Zero of fourteen models named Eqvista first on the direct prompt; zero named Shareworks. Eqvista was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Shareworks by thirteen and Eqvista carries 31 labels and Shareworks 29, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories 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.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Eqvista and Shareworks were named in the same answer thirty times, of the 109 answers naming Eqvista and the 97 naming Shareworks. In those answers Shareworks took the first choice seven times and Eqvista one.
| 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. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Eqvista: flagged with roughly 23–39% negative sentiment. Users frequently criticize its user interface” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Eqvista appears in the "criticized" category with a high proportion of negative labels” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Use Eqvista cautiously—it's fine for early-stage budget-conscious startups, but not for complex modeling needs.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“Eqvista – best for bootstrapped / very small cap tables ... Best for budget conscious and bootstrapped companies. Free to 20 shareholders” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“Eqvista offers the best combination of a fully functional free tier, transparent low-cost pricing” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Eqvista is probably the best starting point for most small companies” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
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.