Accounting
Named by 3 of 4 assistants
AIQ95- Xero2
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ53 Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ30
+9 more products
AI-recommended Finance Software
How ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity rank 120 products across 10 Finance categories in the Edition 4 snapshot for Week 31, August 2, 2026, backed by 892 cited pages from 470 domains.
Subscription Billing
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ85Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ65Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ27
+12 more products
Spend Management
- Ramp1
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AIQ80 Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ50
Brex3Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ43
+10 more products
AP Automation
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AIQ77- BILL2
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AIQ43 
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ40
+11 more products
Travel & Expense
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AIQ80Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ57Named by 3 of 4 assistants
AIQ29
+10 more products
FP&A
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AIQ88Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ63
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ31
+8 more products
Sales Tax Compliance
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AIQ100Named by 1 of 4 assistants
AIQ28
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ27
+11 more products
Procurement
Named by 2 of 4 assistants
AIQ70Named by 3 of 4 assistants
AIQ42
Named by 3 of 4 assistants
AIQ41
+14 more products
Financial Close
Named by 3 of 4 assistants
AIQ61
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ59
Named by 1 of 4 assistants
AIQ28
+7 more products
Equity Management
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ100Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ50
Named by 3 of 4 assistants
AIQ30
+11 more products
Movers in Edition 4
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Reporting from Cooper’s Edition 4 software recommendation index.
Index Update
The Cooper Index, Edition 4: How AI Recommendations Changed Across 80 Software Categories
Edition 4 measures what ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity recommend across 80 business software categories, separating Best, Most Affordable, Easiest to Set Up, and Rising into four direct rankings.
Rising AIQ
Edition 4 Rising AIQ Report
Eight category-relative Rising AIQ findings show where emerging-product recommendations strengthened in Cooper’s fourth immutable edition.
Category Report
Edition 4 Finance Software Report
A category-by-category reading of all ten Edition 4 Finance markets, with Best Top 3 tables and separate Most Affordable, Easiest to Set Up, and Rising analysis.