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FP&A platforms · October 2026 Edition

Abacum vs Drivetrain

Three of fourteen models named Abacum first on the direct prompt; two named Drivetrain. Abacum was named by nine of the fourteen models and Drivetrain by nine and Abacum carries 16 labels and Drivetrain 15, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Abacum

accepted challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

Drivetrain

accepted challenger

Named in five categories this edition.

First-choice share7%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate6%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#6A position in a field of 18; printed, not drawn.
Labels1615A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Abacum reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Vena was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Planful vs Abacum · Planful vs Drivetrain · Fathom vs Abacum

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 FP&A platforms page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
AbacumFirst choices, of fourteen modelsDrivetrain
Direct32
Paraphrase11
Comparative00
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Abacum
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Abacum and Drivetrain were named in the same answer twenty-eight times, of the 75 answers naming Abacum and the 103 naming Drivetrain. In those answers Drivetrain took the first choice six times and Abacum zero.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Abacum and Drivetrain stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
Abacum Drivetrain first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Abacum on the left and Drivetrain on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Abacum and Drivetrain stood in it.

Both were the first choice

1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
GLM 4.7 FlashXAbacum, Drivetrain alternatives: Cube, Vena

Abacum first, Drivetrain not the choice

2 of 14 modelsDrivetrain was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarAbacum, Planful alternatives: Vena, Workday Adaptive Planning
GPT-6 LunaAbacum alternatives: Planful, Vena

Drivetrain first, Abacum not the choice

1 of 14 modelsAbacum was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
DeepSeek V4 FlashDatarails, Drivetrain alternatives: Cube, Jirav, Planful, Prophix, Workday Adaptive Planning

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.
Mistral SmallCentage alternatives: Abacum, Drivetrain, Planful, Prophix, Vena
Kimi K2Cube alternatives: Aleph, Datarails, Drivetrain, Jirav, Vena
MiniMax M2.5Vena alternatives: Drivetrain, Parse
Muse Glimmer 30BPigment alternatives: Abacum, Aleph, Centage, Cube, Datarails, Planful, Vena

Neither was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Aleph, Cube alternatives: Pigment, Prophix, Workday Adaptive Planning
GPT-5.4 miniPlanful alternatives: Pigment, Vena
Gemini 3.5 FlashVena alternatives: Aleph, Bob Finance, Cube, Pigment, Planful
Grok 4.1 FastVena alternatives: Centage, Cube, Datarails, Planful
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashVena alternatives: Aleph, Cube, Planful

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

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Drivetrain leads by two points.
Drivetrain4%#– of 16
Abacum2%#– of 16
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Abacum leads at mid-market.
Abacum7%#5 of 18
Drivetrain6%#6 of 18
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Abacum0%#– of 14
Drivetrain0%#11 of 14
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Abacum

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.

“older versions of Mosaic/Abacum... These replace spreadsheets entirely” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Drivetrain and Abacum stand out for their advanced features, scalability, and ease of implementation” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Drivetrain

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.

“Drivetrain and Abacum stand out for their advanced features, scalability, and ease of implementation” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Also compared

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.