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Revenue recognition · September 2026 Edition

LedgerUp vs Ordway

Four of twelve models named LedgerUp first on the direct prompt; zero named Ordway. LedgerUp was named by eleven of the twelve models and Ordway by seven and LedgerUp carries 20 labels and Ordway 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.

LedgerUp

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

Ordway

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share13%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#6A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels2011A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, LedgerUp reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Sage Intacct was named alongside these two in ten of the twelve direct answers. Maxio vs LedgerUp · Maxio vs Ordway · Sage Intacct vs LedgerUp

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 revenue recognition page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
LedgerUpFirst choices, of twelve modelsOrdway
Direct40
Paraphrase22
Comparative00
Budget-constrained00
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.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

LedgerUp first, Ordway not the choice

4 of 12 modelsOrdway was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarLedgerUp alternatives: NetSuite Advanced Revenue Management, Sage Intacct, Younium
Mistral SmallLedgerUp alternatives: Maxio, Sage Intacct, Synder RevRec
GLM 4.7 FlashXLedgerUp, NetSuite Advanced Revenue Management, RightRev alternatives: Alguna, Maxio, Sage Intacct, Zuora Revenue
MiniMax M2.5LedgerUp alternatives: BillingPlatform, NetSuite Advanced Revenue Management, RightRev, Sage Intacct

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.
DeepSeek V4 FlashSage Intacct alternatives: Chargebee RevRec, LedgerUp, Maxio, NetSuite Advanced Revenue Management, RightRev

Neither was named

7 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Maxio alternatives: NetSuite Advanced Revenue Management, Sage Intacct
GPT-5.4 miniZuora Revenue alternatives: NetSuite Advanced Revenue Management
Gemini 3.5 FlashRightRev alternatives: Chargebee, Leapfin, Maxio, NetSuite Advanced Revenue Management, Sage Intacct Revenue Recognition
Grok 4.1 FastMaxio alternatives: Chargebee RevenueStory, RightRev, Sage Intacct, Stripe Revenue Recognition, Zuora Revenue
Llama 4 MaverickMaxio, Sage Intacct, Synder RevRec
Qwen 3.7 FlashSage Intacct alternatives: BlackLine, Maxio, Synder RevRec, Xactium
Kimi K2Maxio alternatives: Chargebee RevRec, Sage Intacct

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
Ordway leads by two points.
Ordway4%#– of 14
LedgerUp2%#– of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: LedgerUp leads at mid-market.
LedgerUp13%#3 of 12
Ordway4%#6 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
LedgerUp0%#– of 8
Ordway0%#– of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about LedgerUp

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

“For most mid-market B2B SaaS companies, LedgerUp is the top recommendation due to its focus on data reconciliation and accuracy” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“For most mid-market B2B companies, LedgerUp offers the best balance of automation, pricing” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“If you want a single practical recommendation, LedgerUp is the strongest fit” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Ordway

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

“If I had to pick one default recommendation for a typical mid-sized B2B company, I'd choose Ordway for the broadest mid-market fit” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Ordway (Best Overall for Mid-Sized Finance Teams)” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Maxio or Ordway \u2014 Best if you're primarily a subscription / recurring-revenue B2B company” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · alternative
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.