IT financial management
Asked as “IT financial management platform”, and as “technology business management software”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 54 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the October 2026 Edition on October 4, 2026; its answers are read by the distilled judge (ai-indexes-judge-qwen3-14b-run3), not the claude-opus-5 judge of the earlier categories: how the two compare.
Standing · first-choice share
9%
Contested · Nicus ITFM Platform 9%
09IBM Apptio Cloudability09Nicus ITFM Platform06MagicOrange76others
9% of first choices, contested.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
01
Nicus ITFM Platform9%12%24accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 9% now.
Nicus ITFM Platform9%12%24accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 9% now.02
IBM Apptio Cloudability9%27%30criticized challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 9% now.
IBM Apptio Cloudability9%27%30criticized challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 9% now.07
ServiceNow IT Financial Management2%45%33criticized challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 2% now.
ServiceNow IT Financial Management2%45%33criticized challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 2% now.Show the one product at 0%, ordered by negative rate
08
VMware Tanzu CloudHealth0%31%16criticized challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.
VMware Tanzu CloudHealth0%31%16criticized challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
For buyers
Head to head
All twenty-one head-to-head pages: the top seven products, each against each
Nicus ITFM Platform vs CloudZeroNicus ITFM Platform vs IBM ApptioNicus ITFM Platform vs ServiceNow IT Financial ManagementIBM Apptio Cloudability vs MagicOrangeIBM Apptio Cloudability vs Flexera OneIBM Apptio Cloudability vs CloudZeroIBM Apptio Cloudability vs IBM ApptioIBM Apptio Cloudability vs ServiceNow IT Financial ManagementMagicOrange vs Flexera OneMagicOrange vs CloudZeroMagicOrange vs IBM ApptioMagicOrange vs ServiceNow IT Financial ManagementFlexera One vs CloudZeroFlexera One vs IBM ApptioFlexera One vs ServiceNow IT Financial ManagementCloudZero vs IBM ApptioCloudZero vs ServiceNow IT Financial ManagementIBM Apptio vs ServiceNow IT Financial Management
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
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0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative20%
Key
01Nicus ITFM Platform9%
Nicus ITFM Platform9%02IBM Apptio Cloudability9%
IBM Apptio Cloudability9%03MagicOrange6%
MagicOrange6%04Flexera One4%
Flexera One4%05CloudZero2%
CloudZero2%06IBM Apptio2%
07ServiceNow IT Financial Management2%
ServiceNow IT Financial Management2%08VMware Tanzu CloudHealth0%
VMware Tanzu CloudHealth0%What they warned about
One of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
ServiceNow IT Financial Management45%
15 of 33 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“So avoid ServiceNow ITFM as a standalone buy if you are not already committed to ServiceNow ITSM/CMDB” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
IBM Apptio
55%
16 of 29 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“What to Avoid at Mid-Size Scale... priced from **$155K–$200K+ annually** — designed for large enterprises. Overkill” DeepSeek V4 Flash, paraphrase prompt
IBM Apptio Cloudability27%
8 of 30 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid enterprise tools like IBM Apptio, CloudZero, or Cloudability on a limited budget” DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt
Flexera One16%
4 of 25 labels negative · 4 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Avoid if you do not have a dedicated team of 3-5 people for implementation” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the fourteen in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
77 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1148 links across 287 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. None of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category.
37 answers · 60 citations · 14 models
vendor site · Qobra34 answers · 34 citations · 10 models
32 answers · 34 citations · 12 models
vendor site · G226 answers · 48 citations · 12 models
26 answers · 37 citations · 10 models
21 answers · 21 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Ramp20 answers · 24 citations · 10 models
20 answers · 20 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Rocketlane20 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
vendor site · CostAnalyst18 answers · 23 citations · 9 models
vendor site · SourceForge16 answers · 31 citations · 10 models
16 answers · 19 citations · 11 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
34 answers · 14 models
34 answers · 10 models
25 answers · 12 models
21 answers · 8 models
20 answers · 11 models
19 answers · 11 models
19 answers · 10 models
18 answers · 9 models
14 answers · 10 models
14 answers · 9 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best it financial management platform”, “it financial management platform”, “it financial management platforms”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicus ITFM Platform nicus.com | 9% | 62 | 0 | 19,779 | 7 | 1 | ||
| IBM parent site IBM Apptio Cloudability 9% | 9% | 207 | 201,000 | 34,098 | ||||
| Microsoft parent site Microsoft Cost Management 4%, Microsoft Dynamics 365 4%, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central 2% | 9% | 86 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | ||||
| MagicOrange magicorange.com | 6% | 37 | 260 | 1 | 48 | 2 | ||
| Proven Optics provenoptics.com | 6% | 10 | 170 | 1 | 116 | 9 | ||
| Sage Intacct | 6% | 22,200 | 373 | |||||
| Ramp ramp.com | 6% | 35 | 246,000 | 49,733 | 770,056 | $13,511 | 120 | |
| Flexera flexera.com Flexera One 4% | 4% | 201 | 210 | 0 | 48,107 company | 31 | ||
| QuickBooks Online | 4% | 1,000,000 | 11,417 | |||||
| Genuity gogenuity.com | 4% | 9 | 4,400 | 189 | 1,691 | 0 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 24 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (apptio.com, gartner.com). The first result for “best it financial management platform” is nicus.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best IT financial management platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which technology business management software would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top IT financial management platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best IT financial management platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating an IT financial management platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which IT financial management platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5NetSuiteno first choiceChangedagainst: SalesforceNicus SoftwareMicrosoft Power BIno first choiceagainst: AWS Cost Explorer, Certinia, Google Cloud FinOps, Microsoft Cost Management, Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP
Three alternatives
Airbase, Scoro, TesorioTwo alternatives
Flexera One, IBM Apptio CloudabilityFour alternatives
ManageEngine AssetExplorer, Modeliks, Pleo, XeroGPT-5.4 miniIBM ApptioIBM Apptio / CloudabilityChangedFlexera One, IBM ApptioNicus ITFM Platformagainst: IBM Apptiono first choiceagainst: IBM Apptio, ServiceNow IT Financial Management
Two alternatives
IBM Apptio Cloudability, ServiceNow IT Financial ManagementTwo alternatives
CloudZero, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio ManagementThree alternatives
CloudZero, IBM Apptio Cloudability, ServiceNow Cloud Cost ManagementOne alternative
ServiceNow IT Financial ManagementGemini 3.5 FlashMagicOrangeagainst: IBM ApptioMagicOrangeHeldagainst: IBM Apptio, ServiceNow IT Financial ManagementIBM ApptioGenuityagainst: IBM Apptio, ServiceNow IT Financial Managementno first choiceagainst: IBM Apptioagainst: Anaplan, IBM Apptio, Magic Orange, ServiceNow IT Financial Management
Three alternatives
Brightfin, Nicus ITFM Platform, Serviceware FinancialThree alternatives
EZTBM, Genuity, Nicus SoftwareFive alternatives
MagicOrange, Nicus Software, Proven Optics, ServiceNow IT Financial Management, Serviceware FinancialFour alternatives
MagicOrange, Setyl, Vantage, Y\u00e4RKENNine alternatives
ClearCost, CloudZero, Finout, LeanIX, MagicOrange, Torii, Zluri, Zylo, nOpsPerplexity SonarYäRKENMicrosoft Dynamics 365Changedno first choiceQuickBooks Online, Rampno first choiceagainst: IBM Apptio Cloudability, ServiceNow-native options, VMware Tanzu CloudHealth
Two alternatives
Cube, NetSuiteFour alternatives
Acumatica, NetSuite, Odoo, monday serviceThree alternatives
Expensify, Stripe, Zoho BooksGrok 4.1 FastNicus ITFM Platformagainst: IBM Apptio, MagicOrangeNicus ITFM Platform, Proven OpticsChangedagainst: IBM Apptio Cloudability, ServiceNow ITBMno first choiceAWS Cost Explorer, Genuity, Microsoft Cost Managementagainst: IBM Apptio CloudabilityIBM Apptio Cloudabilityagainst: Coupa, IBM Apptio Cloudability, NetSuite, Nicus ITFM Platform, Planview Portfolios, SAP Ariba, ServiceNow IT Financial Management, Workday Financial Management
Two alternatives
Proven Optics, Serviceware FinancialOne alternative
EZTBMFive alternatives
CostAnalyst.ai, GnuCash, QuickBooks Online, Wave, Zoho BooksMistral SmallSage IntacctIBM Apptio CloudabilityChangedIBM ApptioQuickBooks, Spendbaseagainst: NetSuite OpenAirno first choiceagainst: FreshBooks, Oracle ERP, SAP ERP, Workday
Two alternatives
Qobra, SpendeskTwo alternatives
Planview Portfolios, Upland ComSciThree alternatives
PowerSuite, ServiceNow IT Financial Management, VMware Tanzu CloudHealthOne alternative
GnuCashDeepSeek V4 FlashFlexera One, IBM Apptio Cloudabilityagainst: VMware Tanzu CloudHealthProven OpticsChangedagainst: CostPerform, IBM Apptio, MagicOrange, SAP LeanIX, ServiceNow ITBM, Upland ComSciIBM ApptioZoho Booksagainst: CloudZero, IBM Apptio, IBM Apptio Cloudabilityno first choiceagainst: IBM Apptio, ServiceNow IT Financial Managementagainst: IBM Apptio, ServiceNow IT Financial Management, VMware Tanzu CloudHealth
Two alternatives
CloudZero, Nicus ITFM PlatformThree alternatives
CloudZero, EZTBM, VantageFour alternatives
Flexera One, Nicus Software, ServiceNow IT Financial Management, VMware Tanzu CloudHealthFive alternatives
QuickBooks Online, Snipe-IT, Vantage, Wave, XeroLlama 4 MaverickQobraMicrosoft Dynamics 365Changedno first choiceNetSuite OpenAir, Rampno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
Fueler, Ramp, Sage Intacct, SpendeskTwo alternatives
Odoo, SAP Business ByDesignQwen 3.7 FlashSage IntacctProven OpticsChangedagainst: IBM Turbonomic, Oracleno first choiceManageEngineagainst: BMC Helix, ServiceNow IT Financial Managementno first choiceagainst: Flexera One, Kantata, Oracle Essbase, Zluri
Five alternatives
Acumatica, IBM Apptio Cloudability, Oracle NetSuite, Ramp, VMware Tanzu CloudHealthTwo alternatives
Flexera One, IBM Apptio CloudabilitySeven alternatives
AWS Cost Explorer, Excel, Google Sheets, Microsoft Cost Management, Odoo, Snipe-IT, ZapierFour alternatives
IBM Apptio Cloudability, Planful, Prophix, ServiceNow IT Financial ManagementKimi K2Sage IntacctOracle NetSuiteChangedIBM Apptioagainst: Broadcom Clarity PPM, VMware Tanzu CloudHealthManageEngine AssetExploreragainst: ApptioOne, Flexera One, ServiceNow IT Financial Managementno first choiceagainst: Altios ITFM, IBM Apptio, Nicus ITFM Platform, ServiceNow IT Financial Management, Upland ComSci
Three alternatives
CloudZero, Nicus ITFM Platform, Oracle NetSuiteTwo alternatives
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, SAP Business ByDesignFive alternatives
Flexera One, MagicOrange, Nicus ITFM Platform, ServiceNow IT Financial Management, Upland ComSciFour alternatives
AWS Cost Explorer, Google Cloud Billing, Microsoft Cost Management, TeamDynamixGLM 4.7 FlashXCloudZero, IBM Apptio CloudabilityCeloxis, FreshserviceChangedagainst: ServiceNow IT Financial ManagementIBM ApptioONES Projectno first choiceagainst: Certinia, Flexera One, IBM Apptio, Kantata, NetSuite OpenAir, ServiceNow IT Financial Management, TeamDynamix
Five alternatives
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Oracle NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Setyl, nOps.ioTwo alternatives
Jira Service Management, NetSuiteSeven alternatives
CostAnalyst, Flexera One, MagicOrange, Nicus ITFM Platform, ServiceNow IT Financial Management, Serviceware, Upland ComSciFour alternatives
Actual, GnuCash, QuickBooks, ServiceNow IT Financial ManagementMiniMax M2.5Flexera One, IBM Apptio CloudabilityMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Business CentralChangedIBM ApptioQuickBooks Online, Rampno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Snow Atlas, SpendeskThree alternatives
HubSpot CRM, Oracle NetSuite, SalesforceThree alternatives
Flexera One, OneStream, VMware Aria CostTwo alternatives
Xero, Zoho BooksFour alternatives
Flexera One, IBM Apptio, ServiceNow IT Business Management, VMware Tanzu CloudHealthGPT-6 LunaNicus ITFM PlatformMagicOrangeChangedagainst: IBM ApptioIBM Apptioagainst: ServiceNow IT Financial ManagementMicrosoft Cost Managementno first choiceagainst: Broadcom CloudHealth, Flexera One, IBM Apptio, IBM Apptio Cloudability, ServiceNow IT Financial Management
Two alternatives
Flexera One, IBM ApptioOne alternative
Nicus ITFM PlatformSix alternatives
CostPerform, Flexera One FinOps, IBM Apptio Cloudability, Nicus ITFM Platform, USU IT Financial Management, YarkenTwo alternatives
Google Cloud, VantageMuse Glimmer 30BNicus ITFM Platform, ServiceNow IT Financial Managementagainst: IBM Apptio CloudabilityEZTBMChangedIBM Apptio, ServiceNow IT Financial ManagementOpenOpsagainst: MagicOrange, Nicus ITFM Platformno first choiceagainst: IBM Apptio / Apptio Cloudability, IBM Apptio Cloudability, ServiceNow IT Financial Management, VMware Tanzu CloudHealth
Two alternatives
Planview Portfolios, Proven OpticsThree alternatives
Apptio, now IBM Apptio, Proven Optics, ServiceNow IT Business ManagementOne alternative
Nicus ITFM PlatformOne alternative
OpsNowBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:11 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 22:08 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:30 | yes | 20 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:23 | yes | 19 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:13 | yes | 23 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:14 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:32 | yes | 24 | 37 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:18 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:52 | yes | 6 | 45 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:24 | yes | 25 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:05 | yes | 13 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:32 | yes | 8 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 22:27 | yes | 4 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:04 | yes | 22 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:56 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 22:09 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:38 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 22:39 | yes | 19 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:57 | yes | 17 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:54 | yes | 20 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:56 | yes | 22 | 52 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:38 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:37 | yes | 23 | 64 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:47 | yes | 25 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:18 | yes | 25 | 72 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:12 | yes | 5 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:35 | yes | 3 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:08 | yes | 15 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:42 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 23:17 | yes | 8 | 11 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:46 | yes | 19 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:36 | yes | 19 | 4 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:46 | yes | 19 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:24 | yes | 16 | 10 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:08 | yes | 23 | 36 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:57 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:18 | no | 0 | 34 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:52 | yes | 23 | 31 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 23:31 | yes | 22 | 49 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:19 | yes | 23 | 30 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:56 | yes | 8 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:57 | yes | 23 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:48 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 22:09 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:58 | yes | 21 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:13 | yes | 21 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:43 | yes | 22 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:37 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:37 | yes | 25 | 49 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:53 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:18 | no | 0 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:23 | yes | 20 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:51 | yes | 21 | 15 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:55 | yes | 13 | 37 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:44 | yes | 3 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 22:46 | yes | 19 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 01:03 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:48 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 22:35 | yes | 16 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:24 | yes | 17 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:41 | yes | 19 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:55 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:05 | yes | 8 | 66 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:14 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 22:31 | yes | 10 | 44 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:38 | yes | 22 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:21 | yes | 15 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:07 | yes | 13 | 50 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:44 | yes | 3 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 22:32 | yes | 15 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:01 | yes | 18 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:38 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:20 | yes | 23 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:44 | yes | 17 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:21 | yes | 24 | 13 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:53 | yes | 12 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:35 | yes | 23 | 50 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:57 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:42 | yes | 12 | 42 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:43 | yes | 25 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:51 | yes | 20 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:19 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:46 | yes | 4 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 22:16 | yes | 23 | 31 s |
Normalization in this category
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Flexera read as Flexera One
HubSpot read as HubSpot CRM
Nicus read as Nicus ITFM Platform
Planview read as Planview Portfolios
Planview (including Apptio Targetprocess) read as Planview Portfolios
ServiceNow read as ServiceNow IT Financial Management
ServiceNow Financial Management read as ServiceNow IT Financial Management
ServiceNow ITFM read as ServiceNow IT Financial Management
ServiceNow ITFM (Financial Management) read as ServiceNow IT Financial Management
ServiceNow ITFM (powered by Apptio) read as ServiceNow IT Financial Management
Unresolved, counted raw
Actual
Altios ITFM
Apptio, now IBM Apptio
Broadcom CloudHealth
Cloudficient
CostAnalyst.ai
Deltek
Digital Fuel / Upland Software
Fueler
Fusion Cloud Financials
Google Cloud FinOps
IBM Apptio
IBM Apptio (Apptio + Cloudability)
IBM Apptio (ApptioOne + Cloudability)
IBM Apptio (ApptioOne)
IBM Apptio (ApptioOne, Cloudability)
IBM Apptio (including Cloudability)
IBM Apptio / Apptio Cloudability
IBM Apptio / Cloudability
Jobber
Kantata PSA
Magic Orange
Money Manager Ex
OpenOps
OpsNow
Oracle ERP
Oracle Essbase
Pleo
PowerSuite
SAP ERP
ServiceNow FinOps
ServiceNow-native options
Stripe
TekLedger
Tesorio
VMware Aria
Y\u00e4RKEN
Yarken
Zoho Suite
nOps.io
serviceware SE
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.
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