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Financial consolidation · September 2026 Edition

Prophix vs Planful

Eight of twelve models named Prophix first on the direct prompt; four named Planful. Prophix was named by eleven of the twelve models and Planful by twelve and Prophix carries 30 labels and Planful 28, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Prophix

accepted challenger

Named in nine categories this edition.

Planful

accepted challenger

Named in nine categories this edition.

First-choice share19%16%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate3%7%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#4A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels3028A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Prophix reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Vena was named alongside these two in nine of the twelve direct answers. Prophix vs Joiin · Prophix vs Sage Intacct · Prophix vs Oracle NetSuite

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 financial consolidation page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
ProphixFirst choices, of twelve modelsPlanful
Direct84
Paraphrase021 against Prophix
Comparative00
Budget-constrained012 against Planful
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.

Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Prophix and Planful were named in the same answer 101 times, of the 168 answers naming Prophix and the 306 naming Planful. In those answers Planful took the first choice twelve times and Prophix fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Prophix and Planful 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
Prophix Planful first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Prophix on the left and Planful on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Both were the first choice

2 of 12 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
Mistral SmallPlanful, Prophix alternatives: Finalyzer, Taxilla
MiniMax M2.5Planful, Prophix alternatives: Vena

Prophix first, Planful an alternative

6 of 12 modelsPlanful was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarProphix alternatives: Datarails, Planful, Vena
Grok 4.1 FastProphix alternatives: Planful, Vena
DeepSeek V4 FlashProphix alternatives: Cube, Fluence Technologies, Planful, Vena
Llama 4 MaverickProphix alternatives: Planful, Vena
Kimi K2Prophix alternatives: Lucanet, Planful, Vena
GLM 4.7 FlashXProphix alternatives: CCH Tagetik, Finalyzer, HighRadius, OneStream, Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM, Planful, Vena

Planful first, Prophix an alternative

2 of 12 modelsProphix was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Planful alternatives: HighRadius, Prophix, Trintech Adra
Gemini 3.5 FlashPlanful alternatives: Datarails, Fluence Technologies, Lucanet, Pigment, Prophix, Vena

Neither was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniWorkday alternatives: BlackLine, Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM
Qwen 3.7 FlashSage Intacct alternatives: Dataroma, Fathom, Fluente, Trintech, Vena

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
Prophix leads by two points.
Prophix2%#– of 10
Planful0%#– of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Prophix leads by two points.
Prophix19%#1 of 13
Planful16%#4 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Prophix0%#8 of 11
Planful0%#9 of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Prophix

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

“Tools like OneStream or Prophix are powerful but geared toward larger/enterprise (higher cost, 6+ mo impl.)” Grok 4.1 Fast · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Prophix One is particularly notable for its ability to connect consolidation to the close and planning in one platform.” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
“Choose Prophix if you want the best balance of consolidation depth, planning integration, and mid-market fit” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice
“Prophix One – best if you want close, planning, and consolidation in one platform with strong governance.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Planful

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

“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
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.