# Cube vs Workday Adaptive Planning: which do AI models recommend for financial modeling, October 2026

Finance AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, Financial modeling and scenario planning. Three of fourteen models named Cube first on the direct prompt; two named Workday Adaptive Planning. Page: https://finance-ai-index.com/planning/financial-modeling-and-scenario-planning/cube-vs-workday-adaptive-planning/

| | First-choice share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Models naming it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cube | 12% | #2 of 14 | 0% | 32 | 14 of 14 |
| Workday Adaptive Planning | 6% | #8 of 14 | 35% | 17 | 11 of 14 |

## The direct prompt, model by model

- Gemini 3.5 Flash: cube first (first choices: Aleph, Cube) (alternatives: Abacum, Bob Finance, Pigment, Vena)
- Grok 4.1 Fast: cube first (first choices: Cube, Datarails, Drivetrain, Jirav) (alternatives: Abacum)
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: cube first (first choices: Cube) (alternatives: Datarails, Jirav, Planful, Vena)
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: workday adaptive planning first (first choices: Vena, Workday Adaptive Planning) (alternatives: Fathom, PlanGuru)
- GPT-6 Luna: workday adaptive planning first (first choices: Workday Adaptive Planning) (alternatives: Cube, Vena)
- Claude Haiku 4.5: neither first, one named (first choices: Datarails) (alternatives: Cube, Drivetrain, Planful, Prophix One)
- Perplexity Sonar: neither first, one named (first choices: Datarails, Limelight) (alternatives: Abacum, Workday Adaptive Planning)
- Mistral Small: neither first, one named (first choices: Abacum) (alternatives: Cube, Datarails)
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: neither first, one named (first choices: Datarails) (alternatives: Abacum, Cube, Lucanet xP&A, Mosaic)
- MiniMax M2.5: neither first, one named (first choices: Drivetrain) (alternatives: Abacum, Cube, Datarails, Pigment)
- Muse Glimmer 30B: neither first, one named (first choices: Datarails) (alternatives: Cube, Drivetrain, Mosaic, Planful)
- GPT-5.4 mini: neither named (first choices: Datarails, Planful) (alternatives: Anaplan, Vena)
- Llama 4 Maverick: neither named
- Kimi K2: neither named (first choices: Drivetrain) (alternatives: Mosaic, Pigment)

## What the models said about Workday Adaptive Planning

- "Start by looking closely at Vena or Adaptive. For most mid-market B2B firms, these two provide the perfect balance of power, price, and adoption speed." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, direct prompt, first choice)
- "If you want to modernize your tech stack and improve collaboration across departments: Choose Workday Adaptive Planning." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, paraphrase prompt, first choice)

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. Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category. Published under CC BY 4.0; the output is the models' output, and nothing here is a recommendation by the index.