# Aleph alternatives: what AI models name instead, September 2026

Finance AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition. 195 of the 216 answers in the 1 category where Aleph holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://finance-ai-index.com/vendors/aleph/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Clockwork: 40
- Anaplan: 26
- Pigment: 15
- Fathom: 13
- Cube: 12
- Workday Adaptive Planning: 8

## FP&A platforms

**Small business**: 64 of 72 answers did not name Aleph.

- Clockwork: first choice in 33 of those 64
- Fathom: first choice in 8 of those 64
- Cube: first choice in 6 of those 64
- Jirav: first choice in 4 of those 64
- Datarails: first choice in 3 of those 64
- Causal: first choice in 1 of those 64
- Databook: first choice in 1 of those 64
- Limelight: first choice in 1 of those 64

**Mid-market**: 60 of 72 answers did not name Aleph (Aleph is #9 of 16 at 2%).

- Clockwork: first choice in 7 of those 60
- Vena: first choice in 7 of those 60
- Cube: first choice in 5 of those 60
- Fathom: first choice in 5 of those 60
- Planful: first choice in 4 of those 60
- Anaplan: first choice in 2 of those 60
- Datarails: first choice in 2 of those 60
- Pigment: first choice in 2 of those 60

**Enterprise**: 71 of 72 answers did not name Aleph.

- Anaplan: first choice in 24 of those 71
- Pigment: first choice in 13 of those 71
- Workday Adaptive Planning: first choice in 8 of those 71
- OneStream: first choice in 2 of those 71
- Board: first choice in 1 of those 71
- Cube: first choice in 1 of those 71
- Fintastic: first choice in 1 of those 71
- IBM Planning Analytics: first choice in 1 of those 71

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.