# Pigment: how AI models rank it, October 2026

Finance AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 66 judge labels across 6 categories by 14 of 14 models. Page: https://finance-ai-index.com/vendors/pigment/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP&A platforms | 4% | 9 | 31% | 35 |
| Corporate performance management | 2% | 9 | 0% | 11 |
| Financial modeling and scenario planning | 2% | 15 | 8% | 12 |
| Cash flow forecasting | 0% | 34 | 0% | 5 |
| Financial reporting and dashboards | 0% | 34 | 0% | 2 |
| Financial consolidation | 0% | 61 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Pigment (Best for Collaborative, Cross-Functional Planning)... has rapidly become a favorite for modern B2B SaaS and services companies" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Corporate performance ma)
- "Pigment is widely regarded as the most modern and flexible multi-dimensional modeling platform on the market." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, FP&A platforms)
- "prioritize platforms positioned for the mid-market (Workday Adaptive Planning, Pigment, Vena, or Datarails)" (Kimi K2, Financial modeling)
- "Safer bets if cautious: Newer/lower-implementation options like Pigment, Planful, Prophix, or Drivetrain" (Grok 4.1 Fast, Corporate performance ma)

## And against it

- "targeted at mid-market to enterprise users and may be overkill for smaller organizations" (Mistral Small, FP&A platforms)
- "Planful, Pigment, and Oracle Essbase generated the most negative feedback overall" (Claude Haiku 4.5, FP&A platforms)
- "Options to Avoid ... Pigment — Median contract ~$74,000/year" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, FP&A platforms)
- "should be avoided or approached with caution... 4. Pigment" (Llama 4 Maverick, 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: 15% to 4%, −12. Cleared the floor by 2 points · rank 2 → 9 of 74.
- Financial reporting and dashboards: 4% to 0%, −4. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 8 → 34 of 105.
- Corporate performance management: 5% to 2%, −3. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 5 → 9 of 99.
- Financial modeling and scenario planning: 4% to 2%, −3. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 8 → 15 of 77.
- Cash flow forecasting: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 36 → 34 of 101.
- Financial consolidation: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 38 → 61 of 102.

## In its own words

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

- Positioning: Agentic AI for enterprise business planning (https://pigment.com/)
- For: enterprise business planning teams across finance, sales, HR, and supply chain (https://pigment.com/)
- Free plan or trial: Start free trial (https://pigment.com/)
- Certifications: Certified ISO 27001, Certified SOC 1 & SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, SOC 1 & SOC 2 Type 2, SOC 1, SOC 2 Type 2
- Hosting: Europe, the US
- Customers named: Unilever, Siemens, Danone, Carta, Supercell, Uber, Fivetran, Figma

## What it publishes

Every page pigment.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 3053 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 265 pages, 77 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- case study: 61 pages, 34 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-11
- webinar or virtual event: 107 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 30 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 6 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-03
- comparison: 29 pages, 3 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- template or tool: 3 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-03
- glossary or explainer: 257 pages, 4 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-14
- podcast or video: 11 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-03
- news or press: 52 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Ai token management finance teams https://www.pigment.com/blog/ai-token-management-finance-teams
- Recent: 2026-09-28 comparison: Mcp vs api finance data integration https://www.pigment.com/blog/mcp-vs-api-finance-data-integration
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: When private equity ownership sets the deadline planning has to move at deal speed https://www.pigment.com/blog/when-private-equity-ownership-sets-the-deadline-planning-has-to-move-at-deal-speed
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Planning transformation isnt a finance systems project its a business one https://www.pigment.com/blog/planning-transformation-isnt-a-finance-systems-project-its-a-business-one
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: What actually breaks and fixes an epm migration lessons from morrisons and the economist https://www.pigment.com/blog/what-actually-breaks-and-fixes-an-epm-migration-lessons-from-morrisons-and-the-economist
- Recent: 2026-09-24 blog: Why planning needs to become autonomous not just ai assisted https://www.pigment.com/blog/why-planning-needs-to-become-autonomous-not-just-ai-assisted

## 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.