# Board alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

Finance AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 235 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Board holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://finance-ai-index.com/vendors/board/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Anaplan: 25
- Fathom: 22
- Cube: 18
- Planful: 14
- Jirav: 11
- Clockwork: 10

## FP&A platforms

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Board.

- Fathom: first choice in 14 of those 84
- Cube: first choice in 12 of those 84
- Jirav: first choice in 11 of those 84
- Clockwork: first choice in 10 of those 84
- Datarails: first choice in 10 of those 84
- Aleph: first choice in 3 of those 84
- LiveFlow: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Drivetrain: first choice in 2 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Board (Board is #16 of 18 at 0%).

- Planful: first choice in 11 of those 82
- Fathom: first choice in 8 of those 82
- Vena: first choice in 7 of those 82
- Cube: first choice in 6 of those 82
- Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 5 of those 82
- Abacum: first choice in 4 of those 82
- Drivetrain: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Aleph: first choice in 2 of those 82

**Enterprise**: 69 of 84 answers did not name Board (Board is #7 of 14 at 2%).

- Anaplan: first choice in 25 of those 69
- OneStream: first choice in 7 of those 69
- Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 5 of those 69
- Pigment: first choice in 4 of those 69
- Limelight: first choice in 3 of those 69
- Planful: first choice in 3 of those 69
- IBM Planning Analytics: first choice in 1 of those 69
- Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: first choice in 1 of those 69

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