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SEC and disclosure reporting · October 2026 Edition

Certent Disclosure Management vs IRIS CARBON

Four of fourteen models named Certent Disclosure Management first on the direct prompt; one named IRIS CARBON. Certent Disclosure Management was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and IRIS CARBON by thirteen and Certent Disclosure Management carries 47 labels and IRIS CARBON 43, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Certent Disclosure Management

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

IRIS CARBON

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share22%17%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.

Negative rate2%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.

Rank in category#3#4A position in a field of 6; printed, not drawn.

Labels4743A count; the two differ.

The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Certent Disclosure Management reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.DFIN ActiveDisclosure was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Workiva vs Certent Disclosure Management · Workiva vs IRIS CARBON · DFIN ActiveDisclosure vs Certent Disclosure Management

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen 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 SEC and disclosure reporting page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.

Certent Disclosure ManagementFirst choices, of fourteen modelsIRIS CARBON

Direct41

Paraphrase40

Comparative00

Budget-constrained610

Scale-constrained00

Negative001 against Certent Disclosure Management

Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Certent Disclosure Management and IRIS CARBON were named in the same answer eighty-six times, of the 131 answers naming Certent Disclosure Management and the 119 naming IRIS CARBON. In those answers IRIS CARBON took the first choice nine times and Certent Disclosure Management eleven.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Certent Disclosure Management and IRIS CARBON stood in it.

Model	Direct	Paraphrase	Comparative	Budget-constrained	Scale-constrained	Negative
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
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B

Certent Disclosure Management

IRIS CARBON

first choice

named as an alternative

argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Certent Disclosure Management on the left and IRIS CARBON on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Certent Disclosure Management and IRIS CARBON stood in it.

Certent Disclosure Management first, IRIS CARBON an alternative

4 of 14 modelsIRIS CARBON was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.

DeepSeek V4 FlashCertent Disclosure Management alternatives: DFIN ActiveDisclosure, IRIS CARBON, Toppan Merrill Bridge

Kimi K2Certent Disclosure Management, DFIN ActiveDisclosure

GLM 4.7 FlashXCertent Disclosure Management, DFIN ActiveDisclosure alternatives: DataTracks DART, FilePoint, IDL Publisher, Workiva

Muse Glimmer 30BCertent Disclosure Management alternatives: DFIN ActiveDisclosure, Workiva

IRIS CARBON first, Certent Disclosure Management not the choice

1 of 14 modelsCertent Disclosure Management was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.

Mistral SmallIRIS CARBON, Workiva alternatives: Basedash, RERegnology ESEF

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.

Claude Haiku 4.5Workiva alternatives: Certent, DFIN ActiveDisclosure, IRIS CARBON

GPT-5.4 miniWorkiva alternatives: DFIN ActiveDisclosure, IRIS CARBON

Gemini 3.5 FlashWorkiva alternatives: Certent Disclosure Management, DFIN ActiveDisclosure, IRIS CARBON, Toppan Merrill Bridge

Perplexity SonarWorkiva alternatives: Certent Disclosure Management, DFIN ActiveDisclosure

Grok 4.1 FastWorkiva alternatives: Certent Disclosure Management, DFIN ActiveDisclosure, IRIS CARBON

Qwen 3.7 FlashWorkiva alternatives: Certent, DFIN ActiveDisclosure, IRIS CARBON, Toppan Merrill Bridge

Neither was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.

Llama 4 MaverickDFIN ActiveDisclosure

MiniMax M2.5Workiva alternatives: ActiveDisclosure, Certent, DFIN ActiveDisclosure, RDG Filings

GPT-6 LunaDFIN ActiveDisclosure alternatives: Toppan Merrill Bridge, Workiva

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.

Certent Disclosure Management#2 of 8

IRIS CARBON#1 of 8

The full small business standing →

Mid-marketThe figures above

Certent Disclosure Management leads by five points.

Certent Disclosure Management#3 of 6

IRIS CARBON#4 of 6

The full mid-market standing →

Enterprise

Level: the same share of first choices.

Certent Disclosure Management#3 of 6

IRIS CARBON#5 of 6

The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Certent Disclosure Management

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

“Cautiously evaluate Certent if your team is looking for a modern, cloud-native platform” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative

“Start with Certent or IRIS CARBON if you need a full disclosure management platform with workflow and collaboration features” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice

“Certent is regularly positioned as the value lane alternative to Workiva... the price point sits meaningfully below Workiva” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice

“Certent Disclosure Management and IRIS CARBON are the two best-value platforms recommended by industry analysts” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about IRIS CARBON

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

“IRIS CARBON® and Workiva are the top choices due to their strong compliance features, ease of use, and scalability” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice

“the best SEC‑disclosure platform is likely IRIS CARBON (cloud SaaS, flat‑annual fee, strong small‑business focus)” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice

“IRIS CARBON is typically the lowest-cost of the major dedicated platforms, with Certent as a close second” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice

Also compared

Workiva vs Certent Disclosure Management Workiva vs IRIS CARBON DFIN ActiveDisclosure vs Certent Disclosure Management DFIN ActiveDisclosure vs IRIS CARBON Certent Disclosure Management vs Certent IRIS CARBON vs Certent All ten head-to-head pages and the full disclosure reporting standing

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.