Planful vs Pigment
Seven of twelve models named Planful first on the direct prompt; two named Pigment. Planful was named by twelve of the twelve models and Pigment by ten and Planful carries 40 labels and Pigment 21, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in nine categories this edition.
Named in six categories 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 corporate performance management page.
By framing
PlanfulFirst choices, of twelve modelsPigment
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Planful and Pigment were named in the same answer ninety-four times, of the 306 answers naming Planful and the 186 naming Pigment. In those answers Pigment took the first choice eleven times and Planful six.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | |
Planful Pigment first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Planful on the left and Pigment on the right.The direct prompt
Both were the first choice
1 of 12 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.Planful first, Pigment not the choice
6 of 12 modelsPigment was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Pigment first, Planful an alternative
1 of 12 modelsPlanful was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
2 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Planful29%#1 of 12Pigment5%#5 of 12What the models said about Planful
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“What to Avoid on a Limited Budget | Planful | ~$50,000–$100,000 (3-year TCO) | Mid-market to enterprise focus” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“1. Planful (G2: 4.3/5) - Why it fits: Cloud FP&A platform excelling in budgeting, forecasting, consolidation, and reporting for mid-sized firms” Grok 4.1 Fast · direct prompt · first choice
“The best EPM software for a mid-market B2B company includes Planful, Prophix, Drivetrain, Workday Adaptive Planning, and deFacto Global.” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Pigment
No label in this category carried a quote.
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.