
- Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: 34
- Anaplan: 33
- Planful: 29

## FP&A platforms

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Board.

- Cube: first choice in 23 of those 84
- Jirav: first choice in 15 of those 84
- Datarails: first choice in 11 of those 84
- Fathom: first choice in 11 of those 84
- Aleph: first choice in 6 of those 84
- Clockwork: first choice in 3 of those 84
- PlanGuru: first choice in 3 of those 84
- LiveFlow: first choice in 2 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Board (Board is #11 of 14 at 0%).

- Pigment: first choice in 13 of those 78
- Prophix: first choice in 8 of those 78
- Cube: first choice in 7 of those 78
- Aleph: first choice in 5 of those 78
- Planful: first choice in 4 of those 78
- Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 4 of those 78
- PlanGuru: first choice in 3 of those 78
- Vena: first choice in 3 of those 78

**Enterprise**: 67 of 84 answers did not name Board (Board is #8 of 14 at 2%).

- Anaplan: first choice in 23 of those 67
- OneStream: first choice in 9 of those 67
- Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 5 of those 67
- Pigment: first choice in 4 of those 67
- Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: first choice in 2 of those 67
- Planful: first choice in 2 of those 67
- Cube: first choice in 1 of those 67
- Limelight: first choice in 1 of those 67

## Financial consolidation

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Board.

- Joiin: first choice in 38 of those 84
- Fathom: first choice in 6 of those 84
- Sage Intacct: first choice in 4 of those 84
- LiveFlow: first choice in 3 of those 84
- QuickBooks Online: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Centage Planning Maestro: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Datarails: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Prophix: first choice in 2 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 81 of 84 answers did not name Board (Board is #10 of 14 at 0%).

- Prophix: first choice in 17 of those 81
- Joiin: first choice in 10 of those 81
- Planful: first choice in 9 of those 81
- OneStream: first choice in 7 of those 81
- Sage Intacct: first choice in 6 of those 81
- CCH Tagetik: first choice in 2 of those 81
- Oracle NetSuite: first choice in 2 of those 81
- Vena: first choice in 2 of those 81

**Enterprise**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Board (Board is #7 of 13 at 0%).

- OneStream: first choice in 40 of those 74
- Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close: first choice in 6 of those 74
- CCH Tagetik: first choice in 5 of those 74
- Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Anaplan Financial Consolidation: first choice in 1 of those 74
- HighRadius: first choice in 1 of those 74
- Prophix: first choice in 1 of those 74
- Quick Consols: first choice in 1 of those 74

## Corporate performance management

**Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Board.

- Cube: first choice in 18 of those 82
- Vena: first choice in 9 of those 82
- Datarails: first choice in 8 of those 82
- Jirav: first choice in 7 of those 82
- Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 6 of those 82
- Effy AI: first choice in 4 of those 82
- Aleph: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Causal: first choice in 2 of those 82

**Mid-market**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Board (Board is #12 of 16 at 0%).

- Planful: first choice in 12 of those 78
- Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 7 of those 78
- Cube: first choice in 5 of those 78
- Vena: first choice in 5 of those 78
- Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: first choice in 4 of those 78
- Jedox: first choice in 3 of those 78
- Pigment: first choice in 3 of those 78
- Datarails: first choice in 2 of those 78

**Enterprise**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Board (Board is #9 of 13 at 0%).

- Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: first choice in 25 of those 80
- OneStream: first choice in 19 of those 80
- Anaplan: first choice in 10 of those 80
- Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 3 of those 80
- Betterworks: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Pigment: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Planful: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Corporater: first choice in 1 of those 80

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