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Financial consolidation · October 2026 Edition

Planful vs Fathom

Six of fourteen models named Planful first on the direct prompt; zero named Fathom. Planful was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Fathom by nine and Planful carries 32 labels and Fathom 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Planful

accepted challenger

Named in eight categories this edition.

Fathom

accepted challenger

Named in eight categories this edition.

First-choice share13%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate6%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#8A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels3210A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Planful reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Prophix was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Prophix vs Planful · Prophix vs Fathom · Sage Intacct vs Planful

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 consolidation page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
PlanfulFirst choices, of fourteen modelsFathom
Direct60
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained012 against Planful
Scale-constrained10
Negative00
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Planful and Fathom stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
Planful Fathom first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Planful on the left and Fathom on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Planful and Fathom stood in it.

Planful first, Fathom not the choice

6 of 14 modelsFathom was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Planful, Prophix alternatives: DOKKA, HighRadius, OneStream, Vena
Mistral SmallPlanful, Prophix alternatives: OneStream
DeepSeek V4 FlashPlanful, Prophix alternatives: Cube, FloQast
Kimi K2Fluence Technologies, Planful alternatives: Datarails, FloQast, Vena
MiniMax M2.5Planful, Prophix alternatives: Fluence Technologies
GPT-6 LunaPlanful alternatives: Oracle NetSuite, Prophix, Vena

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashProphix alternatives: Anaplan Financial Consolidation, Lucanet, Planful, Vena
Perplexity SonarProphix alternatives: Cube, HighRadius, Planful, Vena
Grok 4.1 FastProphix alternatives: Centage Planning Maestro, Planful, SoftLedger, Vena
GLM 4.7 FlashXProphix, Sage Intacct alternatives: Cube, FloQast, HighRadius, OneStream, Planful
Muse Glimmer 30BProphix alternatives: Cube, Datarails, Fluence Technologies, Planful

Neither was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniOneStream alternatives: Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, Prophix
Llama 4 MaverickProphix alternatives: Bluecopa, Cubesoftware, HighRadius
Qwen 3.7 FlashProphix alternatives: Cube, OneStream, Pigment, Vena

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

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Fathom leads by seven points.
Fathom7%#4 of 14
Planful0%#– of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Planful leads at mid-market.
Planful13%#3 of 12
Fathom2%#8 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Planful leads by two points.
Planful2%#7 of 13
Fathom0%#– of 13
The full enterprise standing →

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 three in this category shown.

“avoid big-suite tools like Planful or Sage Intacct” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · hard negative
“My default pick: Planful for a mid-market B2B company that wants financial consolidation alongside close, reporting, and planning.” GPT-6 Luna · direct prompt · first choice
“I'd suggest starting with Planful or Prophix One as they specifically target mid-market needs” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Fathom

No label in this category carried a quote.

Also compared

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.