# FP&A platforms for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, October 2026

Finance AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Asked as "FP&A software" and as "financial planning and analysis platform", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://finance-ai-index.com/planning/fpa-platforms/enterprise/

**Standing:** Anaplan leads with 53% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 53 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| # | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anaplan | 53% | 23% | 75 |
| 2 | OneStream | 17% | 13% | 52 |
| 3 | Workday Adaptive Planning | 9% | 10% | 61 |
| 4 | Pigment | 6% | 20% | 41 |
| 5 | Planful | 4% | 21% | 33 |
| 6 | Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM | 2% | 14% | 36 |
| 7 | Board | 2% | 5% | 22 |
| 8 | IBM Planning Analytics | 2% | 23% | 26 |
| 9 | SAP Analytics Cloud | 0% | 17% | 18 |
| 10 | Vena | 0% | 32% | 40 |
| 11 | Drivetrain | 0% | 17% | 12 |
| 12 | Prophix | 0% | 25% | 12 |

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Anaplan, Workday Adaptive Planning; alternatives OneStream, Pigment
- GPT-5.4 mini: Anaplan; alternatives OneStream, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Pigment; alternatives Anaplan, Planful, Vena, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Perplexity Sonar: Anaplan; alternatives Pigment, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Grok 4.1 Fast: Anaplan, OneStream; alternatives Board, Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, SAP Analytics Cloud, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Mistral Small: Anaplan; alternatives IBM Planning Analytics, Vareto
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Anaplan, OneStream; alternatives Abacum, Board, Drivetrain, Pigment
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Anaplan; alternatives IBM Planning Analytics, Kasima, Planful, Vena
- Kimi K2: Anaplan, Workday Adaptive Planning; alternatives IBM Planning Analytics, Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Anaplan, OneStream; alternatives IBM Planning Analytics, Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, Prophix, SAP Analytics Cloud
- MiniMax M2.5: Anaplan, Workday Adaptive Planning; alternatives OneStream, Pigment, Planful, SAP Integrated Business Planning
- GPT-6 Luna: Anaplan; alternatives Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, Pigment, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Anaplan; alternatives Maxio, Workday Adaptive Planning

## Sources the answers cite

76 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- getaleph.com: 39 answers, 49 citations
- drivetrain.ai: 37 answers, 45 citations
- resources.rework.com: 32 answers, 43 citations
- board.com: 30 answers, 39 citations
- g2.com: 29 answers, 68 citations
- learn.g2.com: 28 answers, 30 citations
- cubesoftware.com: 27 answers, 29 citations
- cfoshortlist.com: 24 answers, 37 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://resources.rework.com/tools/fpa-planning/best-fpa-software-2026 (32 answers)
- https://learn.g2.com/best-fpa-software (27 answers)
- https://drivetrain.ai/solutions/financial-planning-analysis-software (26 answers)
- https://getaleph.com/answers/top-fpa-software-2026 (26 answers)
- https://centage.com/blog/best-fp-a-software (24 answers)
- https://board.com/guide/best-fpa-software-for-enterprises (20 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/fp-a-financial-planning-analysis (19 answers)
- https://pigment.com/blog/best-fpa-software (19 answers)
- https://financecopilothq.com/best-fpa-software (18 answers)
- https://board.com/guide/best-fpa-software (15 answers)

## Warned against

- Anaplan: 17 of 75 labels negative. "Avoid Anaplan if cost predictability is your #1 priority — it's the best modeling platform but the worst for budget certainty." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)
- Vena: 13 of 40 labels negative. "Excel-Adjacent Tools (e.g., Datarails, Cube, Vena) ... not designed for long-term scalability in large enterprises" (Mistral Small, negative prompt)
- Cube: 10 of 22 labels negative. "Excel-adjacent tools such as Datarails, Cube, and sometimes Vena when the enterprise needs to *replace* spreadsheet workflows" (Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt)
- Datarails: 10 of 22 labels negative. "Budget-conscious teams should avoid overbuying... tools like Cube, Datarails, or Vena... Spreadsheet-based tools typically cannot meet enterprise-scale governance and performance" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 10 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Anaplan at 51%.

- OneStream: 2% to 19%, +17. Cleared the floor by 7 points · rank 4 → 2 of 54.
- Workday Adaptive Planning: 20% to 11%, −9. Inside the floor by 1 point · rank 2 → 3 of 54.
- Pigment: 15% to 6%, −9. Inside the floor by 1 point · rank 3 → 4 of 54.
- Planful: 0% to 4%, +4. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 14 → 5 of 54.
- Anaplan: 48% to 51%, +4. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 1 of 54, unchanged.
- Cube: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 10 → 52 of 54.
- Board: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 5 → 7 of 54.
- IBM Planning Analytics: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 6 → 8 of 54.
- Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 11 → 9 of 54.
- SAP Analytics Cloud: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 12 → 10 of 54.
- Vena: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 18 → 11 of 54.
- CCH Tagetik: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 13 → 12 of 54.

## Record

- Method: https://finance-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://finance-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Finance AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, finance-ai-index.com.