Vena vs Fathom
Two of twelve models named Vena first on the direct prompt; zero named Fathom. Vena was named by twelve of the twelve models and Fathom by ten and Vena carries 45 labels and Fathom 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in ten 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.
By framing
VenaFirst choices, of twelve modelsFathom
Every model, every framing
| 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 | |
Vena Fathom first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Vena on the left and Fathom on the right.The direct prompt
Vena first, Fathom not the choice
2 of 12 modelsFathom was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.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.Neither was named
6 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Vena15%#1 of 16Fathom10%#5 of 16What 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 Fathom
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“Fathom (cheapest) or Clockwork (best overall for forecasting + AI) are your strongest picks” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Fathom – Best Value for Money ... Fathom is the most cost-effective professional solution” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
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.