Planful vs Workday Adaptive Planning
Nine of fourteen models named Planful first on the direct prompt; one named Workday Adaptive Planning. Both were named by all fourteen models and Planful carries 41 labels and Workday Adaptive Planning 52, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in eight categories this edition.
Named in seven categories 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 corporate performance management page.
By framing
PlanfulFirst choices, of fourteen modelsWorkday Adaptive Planning
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Planful and Workday Adaptive Planning were named in the same answer 178 times, of the 370 answers naming Planful and the 445 naming Workday Adaptive Planning. In those answers Workday Adaptive Planning took the first choice fifteen times and Planful eighteen.
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 | | | |
Planful Workday Adaptive Planning first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Planful on the left and Workday Adaptive Planning on the right.The direct prompt
Both were the first choice
1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.Planful first, Workday Adaptive Planning an alternative
8 of 14 modelsWorkday Adaptive Planning was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
1 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
Workday Adaptive Planning4%#6 of 13Planful2%#8 of 13Planful22%#1 of 14Workday Adaptive Planning10%#4 of 14Workday Adaptive Planning7%#4 of 12Planful0%#7 of 12What the models said about Planful
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“Primary recommendation: Planful – best blend of speed, functionality, and price for most mid‑sized B2B firms” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Planful is the sweet spot. It's built for mid-market, doesn't require consultants to implement” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about Workday Adaptive Planning
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“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 · hard negative
“Adaptive Insights (if you want a clean web interface). These two cover the vast majority of mid-sized B2B use cases effectively.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
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.