# Board: how AI models rank it, October 2026

Finance AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 24 judge labels across 6 categories by 10 of 14 models. Page: https://finance-ai-index.com/vendors/board/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP&A platforms | 0% | 22 | 20% | 10 |
| Corporate performance management | 0% | 26 | 17% | 6 |
| Financial consolidation | 0% | 29 | 0% | 4 |
| Cash flow forecasting | 0% | 84 | 50% | 2 |
| Board and investor reporting | 0% | 44 | 0% | 1 |
| Financial reporting and dashboards | 0% | 45 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Choose Board if you want a single platform for planning plus reporting and governance." (Perplexity Sonar, FP&A platforms)
- "Unified agentic planning platform connecting planning, close, consolidation, and reporting" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, FP&A platforms)
- "if you need a more enterprise-grade connected planning and dashboarding platform" (GPT-5.4 mini, Financial reporting)
- "offer the right balance of consolidation depth and manageable implementation" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Financial consolidation)

## And against it

- "Users report potential privacy concerns, customer service is slow to respond, and the interface may not be intuitive" (Claude Haiku 4.5, FP&A platforms)
- "Adaptive Planning, Board, and traditional financial planning & analysis (FP&A) suites... designed "top-down"" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Cash flow forecasting)
- "Board is generally more complex to configure than Cube or Prophix and can be expensive." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Corporate performance ma)
- "Anaplan / OneStream / Board — Probably overkill at 500 employees" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, FP&A platforms)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 10 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise.

- FP&A platforms: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 18 → 22 of 74.
- Corporate performance management: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 22 → 26 of 99.
- Financial consolidation: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 23 → 29 of 102.
- Cash flow forecasting: 0% to 0%, ±0. New · not ranked in September 2026 · rank 84 of 101.
- Board and investor reporting: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 85 → 44 of 99.
- Financial reporting and dashboards: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 32 → 45 of 105.

## In its own words

What Board's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The Agentic Planning Platform / The Enterprise Planning Platform (https://board.com/)
- For: financial and operational teams (https://board.com/)
- Price stated: we'd love to discuss your specific challenges and provide a customized quote to suit your needs (https://www.board.com/pricing)
- Customers named: Groupe SEB, L'ORÉAL Group, The Very Group, Velcro Companies, Kraft Heinz, Whataburger, L’ORÉAL Group, DFL – Deutsche Fußball Liga GmbH

## What it publishes

Every page board.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 5023 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 338 pages, 18 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-25
- case study: 162 pages, 5 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-07
- webinar or virtual event: 119 pages, 15 in the last 90 days, latest 2027-04-21
- conference or event: 62 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-10-13
- report or ebook: 19 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-05-27
- comparison: 7 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-05-05
- glossary or explainer: 32 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-18
- podcast or video: 167 pages, 19 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-08
- news or press: 444 pages, 4 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-16
- Recent: 2027-04-21 webinar or virtual event: Retail technology show 2027 https://www.board.com/events-webinars/retail-technology-show-2027
- Recent: 2026-11-04 webinar or virtual event: Fpa trends webinar https://www.board.com/events-webinars/fpa-trends-webinar
- Recent: 2026-10-28 webinar or virtual event: Retail breakfast nyc https://www.board.com/events-webinars/retail-breakfast-nyc
- Recent: 2026-10-27 webinar or virtual event: Nyc cfo executive summit https://www.board.com/events-webinars/nyc-cfo-executive-summit
- Recent: 2026-10-22 webinar or virtual event: See the board supply chain agent in action https://www.board.com/events-webinars/see-the-board-supply-chain-agent-in-action
- Recent: 2026-10-22 webinar or virtual event: Ibf orlando 2026 https://www.board.com/events-webinars/ibf-orlando-2026

## 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.