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FP&A platforms · September 2026 Edition

Vena vs Clockwork

Two of twelve models named Vena first on the direct prompt; zero named Clockwork. Vena was named by twelve of the twelve models and Clockwork by ten and Vena carries 45 labels and Clockwork 13, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Vena

accepted challenger

Named in ten 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#1#3A position in a field of 16; printed, not drawn.
Labels4513A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Vena reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Pigment was named alongside these two in eight of the twelve direct answers. Vena vs Pigment · Pigment 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.
VenaFirst choices, of twelve modelsClockwork
Direct20
Paraphrase50
Comparative10
Budget-constrained071 against Vena
Scale-constrained00
Negative006 against Vena
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 Vena and Clockwork stood in it.

Vena first, Clockwork not the choice

2 of 12 modelsClockwork was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniPlanful, Vena alternatives: Cube, Datarails
Grok 4.1 FastCube, Vena alternatives: Datarails, Pigment

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 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
DeepSeek V4 FlashDatarails alternatives: Planful, Prophix, Vena
GLM 4.7 FlashXPigment alternatives: Aleph, Centage, Cube, Datarails, Planful, Prophix, Vena, Workday Adaptive Planning

Neither was named

6 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Gemini 3.5 FlashDrivetrain alternatives: Bob Finance, Cube, Planful
Mistral SmallCentage alternatives: Abacum, Aleph, Datarails, Workday Adaptive Planning
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
MiniMax M2.5Pigment alternatives: Aleph, Centage, Datarails, Workday Adaptive Planning

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 fifty-seven points.
Clockwork60%#1 of 13
Vena2%#7 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Vena15%#1 of 16
Clockwork15%#3 of 16
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Vena0%#12 of 12
Clockwork0%#– of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Vena

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

“"would rather eat a bullet than use it again." ... Anaplan and Vena are the two with the most consistent negative sentiment” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“If data sovereignty and verified security audits are non-negotiable for you, this is a major red flag.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid: Vena (ongoing performance, learning curve, support, and security concerns)” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“Go with Vena if your finance team wants to continue modeling in Excel but needs to eliminate spreadsheet errors and automate data ingestion from your ERP.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Choose Vena or Datarails if you have a small to mid-sized finance team that wants to retain the comfort of using Excel” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative 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 PigmentPigment 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.