Two of twelve models named AuditBoard first on the direct prompt; one named Workiva. Both were named by all twelve models and both carry 33 labels, so the shares below are directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in fourteen 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 Internal controls and SOX page.
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, AuditBoard and Workiva were named in the same answer sixty-one times, of the 89 answers naming AuditBoard and the 375 naming Workiva. In those answers Workiva took the first choice two times and AuditBoard eighteen.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| 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. Six of seven in this category shown.
“Workiva, AuditBoard, LogicGate – Overkill, quote-only, and almost always over $40k/year.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“steer clear of heavy, traditional enterprise GRC ... like Workiva, AuditBoard, or MetricStream” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“AuditBoard and BlackLine appear to start closer to $50K/year or more” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · soft negative
“If I had to pick one default recommendation, I'd choose AuditBoard because it is positioned as the top pick for internal controls management” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd generally recommend AuditBoard if your main need is a strong, scalable internal controls / SOX / risk management platform” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Often ranked as the #1 tool for internal controls management, especially for SOX compliance and audit workflows.” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“Workiva, AuditBoard, LogicGate – Overkill, quote-only, and almost always over $40k/year.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard 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.