Use-case fit · Prompt 2 of 8 · September 2026

A real buyer question from the September 2026 snapshot, asked 3× to each of the three models. 9 answers recorded.

“Our finance team is drowning in spreadsheet models for budgeting and forecasting. What should we use?”

ChatGPT answered 3× this snapshot

Use a driver-based planning / FP&A platform, not more spreadsheets. Short answer: If you want the safest mainstream choice: Anaplan or Adaptive Planning (Workday). If you want something finance-friendly and easier to implement for mid-market: Pigment, Cube, or Planful. If you are very Excel-dependent and want a gentler transition: Vena or Datarails. If you need heavy Microsoft integration: Jedox. What you likely…

Named across its answers: 1. Anaplan2. Adaptive Planning3. Planful4. Pigment5. Cube

Verbatim excerpt from one collected ChatGPT answer; formatting flattened, words untouched.

Anaplan dominates this question, appearing in all 9 answers and leading 6 of them, while Cube trails as a consistent but secondary presence with an average position of 3.9 and only 1 first-place mention. The gap matters because buyers scanning AI-generated recommendations will see Anaplan named first most of the time, giving it a structural visibility advantage that compounds across purchasing conversations.

AI-generated read of the September 2026 measurements.

Who wins this question

Owned Consensus

All three models name Anaplan, Cube and Mosaic on this question.

ChatGPT

Claude

Gemini mentioned · first · avg. pos

Anaplan 111111788 9/9 · 6× first · #3.2

Cube 86443213 8/9 · 1× first · #3.9

Planful 3353376 7/9 · never first · #4.3

Mosaic 9744439 7/9 · never first · #5.7

Adaptive Planning 22222 5/9 · never first · #2

Pigment 44334 5/9 · never first · #3.6

Datarails 105722 5/9 · never first · #5.2

Vena 5611 4/9 · 2× first · #3.3

Workday Adaptive Planning 667 3/9 · never first · #6.3

Abacum 55 2/9 · never first · #5

Power BI 75 2/9 · never first · #6

Adaptive Insights 2 1/9 · never first · #2

Each square is one collected answer; the number is the brand's position in that answer. Lime = the very first recommendation. Unlinked brands were named by the models here but sit outside this category's published top 15 overall. Showing the top 12 of 24 brands named at least once. Never mentioned here: OneStream, Runway, SAP Analytics Cloud, Causal, Oracle EPM Cloud.