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

Finance AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 682 of the 756 answers in the 3 categories where Pigment 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/pigment/alternatives/

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

- Anaplan: 57
- Cube: 38
- Workday Adaptive Planning: 33
- Fathom: 30
- Vena: 26
- OneStream: 25

## FP&A platforms

**Small business**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Pigment (Pigment is #11 of 16 at 2%).

- Fathom: first choice in 14 of those 78
- Clockwork: first choice in 9 of those 78
- Jirav: first choice in 9 of those 78
- Cube: first choice in 8 of those 78
- Datarails: first choice in 8 of those 78
- Aleph: first choice in 3 of those 78
- LiveFlow: first choice in 3 of those 78
- Drivetrain: first choice in 2 of those 78

**Mid-market**: 72 of 84 answers did not name Pigment (Pigment is #9 of 18 at 4%).

- Planful: first choice in 9 of those 72
- Fathom: first choice in 8 of those 72
- Vena: first choice in 6 of those 72
- Abacum: first choice in 4 of those 72
- Cube: first choice in 4 of those 72
- Drivetrain: first choice in 3 of those 72
- Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 3 of those 72
- Anaplan: first choice in 2 of those 72

**Enterprise**: 60 of 84 answers did not name Pigment (Pigment is #4 of 14 at 6%).

- Anaplan: first choice in 18 of those 60
- OneStream: first choice in 10 of those 60
- Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 4 of those 60
- Limelight: first choice in 3 of those 60
- Board: first choice in 2 of those 60
- Planful: first choice in 2 of those 60
- CCH Tagetik: first choice in 1 of those 60
- IBM Planning Analytics: first choice in 1 of those 60

## Corporate performance management

**Small business**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Pigment.

- Cube: first choice in 14 of those 83
- Datarails: first choice in 6 of those 83
- Vena: first choice in 6 of those 83
- Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 6 of those 83
- Jirav: first choice in 4 of those 83
- Centage: first choice in 3 of those 83
- Prophix: first choice in 3 of those 83
- Zoho People: first choice in 3 of those 83

**Mid-market**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Pigment (Pigment is #8 of 14 at 2%).

- Planful: first choice in 12 of those 80
- Prophix: first choice in 10 of those 80
- Vena: first choice in 7 of those 80
- Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 6 of those 80
- Cube: first choice in 4 of those 80
- Datarails: first choice in 4 of those 80
- Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: first choice in 4 of those 80
- Drivetrain: first choice in 2 of those 80

**Enterprise**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Pigment.

- Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: first choice in 18 of those 80
- OneStream: first choice in 15 of those 80
- Anaplan: first choice in 14 of those 80
- Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 4 of those 80
- Betterworks: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Oracle Primavera Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 80
- ProofHub: first choice in 1 of those 80
- SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting: first choice in 1 of those 80

## Financial modeling and scenario planning

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

- Google Sheets: first choice in 11 of those 84
- Microsoft Excel: first choice in 9 of those 84
- Fathom: first choice in 8 of those 84
- Jirav: first choice in 6 of those 84
- Causal: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Float: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Finmark: first choice in 3 of those 84
- BILL: first choice in 2 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Pigment (Pigment is #12 of 14 at 2%).

- Microsoft Excel: first choice in 10 of those 75
- Cube: first choice in 7 of those 75
- Vena: first choice in 7 of those 75
- Datarails: first choice in 6 of those 75
- Google Sheets: first choice in 6 of those 75
- Prophix: first choice in 4 of those 75
- Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 3 of those 75
- Abacum: first choice in 2 of those 75

**Enterprise**: 70 of 84 answers did not name Pigment (Pigment is #3 of 12 at 8%).

- Anaplan: first choice in 23 of those 70
- Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 7 of those 70
- Erwin Data Modeler: first choice in 6 of those 70
- Limelight: first choice in 3 of those 70
- ER/Studio: first choice in 2 of those 70
- Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: first choice in 2 of those 70
- Cube: first choice in 1 of those 70
- GoLimelight: first choice in 1 of those 70

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