14 categories · RankedWorkiva
375Judge labels
41First choices
95Negative labels
12 of 12Models named it
14Categories
September 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table vv2026-09.2, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
38% in ESG and carbon reporting for enterprise buyers
Rank 9 of 76 in the mid-market standingcriticized challenger
1 of 12 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 29% of its 35 labels there were negative.
By buyer segmentAn enterprise product: leader at enterprise, not named at small business.
Small business89 of 89
0%27 labels
criticized challenger
Mid-market9 of 76
4%35 labels
criticized challenger
Enterprise1 of 64
38%42 labels
endorsed leader
In esg and carbon reporting · each standing computed within its segment · bars are 0 to 100 · the accent bar is the product's own best reading
Standing by category
Every category where a model named Workiva for a mid-market B2B company. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESG and carbon reporting | Equity and corporate | 4% | 9 of 76 | 29% | 35 | criticized challenger |
| Board and investor reporting | Planning and analysis | 2% | 10 of 97 | 0% | 6 | under 10 labels · led by OnBoard at 25% |
| Internal controls and SOX | Tax and compliance | 2% | 9 of 71 | 12% | 33 | accepted challenger |
| Financial close management | Accounting and close | 0% | 64 of 68 | 41% | 22 | criticized challenger |
| Corporate tax provision | Tax and compliance | 0% | 21 of 98 | 9% | 11 | accepted challenger |
| Financial consolidation | Accounting and close | 0% | 20 of 96 | 11% | 9 | under 10 labels · led by Prophix at 19% |
| Financial reporting and dashboards | Planning and analysis | 0% | 34 of 133 | 0% | 3 | under 10 labels · led by Sage Intacct at 27% |
| Account reconciliation | Accounting and close | 0% | 29 of 72 | 0% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by FloQast at 33% |
| FP&A platforms | Planning and analysis | 0% | 38 of 52 | 0% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Vena at 15% |
| Revenue recognition | Accounting and close | 0% | 68 of 77 | 50% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Maxio at 15% |
| Treasury management systems | Treasury and cash | 0% | 69 of 124 | 0% | 2 | under 10 labels · led by Trovata at 18% |
| AI accounting assistants | Accounting and close | 0% | 64 of 79 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Sage Intacct at 25% |
| Corporate performance management | Planning and analysis | 0% | 72 of 95 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Planful at 29% |
| Supplier management | Spend and procurement | 0% | 68 of 80 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Procurify at 26% |
Movement
This is the first edition on this tier, so no move can be computed for Workiva yet. From the next edition this section shows, per buyer segment, whether its share moved by more than the measured noise floor.
By model
How each model treated Workiva across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Twelve models, six prompts per category.
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 12 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
By framing
Which of the six questions produced the naming. By model says how often; this says asked what. The first-choice count on the right carries the marks of the models that produced it.
FramingLabels by classFirst choices
Direct65 labels15
Paraphrase33 labels6
Comparative112 labels26not counted in share
Budget-constrained62 labels15
Scale-constrained64 labels5
Negative39 labels6not counted in share
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative375 labels in all, every segment counted; 41 of the 73 first choices count toward share, since the comparative and negative framings do not. The bar is one segment per label class, to scale within the framing.
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“Platforms like Workiva excel here because they allow you to import messy Excel sheets, clean the data within the software using "source codes," and publish to a final PDF, keeping an audit trail.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · ESG and carbon reporting · scale prompt · first choice
“If you're a mid-market B2B company and want one default pick: - Choose Workiva if ESG reporting is tightly connected to finance, board reporting, or audit/compliance.” GPT-5.4 mini · ESG and carbon reporting · direct prompt · first choice
“Choose Workiva if: You need to produce high-stakes regulatory filings (SEC/CSRD) and need rigorous control over who sees and edits data.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · ESG and carbon reporting · comparative prompt · first choice
“What to Prioritize Instead (Top-Rated per 2024-2026 Reviews) | Workiva | Audit trails, SEC/XBRL | Enterprise disclosure | 7.95/10” Grok 4.1 Fast · ESG and carbon reporting · negative prompt · first choice
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“| Workiva | $50K–$150K+ (likely overkill) | Skip unless you need integrated financial + ESG reporting |” DeepSeek V4 Flash · ESG and carbon reporting · scale prompt · hard negative
“What to Avoid for Mid-Market - BlackLine and Workiva ... generally overkill for mid-market” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Financial close manageme · direct prompt · hard negative
“Enterprise tools like Oracle EPM or Workiva are overkill for most mid-market (too heavy/costly).” Grok 4.1 Fast · Financial consolidation · direct prompt · hard negative
“Workiva, AuditBoard, LogicGate – Overkill, quote-only, and almost always over $40k/year.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Internal controls · budget prompt · hard negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Workiva, over the 375 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Workiva was named but was not.
ProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head
A head-to-head page exists where both products are in a category's top three. The other rows are the same fact without a page behind them, so they link to the product instead.
What carried it into the answer
The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Workiva. A fact about retrieval, not a lever on the model.
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, four of the twelve in this edition, so these counts come from 305 of the 375 answers that named Workiva and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
gartner.com134
worldmetrics.org132
guideflow.com91
gitnux.org86
learn.g2.com67
numeric.io63
wifitalents.com62
g2.com61
highradius.com60
zipdo.co60
816 of the 816 domain citations in answers naming Workiva came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Names read as Workiva
What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as Workiva; a claim can dispute any of them.
Workiva (Tax & Provision or Financial Reporting) 1Workiva (Tax & Provision) 1Workiva (W) 1Workiva (Wdesk) 1Workiva's full suite 1
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