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SEC and disclosure reporting · October 2026 Edition

Workiva vs Certent Disclosure Management

Eight of fourteen models named Workiva first on the direct prompt; four named Certent Disclosure Management. Both were named by all fourteen models and Workiva carries 77 labels and Certent Disclosure Management 47, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Workiva

endorsed leader

Named in eleven categories this edition.

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share32%22%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate23%2%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#3A position in a field of 6; printed, not drawn.
Labels7747A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Workiva 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 DFIN ActiveDisclosure · Workiva vs IRIS CARBON · Workiva vs Certent

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.
WorkivaFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCertent Disclosure Management
Direct843 against Workiva
Paraphrase64
Comparative130
Budget-constrained0610 against Workiva
Scale-constrained603 against Workiva
Negative202 against Workiva · 1 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, Workiva and Certent Disclosure Management were named in the same answer 129 times, of the 625 answers naming Workiva and the 131 naming Certent Disclosure Management. In those answers Certent Disclosure Management took the first choice forty-one times and Workiva fifty-four.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Workiva and Certent Disclosure Management 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
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Workiva Certent Disclosure Management first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Workiva on the left and Certent Disclosure Management on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Workiva first, Certent Disclosure Management an alternative

8 of 14 modelsCertent Disclosure Management was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
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
Mistral SmallIRIS CARBON, Workiva alternatives: Basedash, RERegnology ESEF
Qwen 3.7 FlashWorkiva alternatives: Certent, DFIN ActiveDisclosure, IRIS CARBON, Toppan Merrill Bridge
MiniMax M2.5Workiva alternatives: ActiveDisclosure, Certent, DFIN ActiveDisclosure, RDG Filings

Certent Disclosure Management first, Workiva an alternative

4 of 14 modelsWorkiva 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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-6 LunaDFIN ActiveDisclosure alternatives: Toppan Merrill Bridge, Workiva

Neither was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Llama 4 MaverickDFIN ActiveDisclosure

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
Certent Disclosure Management leads by nineteen points.
Certent Disclosure Management28%#2 of 8
Workiva9%#4 of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Workiva leads at mid-market.
Workiva32%#1 of 6
Certent Disclosure Management22%#3 of 6
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Workiva leads by eighty-two points.
Workiva84%#1 of 6
Certent Disclosure Management2%#3 of 6
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Workiva

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

“Top Recommendation: Workiva ... the default market leader and is consistently rated the best all-around platform for mid-market public companies” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Workiva is identified as the leading solution in the disclosure management category with the highest adoption and satisfaction” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · first choice

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
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.