# Planful vs Vena: which do AI models recommend for financial consolidation, October 2026

Finance AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, Financial consolidation. Six of fourteen models named Planful first on the direct prompt; zero named Vena. Page: https://finance-ai-index.com/accounting/financial-consolidation/planful-vs-vena/

| | First-choice share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Models naming it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planful | 13% | #3 of 12 | 6% | 32 | 14 of 14 |
| Vena | 2% | #6 of 12 | 0% | 26 | 12 of 14 |

## The direct prompt, model by model

- Claude Haiku 4.5: planful first (first choices: Planful, Prophix) (alternatives: DOKKA, HighRadius, OneStream, Vena)
- Mistral Small: planful first (first choices: Planful, Prophix) (alternatives: OneStream)
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: planful first (first choices: Planful, Prophix) (alternatives: Cube, FloQast)
- Kimi K2: planful first (first choices: Fluence Technologies, Planful) (alternatives: Datarails, FloQast, Vena)
- MiniMax M2.5: planful first (first choices: Planful, Prophix) (alternatives: Fluence Technologies)
- GPT-6 Luna: planful first (first choices: Planful) (alternatives: Oracle NetSuite, Prophix, Vena)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: Prophix) (alternatives: Anaplan Financial Consolidation, Lucanet, Planful, Vena)
- Perplexity Sonar: neither first, one named (first choices: Prophix) (alternatives: Cube, HighRadius, Planful, Vena)
- Grok 4.1 Fast: neither first, one named (first choices: Prophix) (alternatives: Centage Planning Maestro, Planful, SoftLedger, Vena)
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: Prophix) (alternatives: Cube, OneStream, Pigment, Vena)
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: neither first, one named (first choices: Prophix, Sage Intacct) (alternatives: Cube, FloQast, HighRadius, OneStream, Planful)
- Muse Glimmer 30B: neither first, one named (first choices: Prophix) (alternatives: Cube, Datarails, Fluence Technologies, Planful)
- GPT-5.4 mini: neither named (first choices: OneStream) (alternatives: Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, Prophix)
- Llama 4 Maverick: neither named (first choices: Prophix) (alternatives: Bluecopa, Cubesoftware, HighRadius)

## What the models said about Planful

- "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)

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. Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category. Published under CC BY 4.0; the output is the models' output, and nothing here is a recommendation by the index.