Pigment vs Planful
Two of fourteen models named Pigment first on the direct prompt; zero named Planful. Pigment was named by ten of the fourteen models and Planful by thirteen and Pigment carries 32 labels and Planful 31, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the workforce planning page.
By framing
PigmentFirst choices, of fourteen modelsPlanful
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Pigment and Planful were named in the same answer twenty-five times, of the 76 answers naming Pigment and the 51 naming Planful. In those answers Planful took the first choice one time and Pigment four.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | |||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | ||||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | ||
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.20 | | | ||||
| Mistral Small | | | | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | |||
| Llama 4 Maverick | | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | ||||
| Kimi K2 | | | | |||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | |||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | | |
Pigment Planful first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Pigment on the left and Planful on the right.The direct prompt
Pigment first, Planful an alternative
2 of 14 modelsPlanful was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Pigment0%#– of 15Planful0%#– of 15What the models said about Pigment
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“like Anaplan, Pigment, or Workday Adaptive Planning) are top-tier enterprise solutions, but they are frequently oversold to mid-market companies” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“can be powerful, but they are poor choices if no one on your team can design, maintain, and govern the planning model” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“These require heavy building/customization rather than providing out-of-the-box methods.” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Choose Pigment if Finance is leading the charge, and you need agile scenario modeling” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Dedicated tools: 4PLAN HR, Pigment, or similar platforms designed for mid-market” MiniMax M2.5 · scale prompt · first choice
“Best Overall for Modern FP&A & Dynamic Scenario Modeling: Pigment” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about Planful
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“For most mid-sized B2B companies, Planful, Abacum, or ChartHop are the best starting points” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“For a typical growing B2B company, Planful is usually the strongest choice.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“A strong alternative if you want workforce planning as part of a more finance-led budgeting and forecasting suite” GPT-6 Luna · direct prompt · alternative
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.