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Corporate performance management · September 2026 Edition

Prophix vs Anaplan

Four of twelve models named Prophix first on the direct prompt; zero named Anaplan. Prophix was named by nine of the twelve models and Anaplan by twelve and Prophix carries 23 labels and Anaplan 41, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Prophix

accepted challenger

Named in nine categories this edition.

Anaplan

criticized challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

First-choice share12%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate9%56%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#8A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels2341A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Prophix reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Planful was named alongside these two in ten of the twelve direct answers. Planful vs Prophix · Planful vs Anaplan · Vena vs Prophix

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

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
ProphixFirst choices, of twelve modelsAnaplan
Direct401 against Anaplan
Paraphrase115 against Anaplan
Comparative003 against Anaplan
Budget-constrained004 against Anaplan
Scale-constrained002 against Anaplan
Negative002 against Prophix · 8 against Anaplan
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, Prophix and Anaplan were named in the same answer seventy-two times, of the 168 answers naming Prophix and the 438 naming Anaplan. In those answers Anaplan took the first choice four times and Prophix six.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Prophix first, Anaplan not the choice

4 of 12 modelsAnaplan was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
DeepSeek V4 FlashPlanful, Prophix alternatives: Cube, Datarails, Drivetrain, Vena, Workday Adaptive Planning
Kimi K2Planful, Prophix alternatives: Cube, Drivetrain, OneStream, Vena
GLM 4.7 FlashXProphix alternatives: Drivetrain, Limelight, Planful, Vena
MiniMax M2.5Pigment, Planful, Prophix alternatives: Cube, Drivetrain, Workday Adaptive Planning

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashPigment alternatives: Cube, Mosaic, NetSuite Planning and Budgeting, Planful, Prophix, Vena
Perplexity SonarPlanful alternatives: Drivetrain, Prophix
Grok 4.1 FastPlanful alternatives: Drivetrain, Prophix, Vena
Mistral SmallPlanful alternatives: Cube, Drivetrain, Prophix
Llama 4 MaverickPlanful alternatives: Drivetrain, Prophix, Workday Adaptive Planning, deFacto Global
Qwen 3.7 FlashSonar alternatives: Anaplan, OneStream, Planful, Vena

Neither was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
GPT-5.4 miniWorkday Adaptive Planning alternatives: OneStream, Oracle Fusion Cloud EPM

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
Prophix leads by four points.
Prophix4%#6 of 11
Anaplan0%#11 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Prophix leads by ten points.
Prophix12%#3 of 12
Anaplan2%#8 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Anaplan leads at enterprise.
Anaplan30%#2 of 12
Prophix0%#– of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Prophix

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

“1. Prophix One™ – Best for Planning + Financial Close in One Platform ... Designed specifically for mid-market organizations” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Anaplan

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

“you generally want to avoid heavy enterprise platforms like Anaplan or Oracle (which cost tens of thousands annually)” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Anaplan or Workday Adaptive Planning are the top recommendations due to their scalability, strong FP&A features” Mistral Small · paraphrase 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.