# Planful alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026 Finance AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 1,329 of the 1,512 answers in the 6 categories where Planful 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/planful/alternatives/ ## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added) - Anaplan: 74 - OneStream: 72 - Float: 47 - Fathom: 46 - Cube: 45 - Microsoft Power BI: 35 ## Corporate performance management **Small business**: 72 of 84 answers did not name Planful (Planful is #8 of 13 at 2%). - Cube: first choice in 10 of those 72 - Datarails: first choice in 6 of those 72 - Vena: first choice in 6 of those 72 - Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 5 of those 72 - Jirav: first choice in 4 of those 72 - Centage: first choice in 3 of those 72 - Zoho People: first choice in 3 of those 72 - Float: first choice in 2 of those 72 **Mid-market**: 53 of 84 answers did not name Planful (Planful is #1 of 14 at 22%). - Prophix: first choice in 4 of those 53 - Vena: first choice in 4 of those 53 - Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 3 of those 53 - Cube: first choice in 2 of those 53 - Datarails: first choice in 2 of those 53 - Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: first choice in 2 of those 53 - 15Five: first choice in 1 of those 53 - Anaplan: first choice in 1 of those 53 **Enterprise**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Planful (Planful is #7 of 12 at 0%). - Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: first choice in 16 of those 78 - OneStream: first choice in 15 of those 78 - Anaplan: first choice in 13 of those 78 - Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 4 of those 78 - Betterworks: first choice in 2 of those 78 - Oracle Primavera Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 78 - Pigment: first choice in 1 of those 78 - ProofHub: first choice in 1 of those 78 ## FP&A platforms **Small business**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Planful (Planful is #12 of 16 at 2%). - Fathom: first choice in 14 of those 78 - Clockwork: first choice in 10 of those 78 - Jirav: first choice in 10 of those 78 - Cube: first choice in 9 of those 78 - Datarails: first choice in 7 of those 78 - LiveFlow: first choice in 3 of those 78 - Aleph: first choice in 2 of those 78 - Drivetrain: first choice in 2 of those 78 **Mid-market**: 53 of 84 answers did not name Planful (Planful is #1 of 18 at 20%). - Fathom: first choice in 8 of those 53 - Cube: first choice in 5 of those 53 - Clockwork: first choice in 2 of those 53 - Finmark: first choice in 2 of those 53 - Vena: first choice in 2 of those 53 - Abacum: first choice in 1 of those 53 - Aleph: first choice in 1 of those 53 - Anaplan: first choice in 1 of those 53 **Enterprise**: 69 of 84 answers did not name Planful (Planful is #5 of 14 at 4%). - Anaplan: first choice in 26 of those 69 - OneStream: first choice in 10 of those 69 - Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 4 of those 69 - Limelight: first choice in 3 of those 69 - Board: first choice in 2 of those 69 - Pigment: first choice in 2 of those 69 - CCH Tagetik: first choice in 1 of those 69 - IBM Planning Analytics: first choice in 1 of those 69 ## Financial consolidation **Small business**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Planful. - Joiin: first choice in 28 of those 83 - Centage Planning Maestro: first choice in 8 of those 83 - Cube: first choice in 8 of those 83 - Fathom: first choice in 6 of those 83 - Datarails: first choice in 4 of those 83 - LiveFlow: first choice in 3 of those 83 - Sage Intacct: first choice in 3 of those 83 - ClickUp: first choice in 2 of those 83 **Mid-market**: 60 of 84 answers did not name Planful (Planful is #3 of 12 at 13%). - Joiin: first choice in 6 of those 60 - OneStream: first choice in 6 of those 60 - Sage Intacct: first choice in 5 of those 60 - Oracle NetSuite: first choice in 3 of those 60 - Prophix: first choice in 3 of those 60 - Acumatica Cloud ERP: first choice in 1 of those 60 - Adra Balancer: first choice in 1 of those 60 - Centage Planning Maestro: first choice in 1 of those 60 **Enterprise**: 73 of 84 answers did not name Planful (Planful is #7 of 13 at 2%). - OneStream: first choice in 33 of those 73 - Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: first choice in 4 of those 73 - Board: first choice in 2 of those 73 - CCH Tagetik: first choice in 2 of those 73 - Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close: first choice in 2 of those 73 - Oracle NetSuite: first choice in 2 of those 73 - Acumatica Cloud ERP: first choice in 1 of those 73 - Anaplan: first choice in 1 of those 73 ## Financial modeling and scenario planning **Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Planful. - Google Sheets: first choice in 11 of those 82 - Microsoft Excel: first choice in 9 of those 82 - Fathom: first choice in 8 of those 82 - Jirav: first choice in 5 of those 82 - Float: first choice in 4 of those 82 - Causal: first choice in 3 of those 82 - Finmark: first choice in 3 of those 82 - Cube: first choice in 2 of those 82 **Mid-market**: 72 of 84 answers did not name Planful (Planful is #9 of 14 at 3%). - Microsoft Excel: first choice in 10 of those 72 - Google Sheets: first choice in 6 of those 72 - Cube: first choice in 5 of those 72 - Vena: first choice in 5 of those 72 - Datarails: first choice in 4 of those 72 - Drivetrain: first choice in 4 of those 72 - Prophix: first choice in 4 of those 72 - Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 4 of those 72 **Enterprise**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Planful (Planful is #7 of 12 at 0%). - Anaplan: first choice in 25 of those 74 - Erwin Data Modeler: first choice in 6 of those 74 - Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 6 of those 74 - Pigment: first choice in 3 of those 74 - ER/Studio: first choice in 2 of those 74 - Limelight: first choice in 2 of those 74 - Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM: first choice in 2 of those 74 - Cube: first choice in 1 of those 74 ## Financial reporting and dashboards **Small business**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Planful. - QuickBooks Online: first choice in 15 of those 83 - Xero: first choice in 11 of those 83 - Fathom: first choice in 10 of those 83 - Looker Studio: first choice in 10 of those 83 - Wave: first choice in 10 of those 83 - Zoho Analytics: first choice in 6 of those 83 - Zoho Books: first choice in 6 of those 83 - Microsoft Power BI: first choice in 3 of those 83 **Mid-market**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Planful (Planful is #13 of 18 at 0%). - Sage Intacct: first choice in 15 of those 75 - Microsoft Power BI: first choice in 11 of those 75 - Wave: first choice in 9 of those 75 - Zoho Books: first choice in 5 of those 75 - Tableau: first choice in 4 of those 75 - QuickBooks Online: first choice in 2 of those 75 - Zoho Analytics: first choice in 2 of those 75 - Datarails: first choice in 1 of those 75 **Enterprise**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Planful. - Microsoft Power BI: first choice in 21 of those 82 - OneStream: first choice in 5 of those 82 - Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 4 of those 82 - Workiva: first choice in 4 of those 82 - Acumatica: first choice in 3 of those 82 - Oracle NetSuite: first choice in 3 of those 82 - SAP Analytics Cloud: first choice in 3 of those 82 - Acumatica Cloud ERP: first choice in 2 of those 82 ## Cash flow forecasting **Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Planful. - Float: first choice in 35 of those 84 - Cash Flow Frog: first choice in 11 of those 84 - Xero Cash Flow Forecasting: first choice in 4 of those 84 - Agicap: first choice in 3 of those 84 - Pulse: first choice in 3 of those 84 - Wave: first choice in 3 of those 84 - Chaser: first choice in 2 of those 84 - Quicken Business & Personal: first choice in 2 of those 84 **Mid-market**: 81 of 84 answers did not name Planful (Planful is #14 of 15 at 0%). - Agicap: first choice in 7 of those 81 - Float: first choice in 6 of those 81 - Cash Flow Frog: first choice in 5 of those 81 - Chaser: first choice in 4 of those 81 - Cube: first choice in 3 of those 81 - Pulse: first choice in 3 of those 81 - Kyriba: first choice in 2 of those 81 - QuickBooks Cash Flow Planner: first choice in 2 of those 81 **Enterprise**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Planful (Planful is #12 of 12 at 0%). - Kyriba: first choice in 20 of those 77 - Tesorio: first choice in 9 of those 77 - HighRadius: first choice in 8 of those 77 - Anaplan: first choice in 7 of those 77 - OneStream: first choice in 3 of those 77 - Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 3 of those 77 - Pegasus Insights: first choice in 2 of those 77 - Trovata: first choice in 2 of those 77 Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.