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Financial close management · October 2026 Edition

FloQast vs Workiva

Twelve of fourteen models named FloQast first on the direct prompt; one named Workiva. FloQast was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Workiva by eleven and FloQast carries 57 labels and Workiva 30, so the shares are not directly comparable.

FloQast

endorsed leader

Named in ten categories this edition.

Workiva

criticized challenger

Named in eleven categories this edition.

First-choice share55%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate19%33%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#5A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels5730A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, FloQast reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Numeric was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. FloQast vs Numeric · FloQast vs Prophix · FloQast vs Trintech

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen 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 financial close management page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
FloQastFirst choices, of fourteen modelsWorkiva
Direct121
Paraphrase1301 against Workiva
Comparative30
Budget-constrained105 against FloQast · 2 against Workiva
Scale-constrained402 against Workiva
Negative006 against FloQast · 5 against Workiva
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, FloQast and Workiva were named in the same answer 102 times, of the 387 answers naming FloQast and the 625 naming Workiva. In those answers Workiva took the first choice five times and FloQast thirty-four.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where FloQast and Workiva 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
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
FloQast Workiva first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, FloQast on the left and Workiva on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Both were the first choice

1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
Qwen 3.7 FlashFloQast, Workiva alternatives: BlackLine, Numeric, OneStream, Prophix, Trintech Adra

FloQast first, Workiva an alternative

11 of 14 modelsWorkiva was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5FloQast alternatives: Numeric, Trintech Adra
GPT-5.4 miniFloQast alternatives: BlackLine, Trintech, Trintech Adra, Workiva
Gemini 3.5 FlashFloQast alternatives: Numeric, Trintech Adra
Perplexity SonarFloQast alternatives: BlackLine, Prophix
Grok 4.1 FastFloQast alternatives: Cube, Numeric, Prophix, Trintech Adra
DeepSeek V4 FlashFloQast alternatives: Numeric, Planful, Trintech Adra
Kimi K2FloQast alternatives: Numeric, Trintech Adra
GLM 4.7 FlashXFloQast alternatives: Numeric, Prophix, Workiva
MiniMax M2.5FloQast alternatives: Cube, Prophix, Workiva
GPT-6 LunaFloQast alternatives: BlackLine, Numeric
Muse Glimmer 30BFloQast alternatives: BlackLine, Numeric, Trintech Adra

Neither was the first choice, one was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Mistral SmallProphix alternatives: Bluecopa, FloQast, Workiva

Neither was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice

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
FloQast leads by nineteen points.
FloQast19%#2 of 11
Workiva0%#9 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
FloQast leads by fifty-three points.
FloQast55%#1 of 8
Workiva2%#5 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
FloQast leads by eight points.
FloQast12%#2 of 8
Workiva4%#4 of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about FloQast

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

“Avoid Enterprise Tools: BlackLine/FloQast/Workiva are powerful ... overkill for limited budgets” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid enterprise-focused tools like BlackLine, FloQast, and Trintech if budget is a concern” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“For most mid-market B2B companies, FloQast represents the best balance of implementation speed, cost-effectiveness, and user-friendly design.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Workiva

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

“Often criticized as overly complex and expensive for non-enterprise or mid-market needs; ... avoid if scalability or cost is a concern.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
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.