Twelve of fourteen models named FloQast first on the direct prompt; zero named Numeric. FloQast was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Numeric by thirteen and FloQast carries 57 labels and Numeric 44, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in ten categories this edition.
Named in four categories 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 financial close management page.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, FloQast and Numeric were named in the same answer 163 times, of the 387 answers naming FloQast and the 219 naming Numeric. In those answers Numeric took the first choice twenty-eight times and FloQast forty-five.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| Claude Haiku 4.5 | ||||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | ||||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | ||||||
| Perplexity Sonar | ||||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | ||||||
| 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 |
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.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Avoid Enterprise Tools: BlackLine/FloQast/Workiva are powerful ... overkill for limited budgets” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid enterprise-focused tools like BlackLine, FloQast, and Trintech if budget is a concern” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“For most mid-market B2B companies, FloQast represents the best balance of implementation speed, cost-effectiveness, and user-friendly design.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“Noted as becoming expensive/unpredictable at scale (e.g., $360K+/month for thousands of users).” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“Smaller user community; fewer integrations compared with FloQast/Workiva. Still evolving” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · soft negative
“Numeric – Can become expensive and unpredictable with thousands of users.” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“Choose Numeric if you are a modern, fast-growing company that wants to leverage AI to automate transactional matching” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
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.