Wave vs Tableau
Zero of fourteen models named Wave first on the direct prompt; zero named Tableau. Wave was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Tableau by fourteen and Wave carries 13 labels and Tableau 29, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in seventeen categories this edition.
Named in four 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 financial reporting and dashboards page.
By framing
WaveFirst choices, of fourteen modelsTableau
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 | | |
Wave Tableau first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Wave on the left and Tableau on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was named
14 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
What the models said about Wave
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“Wave is an excellent choice if you're on an extremely tight budget. It offers unlimited bookkeeping, invoicing, and reporting at zero cost” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“the best choice is usually Wave or QuickBooks Online... stands out for the lowest cost because it has a free plan” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Tableau
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Power BI or Tableau would be the most versatile choices... while Tableau offers more advanced visualization capabilities” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Choose Tableau if visualization quality is critical, you have the budget, and do exploratory analysis” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · first choice
“reviews note Power BI/Tableau as most adopted for versatility” Grok 4.1 Fast · comparative 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.