Best overall · Prompt 1 of 8 · September 2026

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

“What's the best FP&A software for a SaaS company?”

ChatGPT answered 3× this snapshot

…tolerance Short answer For most SaaS companies: Best overall for mid-market SaaS: Pigment or Mosaic Best for enterprise / complex modeling: Anaplan Best for finance teams that want spreadsheet familiarity: Vena or Cube Best for startups / lighter-weight needs: Jirav, Mosaic, or even advanced spreadsheet + BI setup Best if you’re deeply in Microsoft / enterprise finance: Workday Adaptive Planning My practical…

Named across its answers: 1. Pigment2. Anaplan3. Mosaic4. Vena5. Cube

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

Mosaic dominates this question with a perfect 9-of-9 mention rate and a 1.6 average position, while Pigment matches its reach but lands far lower at 3.4 average position and only 2 first-place finishes. Anaplan's split, appearing in all 3 ChatGPT answers but none of Gemini's, shows how model-specific bias can quietly shape which vendors buyers encounter.

AI-generated read of the September 2026 measurements.

Who wins this question

Owned Consensus

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

ChatGPT

Claude

Gemini mentioned · first · avg. pos

Mosaic 422111111 9/9 · 6× first · #1.6

Pigment 131665432 9/9 · 2× first · #3.4

Cube 65557223 8/9 · never first · #4.4

Anaplan 243334 6/9 · never first · #3.2

Workday Adaptive Planning 57555 5/9 · never first · #5.4

Planful 8226 4/9 · never first · #4.5

Drivetrain 5473 4/9 · never first · #4.8

Jirav 664 3/9 · never first · #5.3

Runway 782 3/9 · never first · #5.7

Causal 974 3/9 · never first · #6.7

Vena 74 2/9 · never first · #5.5

Vareto 88 2/9 · never first · #8

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 17 brands named at least once. Never mentioned here: OneStream, SAP Analytics Cloud, Oracle EPM Cloud.