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Spend management platforms · November 2026 Edition

Ramp vs Airbase

Ten of fourteen models named Ramp first on the direct prompt; three named Airbase. Ramp was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Airbase by twelve and Ramp carries 70 labels and Airbase 35, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Ramp

endorsed leader

Named in sixteen categories this edition.

Airbase

accepted challenger

Named in eleven categories this edition.

First-choice share45%7%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate13%3%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#3A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels7035A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Ramp reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.BILL Spend & Expense was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Ramp vs BILL Spend & Expense · Ramp vs Procurify · Ramp 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.
RampFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAirbase
Direct103
Paraphrase91
Comparative60
Budget-constrained402 against Ramp
Scale-constrained20
Negative007 against Ramp · 1 against Airbase
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, Ramp and Airbase were named in the same answer 156 times, of the 1022 answers naming Ramp and the 187 naming Airbase. In those answers Airbase took the first choice five times and Ramp forty-three.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Both were the first choice

1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
Kimi K2Airbase, Ramp alternatives: BILL Spend & Expense, Procurify

Ramp first, Airbase an alternative

9 of 14 modelsAirbase was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Ramp alternatives: Airbase, Coupa, Procurify
GPT-5.4 miniRamp alternatives: BILL Spend & Expense, Navan, Payhawk, Procurify, Rippling Spend
Gemini 3.5 FlashRamp alternatives: Airbase, Brex, Tipalti, Zip
Perplexity SonarRamp alternatives: BILL Spend & Expense, Brex, Payhawk, Procurify
Grok 4.20Ramp alternatives: Airbase, BILL Spend & Expense, Navan, Procurify
DeepSeek V4 FlashRamp alternatives: Airbase, BILL Spend & Expense, Brex, Spendesk
Qwen 3.7 FlashRamp alternatives: Airbase, BILL Spend & Expense, BrexBusiness, Rippling Spend, Sapling
MiniMax M2.5Ramp alternatives: Airbase, BILL Spend & Expense, Procurify
GPT-6 LunaRamp alternatives: BILL Spend & Expense, Paylocity for Finance

Airbase first, Ramp an alternative

2 of 14 modelsRamp was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Mistral SmallAirbase, BILL Spend & Expense alternatives: ProcureDesk, Spendesk
Llama 4 MaverickAirbase alternatives: Brex, Procurify, Ramp

Neither was the first choice, one was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GLM 4.7 FlashXProcurify alternatives: Airbase, BILL Spend & Expense, Coupa, Ramp, Spendesk, Tipalti

Neither was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
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
Ramp leads by fifty-five points.
Ramp55%#1 of 14
Airbase0%#10 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Ramp leads by thirty-eight points.
Ramp45%#1 of 14
Airbase7%#3 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Ramp leads by two points.
Ramp4%#6 of 18
Airbase2%#9 of 18
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Ramp

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

“Modern All-in-One Spend Platforms | 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 Airbase

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

“Airbase is now part of Paylocity, so evaluate product direction, support arrangements, contract terms, and migration implications before committing.” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“The Best for End-to-End Finance Control: Airbase ... widely considered the most comprehensive "super app" for mid-market finance teams” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“The best spend management platform for a mid-market B2B company is Airbase” Llama 4 Maverick · direct 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.