# Planful vs Vena: which do AI models recommend for financial consolidation, September 2026

Finance AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition, Financial consolidation. Four of twelve models named Planful first on the direct prompt; zero named Vena. Page: https://finance-ai-index.com/accounting/financial-consolidation/planful-vs-vena/

| | First-choice share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Models naming it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planful | 16% | #4 of 13 | 7% | 28 | 12 of 12 |
| Vena | 2% | #6 of 13 | 4% | 25 | 11 of 12 |

## The direct prompt, model by model

- Claude Haiku 4.5: planful first (first choices: Planful) (alternatives: HighRadius, Prophix, Trintech Adra)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: planful first (first choices: Planful) (alternatives: Datarails, Fluence Technologies, Lucanet, Pigment, Prophix, Vena)
- Mistral Small: planful first (first choices: Planful, Prophix) (alternatives: Finalyzer, Taxilla)
- MiniMax M2.5: planful first (first choices: Planful, Prophix) (alternatives: Vena)
- Perplexity Sonar: neither first, one named (first choices: Prophix) (alternatives: Datarails, Planful, Vena)
- Grok 4.1 Fast: neither first, one named (first choices: Prophix) (alternatives: Planful, Vena)
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: Prophix) (alternatives: Cube, Fluence Technologies, Planful, Vena)
- Llama 4 Maverick: neither first, one named (first choices: Prophix) (alternatives: Planful, Vena)
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: Sage Intacct) (alternatives: Dataroma, Fathom, Fluente, Trintech, Vena)
- Kimi K2: neither first, one named (first choices: Prophix) (alternatives: Lucanet, Planful, Vena)
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: neither first, one named (first choices: Prophix) (alternatives: CCH Tagetik, Finalyzer, HighRadius, OneStream, Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, Planful, Vena)
- GPT-5.4 mini: neither named (first choices: Workday) (alternatives: BlackLine, Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM)

## What the models said about Planful

- "Avoid these if you have a limited budget." (Kimi K2, budget prompt, hard negative)
- "Planful - a comprehensive financial performance management platform that streamlines planning, budgeting, and reporting." (Llama 4 Maverick, budget prompt, first choice)

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. Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category. Published under CC BY 4.0; the output is the models' output, and nothing here is a recommendation by the index.