When asked for the best FP&A software, 6 AI assistants named 8 brands between them this month. Jirav was named most often, followed by Xero and Cube. 2 brands were named by every assistant that answered: Jirav, Xero.
Who named whom
| Brand | ChatGPT | Perplexity | Claude | Grok | DeepSeek | Cohere | Named by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jirav | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 of 6 |
| Xero | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 of 6 |
| Cube | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | · | 5 of 6 |
| Fathom | · | · | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | · | 3 of 6 |
| Causal | · | · | · | ✓ | ✓ | · | 2 of 6 |
| Clockwork | · | ✓ | · | · | ✓ | · | 2 of 6 |
| Vena | · | ✓ | · | · | ✓ | · | 2 of 6 |
| Anaplan | · | · | · | · | ✓ | · | 1 of 6 |
Share of voice
What each assistant said
ChatGPT
Named 3 brands, in this order: Xero, Cube, Jirav.
Choosing the best financial planning and analysis (FP&A) software for a small business depends on your specific needs, budget, and the complexity of your financial processes.
Perplexity
Named 5 brands, in this order: Jirav, Clockwork, Xero, Cube, Vena.
For a small business, the best FP&A software is usually Jirav or Clockwork, depending on your workflow and accounting system.
Claude
Named 4 brands, in this order: Cube, Jirav, Fathom, Xero.
Would you like recommendations based on your specific accounting software, budget, or use case?
Grok
Named 5 brands, in this order: Xero, Causal, Jirav, Cube, Fathom.
Here are the strongest options specifically suited for small businesses (generally under ~$10–20M revenue or small finance teams):
DeepSeek
Named 8 brands, in this order: Cube, Clockwork, Causal, Xero, Jirav, Anaplan, Vena, Fathom.
There's no single "best" FP&A software for a small business — the right choice depends on your budget, whether you need just budgeting or full 3-statement modeling, and how much time you're willing to invest in setup.
Cohere
Named 2 brands, in this order: Xero, Jirav.
Choosing the best Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) software for a small business depends on your specific needs, budget, and the complexity of your financial operations.
Named by only one assistant
Anaplan (DeepSeek).
The questions asked
- What is the best FP&A software for a small business?
Asked between 2026-09-26 and 2026-09-26. Not answering this month: Gemini, Mistral.
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Each month we ask every assistant the same plain buyer questions, worded the way a person shopping for this kind of product would ask them, with no brand suggested in the question except where the question itself names the market leader to find alternatives to. Each assistant answers in a fresh session with no earlier conversation, so an answer reflects what the assistant says to anyone who asks, not what it was steered towards.
From each answer we keep the product and company names it recommends. A name counts only when it appears in the answer as a proper name, is not a heading such as "Best for" or "Pricing", and is confirmed by a second assistant naming it too, by a website the answer cites, or by being the market leader named in the question. Share of voice is each brand's share of all brand mentions in the category this month. Assistants that could not answer this month are listed as not answering, never counted as naming nobody.
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