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AI accounting assistants · September 2026 Edition

Xero vs Numeric

Zero of twelve models named Xero first on the direct prompt; one named Numeric. Xero was named by twelve of the twelve models and Numeric by nine and Xero carries 30 labels and Numeric 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Xero

accepted challenger

Named in twenty categories this edition.

Numeric

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share7%7%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate7%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#6A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels3017A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Xero reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Sage Intacct was named alongside these two in eleven of the twelve direct answers. Sage Intacct vs Xero · Sage Intacct vs Numeric · Zoho Books vs Xero

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the AI accounting assistants page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
XeroFirst choices, of twelve modelsNumeric
Direct011 against Xero
Paraphrase021 against Xero
Comparative30
Budget-constrained30
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Xero and Numeric stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
Xero Numeric first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Xero on the left and Numeric on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Xero and Numeric stood in it.

Numeric first, Xero not the choice

1 of 12 modelsXero was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashLedge, Numeric alternatives: Ramp, Tabs, Vic.ai

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Perplexity SonarSage Intacct alternatives: DualEntry, Numeric, Vic.ai
Grok 4.1 FastSage Intacct alternatives: Docyt, Oracle NetSuite, QuickBooks Online, Xero
Kimi K2Sage Intacct alternatives: DualEntry, Numeric, Vic.ai

Neither was named

8 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Vic.ai alternatives: Booke AI, DualEntry, Integra Balance AI, Sage Intacct
GPT-5.4 miniSage Intacct alternatives: FloQast, Hyperbots A/P Suite, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Oracle NetSuite
Mistral SmallSage Intacct alternatives: Truewind, Vic.ai
DeepSeek V4 FlashRho, Sage Intacct alternatives: Oracle NetSuite, Vic.ai, Zeni
Llama 4 MaverickSage Intacct alternatives: Truewind, Vic.ai
Qwen 3.7 FlashDualEntry alternatives: Sage Intacct, Vic.ai
GLM 4.7 FlashXSage Intacct alternatives: Docyt, Zeni
MiniMax M2.5Sage Intacct alternatives: DualEntry, Truewind, Vic.ai

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Xero leads by ten points.
Xero10%#3 of 11
Numeric0%#– of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Xero7%#5 of 14
Numeric7%#6 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Numeric leads at enterprise.
Numeric7%#6 of 8
Xero5%#– of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Xero

No label in this category carried a quote.

What the models said about Numeric

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.

“Best For: Mid-market finance teams looking to dramatically compress close times.... It is built for audit scrutiny.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.