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Lease accounting · September 2026 Edition

Visual Lease vs SOFT4Lessee

Two of twelve models named Visual Lease first on the direct prompt; two named SOFT4Lessee. Visual Lease was named by twelve of the twelve models and SOFT4Lessee by seven and Visual Lease carries 41 labels and SOFT4Lessee 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Visual Lease

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

SOFT4Lessee

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share10%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate7%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#5A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels4110A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Visual Lease reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.FinQuery was named alongside these two in eleven of the twelve direct answers. FinQuery vs Visual Lease · FinQuery vs SOFT4Lessee · 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.
Visual LeaseFirst choices, of twelve modelsSOFT4Lessee
Direct22
Paraphrase30
Comparative10
Budget-constrained001 against Visual Lease
Scale-constrained01
Negative002 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.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Visual Lease and SOFT4Lessee 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
Visual Lease SOFT4Lessee first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Visual Lease on the left and SOFT4Lessee on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Visual Lease and SOFT4Lessee stood in it.

Visual Lease first, SOFT4Lessee an alternative

2 of 12 modelsSOFT4Lessee was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GLM 4.7 FlashXFinQuery, Visual Lease alternatives: DebtBook, SOFT4Lessee, iLeasePro
MiniMax M2.5FinQuery, Visual Lease alternatives: Spacebase

SOFT4Lessee first, Visual Lease an alternative

2 of 12 modelsVisual Lease was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5SOFT4Lessee alternatives: EZLease, FinQuery, Trullion, Visual Lease
Mistral SmallFinQuery, SOFT4Lessee alternatives: EZLease, Trullion, Visual Lease

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
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
DeepSeek V4 FlashFinQuery alternatives: Crunchafi, LeaseCrunch, NetLease, Visual Lease
Llama 4 MaverickiLeasePro alternatives: EZLease, LeaseAccelerator, Leasecake, SOFT4Lessee

Neither was named

3 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniFinQuery alternatives: Nakisa Lease Administration, Sage Intacct, UGAAP, Yardi Corom, iLeasePro
Qwen 3.7 FlashFinQuery alternatives: EZLease, Spacebase, iLeasePro
Kimi K2FinQuery alternatives: EZLease, iLeasePro

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
Level: the same share of first choices.
Visual Lease0%#9 of 9
SOFT4Lessee0%#– of 9
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Visual Lease leads by four points.
Visual Lease10%#3 of 12
SOFT4Lessee6%#5 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Visual Lease leads by fifteen points.
Visual Lease15%#2 of 10
SOFT4Lessee0%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

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

What the models said about SOFT4Lessee

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

“Overall best for mid‑sized companies ... SOFT4Lessee for a balanced mid‑market choice” GLM 4.7 FlashX · scale prompt · first choice
“FinQuery (LeaseQuery) and SOFT4Lessee are the top recommendations” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“SOFT4Lessee is the best first shortlist option” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct 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.