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Entity management · September 2026 Edition

Athennian vs Diligent Entities

Four of twelve models named Athennian first on the direct prompt; one named Diligent Entities. Both were named by all twelve models and Athennian carries 39 labels and Diligent Entities 31, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Athennian

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Diligent Entities

criticized challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share18%3%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate15%29%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#6A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels3931A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Athennian reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Commenda was named alongside these two in eight of the twelve direct answers. Athennian vs EntityKeeper · Athennian vs Commenda · Athennian vs ContractZen

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 entity 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.
AthennianFirst choices, of twelve modelsDiligent Entities
Direct411 against Diligent Entities
Paraphrase301 against Athennian · 1 against Diligent Entities
Comparative521 against Diligent Entities
Budget-constrained004 against Athennian · 4 against Diligent Entities
Scale-constrained00
Negative101 against Athennian · 2 against Diligent Entities
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, Athennian and Diligent Entities were named in the same answer seventy-nine times, of the 111 answers naming Athennian and the 98 naming Diligent Entities. In those answers Diligent Entities took the first choice ten times and Athennian fourteen.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Athennian and Diligent Entities stood in it.

Athennian first, Diligent Entities an alternative

4 of 12 modelsDiligent Entities was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashAthennian alternatives: EntityKeeper, Filejet, MinuteBox
Grok 4.1 FastAthennian alternatives: Carta, Diligent Entities, Pulley
DeepSeek V4 FlashAthennian alternatives: CSC Entity Management, CT Corporation Entity Management, Commenda, Diligent Entities, EntityKeeper
GLM 4.7 FlashXAthennian alternatives: CSC Entity Management, Commenda, Diligent Entities, EntityKeeper

Diligent Entities first, Athennian not the choice

1 of 12 modelsAthennian was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniDiligent Entities alternatives: Harbor Compliance

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Commenda alternatives: Athennian, CT Corporation Entity Management, Diligent Entities
Qwen 3.7 FlashCommenda alternatives: Diligent Entities, LegalX
Kimi K2Filejet alternatives: Athennian, Commenda, Diligent Entities
MiniMax M2.5Commenda alternatives: Athennian, Diligent Entities, GateWay Entities

Neither was named

3 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Perplexity SonarCommenda alternatives: Computershare GEMS, Fides
Mistral SmallContractZen alternatives: Commenda, GateWay Entities
Llama 4 MaverickOcorian alternatives: Coverpin, F6S

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
Diligent Entities leads by two points.
Diligent Entities2%#8 of 12
Athennian0%#10 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Athennian leads at mid-market.
Athennian18%#1 of 12
Diligent Entities3%#6 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Diligent Entities leads at enterprise.
Diligent Entities30%#1 of 8
Athennian20%#2 of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Athennian

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

“Avoid Enterprise Tools: Athennian, Diligent Entities, etc., start at $15K+/year—overkill and too pricey” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid enterprise platforms like Diligent Entities or Athennian if budget-constrained” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“"Priced for firms, not micro teams" and "doesn't have flexibility to add complex codes and logic"” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Athennian (Best Overall for Legal & Finance Collaboration) ... widely considered the gold standard for modern, cloud-native entity management” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Best Overall for Mid‑Market B2B: Athennian—AI‑powered, highly rated, and flexible for complex entity structures.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“For most mid-market B2B companies, Athennian is widely recommended as the strongest fit for in-house legal teams” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Diligent Entities

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

“What to Avoid: Diligent Entities and similar enterprise solutions - typically start at $15,000-$50,000/year” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid Enterprise Tools: Athennian, Diligent Entities, etc., start at $15K+/year—overkill and too pricey” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid enterprise platforms like Diligent Entities or Athennian if budget-constrained” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Diligent Entities is the industry standard for enterprise governance.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“Best overall for legal entity management: Diligent Entities” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · first choice
“the enterprise standard for multinationals” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative 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.