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IT financial management for small business buyers
Asked as “IT financial management platform”, and as “technology business management software”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 63 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the November 2026 Edition.
Standing · first-choice share
13%
Contested · Zoho One 11%
13QuickBooks Online11Zoho One08HubSpot CRM68others
13% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026▼−1Since October 2026: 14% → 13%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.QuickBooks Online held the lead, −1 point on 14%, inside the 11-point floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small businessQuickBooks Online13%Contested▼−1Since October 2026: 14% → 13%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-marketIBM Apptio22%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: IBM Apptio (22%) replaces Nicus ITFM Platform (9% then, 8% now), 14 points clear, past the 11-point floor.Standing →EnterpriseIBM Apptio50%Clear leader▲+21Since October 2026: 29% → 50%, +21 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →
The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01QuickBooks Online13%7%29accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 14% → 13%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.14% → 13%
02
Zoho One11%0%12accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 12% → 11%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.12% → 11%
Zoho One11%0%12accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 12% → 11%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.12% → 11%03
Vantage8%0%19accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 4% → 8%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 8%
Vantage8%0%19accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 4% → 8%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 8%04
HubSpot CRM8%0%11accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 4% → 8%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 8%
HubSpot CRM8%0%11accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 4% → 8%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 8%05
Ramp6%5%21accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 10% → 6%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.10% → 6%
Ramp6%5%21accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 10% → 6%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.10% → 6%06
Xero5%4%25accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 2% → 5%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 5%
Xero5%4%25accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 2% → 5%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 5%07
CloudZero2%22%27accepted challenger▼−6Since October 2026: 8% → 2%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 2%
CloudZero2%22%27accepted challenger▼−6Since October 2026: 8% → 2%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 2%08Zoho Books2%12%17accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%
09FreshBooks2%0%11accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
10
Odoo2%0%10accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
Odoo2%0%10accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%12
VMware Tanzu CloudHealth2%18%11accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
VMware Tanzu CloudHealth2%18%11accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%Show the six products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
18IBM Apptio0%95%21criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
17
ServiceNow IT Financial Management0%72%32criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
ServiceNow IT Financial Management0%72%32criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%14
Flexera One0%68%22criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Flexera One0%68%22criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%16
IBM Apptio Cloudability0%68%28criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
IBM Apptio Cloudability0%68%28criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%15
Nicus ITFM Platform0%67%24criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Nicus ITFM Platform0%67%24criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%13QuickBooks0%27%11criticized challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%
The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Head to headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not small business.
All ten head-to-head pages: the top five products, each against each
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
Q01
020304050607Z08
F09
10
1112Q13
14151617I18
Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative30%
Key
01QuickBooks Online13%
02Zoho One11%
Zoho One11%03Vantage8%
Vantage8%04HubSpot CRM8%
HubSpot CRM8%05Ramp6%
Ramp6%06Xero5%
Xero5%07CloudZero2%
CloudZero2%08Zoho Books2%
09FreshBooks2%
10Odoo2%
Odoo2%11BigTime2%
BigTime2%12VMware Tanzu CloudHealth2%
VMware Tanzu CloudHealth2%13QuickBooks0%
14Flexera One0%
Flexera One0%15Nicus ITFM Platform0%
Nicus ITFM Platform0%16IBM Apptio Cloudability0%
IBM Apptio Cloudability0%17ServiceNow IT Financial Management0%
ServiceNow IT Financial Management0%18IBM Apptio0%
What they warned about
Two of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
IBM Apptio
95%
20 of 21 labels negative · 13 of 14 models · 12 hard negative
“These tools (such as IBM Apptio, Nicus, CloudZero, MagicOrange...) are primarily designed for large enterprises... should be approached with caution or avoided altogether.” Grok 4.20, negative prompt
ServiceNow IT Financial Management72%
23 of 32 labels negative · 12 of 14 models · 12 hard negative
“Standard licensing, specialized developer fees, and long deployment cycles make ServiceNow ITFM prohibitively expensive.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
Flexera One68%
15 of 22 labels negative · 12 of 14 models · 8 hard negative
“Designed primarily for mid-to-large enterprises - Complex feature set that exceeds small business requirements” MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt
Nicus ITFM Platform67%
16 of 24 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 12 hard negative
“Better suited for mid-market companies - Implementation and maintenance require dedicated resources” MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt
What they cite
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.
Sites the answers cite
72 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 919 links across 277 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 39 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · Rocketlane30 answers · 30 citations · 10 models
vendor site · G228 answers · 45 citations · 9 models
28 answers · 42 citations · 10 models
25 answers · 33 citations · 11 models
25 answers · 26 citations · 10 models
vendor site · InvGate21 answers · 21 citations · 10 models
vendor site · SourceForge19 answers · 24 citations · 9 models
publisher (Gane)17 answers · 19 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Expensify17 answers · 17 citations · 10 models
vendor site · BigTime15 answers · 15 citations · 9 models
15 answers · 15 citations · 7 models
13 answers · 18 citations · 8 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
30 answers · 10 models
22 answers · 9 models
21 answers · 10 models
17 answers · 10 models
17 answers · 10 models
15 answers · 7 models
13 answers · 6 models
12 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 4 models
11 answers · 6 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best it financial management platform”, “it financial management platform”, “it financial management platforms”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QuickBooks Online | 13% | 1,000,000 | 11,417 | ||||
| Zoho One zoho.com | 11% | 14 | 18,100 | 178 | 1,216,894 | $51,031 | 119 |
| Vantage vantage.sh | 8% | 190 | 49,500 | 10,715 | 37,252 | 4 | |
| HubSpot hubspot.com HubSpot CRM 8% | 8% | 19 | 368,000 | 9,776 | 2,276,428 company | $83,922 | 76 |
| Ramp ramp.com | 6% | 29 | 246,000 | 49,733 | 770,056 | $13,511 | 120 |
| Xero xero.com | 5% | 27 | 90,500 | 4,610 | 1,200,289 | $500 | 119 |
| Wave | 3% | 368,000 | 253,218 | ||||
| Setyl setyl.com | 3% | 25 | 140 | 3 | 155 | 0 | |
| CloudZero cloudzero.com | 2% | 168 | 2,400 | 32 | 99,194 | $25,945 | 5 |
| Zoho Books | 2% | 27,100 | 268 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 24 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (apptio.com, bigtime.net, use.expensify.com). The first result for “best it financial management platform” is nicus.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best IT financial management platform for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which technology business management software would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top IT financial management platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best IT financial management platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating an IT financial management platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which IT financial management platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5QuickBooks OnlineFreshBooks, QuickBooks OnlineChangedBigTime, HarvestRamp, Xeroagainst: ServiceNow IT Financial Managementno first choiceagainst: Oracle NetSuite, QuickBooks
Three alternatives
BigTime, Expensify, XeroFive alternatives
Freshservice, Microsoft Cost Management, QuickBooks, Vantage, Zoho BooksTwo alternatives
Freshservice, Microsoft Cost ManagementGPT-5.4 miniIBM Apptio EssentialsFreshserviceChangedIBM Apptioagainst: Planview PortfoliosProductivagainst: IBM Apptiono first choiceagainst: Broadcom/VMware, CloudZero, CoreStack, Datadog, Flexera One, Harness Cloud Cost Management, IBM Apptio, ServiceNow IT Financial Management, Serviceware Financial
Two alternatives
Drivetrain, ServiceNow IT Financial ManagementTwo alternatives
Atera, Jira Service ManagementThree alternatives
BMC, Focal Point, ServiceNow IT Financial ManagementGemini 3.5 FlashZluriagainst: IBM Apptio, Nicus ITFM Platform, ServiceNow IT Financial Management, ServicewareZoho OneChangedVantageagainst: AWS Cost Explorer, Google Cloud Billing, IBM Apptio Cloudability, Microsoft Cost Management, ServiceNow IT Financial ManagementSetylagainst: CostPerform, IBM Apptio, ServicewareBrex, Rampagainst: IBM Apptio Cloudability, Nicus ITFM Platform, ServiceNow IT Financial Managementagainst: Anaplan, Flexera One, IBM Apptio, Nicus ITFM Platform, Prophix, ServiceNow IT Financial Management, Serviceware, Workday Financial Management
Seven alternatives
Cledara, CloudZero, Freshservice, InvGate Asset Management, Ramp, Torii, Vantage.shFour alternatives
ConnectWise Manage, HubSpot CRM, Odoo, ScoroFive alternatives
Cledara, CloudZero, Kubecost, Pigment, ToriiTen alternatives
AWS Budgets, AWS Cost Explorer, Cledara, Google Cloud Billing, Infracost, InvGate Asset Management, Microsoft Cost Management, NachoNacho, OpenCost, VantageFour alternatives
Cledara, Mercury, Trelica, Vantage.shPerplexity SonarQuickBooks Onlineagainst: NetSuite, Rocketlane, SAP Business OneZoho OneChangedExpensify, QuickBooks Online, Rampagainst: IBM ApptioZoho Booksagainst: BigTime, Flexera One, Nicus ITFM Platformno first choiceagainst: Certinia, Deltek Vantagepoint, Flexera One, IBM Apptio Cloudability, Kantata, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, Oracle NetSuite, QuickBooks, SAP enterprise products, Workday Adaptive Planning, Workday Financial Management
Four alternatives
BigTime, Ramp, Rippling, Zoho BooksFour alternatives
HubSpot CRM, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Odoo, monday serviceFive alternatives
BigTime, CostLens AI, CostPerform, Xero, Zoho BooksTwo alternatives
Harvest, QuickBooks OnlineGrok 4.20Xeroagainst: IBM Apptio, NetSuite, QuickBooks, Sage IntacctOdooChangedagainst: AcumaticaCloudZero, Strivenagainst: Bee360, CostPerform, IBM Apptio Cloudability, MagicOrange, ServiceNow IT Financial ManagementXeroagainst: Flexera One, IBM Apptio Cloudability, ServiceNow IT Financial Managementno first choiceagainst: IBM Apptio Cloudabilityagainst: Bee360, CIO COCKPIT, CloudZero, ComSci, CostPerform, EZTBM, IBM Apptio, MagicOrange, Nicus ITFM Platform, Serviceware Financial
Six alternatives
BILL, ChartMogul, Economize, IBM Apptio Cloudability, Maxio, Zoho BooksTwo alternatives
HubSpot CRM, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business CentralFive alternatives
Genuity, Setyl, Spendbase, Spendflo, nOps.ioSix alternatives
FreshBooks, Lansweeper, QuickBooks Online, Reftab, Snipe-IT, WaveEight alternatives
Finout, Flexera One, IBM Apptio Cloudability, InvGate, Planview Portfolios, ServiceNow IT Financial Management, Serviceware, USUMistral SmallQuickBooks OnlineHubSpot CRM, Zoho OneChangedno first choiceQuickBooks Onlineno first choiceagainst: Flexera One, IBM Apptio, IBM Apptio Cloudability, NetSuite, Nicus ITFM Platform, ServiceNow IT Financial Management
Three alternatives
CloudZero, Ramp, RocketlaneTwo alternatives
Odoo, PipedriveTwo alternatives
Ramp, SetylDeepSeek V4 FlashQuickBooks Online, SpendHound, Spendfloagainst: Amnic, Brightfin, CloudZero, VendrHubSpot CRM, Zoho OneChangedFinout, Vantageagainst: Flexera One, IBM Apptio Cloudability, ServiceNow ITBMGenuity, Vantageagainst: IBM Apptio, MagicOrange, Nicus ITFM Platform, ServiceNow IT Financial Management, TangoeCostAnalyst, VMware Tanzu CloudHealth, Vantageagainst: IBM Apptio, ServiceNow TBMagainst: Expensify, Flexera One, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Oracle NetSuite, QuickBooks Online, SAP Business One, SAP Concur, Zoho Books
One alternative
XeroTwo alternatives
Binadox, CloudZeroOne alternative
CostAnalystThree alternatives
Brightfin, MagicOrange, Nicus ITFM PlatformLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choiceWaveno first choiceagainst: Flexera One, IBM Apptio, IBM Apptio Cloudability, NetSuite, Nicus ITFM Platform, Rippling Spend, ServiceNow IT Financial Management
Four alternatives
FreshBooks, QuickBooks, Ramp, XeroQwen 3.7 FlashZoho Oneagainst: IBM Apptio, NetSuite, Nicus ITFM PlatformZoho OneHeldFathomagainst: SAP, ServiceNow IT Financial ManagementManageEngine ServiceDesk Plusagainst: IBM Apptio Cloudability, ServiceNow IT Financial ManagementToriiagainst: Anaplan, Axiom, ServiceNow IT Financial Managementagainst: Flexera One, IBM Apptio, Nicus ITFM Platform, QuickBooks Online, ServiceNow IT Financial Management, Xero
Three alternatives
QuickBooks Online, Ramp, StrivenThree alternatives
Acumatica, HubSpot CRM, OdooFour alternatives
Coupa, Harness Cloud Cost Management, OpenAir, SpotFour alternatives
Excel, Google Sheets, Sunbird, Zoho BooksFive alternatives
BetterCloud, Harness Cloud Cost Management, Scalr, Vantage Cloud, ZluriKimi K2QuickBooks Online, Rampagainst: IBM Apptio CloudabilityHubSpot CRM, Zoho OneChangedHarness Cloud Cost Management, Vantageagainst: Brightfin, CostPerform, IBM Apptio, Nicus ITFM Platform, YarkenWave Accountingno first choiceagainst: IBM Apptio Cloudability, ServiceNow IT Financial Managementagainst: Flexera One, IBM Apptio, NetSuite ERP, ServiceNow IT Financial Management, VMware Tanzu CloudHealth, Zoho Books
One alternative
CloudZeroThree alternatives
Dynamics 365 Business Central, NetSuite, OdooFive alternatives
CloudZero, CostAnalyst, QuickBooks Online, Xero, Zoho BooksThree alternatives
QuickBooks Online, Xero, Zoho BooksTwo alternatives
VMware Tanzu CloudHealth, nOpsGLM 4.7 FlashXRocketlaneHubSpot CRMChangedFreshservice, Jira Service Managementagainst: ServiceNow IT Financial Management, SolarWinds Service Desk, Zendesk ExploreQuickBooks Online, Snipe-ITagainst: CloudZero, Ramp, nOpsno first choiceagainst: IBM Apptio, NetSuite, Nicus ITFM Platform, ServiceNow IT Financial Management
Three alternatives
BILL, Fuelfinance, XeroThree alternatives
Pipedrive, Zoho One, monday serviceOne alternative
ManageEngine ServiceDesk PlusFour alternatives
Expensify, Reftab, Wave, XeroFour alternatives
CloudZero, MagicOrange, Nicus ITFM Platform, ServiceNow IT Financial ManagementMiniMax M2.5RampHubSpot CRM, Zoho SuiteChangedQuickBooks OnlineAssetTiger, Reftab, WaveBinadox, Zyloagainst: Broadcom Clarity PPM, IBM Apptio Cloudability, ServiceNow IT Financial Managementagainst: CloudZero, Flexera One, IBM Apptio, Nicus ITFM Platform, ServiceNow IT Financial Management
Three alternatives
CloudZero, QuickBooks Online, VantageTwo alternatives
Odoo, QuickBooksFour alternatives
FreshBooks, Wave, Xero, Zoho BooksFour alternatives
FreshBooks, ManageEngine AssetExplorer, Xero, Zoho BooksOne alternative
FreshserviceGPT-6 LunaVantageagainst: IBM Apptio Cloudabilityno first choiceChangedVantageagainst: Flexera One, IBM Apptio CloudabilityVantageno first choiceagainst: Broadcom CloudHealth, Flexera One Cloud Cost Optimization, IBM Apptio, IBM Apptio Cloudability
Two alternatives
AWS Cost Explorer, Google CloudFive alternatives
AWS Cost Explorer, CloudZero, Finout, Google Cloud Billing, Microsoft Cost ManagementTwo alternatives
AWS Cost Explorer, Snipe-ITFive alternatives
AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Torii, VantageMuse Glimmer 30BCloudZero, VantageBee360, CostPerformChangedagainst: IBM Apptio CloudabilityFinoutagainst: Flexera One, IBM ApptioOne, Nicus ITFM Platform, ServiceNow IT Financial ManagementBigTime, Setylno first choiceagainst: IBM Apptio Cloudabilityagainst: CloudZero, Flexera One, IBM Apptio, IBM Apptio Cloudability, NetSuite, Nicus ITFM Platform, ServiceNow IT Financial Management, VMware Tanzu CloudHealth
Four alternatives
Finout, QuickBooks Online, Ramp, RocketlaneFive alternatives
Nicus ITFM Platform, Odoo, Yarken, Zoho One, inFlow InventoryFour alternatives
BigTime, CloudZero, Rocketlane, VantageSeven alternatives
CloudZero, MagicOrange, Nicus ITFM Platform, QuickBooks Online, Ramp, Wave, Zoho BooksBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:13 | yes | 20 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 08:59 | yes | 4 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 09:59 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 13:01 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:38 | yes | 14 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:56 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:01 | yes | 24 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:20 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:01 | yes | 10 | 51 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:22 | yes | 15 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:08 | yes | 24 | 234 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:53 | yes | 20 | 62 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 18:59 | yes | 3 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 14:19 | yes | 24 | 32 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:20 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:59 | yes | 2 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 12:56 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 19:10 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:06 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 13:51 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 19:43 | yes | 24 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:15 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:51 | yes | 5 | 32 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:16 | yes | 19 | 56 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:34 | yes | 15 | 39 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:44 | yes | 10 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:57 | yes | 3 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 19:01 | yes | 24 | 31 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 14:47 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:02 | yes | 7 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 15:35 | yes | 6 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:24 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:26 | yes | 9 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:04 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:02 | yes | 23 | 48 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:32 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:40 | no | 0 | 34 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:25 | yes | 20 | 70 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:35 | no | 0 | 63 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:04 | yes | 15 | 39 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:25 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 14:35 | yes | 23 | 44 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 14:27 | yes | 17 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:39 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 12:17 | yes | 7 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 14:08 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:16 | yes | 14 | 15 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:44 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:36 | yes | 22 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:59 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:36 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:29 | yes | 12 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:52 | yes | 23 | 87 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:44 | yes | 14 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 17:59 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 15:45 | yes | 22 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:42 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:10 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 16:11 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:33 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:02 | yes | 13 | 68 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 14:36 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:45 | yes | 19 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:18 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:24 | no | 0 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 17:39 | yes | 19 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 18:38 | yes | 25 | 162 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:14 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 19:10 | yes | 5 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:34 | yes | 13 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:38 | yes | 19 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 08:56 | yes | 4 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 13:38 | no | 0 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 14:14 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:30 | yes | 20 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 15:24 | yes | 9 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:58 | yes | 25 | 39 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 15:02 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 14:12 | yes | 5 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 17:19 | yes | 24 | 54 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:48 | yes | 25 | 51 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 19:33 | yes | 19 | 54 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:45 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:32 | yes | 22 | 33 s |
Normalization in this category
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BILL.com read as BILL
Bill.com read as BILL
Broadcom (Flexera) read as Broadcom Clarity PPM
Flexera read as Flexera One
Flexera (formerly RightScale) read as Flexera One
Harness read as Harness Cloud Cost Management
HubSpot read as HubSpot CRM
HubSpot (Starter/Sales Hub) read as HubSpot CRM
Nicus read as Nicus ITFM Platform
Nicus Software read as Nicus ITFM Platform
Planview read as Planview Portfolios
ServiceNow read as ServiceNow IT Financial Management
ServiceNow Financial Management read as ServiceNow IT Financial Management
ServiceNow ITFM read as ServiceNow IT Financial Management
Unresolved, counted raw
ADP
Accelo
Agiled
Causal
ChartMogul
Datarails
Deltek Vantagepoint
Drivetrain
Flexera One Cloud Cost Optimization
Focal Point
HoneyBook
IBM Apptio
IBM Apptio (ITFM/TBM suite)
IBM Apptio (and Apptio Cloudability)
IBM Apptio (including Cloudability)
IBM Apptio Essentials
IBM ApptioOne
Limble CMMS
Mercury
Monday CRM
Netsuite CRM
Odoo Accounting
Pigment
SAP enterprise products
Salesforce Starter Suite
ServiceNow TBM
Splunk On-Cost
Tangoe
Vantage Cloud
Vityl (Fortra)
Wave Financial
Zendesk Explore
Zoho Bigin
Zoho Suite
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.