# Wave alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026 Finance AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 866 of the 1,008 answers in the 4 categories where Wave 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/wave/alternatives/ ## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added) - QuickBooks Online: 90 - Sage Intacct: 69 - Xero: 57 - Oracle NetSuite: 48 - Microsoft Power BI: 36 - QuickBooks: 23 ## Accounting software **Small business**: 63 of 84 answers did not name Wave (Wave is #2 of 8 at 20%). - QuickBooks Online: first choice in 32 of those 63 - Xero: first choice in 12 of those 63 - Zoho Books: first choice in 2 of those 63 - KashFlow: first choice in 1 of those 63 - QuickBooks: first choice in 1 of those 63 **Mid-market**: 61 of 84 answers did not name Wave (Wave is #3 of 10 at 19%). - Sage Intacct: first choice in 25 of those 61 - Oracle NetSuite: first choice in 12 of those 61 - QuickBooks Online: first choice in 5 of those 61 - Xero: first choice in 2 of those 61 - Microsoft Dynamics 365: first choice in 1 of those 61 - QuickBooks *Desktop*: first choice in 1 of those 61 - Zoho Books: first choice in 1 of those 61 **Enterprise**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Wave. - Oracle NetSuite: first choice in 23 of those 83 - SAP S/4HANA Finance: first choice in 16 of those 83 - Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP: first choice in 7 of those 83 - Acumatica: first choice in 5 of those 83 - NetSuite ERP: first choice in 2 of those 83 - Sage Intacct: first choice in 2 of those 83 - Microsoft Dynamics 365: first choice in 1 of those 83 - Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance: first choice in 1 of those 83 ## Financial reporting and dashboards **Small business**: 70 of 84 answers did not name Wave (Wave is #3 of 12 at 17%). - QuickBooks Online: first choice in 13 of those 70 - Looker Studio: first choice in 10 of those 70 - Fathom: first choice in 9 of those 70 - Xero: first choice in 9 of those 70 - Zoho Analytics: first choice in 6 of those 70 - Microsoft Power BI: first choice in 3 of those 70 - Syft Analytics: first choice in 3 of those 70 - Zoho Books: first choice in 3 of those 70 **Mid-market**: 72 of 84 answers did not name Wave (Wave is #2 of 18 at 17%). - Sage Intacct: first choice in 18 of those 72 - Microsoft Power BI: first choice in 11 of those 72 - Tableau: first choice in 4 of those 72 - Abacum: first choice in 2 of those 72 - Datarails: first choice in 2 of those 72 - Zoho Analytics: first choice in 2 of those 72 - Drivetrain: first choice in 1 of those 72 - Fathom: first choice in 1 of those 72 **Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Wave. - Microsoft Power BI: first choice in 22 of those 84 - OneStream: first choice in 5 of those 84 - Oracle NetSuite: first choice in 4 of those 84 - Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 4 of those 84 - Workiva: first choice in 4 of those 84 - Acumatica: first choice in 3 of those 84 - SAP Analytics Cloud: first choice in 3 of those 84 - Acumatica Cloud ERP: first choice in 2 of those 84 ## Invoicing software **Small business**: 54 of 84 answers did not name Wave (Wave is #4 of 8 at 16%). - QuickBooks: first choice in 14 of those 54 - Xero: first choice in 12 of those 54 - Zoho Invoice: first choice in 7 of those 54 - FreshBooks: first choice in 3 of those 54 - Square Invoices: first choice in 1 of those 54 - Stripe Invoicing: first choice in 1 of those 54 - Xero Growing: first choice in 1 of those 54 **Mid-market**: 62 of 84 answers did not name Wave (Wave is #4 of 12 at 14%). - BILL: first choice in 8 of those 62 - QuickBooks: first choice in 8 of those 62 - Invoiced: first choice in 5 of those 62 - NetSuite SuiteBilling: first choice in 4 of those 62 - Zoho Invoice: first choice in 3 of those 62 - Billtrust: first choice in 2 of those 62 - Xero: first choice in 2 of those 62 - BILL Accounts Receivable: first choice in 1 of those 62 **Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Wave (Wave is #13 of 16 at 0%). - NetSuite SuiteBilling: first choice in 13 of those 84 - HighRadius: first choice in 9 of those 84 - Zuora: first choice in 5 of those 84 - SAP Ariba: first choice in 4 of those 84 - SAP Concur: first choice in 4 of those 84 - Coupa: first choice in 2 of those 84 - Flexprice: first choice in 2 of those 84 - Medius: first choice in 2 of those 84 ## AI accounting assistants **Small business**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Wave (Wave is #3 of 14 at 8%). - QuickBooks Online: first choice in 31 of those 75 - Xero: first choice in 12 of those 75 - Puzzle: first choice in 3 of those 75 - Digits: first choice in 2 of those 75 - Pilot: first choice in 2 of those 75 - BILL: first choice in 1 of those 75 - Bookeeping.ai: first choice in 1 of those 75 - Dext: first choice in 1 of those 75 **Mid-market**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Wave (Wave is #5 of 17 at 9%). - Sage Intacct: first choice in 11 of those 74 - QuickBooks Online: first choice in 9 of those 74 - Xero: first choice in 8 of those 74 - Rillet: first choice in 6 of those 74 - Numeric: first choice in 4 of those 74 - Vic.ai: first choice in 4 of those 74 - Digits: first choice in 3 of those 74 - FloQast: first choice in 2 of those 74 **Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Wave. - Sage Intacct: first choice in 13 of those 84 - Vic.ai: first choice in 12 of those 84 - BlackLine: first choice in 10 of those 84 - Oracle NetSuite: first choice in 9 of those 84 - Numeric: first choice in 5 of those 84 - FloQast: first choice in 4 of those 84 - Rillet: first choice in 4 of those 84 - Docyt: first choice in 2 of those 84 Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.