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Financial close management

Asked as “financial close management software”, and as “month-end close software”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 42 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing
FloQast
Clear leader
60% of first choices, clear leader.
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By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small businessNumeric36%ContestedStanding →Mid-marketFloQast60%Clear leaderThis pageEnterpriseBlackLine64%Clear leaderStanding →

01The standing

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. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
01FloQast60%11%54endorsed leader
02Numeric19%2%42accepted challenger
03Prophix5%9%11accepted challenger
04BlackLine5%56%50criticized challenger
05Trintech Adra2%4%23accepted challenger
Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
09Workiva0%41%22criticized challenger
08OneStream0%25%20criticized challenger
07Trintech0%14%14accepted challenger
06Planful0%0%11accepted challenger
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its vendor page.
Head to head
FloQast vs NumericFloQast vs ProphixNumeric vs Prophix

One product takes 60% of first choices here, so the chart would put eight markers in one corner and one at the far edge. The two measurements it plots are columns in the standing above: share, and the negative label rate. Three products carry a negative rate above 25% in this category. Jump to the standing

02What they warned about

Seven of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Llama 4 Maverick, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
BlackLine
56%
28 of 50 labels negative · 12 of 12 models · 9 hard negative
“BlackLine specifically has faced: Implementation difficulties and long integration processes... Complexity and clunky admin interfaces” MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt
Workiva
41%
9 of 22 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 4 hard negative
“What to Avoid for Mid-Market - **BlackLine** and **Workiva** ... generally **overkill for mid-market**” DeepSeek V4 Flash, direct prompt
OneStream
25%
5 of 20 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“**OneStream/SAP** – Typically overkill and overpriced for mid-market needs” Kimi K2, direct prompt
FloQast
11%
6 of 54 labels negative · 4 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“**Avoid FloQast/BlackLine** unless your close process is highly complex” Qwen 3.7 Flash, budget prompt

03What they cite

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: twelve of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.

Sites the answers cite

62 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 5 of those lists are Google grounding redirects that name no site and are left out of the counts. 799 links across 196 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

numeric.io
vendor site · Numeric48 answers · 61 citations · 10 models
learn.g2.com
32 answers · 33 citations · 11 models
worldmetrics.org
28 answers · 36 citations · 9 models
dokka.com
vendor site · DOKKA21 answers · 23 citations · 10 models
financecopilothq.com
21 answers · 22 citations · 10 models
bluecopa.com
vendor site · Bluecopa17 answers · 19 citations · 8 models
g2.com
16 answers · 30 citations · 6 models
prophix.com
vendor site · Prophix16 answers · 19 citations · 7 models
floqast.com
vendor site · FloQast14 answers · 17 citations · 6 models
tabs.com
vendor site · Tabs14 answers · 14 citations · 7 models
doublehq.com
13 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
gartner.com
13 answers · 17 citations · 7 models

Pages the answers cite

The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.

numeric.io/blog/financial-close-software
48 answers · 10 models
learn.g2.com/best-financial-close-software
32 answers · 11 models
financecopilothq.com/best-financial-close-automation-software
20 answers · 10 models
prophix.com/blog/best-financial-close-software
16 answers · 7 models
tabs.com/blog/financial-close-automation-software
14 answers · 7 models
bluecopa.com/blog/close-management-software
13 answers · 7 models
dokka.com/best-financial-close-software
13 answers · 7 models
thecfoclub.com/tools/best-financial-close-software
12 answers · 9 models
gartner.com/reviews/market/financial-close-and-consolidation-solutions
11 answers · 7 models
phacetlabs.com/blog/financial-close-automation-software-how-to-choose
11 answers · 8 models

04How they answered

Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ModelDirect“What is the best financial close management software for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which month-end close software would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top close management tools and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best financial close management software for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a financial close management software. What should we look at?”Negative“Which close management tools should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Prophix
Three alternativesFloQast, HighRadius, Trintech Adra
no first choiceChangedno first choiceagainst: BlackLineNumeric
Two alternativesDatarails, Planful
no first choicenothing named
GPT-5.4 miniBlackLine
Two alternativesTrintech Adra, Workiva
FloQastChanged
One alternativeBlackLine
no first choiceFloQastagainst: BlackLineno first choicenothing named
Gemini 3.5 FlashFloQast
Three alternativesNumeric, Planful, Trintech Adra
against: BlackLineFloQastHeld
Two alternativesNumeric, Trintech Adra
against: BlackLine, Oracle Fusion Cloud EPMno first choice
Five alternativesBlackLine, FloQast, Numeric, Trintech, Workiva
PivotXL
Four alternativesJoiin, NetClose, Numeric, SkyStem ART
against: BlackLine, FloQast, OneStream, WorkivaFloQast
Two alternativesSkyStem, Trintech Adra
against: BlackLineagainst: BlackLine, Cube, Datarails, FloQast, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Oracle NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Trintech Cadency, Vena
Perplexity SonarFloQast
Two alternativesProphix, Trintech Adra
FloQastHeld
Three alternativesDatarails, Numeric, Prophix
Salesforce
Six alternativesClose, Freshsales, HubSpot, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Pipedrive, Zoho CRM
Numeric
Two alternativesPlanful, Redwood
no first choiceagainst: BlackLine, CCH Tagetik, OneStream, Trintech
Grok 4.1 FastFloQast
Three alternativesNumeric, Prophix, Trintech Adra
against: BlackLineFloQastHeld
Three alternativesBlackLine, Numeric, Trintech Adra
BlackLine, FloQast
Two alternativesNumeric, Trintech
against: HighRadiusNumeric
Two alternativesDatarails, Financial Cents
against: BlackLine, Cube, FloQast, Prophixno first choice
One alternativeBlackLine
against: Asana, BlackLine, Close, Monday.com, Workiva
Mistral SmallFloQast
Two alternativesHighRadius, Trintech Adra
FloQastHeld
One alternativeDatarails
BlackLine
Six alternativesDatarails, FloQast, Numeric, OneStream, Redwood, Trintech
DOKKA Close, Numeric
Two alternativesCube, FloQast
no first choiceagainst: BlackLine, OneStream, Trintech Adra, Workiva
DeepSeek V4 FlashFloQast
Two alternativesNumeric, Trintech Adra
against: BlackLine, WorkivaFloQastHeld
One alternativeNumeric
against: BlackLineBlackLine, FloQast, Numeric, OneStream, Trintech, Workiva
One alternativePlanful
Numeric
Four alternativesCube, DOKKA Close, FloQast, Joiin
against: BlackLine, OneStream, Trintech, WorkivaFloQast
Four alternativesDOKKA Close, Numeric, Trintech, Trintech Adra
against: BlackLinenothing named
Llama 4 MaverickTrintech Adra
Two alternativesDOKKA Close, FloQast
NumericChanged
One alternativeFloQast
against: BlackLineno first choiceno first choiceno first choicenothing named
Qwen 3.7 FlashFloQast
Three alternativesBlackLine, Prophix, Trintech Adra
FloQastHeld
Three alternativesBlackLine, Numeric, Trintech Adra
BlackLine
Four alternativesFloQast, Numeric, OneStream, Trintech
Double
Three alternativesExcel, Kasisto, Smartsheet
against: BlackLine, FloQast, NumericFloQast
Two alternativesHighRadius, Thurly
against: BlackLine, Oracleagainst: ActivTrak, Hubstaff, RescueTime, Teramind, Time Doctor
Kimi K2FloQast
Two alternativesNumeric, Trintech Adra
against: BlackLine, OneStream, SAPFloQastHeld
Two alternativesDatarails, Numeric
against: BlackLine, WorkivaBlackLine
Three alternativesFloQast, Numeric, Trintech
Numeric
Two alternativesDOKKA Close, Prophix
against: BlackLine, FloQast, Trintech CadencyFloQast
Four alternativesLucanet, Numeric, Prophix, Trintech Adra
against: BlackLine, Workivaagainst: BlackLine, Close, Excel/Google Sheets, FloQast
GLM 4.7 FlashXFloQast, Prophix
Four alternativesNumeric, Planful, Trintech Adra, Workiva
against: BlackLineFloQastChanged
Three alternativesNumeric, Prophix, Trintech Adra
Numeric
Five alternativesBlackLine, Cube, FloQast, OneStream, Planful
PivotXL
Four alternativesDouble, FloQast, Numeric, Xenett
against: BlackLine, Workivano first choicenothing named
MiniMax M2.5FloQast
Three alternativesNumeric, Trintech Adra, Workiva
against: BlackLineBlackLine, FloQastChanged
Two alternativesNumeric, Trintech
no first choiceNumeric
Two alternativesMODLR, Planful
FloQast
Three alternativesBlackLine, Trintech, Workiva
against: BlackLine, Workiva
Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against

05The record

One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
PromptModelVersion stringTime (UTC)SearchedSourcesLatency
Direct recommendationClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 20:12yes1110 s
Direct recommendationGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 20:11yes46 s
Direct recommendationGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 19:28yes1821 s
Direct recommendationPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 18:10yes204 s
Direct recommendationGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 18:33yes2514 s
Direct recommendationMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 19:21yes54 s
Direct recommendationDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 19:20yes1417 s
Direct recommendationLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 20:18yes52 s
Direct recommendationQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 19:22yes919 s
Direct recommendationKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 18:54yes924 s
Direct recommendationGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 19:06yes1070 s
Direct recommendationMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 18:18yes1021 s
ParaphraseClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 19:53no05 s
ParaphraseGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 19:39yes26 s
ParaphraseGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 19:10yes2223 s
ParaphrasePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 20:55yes206 s
ParaphraseGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 18:00yes2412 s
ParaphraseMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 20:11yes54 s
ParaphraseDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 18:13yes1819 s
ParaphraseLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 18:00yes52 s
ParaphraseQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 21:02yes522 s
ParaphraseKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 18:27yes820 s
ParaphraseGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 19:55yes3091 s
ParaphraseMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 18:35yes510 s
ComparativeClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 18:37yes910 s
ComparativeGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 20:17no05 s
ComparativeGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 18:52yes1527 s
ComparativePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 18:27yes209 s
ComparativeGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 18:09yes2013 s
ComparativeMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 19:24yes810 s
ComparativeDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-09-17 19:32yes2754 s
ComparativeLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 19:39yes52 s
ComparativeQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 18:55yes518 s
ComparativeKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 20:43yes926 s
ComparativeGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 20:36yes20103 s
ComparativeMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 18:55yes1232 s
Budget constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 20:40yes1610 s
Budget constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 18:00yes38 s
Budget constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 19:36yes2325 s
Budget constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 18:32yes205 s
Budget constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 18:58yes2417 s
Budget constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 18:09yes129 s
Budget constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 21:08yes1819 s
Budget constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 19:42yes53 s
Budget constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 19:37yes2256 s
Budget constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 18:29yes1242 s
Budget constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 20:50yes21250 s
Budget constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 18:35yes815 s
Scale constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 19:53no07 s
Scale constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 19:23no07 s
Scale constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 21:20no038 s
Scale constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 19:06yes208 s
Scale constrainedGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 18:56yes1212 s
Scale constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 18:39no07 s
Scale constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 18:44yes1927 s
Scale constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 20:17yes52 s
Scale constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 18:29no028 s
Scale constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 21:09yes872 s
Scale constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 18:29yes1277 s
Scale constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 20:44yes516 s
Negative framingClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 19:06no02 s
Negative framingGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 20:43no05 s
Negative framingGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 18:31yes1221 s
Negative framingPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 20:41yes208 s
Negative framingGrok 4.1 Fastspacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex2026-09-17 19:53yes3918 s
Negative framingMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 20:11yes56 s
Negative framingDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 20:57yes2826 s
Negative framingLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 18:17yes94 s
Negative framingQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 18:58no033 s
Negative framingKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 19:55yes2837 s
Negative framingGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 20:46yes2959 s
Negative framingMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 21:07yes2045 s

Noise floor in this category

Flips between the edition run and its calibration repeat. Six prompts per model is a small sample; the index-wide floor is the number to trust.

Claude Haiku 4.5
2 of 2 flipped
GPT-5.4 mini
1 of 3 flipped
Gemini 3.5 Flash
1 of 4 flipped
Perplexity Sonar
1 of 4 flipped
Grok 4.1 Fast
3 of 5 flipped
Mistral Small
1 of 5 flipped
DeepSeek V4 Flash
2 of 5 flipped
Llama 4 Maverick
2 of 2 flipped
Qwen 3.7 Flash
5 of 5 flipped
Kimi K2
4 of 5 flipped
GLM 4.7 FlashX
3 of 4 flipped
MiniMax M2.5
4 of 5 flipped

Normalization in this category

Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.

Category-scoped readings
Adra read as Trintech Adra
Adra (by Trintech) read as Trintech Adra
Adra by Trintech read as Trintech Adra
DOKKA read as DOKKA Close
Microsoft Dynamics read as Microsoft Dynamics 365
NetSuite read as Oracle NetSuite
Oracle EPM read as Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM
Oracle FCCS read as Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close
Prophix One read as Prophix
QuickBooks Advanced read as QuickBooks Online
Unresolved, counted raw
ActivTrak
Excel/Google Sheets with templates
Hubstaff
Kasisto
RealPage Financial Management
RescueTime (Business/Social Plan)
SAP FCM
SkyStem (ART)
SkyStem ART
Teramind
Thurly
Time Doctor
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.

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