Four of twelve models named Qapita first on the direct prompt; zero named Cake Equity. Qapita was named by eleven of the twelve models and Cake Equity by eleven and Qapita carries 26 labels and Cake Equity 38, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
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 cap table management page.
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Qapita and Cake Equity were named in the same answer twenty-eight times, of the 67 answers naming Qapita and the 94 naming Cake Equity. In those answers Cake Equity took the first choice five times and Qapita five.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| 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 |
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.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“Strong in Asia-Pacific, but not a leader in the US/EU.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Qapita and Carta are the most frequently recommended due to their scalability, global compliance features” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Qapita offers the best balance of full-lifecycle features and transparent pricing for mid-market scale” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Carta and Qapita are the top recommendations based on scalability, feature set, and industry adoption” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Qapita (for its global, audit‑ready, mid‑market focus) and Cake Equity (for intuitive UX and transparent pricing) are both strong starting points” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“The best cap table management software for a company with a limited budget is Cake Equity, which offers a free starting point” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“the best cap table management software is usually Cake Equity if you want a free starter tier” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
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.