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Cash application · November 2026 Edition

Upflow vs Kolleno

Two of fourteen models named Upflow first on the direct prompt; zero named Kolleno. Upflow was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Kolleno by seven and Upflow carries 29 labels and Kolleno 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Upflow

accepted challenger

Named in eight categories this edition.

Kolleno

accepted challenger

Named in five categories this edition.

First-choice share15%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate3%10%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#6A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels2910A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Upflow reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Billtrust was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Versapay vs Upflow · Versapay vs Kolleno · Upflow vs HighRadius

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; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the cash application page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
UpflowFirst choices, of fourteen modelsKolleno
Direct20
Paraphrase31
Comparative20
Budget-constrained301 against Upflow · 1 against Kolleno
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Upflow and Kolleno were named in the same answer forty-three times, of the 220 answers naming Upflow and the 96 naming Kolleno. In those answers Kolleno took the first choice four times and Upflow eight.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Upflow and Kolleno stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Upflow Kolleno first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Upflow on the left and Kolleno on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Upflow and Kolleno stood in it.

Upflow first, Kolleno an alternative

2 of 14 modelsKolleno was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarUpflow alternatives: Billtrust, Gaviti, Quadient Accounts Receivable
Kimi K2Quadient Accounts Receivable, Upflow alternatives: Kolleno, Versapay

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5HighRadius alternatives: Billtrust, Cashbook, Gaviti, Quadient Accounts Receivable, Tesorio, Upflow, Versapay
GPT-5.4 miniBilltrust, Versapay alternatives: HighRadius, Tesorio, Upflow
Gemini 3.5 FlashVersapay alternatives: Billtrust, HighRadius, Quadient Accounts Receivable, Upflow
Grok 4.20Quadient Accounts Receivable alternatives: Upflow, Versapay
DeepSeek V4 FlashQuadient Accounts Receivable, Versapay alternatives: Billtrust, Upflow
GLM 4.7 FlashXBilltrust, HighRadius alternatives: Cashbook, Esker, Quadient Accounts Receivable, Serrala, Upflow
GPT-6 LunaVersapay alternatives: Billtrust, HighRadius, Upflow

Neither was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Mistral SmallBilltrust, HighRadius alternatives: Esker, Quadient Accounts Receivable
Llama 4 MaverickHighRadius alternatives: Billtrust, BlackLine Cash Application, Esker
Qwen 3.7 FlashBILL alternatives: Apadana, Oracle Fusion Cash Application, SAP DME, TRIGGERSPEC
MiniMax M2.5HighRadius alternatives: Billtrust, Esker, Quadient Accounts Receivable, Versapay
Muse Glimmer 30BHighRadius alternatives: Billtrust, Quadient Accounts Receivable, Versapay

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Upflow leads by eight points.
Upflow8%#5 of 17
Kolleno0%#14 of 17
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Upflow leads by thirteen points.
Upflow15%#2 of 12
Kolleno2%#6 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Upflow0%#– of 9
Kolleno0%#– of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Upflow

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.

“Upflow — Starter tier at ~$333/month; expensive for small budgets” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Fast implementation (weeks, not months) with transparent mid-market tier pricing... emphasizes strong matching logic and clean exception handling” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Zero spend to test: Upflow Discover free forever gives AR health insights and a look at the Cash App Agent workflow with no commitment.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Kolleno

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.

“Kolleno - $650/user/month, targeted at larger finance teams” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“My recommendation: Start with Kolleno for a demo if you're a typical mid-sized B2B company” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.