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Internal controls and SOX · September 2026 Edition

FloQast vs Workiva

Eight of twelve models named FloQast first on the direct prompt; one named Workiva. FloQast was named by ten of the twelve models and Workiva by twelve and FloQast carries 14 labels and Workiva 33, so the shares are not directly comparable.

FloQast

accepted challenger

Named in ten categories this edition.

Workiva

accepted challenger

Named in fourteen categories this edition.

First-choice share18%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%12%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#7A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels1433A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, FloQast reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.AuditBoard was named alongside these two in seven of the twelve direct answers. AuditBoard vs FloQast · AuditBoard vs Workiva · FloQast vs Diligent One Platform

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.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
FloQastFirst choices, of twelve modelsWorkiva
Direct81
Paraphrase00
Comparative02
Budget-constrained003 against Workiva
Scale-constrained001 against Workiva
Negative00
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.

Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, FloQast and Workiva were named in the same answer ninety-five times, of the 328 answers naming FloQast and the 375 naming Workiva. In those answers Workiva took the first choice four times and FloQast twenty-four.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where FloQast and Workiva stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
FloQast Workiva first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, FloQast on the left and Workiva on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where FloQast and Workiva stood in it.

FloQast first, Workiva an alternative

8 of 12 modelsWorkiva was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarFloQast alternatives: AuditBoard, Optro
Grok 4.1 FastFloQast alternatives: AuditBoard, Onspring, VComply
Mistral SmallFloQast alternatives: HighRadius, Optro
DeepSeek V4 FlashFloQast alternatives: AuditBoard, Hyperproof, Onspring, Workiva
Llama 4 MaverickFloQast alternatives: HighRadius, Onspring
Kimi K2FloQast alternatives: AuditBoard, Onspring, Workiva
GLM 4.7 FlashXAuditBoard, FloQast alternatives: Hyperproof, Mitti, NAVEX One, Workiva
MiniMax M2.5FloQast alternatives: Diligent One Platform, Optro, VComply

Workiva first, FloQast not the choice

1 of 12 modelsFloQast was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniWorkiva alternatives: AuditBoard, LogicGate Risk Cloud

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5AuditBoard alternatives: FloQast, Optro, Scytale
Gemini 3.5 FlashOptro alternatives: FloQast, Hyperproof, Scytale, Workiva

Neither was named

1 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Qwen 3.7 FlashOnspring alternatives: Hyperproof, Scytale

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
FloQast leads by four points.
FloQast6%#– of 13
Workiva2%#9 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
FloQast leads by sixteen points.
FloQast18%#2 of 13
Workiva2%#7 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Workiva leads at enterprise.
Workiva12%#3 of 11
FloQast4%#– of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about FloQast

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

“For most mid-market B2B companies going through their first SOX cycles, FloQast offers the best balance of usability and value.” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Workiva

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
Also compared

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.