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One category · what the models named instead

Alternatives to Archer, as AI models named them

In the September 2026 Edition, 198 of the 216 answers collected in the one category where Archer holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
First choices in the 198 answers that did not name Archer, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Internal controls and SOX

Tax and compliance. Six framings, twelve models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Archer is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessArcher is #12 of 13 here at 0% of first choices, 10 labels.

Seventy-one of the seventy-two answers did not name Archer; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those seventy-one answers, twenty-five products in all, the eight most named:

Vanta12 of 71
Drata9 of 71
Hyperproof6 of 71
QuickBooks6 of 71
Sprinto4 of 71
Xero4 of 71
FloQast3 of 71
17 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketArcher is #10 of 13 here at 2% of first choices, 15 labels.

Sixty-six of the seventy-two answers did not name Archer; it was the first choice in one. The first choices in those sixty-six answers, eighteen products in all, the eight most named:

FloQast8 of 66
AuditBoard7 of 66
Mitti4 of 66
Optro3 of 66
Workiva3 of 66
Hyperproof2 of 66
10 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseArcher is #7 of 11 here at 4% of first choices, 20 labels.

Sixty-one of the seventy-two answers did not name Archer; it was the first choice in two. The first choices in those sixty-one answers, fifteen products in all, the eight most named:

AuditBoard13 of 61
MetricStream10 of 61
Workiva7 of 61
Optro6 of 61
SAP GRC3 of 61
FloQast2 of 61
BlackLine1 of 61
7 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of twelve models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is seventy-two answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Archer neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Archer only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Archer's side.

Every answer and every label is in the free record. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Archer was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.