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Lease accounting · September 2026 Edition

FinQuery vs Visual Lease

Ten of twelve models named FinQuery first on the direct prompt; two named Visual Lease. Both were named by all twelve models and FinQuery carries 48 labels and Visual Lease 41, so the shares are not directly comparable.

FinQuery

endorsed leader

Named in one category this edition.

Visual Lease

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share36%10%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate8%7%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#3A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels4841A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, FinQuery reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.EZLease was named alongside these two in seven of the twelve direct answers. FinQuery vs iLeasePro · iLeasePro vs Visual Lease

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 lease accounting page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
FinQueryFirst choices, of twelve modelsVisual Lease
Direct102
Paraphrase53
Comparative91
Budget-constrained002 against FinQuery · 1 against Visual Lease
Scale-constrained30
Negative102 against FinQuery · 2 against Visual Lease
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.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where FinQuery and Visual Lease stood in it.

Both were the first choice

2 of 12 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
GLM 4.7 FlashXFinQuery, Visual Lease alternatives: DebtBook, SOFT4Lessee, iLeasePro
MiniMax M2.5FinQuery, Visual Lease alternatives: Spacebase

FinQuery first, Visual Lease an alternative

8 of 12 modelsVisual Lease was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniFinQuery alternatives: Nakisa Lease Administration, Sage Intacct, UGAAP, Yardi Corom, iLeasePro
Gemini 3.5 FlashFinQuery alternatives: NetLease, SOFT4Lessee, Trullion, Visual Lease
Perplexity SonarFinQuery, Spacebase alternatives: EZLease, SOFT4Lessee, Visual Lease
Grok 4.1 FastFinQuery alternatives: EZLease, Visual Lease
Mistral SmallFinQuery, SOFT4Lessee alternatives: EZLease, Trullion, Visual Lease
DeepSeek V4 FlashFinQuery alternatives: Crunchafi, LeaseCrunch, NetLease, Visual Lease
Qwen 3.7 FlashFinQuery alternatives: EZLease, Spacebase, iLeasePro
Kimi K2FinQuery alternatives: EZLease, iLeasePro

Neither was the first choice, one was named

1 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5SOFT4Lessee alternatives: EZLease, FinQuery, Trullion, Visual Lease

Neither was named

1 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Llama 4 MaverickiLeasePro alternatives: EZLease, LeaseAccelerator, Leasecake, SOFT4Lessee

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
FinQuery leads by ten points.
FinQuery10%#4 of 9
Visual Lease0%#9 of 9
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
FinQuery leads by twenty-six points.
FinQuery36%#1 of 12
Visual Lease10%#3 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
FinQuery15%#4 of 10
Visual Lease15%#2 of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about FinQuery

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

“LeaseQuery (FinQuery): "Irreversible changes" after a lease is approved, forced re-approval workflows for minor corrections, limited vehicle entry options” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“major enterprise solutions (like LeaseQuery/FinQuery, Visual Lease, or Trullion) often require hefty annual contracts and implementation fees” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“consider pricier tools like LeaseQuery/FinQuery, but they're usually not the cheapest route” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · soft negative
“The Industry Gold Standard: LeaseQuery (by FinQuery) ... request a demo for both LeaseQuery (for its pure accounting simplicity) and Trullion” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“FinQuery is built "by accountants, for accountants". It operates as a powerful standalone subledger that supports ASC 842, IFRS 16, and GASB standards.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“One of the most popular platforms for mid-sized accounting teams. It was built by CPAs and is highly focused on absolute accounting accuracy.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice

What the models said about Visual Lease

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

“Visual Lease: Steep learning curve, reporting that "doesn't always bend the way you want," slow performance” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“users frequently report that the reporting tool is rigid and less customizable than desired” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“often require hefty annual contracts and implementation fees” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Visual Lease and iLeasePro are the top recommendations due to their strong compliance features, mid-market focus” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Choose Visual Lease if you are a large enterprise needing heavy analytics and complex workflows.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“I'd suggest starting with FinQuery or Visual Lease. Both are leaders in the mid-market space” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
Also compared

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