Spreadsheets
Why models recommend it
No positive label carried a quote.
What gives them pause
“This is the #1 thing experts warn against. While tempting for small operations, spreadsheets are fundamentally unsuited for fixed asset management”Kimi K2 · Negative question · warning
“Why to Avoid: Spreadsheet formulas lack audit trails, fail to track vesting automatically, and frequently lead to human errors”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · warning
“this approach is error-prone. Spreadsheets require manual updates and programming, which can lead to significant errors”Mistral Small · Negative question · warning
“Spreadsheets: They are error-prone and require manual updates, which can be time-consuming and prone to mistakes.”Llama 4 Maverick · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Spreadsheets, over the 30 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | View → | |
| 5 | 0 | View → | |
| 5 | 0 | View → | |
| 5 | 0 | View → | |
| 4 | 1 | View → | |
| 4 | 0 | View → | |
| 3 | 3 | View → | |
| 3 | 1 | View → | |
| 3 | 1 | View → | |
| 3 | 0 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 30 of the 30 answers that named Spreadsheets and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
No domain is on file for Spreadsheets, so its own site is not marked. Nine were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
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 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |