# Longview Tax vs Vertex: which do AI models recommend for corporate tax provision, October 2026

Finance AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, Corporate tax provision. One of fourteen models named Longview Tax first on the direct prompt; zero named Vertex. Page: https://finance-ai-index.com/tax/corporate-tax-provision/longview-tax-vs-vertex/

| | First-choice share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Models naming it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longview Tax | 4% | #4 of 9 | 29% | 31 | 14 of 14 |
| Vertex | 4% | #5 of 9 | 10% | 10 | 7 of 14 |

## The direct prompt, model by model

- GPT-5.4 mini: longview tax first (first choices: Bloomberg Tax Provision, Longview Tax)
- Claude Haiku 4.5: neither first, one named (first choices: Bloomberg Tax Provision) (alternatives: Longview Tax, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision)
- Perplexity Sonar: neither first, one named (first choices: Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision) (alternatives: Bloomberg Tax Provision, Longview Tax, Vertex Tax Accounting, Vertex Tax Provision)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: neither named (first choices: Bloomberg Tax Provision) (alternatives: Exactera Tax Provision, OneStream, Vena Solutions)
- Grok 4.1 Fast: neither named (first choices: Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision, Vertex Corporate Tax) (alternatives: Bloomberg Tax Provision, Sovos Tax Provision)
- Mistral Small: neither named (first choices: Bloomberg Tax Provision) (alternatives: Oracle Tax Reporting)
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: neither named (first choices: Bloomberg Tax Provision) (alternatives: TaxPoint, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision, Vertex Tax Accounting)
- Llama 4 Maverick: neither named
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: neither named (first choices: TaxSeries) (alternatives: Bloomberg Tax Provision, OneStream Tax Provision, Sovos Tax Provision)
- Kimi K2: neither named (first choices: Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision) (alternatives: Bloomberg Tax Provision, Vertex Tax Accounting)
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: neither named (first choices: Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision) (alternatives: CCH Axcess Tax, Vertex Tax Accounting)
- MiniMax M2.5: neither named (first choices: Bloomberg Tax Provision, Vertex Tax Accounting) (alternatives: Oracle Tax Reporting, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision)
- GPT-6 Luna: neither named (first choices: Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision) (alternatives: CSC Corptax)
- Muse Glimmer 30B: neither named (first choices: Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Tax Provision) (alternatives: Bloomberg Tax Provision, OneStream Tax Provision, Vertex Tax Accounting)

## What the models said about Longview Tax

- "one source explicitly says to avoid or be cautious about Longview, ONESOURCE, Workiva, Oracle Tax Reporting, and Corptax in certain budget/fit contexts" (Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt, hard negative)
- ""Avoid for now: OneSource, Corptax, Longview – these are enterprise-grade tools with enterprise-grade price tags."" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt, hard negative)
- "designed for large enterprises and should be avoided by smaller organizations" (Mistral Small, negative prompt, hard negative)
- "a provision-light SaaS/workpaper tool with Excel import/export and deferred tax mapping, e.g. Longview Tax Provision or Sovos Tax Provision" (Muse Glimmer 30B, budget prompt, first choice)
- "I'd start with Bloomberg Tax Provision or Longview Tax" (GPT-5.4 mini, direct prompt, first choice)
- "Longview Tax is often worth a close look because it's explicitly positioned for midsize and enterprise organizations" (GPT-5.4 mini, paraphrase prompt, alternative)

## What the models said about Vertex

- "Vertex - a comprehensive tax compliance software that can handle complex tax logic and is used by large and mid-market companies." (Llama 4 Maverick, 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.