GnuCash vs Tiller
as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-14
Tiller comes out ahead of GnuCash overall, with an overall score of 13 versus 5, and it's named in 13 of 64 answers compared to GnuCash's 5 of 64. Head-to-head, Tiller was named more often on 11 questions, GnuCash on 2, with 7 ties. GnuCash's strongest showing is open-source or self-hosted budgeting, named in 3 of 3 answers, while Tiller sweeps the spreadsheet-based budgeting question, also 3 of 3. Claude scores Tiller highest at 32, while ChatGPT and Perplexity rate both tools in the single digits.
Head to head
| metric | GnuCash | Tiller |
|---|---|---|
| score | 5 | 13 |
| questions won | 2 | 11 |
By assistant
GnuCash
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 3 | 5% of answers | #5.0 |
| Claude | 6 | 10% of answers | #5.5 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 7 | 10% of answers | #3.5 |
Tiller
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 5 | 5% of answers | #1.0 |
| Claude | 32 | 55% of answers | #5.9 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 5 | 5% of answers | #1.0 |
Where they differ
Only GnuCash gets named for
- What's the best open-source or self-hosted budgeting app?
- What's the best budgeting app for privacy that doesn't sell my data?
Only Tiller gets named for
- What's the best budgeting app that works with a spreadsheet?
- What's the best budgeting app for couples sharing finances?
- What's the best app to track net worth and investments alongside a budget?
- What's the best personal finance app to see all my accounts in one place?
- Which budgeting app is best now that Mint has shut down?
- What's the best envelope or zero-based budgeting app?
- What's the best budgeting app for people with irregular income?
- What's the best budgeting app in 2026?
- Which budgeting app is worth paying for?
- What's the best budgeting app for a freelancer or self-employed person?
- What are the best budgeting apps?
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Scores count how often each assistant names a product, weighted by position. How the score works · Full Budgeting apps leaderboard