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FP&A platforms · September 2026 Edition

Pigment vs Clockwork

Five of twelve models named Pigment first on the direct prompt; zero named Clockwork. Pigment was named by twelve of the twelve models and Clockwork by ten and Pigment carries 38 labels and Clockwork 13, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Pigment

accepted challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

Clockwork

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

First-choice share15%15%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate16%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 16; printed, not drawn.
Labels3813A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Pigment reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Datarails was named alongside these two in seven of the twelve direct answers. Vena vs Pigment · Vena vs Clockwork

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 FP&A platforms page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
PigmentFirst choices, of twelve modelsClockwork
Direct501 against Pigment
Paraphrase10
Comparative00
Budget-constrained072 against Pigment
Scale-constrained10
Negative003 against Pigment
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 Pigment and Clockwork stood in it.

Pigment first, Clockwork not the choice

5 of 12 modelsClockwork was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Llama 4 MaverickPigment alternatives: Aleph, Centage, Workday Adaptive Planning
Qwen 3.7 FlashPigment alternatives: Aleph, Centage, Datarails, Workday Adaptive Planning
Kimi K2Pigment alternatives: Aleph, Centage, Workday Adaptive Planning
GLM 4.7 FlashXPigment alternatives: Aleph, Centage, Cube, Datarails, Planful, Prophix, Vena, Workday Adaptive Planning
MiniMax M2.5Pigment alternatives: Aleph, Centage, Datarails, Workday Adaptive Planning

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Planful alternatives: Pigment, Prophix, Vena
Perplexity SonarPlanful alternatives: Aleph, Centage, Pigment, Prophix, Vena
Grok 4.1 FastCube, Vena alternatives: Datarails, Pigment

Neither was named

4 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniPlanful, Vena alternatives: Cube, Datarails
Gemini 3.5 FlashDrivetrain alternatives: Bob Finance, Cube, Planful
Mistral SmallCentage alternatives: Abacum, Aleph, Datarails, Workday Adaptive Planning
DeepSeek V4 FlashDatarails alternatives: Planful, Prophix, 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
Clockwork leads by sixty points.
Clockwork60%#1 of 13
Pigment0%#10 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Pigment15%#2 of 16
Clockwork15%#3 of 16
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Pigment leads at enterprise.
Pigment15%#3 of 12
Clockwork0%#– of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Pigment

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

“Avoid or be cautious about enterprise platforms (Anaplan, Workday Adaptive, Planful, Pigment)” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“What to avoid when budget is tight ... overkill for a budget-conscious company” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Pigment and other enterprise platforms have pricing that "scales significantly with user count and data volume."” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Pigment | Tech-forward mid-market, driver‑based modeling, rapid scenario analysis | Deep driver‑based modeling ... enterprise‑grade power on short implementation timelines” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“Go with Pigment if you are forward-looking, have a modern finance team, and want a highly collaborative, visual, and agile scenario-planning tool.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Clockwork

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

“Clockwork is the best FP&A software for a limited budget due to its balance of features, ease of use, and transparent pricing” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“Clockwork is highlighted as a leading option that delivers forecasting, scenario planning, and an AI analyst from $149/month” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“The best FP&A software for a company with a limited budget is Clockwork, which is a strong overall option” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared
Vena vs PigmentVena vs ClockworkThe full FP&A platforms 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.