# Wave alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026 Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 840 of the 1,008 answers in the 4 categories where Wave 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/wave/alternatives ## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added) - QuickBooks Online: 48 - Sage Intacct: 43 - Oracle NetSuite: 42 - Microsoft Power BI: 39 - Avalara E-Invoicing: 31 - Xero: 29 ## Accounting software **Small business**: 48 of 84 answers did not name Wave (Wave is #2 of 7 at 15%). - QuickBooks Online: first choice in 27 of those 48 - Xero: first choice in 6 of those 48 - FreshBooks: first choice in 1 of those 48 - QuickBooks: first choice in 1 of those 48 - Sage Intacct: first choice in 1 of those 48 - Zoho Books: first choice in 1 of those 48 **Mid-market**: 55 of 84 answers did not name Wave (Wave is #2 of 11 at 23%). - Sage Intacct: first choice in 25 of those 55 - Oracle NetSuite: first choice in 7 of those 55 - QuickBooks Online: first choice in 2 of those 55 - FreshBooks: first choice in 1 of those 55 - Xero: first choice in 1 of those 55 **Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Wave. - Oracle NetSuite: first choice in 23 of those 84 - SAP S/4HANA Finance: first choice in 14 of those 84 - Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP: first choice in 8 of those 84 - Acumatica: first choice in 7 of those 84 - Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance: first choice in 5 of those 84 - Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials: first choice in 5 of those 84 - SAP Cloud ERP: first choice in 3 of those 84 - Sage Intacct: first choice in 3 of those 84 ## Invoicing software **Small business**: 51 of 84 answers did not name Wave (Wave is #3 of 10 at 12%). - QuickBooks: first choice in 13 of those 51 - FreshBooks: first choice in 6 of those 51 - Zoho Invoice: first choice in 6 of those 51 - Rho Invoicing: first choice in 3 of those 51 - Zoho Books: first choice in 3 of those 51 - Xero: first choice in 2 of those 51 - PayPal Invoicing: first choice in 1 of those 51 - Stripe Invoicing: first choice in 1 of those 51 **Mid-market**: 57 of 84 answers did not name Wave (Wave is #3 of 15 at 13%). - QuickBooks: first choice in 10 of those 57 - Sage Intacct: first choice in 4 of those 57 - Versapay: first choice in 4 of those 57 - Xero: first choice in 4 of those 57 - Invoiced: first choice in 3 of those 57 - Zoho Invoice: first choice in 3 of those 57 - BILL: first choice in 2 of those 57 - NetSuite SuiteBilling: first choice in 2 of those 57 **Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Wave (Wave is #19 of 20 at 0%). - NetSuite SuiteBilling: first choice in 19 of those 84 - Coupa: first choice in 8 of those 84 - HighRadius: first choice in 7 of those 84 - Basware: first choice in 4 of those 84 - Tipalti: first choice in 4 of those 84 - Billtrust: first choice in 3 of those 84 - SAP Ariba: first choice in 3 of those 84 - BillingPlatform: first choice in 2 of those 84 ## Financial reporting and dashboards **Small business**: 71 of 84 answers did not name Wave (Wave is #2 of 11 at 15%). - QuickBooks Online: first choice in 15 of those 71 - Zoho Analytics: first choice in 10 of those 71 - Looker Studio: first choice in 9 of those 71 - Xero Analytics: first choice in 7 of those 71 - Fathom: first choice in 5 of those 71 - Microsoft Power BI: first choice in 3 of those 71 - FreshBooks: first choice in 2 of those 71 - QuickBooks Dashboard: first choice in 2 of those 71 **Mid-market**: 73 of 84 answers did not name Wave (Wave is #2 of 18 at 13%). - Microsoft Power BI: first choice in 11 of those 73 - Sage Intacct: first choice in 8 of those 73 - Datarails: first choice in 5 of those 73 - Prophix: first choice in 4 of those 73 - Databox: first choice in 3 of those 73 - Cube: first choice in 2 of those 73 - Mosaic: first choice in 2 of those 73 - Oracle NetSuite: first choice in 2 of those 73 **Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Wave. - Microsoft Power BI: first choice in 25 of those 84 - Oracle NetSuite: first choice in 10 of those 84 - OneStream: first choice in 6 of those 84 - Workiva: first choice in 5 of those 84 - Tableau: first choice in 3 of those 84 - Acumatica Cloud ERP: first choice in 2 of those 84 - Microsoft Fabric: first choice in 2 of those 84 - Sage Intacct: first choice in 2 of those 84 ## Global e-invoicing compliance **Small business**: 69 of 84 answers did not name Wave (Wave is #6 of 10 at 2%). - Xero: first choice in 16 of those 69 - Zoho Invoice: first choice in 8 of those 69 - QuickBooks Online: first choice in 4 of those 69 - GoodVat: first choice in 3 of those 69 - Invoice Ninja: first choice in 3 of those 69 - Avalara E-Invoicing: first choice in 2 of those 69 - Quaderno: first choice in 2 of those 69 - Qvalia Connect Small: first choice in 2 of those 69 **Mid-market**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Wave (Wave is #8 of 16 at 2%). - Avalara E-Invoicing: first choice in 14 of those 80 - Sovos Compliance Network: first choice in 7 of those 80 - Commenda: first choice in 5 of those 80 - Pagero: first choice in 3 of those 80 - Sphere: first choice in 3 of those 80 - Zoho Books: first choice in 3 of those 80 - B2Brouter: first choice in 2 of those 80 - Fonoa: first choice in 2 of those 80 **Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Wave. - Avalara E-Invoicing: first choice in 15 of those 84 - Sovos Compliance Network: first choice in 14 of those 84 - Pagero: first choice in 9 of those 84 - Basware: first choice in 8 of those 84 - Vertex: first choice in 7 of those 84 - Vertex VAT Compliance: first choice in 3 of those 84 - VAT IT eezi: first choice in 2 of those 84 - Avalara VAT Returns and Reporting: first choice in 1 of those 84 Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.