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Cap table management · September 2026 Edition

Qapita vs Shareworks

Four of twelve models named Qapita first on the direct prompt; one named Shareworks. Qapita was named by eleven of the twelve models and Shareworks by ten and both carry 26 labels, so the shares below are directly comparable.

Qapita

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Shareworks

criticized challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share14%3%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate4%27%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#7A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels2626Equal, which is what makes the shares comparable.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Qapita reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Carta was named alongside these two in eleven of the twelve direct answers. Carta vs Qapita · Carta vs Shareworks · Qapita vs Eqvista

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.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
QapitaFirst choices, of twelve modelsShareworks
Direct41
Paraphrase301 against Qapita · 2 against Shareworks
Comparative00
Budget-constrained001 against Shareworks
Scale-constrained111 against Shareworks
Negative003 against Shareworks
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.

Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Qapita and Shareworks were named in the same answer thirty-three times, of the 67 answers naming Qapita and the 89 naming Shareworks. In those answers Shareworks took the first choice four times and Qapita four.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Qapita first, Shareworks not the choice

4 of 12 modelsShareworks was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Mistral SmallCarta, Qapita
DeepSeek V4 FlashCarta, Qapita alternatives: Ledgy
Llama 4 MaverickCarta, Pulley, Qapita
GLM 4.7 FlashXQapita alternatives: Cake Equity, Capshare, Mantle, Pulley

Shareworks first, Qapita not the choice

1 of 12 modelsQapita was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
MiniMax M2.5Carta, Shareworks alternatives: EquityZen, Ledgy

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.
Claude Haiku 4.5Carta alternatives: Cake Equity, Pulley, Qapita
GPT-5.4 miniCarta alternatives: Eqvista, Ledgy, Shareworks
Gemini 3.5 FlashCarta alternatives: ClosingWell, Ledgy, Pulley, Qapita
Perplexity SonarCarta alternatives: Qapita
Qwen 3.7 FlashCarta alternatives: Pulley, Qapita

Neither was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Grok 4.1 FastCarta alternatives: Ledgy, Pulley
Kimi K2Carta alternatives: Cake Equity, Eqvista, Ledgy, Pulley

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
Qapita leads by five points.
Qapita5%#5 of 6
Shareworks0%#– of 6
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Qapita leads by ten points.
Qapita14%#2 of 8
Shareworks3%#7 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Shareworks leads at enterprise.
Shareworks20%#2 of 9
Qapita9%#3 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Qapita

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

What the models said about Shareworks

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

“treat any enterprise-level platform (Shareworks, Morgan Stanley) as a contract trap for early-stage companies” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“and Shareworks, which are overkill and overpriced for a budget-conscious company” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“### 3. The One to Skip (with a caveat): Shareworks by Morgan Stanley” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“Carta or Shareworks are typically the most balanced choices” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Strong for your profile, but quote-only pricing” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“The gold standard if your company is actively planning an IPO within the next 12 to 24 months... generally considered heavy and slow” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale 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.