# FP&A platforms for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, September 2026

Finance AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition. Asked as "FP&A software" and as "financial planning and analysis platform", six framings each, to twelve models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://finance-ai-index.com/planning/fpa-platforms/enterprise/

**Standing:** Anaplan leads with 48% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 40 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| # | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anaplan | 48% | 20% | 66 |
| 2 | Workday Adaptive Planning | 20% | 19% | 64 |
| 3 | Pigment | 15% | 10% | 40 |
| 4 | OneStream | 2% | 9% | 45 |
| 5 | Board | 2% | 3% | 31 |
| 6 | IBM Planning Analytics | 2% | 19% | 21 |
| 7 | Cube | 2% | 47% | 17 |
| 8 | Oracle Cloud EPM | 0% | 9% | 35 |
| 9 | SAP Analytics Cloud | 0% | 11% | 19 |
| 10 | CCH Tagetik | 0% | 7% | 15 |
| 11 | Planful | 0% | 19% | 21 |
| 12 | Vena | 0% | 36% | 25 |

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: no first choice
- GPT-5.4 mini: Anaplan; alternatives Oracle Cloud EPM, Pigment, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Pigment; alternatives Anaplan, Planful, Vena, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Perplexity Sonar: Pigment; alternatives Anaplan, Board, CCH Tagetik, IBM Planning Analytics
- Grok 4.1 Fast: Anaplan; alternatives OneStream, Oracle Cloud EPM, Pigment, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Mistral Small: Pigment; alternatives Anaplan, Oracle Cloud EPM
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Anaplan, Pigment; alternatives OneStream, Workday Adaptive Planning
- Llama 4 Maverick: Workday Adaptive Planning
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Anaplan; alternatives OneStream, Oracle Cloud EPM, Planful, Vena
- Kimi K2: Pigment; alternatives Anaplan, IBM Planning Analytics, OneStream, Workday Adaptive Planning
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Anaplan, Board; alternatives CCH Tagetik, OneStream, Oracle Cloud EPM, SAP Analytics Cloud
- MiniMax M2.5: Workday Adaptive Planning; alternatives Anaplan, Board, OneStream, Oracle Cloud EPM

## Sources the answers cite

66 of 72 answers came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- getaleph.com: 44 answers, 72 citations
- cfoshortlist.com: 42 answers, 75 citations
- board.com: 37 answers, 61 citations
- financecopilothq.com: 36 answers, 39 citations
- centage.com: 31 answers, 32 citations
- drivetrain.ai: 29 answers, 41 citations
- cubesoftware.com: 23 answers, 35 citations
- learn.g2.com: 19 answers, 22 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://getaleph.com/answers/top-fpa-software-2026 (35 answers)
- https://financecopilothq.com/best-fpa-software (34 answers)
- https://centage.com/blog/best-fp-a-software (30 answers)
- https://board.com/guide/best-fpa-software-for-enterprises (29 answers)
- https://board.com/guide/best-fpa-software (26 answers)
- https://cfoshortlist.com/reports/best-fpa-software-2026 (26 answers)
- https://drivetrain.ai/solutions/financial-planning-analysis-software (25 answers)
- https://learn.g2.com/best-fpa-software (19 answers)
- https://viewpointanalysis.com/post/financial-planning-and-analysis-software-options-2026 (18 answers)
- https://cubesoftware.com/blog/best-fpa-software-tools (14 answers)

## Warned against

- Anaplan: 13 of 66 labels negative. "Avoid Anaplan / Workday / OneStream unless you have a dedicated procurement team to cap escalation" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)
- Workday Adaptive Planning: 12 of 64 labels negative. "Avoid Anaplan / Workday / OneStream unless you have a dedicated procurement team" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)
- Vena: 9 of 25 labels negative. "Mid-Market/Value-Tier Tools (e.g., Cube, Datarails, Centage, Jirav, Vena for non-Excel natives)" (Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt)
- Cube: 8 of 17 labels negative. "Spreadsheet-Native Tools (Cube, Datarails/Jirav) ... Why to avoid: These platforms sit "on top of" spreadsheets rather than replacing the architecture." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)

## Record

- Method: https://finance-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://finance-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Finance AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition, finance-ai-index.com.