Best overall · Prompt 1 of 8 · July 2026

A real buyer question from the July 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

…how I’d think about it: If you’re early-stage (pre–Series B, lean finance team) Runway or Causal These are purpose-built for startups. They’re fast to set up, integrate with Stripe/QuickBooks, and handle SaaS metrics like ARR, churn, CAC, etc. Runway is more structured and opinionated; Causal is more flexible like a spreadsheet on steroids. If you’re scaling (Series B–D, growing complexity) Pigment or Mosaic…

Named across its answers: 1. Runway2. Pigment3. Anaplan4. Cube5. Mosaic

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

Mosaic dominates this question completely, appearing in all 9 answers and taking the top recommendation slot 6 times, while Cube is universally mentioned but never leads, sitting at an average position of 4.4. The gap between universal presence and first-mention frequency is where AI visibility actually converts to buyer consideration, and Mosaic owns that gap entirely.

AI-generated read of the July 2026 measurements.

Who wins this question

Owned Consensus

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

ChatGPT

Claude

Gemini mentioned · first · avg. pos

Mosaic 445111111 9/9 · 6× first · #2.1

Cube 736454524 9/9 · never first · #4.4

Pigment 31434736 8/9 · 1× first · #3.9

Anaplan 6275767 7/9 · never first · #5.7

Planful 896587 6/9 · never first · #7.2

Jirav 63253 5/9 · never first · #3.8

Vareto 2622 4/9 · never first · #3

Runway 1518 4/9 · 2× first · #3.8

Workday Adaptive Planning 748 3/9 · never first · #6.3

Adaptive Planning 578 3/9 · never first · #6.7

Causal 24 2/9 · never first · #3

Drivetrain 33 2/9 · never first · #3

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