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Financial modeling and scenario planning · September 2026 Edition

Google Sheets vs Cube

Zero of twelve models named Google Sheets first on the direct prompt; two named Cube. Google Sheets was named by eight of the twelve models and Cube by nine and Google Sheets carries 10 labels and Cube 18, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Google Sheets

accepted challenger

Named in nine categories this edition.

Cube

accepted challenger

Named in nine categories this edition.

First-choice share13%11%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels1018A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Google Sheets reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Datarails was named alongside these two in ten of the twelve direct answers. Datarails vs Google Sheets · Datarails vs Cube

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 financial modeling and scenario planning page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Google SheetsFirst choices, of twelve modelsCube
Direct02
Paraphrase03
Comparative00
Budget-constrained60
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
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.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Google Sheets and Cube stood in it.

Cube first, Google Sheets not the choice

2 of 12 modelsGoogle Sheets was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.1 FastCube, Datarails alternatives: Drivetrain, Limelight, Pigment, Vena
Qwen 3.7 FlashCube alternatives: Fathom, Float, Jedox, Jirav, Planful, Vena

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashMosaic, Pigment alternatives: Centage Planning Maestro, Cube, Datarails, Planful, Vena
Mistral SmallDatarails, Limelight alternatives: Cube, Planful, Vena
DeepSeek V4 FlashLimelight alternatives: Abacum, Cube, Datarails, Pigment, Planful
Llama 4 MaverickDatarails alternatives: Abacum, Cube, Lucanet xP&A, Mosaic, Vena
Kimi K2Datarails alternatives: Aleph, Centage Planning Maestro, Cube
GLM 4.7 FlashXDatarails alternatives: Cube, Drivetrain, Mosaic, Planful
MiniMax M2.5Datarails alternatives: Cube, Planful

Neither was named

3 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
GPT-5.4 miniDatarails alternatives: Abacum, Anaplan
Perplexity SonarDatarails, Drivetrain alternatives: Anaplan, Planful, Vena

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
Level: the same share of first choices.
Google Sheets6%#8 of 13
Cube6%#4 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Google Sheets leads by two points.
Google Sheets13%#2 of 8
Cube11%#3 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Cube leads at enterprise.
Cube3%#– of 7
Google Sheets0%#– of 7
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Google Sheets

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

“Start with Google Sheets or Excel, and optionally use EasyFinancialModels for templates.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
“Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets remain the practical sweet spot” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“includes options like Google Sheets or Excel, which are free or low-cost” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Cube

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

“Cube: This is currently one of the fastest-growing tools in this space.... | Loves Excel and hates change | Cube |” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“For a general mid-sized B2B company, Cube gives the best cost/value balance and adoption ease.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Also compared
Datarails vs Google SheetsDatarails vs CubeThe full financial modeling standing

Comparisons are drawn for the top three products in each category. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.