# Planful alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026 Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 1,564 of the 1,764 answers in the 7 categories where Planful 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/planful/alternatives ## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added) - OneStream: 88 - Anaplan: 71 - FloQast: 64 - BlackLine: 54 - Cube: 52 - Joiin: 45 ## Corporate performance management **Small business**: 64 of 84 answers did not name Planful (Planful is #8 of 14 at 2%). - Cube: first choice in 13 of those 64 - Jirav: first choice in 6 of those 64 - Datarails: first choice in 5 of those 64 - Effy AI: first choice in 4 of those 64 - Vena: first choice in 3 of those 64 - Aleph: first choice in 2 of those 64 - ClickUp: first choice in 2 of those 64 - LivePlan: first choice in 2 of those 64 **Mid-market**: 58 of 84 answers did not name Planful (Planful is #1 of 16 at 27%). - Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: first choice in 6 of those 58 - Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 4 of those 58 - Cube: first choice in 3 of those 58 - Datarails: first choice in 2 of those 58 - Jedox: first choice in 2 of those 58 - Lattice: first choice in 2 of those 58 - Synergita: first choice in 2 of those 58 - Anaplan: first choice in 1 of those 58 **Enterprise**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Planful (Planful is #5 of 13 at 4%). - Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: first choice in 23 of those 77 - OneStream: first choice in 20 of those 77 - Anaplan: first choice in 9 of those 77 - Betterworks: first choice in 2 of those 77 - Corporater: first choice in 1 of those 77 - Drivetrain: first choice in 1 of those 77 - IBM Planning Analytics: first choice in 1 of those 77 - Lattice: first choice in 1 of those 77 ## Financial consolidation **Small business**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Planful (Planful is #11 of 14 at 2%). - Joiin: first choice in 36 of those 78 - Fathom: first choice in 5 of those 78 - Sage Intacct: first choice in 4 of those 78 - LiveFlow: first choice in 3 of those 78 - QuickBooks Online: first choice in 3 of those 78 - Centage Planning Maestro: first choice in 2 of those 78 - Datarails: first choice in 2 of those 78 - ScaleXP: first choice in 2 of those 78 **Mid-market**: 57 of 84 answers did not name Planful (Planful is #3 of 14 at 17%). - Joiin: first choice in 9 of those 57 - OneStream: first choice in 5 of those 57 - Sage Intacct: first choice in 5 of those 57 - Oracle NetSuite: first choice in 2 of those 57 - CCH Tagetik: first choice in 1 of those 57 - Datarails: first choice in 1 of those 57 - Finrely: first choice in 1 of those 57 - Oracle: first choice in 1 of those 57 **Enterprise**: 72 of 84 answers did not name Planful (Planful is #8 of 13 at 0%). - OneStream: first choice in 38 of those 72 - Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close: first choice in 7 of those 72 - CCH Tagetik: first choice in 6 of those 72 - Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: first choice in 5 of those 72 - Anaplan Financial Consolidation: first choice in 1 of those 72 - Board: first choice in 1 of those 72 - HighRadius: first choice in 1 of those 72 - Prophix: first choice in 1 of those 72 ## FP&A platforms **Small business**: 81 of 84 answers did not name Planful (Planful is #11 of 17 at 2%). - Cube: first choice in 21 of those 81 - Jirav: first choice in 14 of those 81 - Fathom: first choice in 11 of those 81 - Datarails: first choice in 10 of those 81 - Aleph: first choice in 6 of those 81 - Clockwork: first choice in 3 of those 81 - PlanGuru: first choice in 3 of those 81 - LiveFlow: first choice in 2 of those 81 **Mid-market**: 50 of 84 answers did not name Planful (Planful is #5 of 14 at 7%). - Pigment: first choice in 9 of those 50 - Cube: first choice in 6 of those 50 - Aleph: first choice in 3 of those 50 - PlanGuru: first choice in 3 of those 50 - Prophix: first choice in 3 of those 50 - Excel: first choice in 2 of those 50 - Anaplan: first choice in 1 of those 50 - Board: first choice in 1 of those 50 **Enterprise**: 69 of 84 answers did not name Planful (Planful is #6 of 14 at 4%). - Anaplan: first choice in 30 of those 69 - OneStream: first choice in 9 of those 69 - Pigment: first choice in 5 of those 69 - Board: first choice in 2 of those 69 - Cube: first choice in 2 of those 69 - Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: first choice in 2 of those 69 - Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 2 of those 69 - Limelight: first choice in 1 of those 69 ## Financial close management **Small business**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Planful. - FloQast: first choice in 21 of those 80 - Numeric: first choice in 16 of those 80 - QuickBooks Online: first choice in 10 of those 80 - Xero: first choice in 7 of those 80 - DOKKA Close: first choice in 6 of those 80 - Datarails: first choice in 4 of those 80 - ScaleXP: first choice in 3 of those 80 - Pipedrive: first choice in 2 of those 80 **Mid-market**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Planful (Planful is #5 of 14 at 3%). - FloQast: first choice in 37 of those 78 - Numeric: first choice in 8 of those 78 - BlackLine: first choice in 6 of those 78 - Prophix: first choice in 4 of those 78 - CloseCore: first choice in 2 of those 78 - DOKKA Close: first choice in 2 of those 78 - Adra Suite: first choice in 1 of those 78 - CloseCore Close Management: first choice in 1 of those 78 **Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Planful. - BlackLine: first choice in 48 of those 84 - FloQast: first choice in 6 of those 84 - OneStream: first choice in 4 of those 84 - Numeric: first choice in 2 of those 84 - Trintech: first choice in 2 of those 84 - Trintech Cadency: first choice in 2 of those 84 - Workiva: first choice in 2 of those 84 - Double: first choice in 1 of those 84 ## Financial reporting and dashboards **Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Planful. - QuickBooks Online: first choice in 16 of those 84 - Zoho Analytics: first choice in 10 of those 84 - Looker Studio: first choice in 9 of those 84 - Wave: first choice in 8 of those 84 - Xero Analytics: first choice in 7 of those 84 - Zoho Books: first choice in 7 of those 84 - Fathom: first choice in 5 of those 84 - FreshBooks: first choice in 3 of those 84 **Mid-market**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Planful (Planful is #13 of 18 at 2%). - Microsoft Power BI: first choice in 11 of those 78 - Sage Intacct: first choice in 7 of those 78 - Wave: first choice in 7 of those 78 - Zoho Books: first choice in 6 of those 78 - Datarails: first choice in 5 of those 78 - Databox: first choice in 3 of those 78 - Xero Analytics: first choice in 3 of those 78 - Cube: first choice in 2 of those 78 **Enterprise**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Planful. - Microsoft Power BI: first choice in 25 of those 83 - Oracle NetSuite: first choice in 10 of those 83 - OneStream: first choice in 6 of those 83 - Workiva: first choice in 5 of those 83 - Tableau: first choice in 3 of those 83 - Acumatica Cloud ERP: first choice in 2 of those 83 - Microsoft Fabric: first choice in 2 of those 83 - Sage Intacct: first choice in 2 of those 83 ## Financial modeling and scenario planning **Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Planful. - Google Sheets: first choice in 15 of those 82 - Microsoft Excel: first choice in 15 of those 82 - Jirav: first choice in 6 of those 82 - LivePlan: first choice in 6 of those 82 - Causal: first choice in 5 of those 82 - Fuelfinance: first choice in 5 of those 82 - Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets: first choice in 3 of those 82 - Cube: first choice in 2 of those 82 **Mid-market**: 70 of 84 answers did not name Planful (Planful is #9 of 11 at 2%). - Microsoft Excel: first choice in 11 of those 70 - Google Sheets: first choice in 7 of those 70 - Datarails: first choice in 6 of those 70 - Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 4 of those 70 - Cube: first choice in 3 of those 70 - Limelight: first choice in 2 of those 70 - Pigment: first choice in 2 of those 70 - Prophix One: first choice in 2 of those 70 **Enterprise**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Planful (Planful is #8 of 11 at 0%). - Anaplan: first choice in 24 of those 77 - Erwin Data Modeler: first choice in 4 of those 77 - OneStream: first choice in 4 of those 77 - Pigment: first choice in 3 of those 77 - Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 3 of those 77 - Ardoq: first choice in 2 of those 77 - Limelight: first choice in 2 of those 77 - Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: first choice in 2 of those 77 ## Cash flow forecasting **Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Planful. - Float: first choice in 29 of those 84 - Cash Flow Frog: first choice in 18 of those 84 - Pulse: first choice in 8 of those 84 - BILL: first choice in 5 of those 84 - QuickBooks Cash Flow Planner: first choice in 5 of those 84 - Xero Cash Flow Forecasting: first choice in 3 of those 84 - Cash Flow Tool: first choice in 2 of those 84 - Fathom: first choice in 2 of those 84 **Mid-market**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Planful (Planful is #18 of 22 at 0%). - Agicap: first choice in 9 of those 80 - Cash Flow Frog: first choice in 5 of those 80 - Drivetrain: first choice in 5 of those 80 - Pulse: first choice in 5 of those 80 - Upflow: first choice in 5 of those 80 - Centime: first choice in 4 of those 80 - Float: first choice in 4 of those 80 - Prophix One: first choice in 4 of those 80 **Enterprise**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Planful (Planful is #12 of 16 at 0%). - Kyriba: first choice in 27 of those 78 - Anaplan: first choice in 6 of those 78 - HighRadius: first choice in 6 of those 78 - Tesorio: first choice in 3 of those 78 - Access CashForecaster: first choice in 2 of those 78 - OneStream: first choice in 2 of those 78 - Pegasus Insights: first choice in 2 of those 78 - Prophix One: first choice in 2 of those 78 Published under CC BY 4.0. 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