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Spend management platforms · November 2026 Edition

Brex vs Expensify

Zero of fourteen models named Brex first on the direct prompt; zero named Expensify. Brex was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Expensify by ten and Brex carries 42 labels and Expensify 21, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Brex

accepted challenger

Named in twelve categories this edition.

Expensify

criticized challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

First-choice share5%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate17%38%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#8A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels4221A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Brex reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Ramp was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Ramp vs Brex · Ramp vs Expensify · BILL Spend & Expense vs Brex

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 spend management platforms page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
BrexFirst choices, of fourteen modelsExpensify
Direct002 against Brex · 1 against Expensify
Paraphrase10
Comparative20
Budget-constrained021 against Expensify
Scale-constrained201 against Expensify
Negative005 against Brex · 5 against Expensify
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, Brex and Expensify were named in the same answer 144 times, of the 605 answers naming Brex and the 281 naming Expensify. In those answers Expensify took the first choice ten times and Brex twelve.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Brex and Expensify 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
Brex Expensify first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Brex on the left and Expensify on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashRamp alternatives: Airbase, Brex, Tipalti, Zip
Perplexity SonarRamp alternatives: BILL Spend & Expense, Brex, Payhawk, Procurify
DeepSeek V4 FlashRamp alternatives: Airbase, BILL Spend & Expense, Brex, Spendesk
Llama 4 MaverickAirbase alternatives: Brex, Procurify, Ramp

Neither was named

10 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Ramp alternatives: Airbase, Coupa, Procurify
GPT-5.4 miniRamp alternatives: BILL Spend & Expense, Navan, Payhawk, Procurify, Rippling Spend
Grok 4.20Ramp alternatives: Airbase, BILL Spend & Expense, Navan, Procurify
Mistral SmallAirbase, BILL Spend & Expense alternatives: ProcureDesk, Spendesk
Qwen 3.7 FlashRamp alternatives: Airbase, BILL Spend & Expense, BrexBusiness, Rippling Spend, Sapling
Kimi K2Airbase, Ramp alternatives: BILL Spend & Expense, Procurify
GLM 4.7 FlashXProcurify alternatives: Airbase, BILL Spend & Expense, Coupa, Ramp, Spendesk, Tipalti
MiniMax M2.5Ramp alternatives: Airbase, BILL Spend & Expense, Procurify
GPT-6 LunaRamp alternatives: BILL Spend & Expense, Paylocity for Finance
Muse Glimmer 30BSpendesk alternatives: Coupa, Precoro, ProcureDesk, Procurify, SAP Concur, Vertice

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
Brex leads by two points.
Brex2%#4 of 14
Expensify0%#8 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Brex leads by two points.
Brex5%#5 of 14
Expensify4%#8 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Expensify leads at enterprise.
Expensify2%#10 of 18
Brex0%#14 of 18
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Brex

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

“Who Should Avoid It: Bootstrapped SMBs, traditional main-street businesses, and mid-market firms without institutional venture backing.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Ramp, Brex, Spendesk | Fast-growing mid-market companies wanting corporate cards, AP, expenses, and automated savings in one clean UI.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice

What the models said about Expensify

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

“Who Should Avoid It: Companies looking for transparent, predictable pricing models and high-touch customer support.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“I would recommend steering clear of it if you can.” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“1. Expensify – Starting at $5/user/month - Best for: Small teams needing basic expense tracking” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“The Best Overall Value: Expensify ... widely considered the gold standard for usability” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget 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.