# Corporate performance management: what AI models recommend, October 2026

Finance AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Asked as "EPM software" and as "corporate performance management platform", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://finance-ai-index.com/planning/corporate-performance-management/

**Standing:** Planful leads with 22% of first choices; verdict contested. 60 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| # | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Planful | 22% | 2% | 41 |
| 2 | Prophix | 17% | 3% | 39 |
| 3 | Vena | 15% | 14% | 42 |
| 4 | Workday Adaptive Planning | 10% | 29% | 52 |
| 5 | Cube | 8% | 5% | 21 |
| 6 | Datarails | 7% | 26% | 19 |
| 7 | Jedox | 2% | 0% | 14 |
| 8 | Pigment | 2% | 0% | 11 |
| 9 | SAP Analytics Cloud | 0% | 15% | 13 |
| 10 | IBM Planning Analytics | 0% | 9% | 11 |
| 11 | OneStream | 0% | 45% | 42 |
| 12 | Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM | 0% | 53% | 47 |

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Drivetrain; alternatives Jedox, Planful, Prophix, Vena
- GPT-5.4 mini: Planful, Vena; alternatives Board, Jedox, OneStream, Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Cube, Vena; alternatives Abacum, Datarails, Mosaic, Pigment
- Perplexity Sonar: Planful; alternatives Datarails, Drivetrain, Prophix, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Grok 4.1 Fast: Planful, Prophix; alternatives OneStream, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Mistral Small: Profitbase EPM, Prophix; alternatives IBM Planning Analytics, Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, Phocas Software
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Planful; alternatives Drivetrain, Pigment, Prophix, Vena
- Llama 4 Maverick: Planful; alternatives Prophix, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Planful; alternatives Drivetrain, Prophix
- Kimi K2: Datarails, Drivetrain, Vena; alternatives Cube, Planful, Prophix
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Cube, Prophix; alternatives Planful
- MiniMax M2.5: Planful, Workday Adaptive Planning; alternatives Cube, Prophix, Vena
- GPT-6 Luna: Planful; alternatives NetSuite Planning and Budgeting, Vena, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Planful, Prophix; alternatives Cube, Workday Adaptive Planning

## Sources the answers cite

75 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- drivetrain.ai: 34 answers, 44 citations
- cubesoftware.com: 26 answers, 31 citations
- peoplegoal.com: 26 answers, 29 citations
- prophix.com: 21 answers, 28 citations
- softwareconnect.com: 21 answers, 21 citations
- selecthub.com: 19 answers, 31 citations
- onestream.com: 19 answers, 30 citations
- learn.g2.com: 18 answers, 24 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://drivetrain.ai/solutions/enterprise-performance-management-software (31 answers)
- https://peoplegoal.com/blog/epm-software (20 answers)
- https://softwareconnect.com/roundups/best-epm-software (19 answers)
- https://intervue.io/blog/best-epm-software (16 answers)
- https://prophix.com/blog/the-7-best-epm-software-find-the-perfect-fit-for-your-team (15 answers)
- https://cubesoftware.com/blog/best-epm-software (14 answers)
- https://finance-ai-index.com/planning/corporate-performance-management (14 answers)
- https://predictiveanalyticstoday.com/enterprise-performance-management-software (13 answers)
- https://smartsheet.com/content/best-enterprise-project-management-software (13 answers)
- https://softwaresuggest.com/enterprise-performance-management-software (12 answers)

## Warned against

- Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: 25 of 47 labels negative. "What to Avoid on a Tight Budget | Oracle / SAP / Anaplan | Require major (often $100K+) implementation projects" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)
- Anaplan: 27 of 49 labels negative. ""you generally want to avoid heavy enterprise platforms like Anaplan or Oracle [which cost tens of thousands annually]"" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- Workday Adaptive Planning: 15 of 52 labels negative. "it is recommended to avoid defaulting to Workday Adaptive if cost predictability across thousands of users is a top priority" (Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt)
- OneStream: 19 of 42 labels negative. "OneStream | Enterprise-grade pricing with custom quotes that lean heavily toward larger organizations" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 10 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Planful at 21%.

- Datarails: 0% to 8%, +8. Inside the floor by 2 points · rank 19 → 6 of 91.
- Planful: 29% to 21%, −7. Inside the floor by 3 points · rank 1 of 91, unchanged.
- Prophix: 12% to 17%, +5. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 3 → 2 of 91.
- Cube: 5% to 10%, +5. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 6 → 4 of 91.
- Drivetrain: 0% to 4%, +4. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 17 → 7 of 91.
- Vena: 12% to 15%, +3. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 2 → 3 of 91.
- Pigment: 5% to 2%, −3. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 5 → 9 of 91.
- Anaplan: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 16 → 91 of 91.
- Workday Adaptive Planning: 12% to 10%, −2. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 4 → 5 of 91.
- Jedox: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 8 of 91, unchanged.
- SAP Analytics Cloud: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 30 → 16 of 91.
- OneStream: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 18 → 86 of 91.

## Record

- Method: https://finance-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://finance-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Finance AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, finance-ai-index.com.