Index › Planning and analysis › September 2026 Edition

SaaS metrics and analytics

Asked as “SaaS metrics dashboard”, and as “ARR analytics tool”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 42 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.

Standing

ChartMogul

Clear leader

45% of first choices, clear leader.

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By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.

Small business

ChartMogul37%ContestedStanding →Mid-market

ChartMogul45%Clear leaderThis page Enterprise

ChartMogul19%ContestedStanding →

01The standing

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. Ordered by share.

ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant

ChartMogul9%54endorsed leader

ProfitWell Metrics18%38accepted challenger

Looker Studio13%15accepted challenger

Databox4%23accepted challenger

Baremetrics22%41accepted challenger

Microsoft Power BI7%14accepted challenger

Tableau18%11accepted challenger

Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate

Amplitude29%21criticized challenger

Mixpanel19%27accepted challenger

Maxio10%10accepted challenger

PostHog0%19accepted challenger

Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its vendor page.

Head to head

ChartMogul vs ProfitWell Metrics ChartMogul vs Looker Studio ProfitWell Metrics vs Looker Studio

Recommended versus criticized

Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.

Criticized challengerCriticized default

Negative label rate →

Accepted challengerEndorsed leader

0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%

Key

ChartMogul45%

ProfitWell Metrics17%

Looker Studio14%

Databox10%

Baremetrics2%

Microsoft Power BI2%

Tableau2%

PostHog0%

Mixpanel0%

Amplitude0%

Maxio0%

02What they warned about

Five of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, Llama 4 Maverick, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.

Baremetrics

22%

9 of 41 labels negative · 7 of 12 models

“Be cautious if: You're sensitive to cost (starts ~$129/mo...) Complaints include poor customer service ... data inconsistencies” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt

Google Analytics

100%

6 of 6 labels negative · 6 of 12 models · 3 hard negative

“Use it for web traffic, never for revenue or subscription metrics.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt

Amplitude

29%

6 of 21 labels negative · 6 of 12 models · 1 hard negative

“They are terrible at calculating Net Revenue Retention (NRR), churn reasons, LTV:CAC ratios, or forecasting cash flow accurately.” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt

Mixpanel

19%

5 of 27 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 1 hard negative

“Do not attempt to run CFO-level financial reporting through a Product Analytics dashboard.” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt

03What they cite

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: twelve of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.

Sites the answers cite

64 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 6 of those lists are Google grounding redirects that name no site and are left out of the counts. 838 links across 255 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

designrevision.com

32 answers · 32 citations · 10 models

baremetrics.com

vendor site · Baremetrics29 answers · 45 citations · 10 models

databox.com

vendor site · Databox22 answers · 32 citations · 10 models

getfairview.com

21 answers · 27 citations · 9 models

saashero.net

18 answers · 53 citations · 10 models

taskade.com

vendor site · Taskade16 answers · 16 citations · 9 models

saasrise.com

14 answers · 14 citations · 9 models

thefrontkit.com

11 answers · 11 citations · 6 models

fastero.com

vendor site · Fastero10 answers · 11 citations · 6 models

revpane.com

10 answers · 10 citations · 5 models

reddit.com

9 answers · 17 citations · 4 models

artisangrowthstrategies.com

9 answers · 9 citations · 6 models

Pages the answers cite

The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.

designrevision.com/blog/saas-reporting-tools

32 answers · 10 models

taskade.com/blog/saas-metrics-dashboard-templates

16 answers · 9 models

saashero.net/strategy/best-b2b-saas-analytics-tools

15 answers · 10 models

databox.com/10-analytics-tools-that-help-every-team-member-magically-boost-…

14 answers · 9 models

saasrise.com/blog/saas-metrics-platform-rankings-report

14 answers · 9 models

baremetrics.com/blog/baremetrics-vs-chartmogul-vs-profitwell

13 answers · 5 models

saashero.net/strategy/best-b2b-saas-arr-tools

11 answers · 10 models

revpane.com/blog/baremetrics-vs-chartmogul-vs-profitwell

10 answers · 5 models

thefrontkit.com/blogs/best-saas-metrics-dashboard-templates-2026

10 answers · 6 models

getfairview.com/best/kpi-dashboard-for-saas

9 answers · 6 models

04How they answered

Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.

ModelDirect“What is the best SaaS metrics dashboard for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which ARR analytics tool would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top SaaS metrics tools and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best SaaS metrics dashboard for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a SaaS metrics dashboard. What should we look at?”Negative“Which SaaS metrics tools should I avoid or be cautious about?”

Claude Haiku 4.5ChartMogul

Four alternatives

Amplitude, Baremetrics, HubSpot Operations Hub, Looker

ChartMogulHeld

Four alternatives

Amplitude, Baremetrics, June.so, Mixpanel

ChartMogul

Three alternatives

Amplitude, Baremetrics, Mixpanel

Looker Studio, ProfitWell Metrics

Two alternatives

ChartMogul, Metabase

no first choiceagainst: Amplitude, Google Analytics, Heap, Mixpanel

GPT-5.4 miniProfitWell Metrics

Five alternatives

Amplitude, Looker, Microsoft Power BI, Mixpanel, Tableau

ChartMogulChanged

Four alternatives

Baremetrics, Looker, Microsoft Power BI, Zuora Analytics

Baremetrics, ChartMogul

Four alternatives

Amplitude, Mixpanel, Stripe Billing, Stripe Sigma

Looker Studio

Two alternatives

SpendHound, Streamlit

against: JumpCloudno first choiceagainst: Google Analytics

Gemini 3.5 FlashSubscript

Three alternatives

ChartMogul, Equals, Maxio

against: Baremetrics, ProfitWell MetricsChartMogulChanged

Two alternatives

Maxio, Subscript

against: ProfitWell MetricsChartMogul

Seven alternatives

Amplitude, Baremetrics, Maxio, Mixpanel, PostHog, ProfitWell Metrics, SaaSGrid

ProfitWell Metrics

Three alternatives

ChartMogul, Databox, Metabase

no first choiceagainst: Baremetricsagainst: Amplitude, Baremetrics, Databox, Google Analytics, Looker Studio, Maxio, Mixpanel, Paddle Retain, ProfitWell Metrics, Tableau

Perplexity SonarFairview

Two alternatives

Databox, Microsoft Power BI

ChartMogulChanged

Three alternatives

Baremetrics, Maxio, Toolboks

ChartMogul

Five alternatives

Amplitude, Baremetrics, Databox, Microsoft Power BI, Mixpanel

Databox, Looker Studio

Three alternatives

ChartMogul, Mixpanel, ProfitWell Metrics

no first choiceagainst: Google Analytics

Grok 4.1 FastChartMogul

Six alternatives

Baremetrics, Looker Studio, Maxio, Paddle Retain, Stripe Sigma, Tableau/Power BI

ChartMogulHeld

Three alternatives

Baremetrics, Grid, Maxio

ChartMogul

Seven alternatives

Amplitude, Baremetrics, Databox, Geckoboard, Mixpanel, PostHog, ProfitWell / Paddle Metrics

Looker Studio

Four alternatives

ChartMogul, Databox, PostHog, ProfitWell Metrics

against: Geckoboardno first choiceagainst: Amplitude, Baremetrics, ChartMogul, Mixpanel, Pendo

Mistral SmallMicrosoft Power BI, Tableau

Three alternatives

Baremetrics, ChartMogul, Mixpanel

ChartMogulChanged

Three alternatives

Dreamdata, HockeyStack, ProfitWell Metrics

no first choiceProfitWell Metrics

Two alternatives

ChartMogul, Databox

no first choiceagainst: Baremetrics, ChartMogul

DeepSeek V4 FlashChartMogul

Five alternatives

Baremetrics, Looker, Microsoft Power BI, ProfitWell / Paddle Retain, Sigma Computing

against: Fastero, RevPane, Taskade GenesisChartMogulHeld

Two alternatives

Baremetrics, ProfitWell Metrics

Baremetrics, ChartMogul

Seven alternatives

Amplitude, Databox, Heap, Microsoft Power BI, Mixpanel, PostHog, ProfitWell Metrics

Looker Studio, ProfitWell Metrics

Two alternatives

ChartMogul, Databox

no first choiceagainst: Baremetrics, ChartMogul, Google Analytics, Looker, Microsoft Power BI, Mosaic, Paddle, ProfitWell Metrics, Tableau

Llama 4 Maverickno first choiceChartMogul, TekStackChangedChartMogul

Two alternatives

Baremetrics, ProfitWell Metrics

Databox

Six alternatives

Baremetrics, ChartMogul, Geckoboard, Looker Studio, PostHog, ProfitWell Metrics

no first choicenothing named

Qwen 3.7 FlashChartMogul

Two alternatives

Catalyst, Paddle

against: Looker StudioChartMogulHeld

Two alternatives

Anrok, Dreamdata

against: Metrics by StripeBaremetrics

Six alternatives

Amplitude, ChartMogul, Mixpanel, Pendo, ProfitWell Metrics, Totango

Looker Studio

Three alternatives

ChartMogul, Databox, Geckoboard

no first choiceagainst: Amplitude, Baremetrics, HubSpot, Mixpanel, ProfitWell Metrics, Salesforce

Kimi K2ChartMogul

Three alternatives

Baremetrics, Databox, Looker Studio

ChartMogulHeld

Two alternatives

Baremetrics, ProfitWell Metrics

ChartMogul

Five alternatives

Amplitude, Baremetrics, Databox, PostHog, ProfitWell Metrics

ProfitWell Metrics

Two alternatives

Baremetrics, ChartMogul

no first choiceagainst: Amplitude, Baremetrics, ChartMogul, Heap, Mixpanel, ProfitWell Metrics

GLM 4.7 FlashXChartMogul, Databox

Two alternatives

HockeyStack, Maxio

ChartMogulChanged

Two alternatives

Baremetrics, ProfitWell Metrics

ChartMogul

Six alternatives

Amplitude, Baremetrics, Databox, Mixpanel, PostHog, ProfitWell Metrics

Databox

Four alternatives

ChartMogul, Looker Studio, PostHog, ProfitWell Metrics

no first choiceagainst: Amplitude, Fathom, Google Analytics, Plausible

MiniMax M2.5Baremetrics, ChartMogul

One alternative

Microsoft Power BI

ChartMogulChanged

Three alternatives

Baremetrics, Dreamdata, HockeyStack

no first choice

Three alternatives

Baremetrics, ChartMogul, ProfitWell Metrics

ProfitWell Metrics

Five alternatives

ChartMogul, Databox, Geckoboard, Looker Studio, Mixpanel

no first choiceagainst: Baremetrics, ChartMogul, ProfitWell Metrics

Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against

05The record

One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record

Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.

Prompt	Model	Version string	Time (UTC)	Searched	Sources	Latency
Direct recommendation	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 18:41	yes	9	8 s
Direct recommendation	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 19:38	yes	1	5 s
Direct recommendation	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 18:24	yes	23	28 s
Direct recommendation	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 20:50	yes	20	6 s
Direct recommendation	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 19:08	yes	31	17 s
Direct recommendation	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 18:14	yes	5	4 s
Direct recommendation	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 18:11	yes	19	20 s
Direct recommendation	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 20:54	yes	5	4 s
Direct recommendation	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 18:16	no	0	27 s
Direct recommendation	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 21:02	yes	15	33 s
Direct recommendation	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 19:43	yes	27	138 s
Direct recommendation	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 19:37	yes	5	26 s
Paraphrase	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 19:07	yes	9	7 s
Paraphrase	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 19:26	no	0	3 s
Paraphrase	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 21:53	yes	8	26 s
Paraphrase	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 18:05	yes	20	5 s
Paraphrase	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 20:46	yes	21	15 s
Paraphrase	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 20:06	yes	5	5 s
Paraphrase	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 19:30	yes	20	16 s
Paraphrase	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 18:42	yes	5	3 s
Paraphrase	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 20:24	yes	8	63 s
Paraphrase	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 18:57	yes	9	21 s
Paraphrase	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 19:46	yes	29	85 s
Paraphrase	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 20:40	yes	12	24 s
Comparative	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 19:39	yes	9	10 s
Comparative	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 20:57	yes	3	9 s
Comparative	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 18:19	yes	13	28 s
Comparative	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 20:27	yes	20	8 s
Comparative	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 21:02	yes	29	15 s
Comparative	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 19:38	yes	5	6 s
Comparative	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra`	2026-09-17 18:26	yes	23	68 s
Comparative	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 19:11	yes	5	3 s
Comparative	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 20:14	no	0	29 s
Comparative	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 18:42	yes	14	30 s
Comparative	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 18:20	yes	22	42 s
Comparative	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 19:47	yes	5	14 s
Budget constrained	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 19:11	yes	9	8 s
Budget constrained	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 18:15	yes	4	5 s
Budget constrained	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 18:30	yes	20	233 s
Budget constrained	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 20:29	yes	20	6 s
Budget constrained	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 21:09	yes	42	18 s
Budget constrained	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 20:39	yes	5	5 s
Budget constrained	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 20:02	yes	8	11 s
Budget constrained	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 18:55	yes	5	3 s
Budget constrained	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 18:19	yes	5	38 s
Budget constrained	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 20:42	yes	9	25 s
Budget constrained	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 19:32	yes	27	59 s
Budget constrained	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 18:01	yes	5	28 s
Scale constrained	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 20:15	no	0	5 s
Scale constrained	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 21:01	no	0	11 s
Scale constrained	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 20:16	yes	5	30 s
Scale constrained	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 19:59	yes	20	8 s
Scale constrained	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 19:42	yes	14	10 s
Scale constrained	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 21:09	no	0	6 s
Scale constrained	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 19:14	yes	10	19 s
Scale constrained	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 20:17	yes	5	3 s
Scale constrained	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 18:44	no	0	25 s
Scale constrained	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 20:19	yes	10	27 s
Scale constrained	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 20:33	yes	18	71 s
Scale constrained	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 19:06	yes	5	17 s
Negative framing	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 20:55	yes	25	17 s
Negative framing	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 18:21	yes	4	6 s
Negative framing	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 19:23	yes	18	24 s
Negative framing	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 19:04	yes	20	8 s
Negative framing	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 19:34	yes	40	20 s
Negative framing	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 19:53	yes	5	7 s
Negative framing	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 20:37	yes	35	35 s
Negative framing	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 18:33	yes	5	4 s
Negative framing	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 18:42	no	0	35 s
Negative framing	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 20:42	yes	28	36 s
Negative framing	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 19:41	yes	23	76 s
Negative framing	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 19:42	yes	22	48 s

Noise floor in this category

Flips between the edition run and its calibration repeat. Six prompts per model is a small sample; the index-wide floor is the number to trust.

Claude Haiku 4.5

2 of 4 flipped

GPT-5.4 mini

3 of 4 flipped

Gemini 3.5 Flash

4 of 4 flipped

Perplexity Sonar

2 of 4 flipped

Grok 4.1 Fast

1 of 5 flipped

Mistral Small

4 of 5 flipped

DeepSeek V4 Flash

2 of 5 flipped

Llama 4 Maverick

1 of 3 flipped

Qwen 3.7 Flash

5 of 6 flipped

Kimi K2

3 of 6 flipped

GLM 4.7 FlashX

2 of 4 flipped

MiniMax M2.5

3 of 4 flipped

Normalization in this category

Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.

Category-scoped readings

Google Looker Studio read as Looker Studio

NetSuite read as Oracle NetSuite

ProfitWell read as ProfitWell Metrics

ProfitWell (Paddle Metrics) read as ProfitWell Metrics

ProfitWell (Paddle Retain Metrics) read as ProfitWell Metrics

ProfitWell (Paddle Retain) read as ProfitWell Metrics

ProfitWell (Paddle) read as ProfitWell Metrics

ProfitWell (by Paddle) read as ProfitWell Metrics

ProfitWell (now Paddle Metrics) read as ProfitWell Metrics

ProfitWell (now Paddle) read as ProfitWell Metrics

Profitwell read as ProfitWell Metrics

Sigma read as Sigma Computing

Unresolved, counted raw

Bluemargin

Catalyst

Cumul.io

Data-Mania

GoodData

HubSpot Operations Hub

JumpCloud

June.so

LogRocket

Metrics by Stripe (ProfitWell)

RevPane

Ruler Analytics

Streamlit

Supermetrics

Toolboks

thefrontkit

Discontinued, still offered

No shut-down product was recommended here.

SaaS metrics and analytics

By buyer segment

01The standing

Recommended versus criticized

02What they warned about

03What they cite

Sites the answers cite

Pages the answers cite

04How they answered

05The record

Noise floor in this category

Normalization in this category

Also in planning and analysis