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Entity management for small business buyers

Asked as “legal entity management software”, and as “corporate governance and entity management tool”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 44 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.

Standing

EntityKeeper

Contested

25% of first choices, contested.

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By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.

Small business

EntityKeeper25%ContestedThis page Mid-market

Athennian18%ContestedStanding →Enterprise

Diligent Entities30%ContestedStanding →

01The standing

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.

ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant

EntityKeeper10%42accepted challenger

ContractZen0%16accepted challenger

MinuteBox8%12accepted challenger

Diliforce0%10accepted challenger

Filejet0%12accepted challenger

LegalX0%11accepted challenger

Carta13%15accepted challenger

Diligent Entities48%27criticized challenger

Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate

Diligent91%11criticized challenger

CSC Entity Management67%21criticized challenger

Athennian46%35criticized challenger

Corporify0%11accepted challenger

Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its vendor page.

Head to head

Athennian vs EntityKeeper Athennian vs Commenda EntityKeeper vs Commenda

Recommended versus criticized

Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.

Criticized challengerCriticized default

Negative label rate →

Accepted challengerEndorsed leader

0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%

Key

EntityKeeper25%

ContractZen16%

MinuteBox14%

Diliforce11%

Filejet7%

LegalX7%

Carta2%

Diligent Entities2%

Corporify0%

Athennian0%

CSC Entity Management0%

Diligent0%

02What they warned about

One of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. 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 and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.

Diligent

91%

10 of 11 labels negative · 8 of 12 models · 6 hard negative

“**Diligent** (mentioned explicitly): - Extremely high price tags with hidden module costs - Overly complex user interface designed for Fortune 500 companies” MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt

Athennian

46%

16 of 35 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 6 hard negative

“**Tools to Avoid:** *Diligent Entities, Athennian, Computershare GEMS, DiliTrust Governance Suite*” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt

CSC Entity Management

67%

14 of 21 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 5 hard negative

“**Diligent Entities / CSC:** While they are industry giants, they are built for massive multinational conglomerates” Gemini 3.5 Flash, scale prompt

Diligent Entities

48%

13 of 27 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 6 hard negative

“Category C: Avoid (For Now) ... built for massive multinational conglomerates ... the cost will likely exceed your budget.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, scale prompt

03What they cite

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: twelve of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.

Sites the answers cite

65 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 6 of those lists are Google grounding redirects that name no site and are left out of the counts. 891 links across 139 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

worldmetrics.org

37 answers · 68 citations · 9 models

g2.com

33 answers · 68 citations · 10 models

capterra.com

33 answers · 53 citations · 11 models

getapp.com

31 answers · 43 citations · 10 models

techbullion.com

30 answers · 30 citations · 10 models

zipdo.co

vendor site · Zipdo26 answers · 39 citations · 10 models

f6s.com

25 answers · 26 citations · 9 models

diligent.com

vendor site · Diligent20 answers · 35 citations · 11 models

coverpin.com

vendor site · Coverpin20 answers · 21 citations · 9 models

commenda.io

vendor site · Commenda19 answers · 33 citations · 10 models

gitnux.org

19 answers · 28 citations · 9 models

sourceforge.net

17 answers · 22 citations · 8 models

Pages the answers cite

The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.

techbullion.com/the-6-best-entity-management-tools-in-2026

30 answers · 10 models

capterra.com/entity-management-software

27 answers · 10 models

worldmetrics.org/best/entity-management-software

26 answers · 9 models

f6s.com/software/category/legal-entity-management

22 answers · 9 models

g2.com/categories/entity-management

20 answers · 10 models

getapp.com/operations-management-software/entity-management

20 answers · 8 models

worldmetrics.org/best/legal-entity-management-software

20 answers · 8 models

coverpin.com/resources/top-10-entity-management-tools-compared

17 answers · 8 models

gitnux.org/best/entity-management-software

15 answers · 9 models

worldmetrics.org/best/entity-software

15 answers · 6 models

04How they answered

Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.

ModelDirect“What is the best legal entity management software for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which corporate governance and entity management tool would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top entity management tools for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best legal entity management software for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a legal entity management software. What should we look at?”Negative“Which entity management tools should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”

Claude Haiku 4.5Diliforce

Three alternatives

Carta, EnGlobe, Entrix

ContractZenChanged

One alternative

Athennian

EntityKeeper

Five alternatives

Athennian, Commenda, Constellate, CoreAdmin, Deel

Diliforce

Three alternatives

EntityKeeper, Lextree, MinuteBox

no first choiceagainst: Diligent

GPT-5.4 miniDiligent Entities

Three alternatives

Athennian, Klea, Kube

Corporate CreationsChanged

One alternative

Diligent Entities

Athennian

Three alternatives

BoardEffect, Diligent Boards, Diligent Entities

Filejet

One alternative

CSC Entity Management

no first choicenothing named

Gemini 3.5 FlashLextree

Three alternatives

ContractZen, EntityKeeper, Filejet

against: CSC Entity Management, CT Corporation Entity Management, Diligent EntitiesContractZenChanged

Two alternatives

EntityKeeper, Lextree

against: Athennian, Diligent EntitiesContractZen

Four alternatives

EntityKeeper, Filejet, Lextree, MinuteBox

against: CSC Entity Management, Computershare GEMS, DiligentContractZen

Two alternatives

Lextree, Xakia

against: Athennian, CSC Entity Management, DiligentFilejet, MinuteBox

Four alternatives

Commenda, ContractZen, Diliforce, Harbor Compliance

against: Athennian, CSC Entity Management, Diligent Entitiesagainst: Athennian, Bizee, Computershare GEMS, DiliTrust Governance Suite, Diligent Entities, LegalZoom, ZenBusiness

Perplexity SonarEntityKeeper, MinuteBox

One alternative

Athennian

against: CSC Entity ManagementContractZenChanged

Two alternatives

BoardPaq, Sprinto

Corporify, Legalboards

Five alternatives

Carta, DiliTrust Governance Suite, EntityKeeper, Filejet, Pulley

EntityKeeperagainst: Athennian, CSC Entity Managementno first choicenothing named

Grok 4.1 FastDiliforce

Two alternatives

Corporify, EntityKeeper

against: Athennian, CSC Entity Management, Computershare GEMS, Diligent EntitiesContractZenChangedagainst: Encompass, EntityKeeperEntityKeeper

Two alternatives

Carta, Diligent Entities

against: AthennianDiliforce

Two alternatives

Commenda, MinuteBox

against: Athennian, CSC Entity Management, EntityKeeperno first choiceagainst: CSC Entity Management, Computershare GEMS, Diligent Entities

Mistral SmallLegalX, MinuteBox

Three alternatives

Athennian, Diligent Entities, Encompass

Carta, ContractZenChanged

One alternative

Diliforce

Carta, Pulley

Four alternatives

Athennian, Corporify, DiliTrust Governance Suite, EntityKeeper

EntityKeeperagainst: Wolters Kluwer Legiswayno first choicenothing named

DeepSeek V4 FlashEntityKeeper, MinuteBox

One alternative

Diliforce

against: Athennian, CSC / CT Corporation, Diligent EntitiesEntityKeeperChanged

One alternative

ContractZen

against: MinuteBoxEntityKeeper, Klea

Three alternatives

Athennian, CSC Entity Management, Corporify

against: Diligent EntitiesCommenda

Two alternatives

Diliforce, EntityKeeper

against: Athennian, DiligentNEWTON

Five alternatives

Carta, Corporify, EntityKeeper, LegalX, Pulley

against: Athennian, CSC Entity Management, CT Corporation Entity Management, Diligent Entitiesagainst: Athennian, CSC Entity Management, CT Corporation Entity Management, Diligent Entities, Registered Agents, Inc.

Llama 4 Maverickno first choiceMinuteBoxChanged

Three alternatives

Athennian, ContractZen, Filejet

Corporify

Two alternatives

Carta, EntityKeeper

no first choiceno first choiceagainst: Diligent

Qwen 3.7 FlashEntityKeeper

Two alternatives

Commenda, ContractZen

against: Athennian, DiligentContractZenChanged

One alternative

Diliforce

Zipdo

Two alternatives

Corporify, EntityKeeper

against: CartaCapbase

Four alternatives

Airtable, Corppoint, Discern, Spreadsheet + Registered Agent Portal

against: Boardable, Diligent, EntityKeeperno first choiceagainst: Commenda, Corppass, Diligent Boards, Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft Excel

Kimi K2Filejet

Two alternatives

Corporify, Lextree

against: Athennian, Diligent Entities, EntityKeeperEntityKeeperChanged

Three alternatives

Filejet, LegalX, Legalboards

EntityKeeper

Three alternatives

Filejet, LegalX, Pulley

against: CartaDiliforce

One alternative

EntityKeeper

against: Athennian, CSC Entity Management, Diligent Entitiesno first choiceagainst: Diligent

GLM 4.7 FlashXEntityKeeper

Four alternatives

Athennian, Diligent Entities, LegalX, Xakia

EntityKeeperHeld

Two alternatives

Commenda, Filejet

EntityKeeper, Pulley

Four alternatives

Athennian, Carta, Diligent Entities, LegalX

Lextree

One alternative

EntityKeeper

against: Athennian, DiligentLegalX

Five alternatives

Diligent Entities, EntityKeeper, Klea, Legalboards, RazorSign

against: CT Corporation Entity Managementagainst: CSC Entity Management

MiniMax M2.5EntityKeeper, MinuteBox

One alternative

LegalX

EntityKeeperChanged

One alternative

ContractZen

against: EncompassCarta

Four alternatives

Discern, EnGlobe, EntityKeeper, LegalX

against: CSC Entity Management, CT Corporation Entity Management, Diligent EntitiesLegalX, Otonomos

One alternative

Google Sheets/Excel Templates

no first choiceagainst: Diligent

Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against

05The record

One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record

Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.

Prompt	Model	Version string	Time (UTC)	Searched	Sources	Latency
Direct recommendation	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 18:38	yes	9	7 s
Direct recommendation	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 18:02	yes	3	5 s
Direct recommendation	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 21:52	yes	14	23 s
Direct recommendation	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 20:50	yes	17	7 s
Direct recommendation	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 19:47	yes	35	19 s
Direct recommendation	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 18:17	yes	10	9 s
Direct recommendation	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 20:43	yes	20	14 s
Direct recommendation	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 18:28	yes	5	3 s
Direct recommendation	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 18:05	yes	27	71 s
Direct recommendation	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 20:38	yes	15	43 s
Direct recommendation	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 21:01	yes	16	61 s
Direct recommendation	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 20:20	yes	8	23 s
Paraphrase	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 20:59	yes	9	8 s
Paraphrase	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 18:36	no	0	3 s
Paraphrase	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 19:16	yes	20	20 s
Paraphrase	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 19:08	yes	17	5 s
Paraphrase	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 19:41	yes	34	16 s
Paraphrase	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 20:57	yes	5	4 s
Paraphrase	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 18:04	yes	26	32 s
Paraphrase	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 19:24	yes	5	3 s
Paraphrase	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 18:27	yes	10	33 s
Paraphrase	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 19:35	yes	9	20 s
Paraphrase	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 19:21	yes	24	179 s
Paraphrase	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 20:44	yes	13	26 s
Comparative	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 18:28	yes	9	8 s
Comparative	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 19:01	yes	5	8 s
Comparative	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 19:50	yes	29	32 s
Comparative	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 20:07	yes	20	7 s
Comparative	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 17:55	yes	21	17 s
Comparative	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 20:09	yes	8	8 s
Comparative	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 20:17	yes	26	27 s
Comparative	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 19:38	yes	5	3 s
Comparative	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 18:51	yes	5	22 s
Comparative	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 21:07	yes	22	54 s
Comparative	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 18:44	yes	18	166 s
Comparative	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 20:31	yes	16	30 s
Budget constrained	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 17:53	yes	9	6 s
Budget constrained	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 17:58	yes	2	5 s
Budget constrained	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 18:09	yes	13	21 s
Budget constrained	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 19:51	yes	20	5 s
Budget constrained	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 20:35	yes	46	23 s
Budget constrained	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 19:46	yes	5	3 s
Budget constrained	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 19:50	yes	20	19 s
Budget constrained	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 18:17	yes	5	2 s
Budget constrained	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 19:23	yes	23	72 s
Budget constrained	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 18:20	yes	18	43 s
Budget constrained	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 19:36	yes	29	60 s
Budget constrained	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 20:59	yes	5	13 s
Scale constrained	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 20:54	no	0	5 s
Scale constrained	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 20:18	no	0	7 s
Scale constrained	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 19:34	yes	18	24 s
Scale constrained	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 20:17	yes	18	9 s
Scale constrained	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 17:54	yes	12	10 s
Scale constrained	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 18:19	no	0	6 s
Scale constrained	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 19:36	yes	20	22 s
Scale constrained	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 20:23	yes	5	4 s
Scale constrained	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 20:50	no	0	26 s
Scale constrained	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 18:47	yes	9	20 s
Scale constrained	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 19:16	yes	11	58 s
Scale constrained	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 20:23	no	0	10 s
Negative framing	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 19:05	yes	9	7 s
Negative framing	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 19:27	no	0	3 s
Negative framing	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 21:57	yes	18	58 s
Negative framing	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 19:29	yes	20	5 s
Negative framing	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 18:33	yes	36	18 s
Negative framing	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 19:44	yes	8	6 s
Negative framing	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 20:43	yes	20	22 s
Negative framing	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 18:44	yes	5	3 s
Negative framing	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 20:48	yes	9	54 s
Negative framing	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 18:10	yes	26	35 s
Negative framing	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 18:18	yes	24	133 s
Negative framing	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 18:04	yes	5	19 s

Normalization in this category

Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.

Category-scoped readings

CSC read as CSC Entity Management

CT Corporation read as CT Corporation Entity Management

Computershare read as Computershare GEMS

DiliTrust read as DiliTrust Governance Suite

Excel read as Microsoft Excel

Harbor Compliance Entity Manager read as Harbor Compliance

Unresolved, counted raw

Bizee (formerly Incfile)

CTMfile

Constellate

CoreAdmin

Corporate Creations

Corppass

Corppoint

EntityKnit

Entrix

FounderShield

Google Sheets/Excel Templates

LegalZoom

RazorSign

Registered Agents, Inc.

Rocket Lawyer

Spreadsheet + Registered Agent Portal

Tailor Brands

TrackYourDocs

Wolters Kluwer OneSumX

Discontinued, still offered

No shut-down product was recommended here.

Entity management for small business buyers

By buyer segment

01The standing

Recommended versus criticized

02What they warned about

03What they cite

Sites the answers cite

Pages the answers cite

04How they answered

05The record

Normalization in this category

Also in equity and corporate