Float vs Tesorio
Zero of fourteen models named Float first on the direct prompt; three named Tesorio. Float was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Tesorio by eleven and Float carries 36 labels and Tesorio 20, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in five categories this edition.
Named in seven categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen 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 cash flow forecasting page.
By framing
FloatFirst choices, of fourteen modelsTesorio
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Float and Tesorio were named in the same answer twenty-six times, of the 161 answers naming Float and the 158 naming Tesorio. In those answers Tesorio took the first choice four times and Float four.
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 | | | ||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | |||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | | |
Float Tesorio first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Float on the left and Tesorio on the right.The direct prompt
Tesorio first, Float an alternative
3 of 14 modelsFloat was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
6 of 14 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
Float35%#1 of 12Tesorio2%#– of 12Tesorio16%#2 of 12Float2%#8 of 12What the models said about Float
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“products such as Float, Helm, Dryrun, and Cash Flow Frog are described as good within a narrow scope, but they do not produce a full P&L or balance-sheet forecast” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Float is risky if you are not on Xero/QuickBooks/FreeAgent, need heavy custom reporting, have strong seasonality..."Absolutely hopeless for seasonal business"” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“Poor seasonal business support | Float (limited to recent 3 months or manual input...) | Seasonal SMBs—users report it's "hopeless" without custom fixes.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“If you are a small business using Xero/QuickBooks: Start with Float. It is the most intuitive and affordable way to stop guessing your cash runway.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“Float is the go-to cashflow forecasting pick for finance teams that need rolling views driven by invoices, bills, and bank activity” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
“Float is frequently recommended as one of the best cash flow forecasting software options” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Tesorio
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“Tesorio is consistently positioned as the AR-native cash forecasting platform for B2B SaaS and mid-market finance teams.” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“Best for: B2B SaaS and services companies ($20M to $1B ARR) where customer collections dictate liquidity.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct 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.