Planful vs Cube
Two of fourteen models named Planful first on the direct prompt; two named Cube. Planful was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Cube by thirteen and Planful carries 60 labels and Cube 51, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in eight categories this edition.
Named in eight 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 FP&A platforms page.
By framing
PlanfulFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCube
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Planful and Cube were named in the same answer 141 times, of the 370 answers naming Planful and the 365 naming Cube. In those answers Cube took the first choice twenty-five times and Planful eleven.
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 | | | |
Planful Cube first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Planful on the left and Cube on the right.The direct prompt
Planful first, Cube not the choice
2 of 14 modelsCube was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Cube first, Planful not the choice
2 of 14 modelsPlanful was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
2 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
Planful20%#1 of 18Cube7%#4 of 18What the models said about Planful
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Another enterprise-grade solution that may be unnecessarily complex and expensive for smaller teams.” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“Planful, Pigment, and Oracle Essbase generated the most negative feedback overall” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“should be avoided or approached with caution... 3. Planful” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · hard negative
What the models said about Cube
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“Options to Avoid on a Limited Budget ... Cube — Starts around $1,250–$2,000/month” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“These are usually priced per *user*... For 10+ users, the cost will escalate rapidly” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Best for: Lean finance teams ($20M–$150M in revenue) looking for rapid implementation... exceptionally fast "time-to-first-forecast"” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Cube is the strongest default recommendation because it is repeatedly positioned as the best small-business FP&A option” Perplexity Sonar · budget 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.