Cake Equity vs Shareworks
Two of fourteen models named Cake Equity first on the direct prompt; zero named Shareworks. Cake Equity was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Shareworks by thirteen and Cake Equity carries 32 labels and Shareworks 29, 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 cap table management page.
By framing
Cake EquityFirst choices, of fourteen modelsShareworks
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Cake Equity and Shareworks were named in the same answer twenty-nine times, of the 86 answers naming Cake Equity and the 97 naming Shareworks. In those answers Shareworks took the first choice six times and Cake Equity 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 4.1 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 | | | | |
Cake Equity Shareworks first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Cake Equity on the left and Shareworks on the right.The direct prompt
Cake Equity first, Shareworks an alternative
2 of 14 modelsShareworks was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
5 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
Cake Equity16%#4 of 10Shareworks0%#10 of 10Cake Equity12%#4 of 10Shareworks2%#7 of 10Shareworks38%#1 of 11Cake Equity0%#11 of 11What the models said about Cake Equity
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Cake Equity was explicitly named in a 2026 analyst aggregation ("the main platforms to avoid or treat cautiously")” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Cake Equity: flagged with approximately 58% negative sentiment.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid Cake Equity for anything beyond very small teams.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“The best cap table management software for a company with a limited budget is Cake Equity, which offers a free starting point” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“On a tight budget, Cake Equity gives you a real free starting point with a clear upgrade path.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Go with Qapita or Cake Equity if: You want predictable, flat-rate pricing” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Shareworks
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“more appropriately sized than enterprise-first options like Shareworks / Morgan Stanley at Work... Choose Shareworks only if you are already at enterprise complexity” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“it's worth a caution for startups specifically ... clunky and overkill for pre-Series-B companies” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“If you are an early-stage or mid-stage startup, Shareworks is generally considered a poor fit.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Shareworks by Morgan Stanley at Work is the mid-market to enterprise benchmark for compliance-oriented administration.” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“The traditional "enterprise" heavyweights. If you are actively on the road to an IPO within the next 12–18 months, these platforms excel ... though they can be slow to implement.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · alternative
“Choose Shareworks if you want a more enterprise/finance-led platform and can tolerate a heavier implementation.” GPT-5.4 mini · 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.