# Vena vs QuickBooks Online: which do AI models recommend for financial reporting, September 2026

Finance AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition, Financial reporting and dashboards. Three of twelve models named Vena first on the direct prompt; zero named QuickBooks Online. Page: https://finance-ai-index.com/planning/financial-reporting-and-dashboards/vena-vs-quickbooks-online/

| | First-choice share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Models naming it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vena | 6% | #3 of 14 | 6% | 18 | 11 of 12 |
| QuickBooks Online | 2% | #8 of 14 | 25% | 12 | 9 of 12 |

## The direct prompt, model by model

- Claude Haiku 4.5: vena first (first choices: Sage Intacct, Vena) (alternatives: Datarails, FineReport, Maxio, Oracle NetSuite, Planful)
- Kimi K2: vena first (first choices: Sage Intacct, Vena) (alternatives: Cube, Datarails)
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: vena first (first choices: Datarails, Vena) (alternatives: Cube, HighRadius, Sage Intacct, Workday Adaptive Planning)
- Perplexity Sonar: neither first, one named (first choices: Sage Intacct) (alternatives: Datarails, Prophix, Vena)
- Grok 4.1 Fast: neither first, one named (first choices: Sage Intacct) (alternatives: Datarails, Vena)
- Mistral Small: neither first, one named (first choices: Sage Intacct) (alternatives: Fairview, Vena)
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: Sage Intacct) (alternatives: Datarails, Maxio, Oracle NetSuite, Vena)
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: Sage Intacct) (alternatives: Fathom, Looker Studio, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Oracle NetSuite, Planful, Vena)
- GPT-5.4 mini: neither named (first choices: Sage Intacct) (alternatives: Oracle NetSuite)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: neither named (first choices: Cube, Pigment) (alternatives: Aleph, Datarails, Oracle NetSuite, Planful, Sage Intacct)
- Llama 4 Maverick: neither named (first choices: Sage Intacct)
- MiniMax M2.5: neither named (first choices: Sage Intacct) (alternatives: Cube, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance, Oracle NetSuite, Workday Adaptive Planning)

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. Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category. Published under CC BY 4.0; the output is the models' output, and nothing here is a recommendation by the index.