Five of twelve models named Pigment first on the direct prompt; one named Cube. Both were named by all twelve models and Pigment carries 38 labels and Cube 37, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in six categories this edition.
Named in nine categories this edition.
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.
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Pigment and Cube were named in the same answer eighty-seven times, of the 186 answers naming Pigment and the 311 naming Cube. In those answers Cube took the first choice nine times and Pigment nine.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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.
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
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“Avoid pricier ones like Jirav (~$10K/year), Cube/Datarails ($1K+/month)” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · hard negative
“you quickly hit "guardrails"... still prone to broken formulas, version-control friction, and performance lag” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
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.