# Power Query: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 5 judge labels across 3 categories by 5 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/power-query

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Financial consolidation](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/accounting/financial-consolidation/index.md) | 0% | 66 | 50% | 2 |
| [Financial reporting and dashboards](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/planning/financial-reporting-and-dashboards/index.md) | 0% | 84 | 50% | 2 |
| [Corporate tax provision](https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/tax/corporate-tax-provision/index.md) | 0% | 70 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Looker Studio (formerly Data Studio) or Microsoft Excel/Power Query (if data volume allows) are often safer bets" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Financial reporting)
- "Power Query: More robust than Excel's built-in consolidate" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Financial consolidation)

## And against it

- "Microsoft’s Power Query guidance explicitly says not to use the “Ignore the Privacy Levels” / Fast Combine option because it can expose sensitive data across sources." (GPT-5.4 mini, Financial reporting)
- "more manual logic, weaker controls, and greater maintenance risk" (Perplexity Sonar, Financial consolidation)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 Power Query, from 7 of the 7 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- capterra.com: 2
- fathomhq.com: 2
- g2.com: 2
- guideflow.com: 2
- joiin.co: 2
- prophix.com: 2
- simetrik.com: 2
- wolterskluwer.com: 2
- airbyte.com: 1
- alium.io: 1

### Pages cited

- https://joiin.co/pricing: 2
- https://prophix.com/blog/the-12-best-financial-consolidation-software-tools-for-fp-a-teams: 2
- https://prophix.com/uk/blog/12-best-financial-consolidation-software-tools-for-2026: 2
- https://simetrik.com/blog/best-financial-consolidation-software: 2
- https://airbyte.com/top-etl-tools-for-sources/data-consolidation-tools: 1
- https://alium.io/research/top-complaints-bi: 1
- https://apistatuscheck.com/blog/observability-consolidation-guide: 1
- https://assets.contenthub.wolterskluwer.com/api/public/content/Four-hidden-costs-of-a-legacy-consolidation-and-close-process: 1

## 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.