Vena vs Pigment
Three of fourteen models named Vena first on the direct prompt; zero named Pigment. Vena was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Pigment by seven and Vena carries 42 labels and Pigment 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in nine categories this edition.
Named in six 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
VenaFirst choices, of fourteen modelsPigment
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Vena and Pigment were named in the same answer ninety-four times, of the 398 answers naming Vena and the 171 naming Pigment. In those answers Pigment took the first choice nine times and Vena five.
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 | |
Vena Pigment first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Vena on the left and Pigment on the right.The direct prompt
Vena first, Pigment an alternative
3 of 14 modelsPigment 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
7 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
Pigment2%#– of 12Vena0%#12 of 12What the models said about Vena
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“Excel-based tools (e.g., Vena, Datarails): Lack enterprise scalability—avoid for large orgs.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
“Vena Solutions | Mid-market deployments start around $75K–$250K in year one” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Start with a demo of Vena (if you love Excel) or Adaptive Insights (if you want a clean web interface). These two cover the vast majority of mid-sized B2B use cases” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“corporate performance management (CPM/FP&A) for budgeting, forecasting, and reporting, then Vena or Datarails are stronger fits for mid-sized companies” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about Pigment
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“Pigment (Best for Collaborative, Cross-Functional Planning)... has rapidly become a favorite for modern B2B SaaS and services companies” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Safer bets if cautious: Newer/lower-implementation options like Pigment, Planful, Prophix, or Drivetrain” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative 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.