Airwallex vs Thunes
Seven of fourteen models named Airwallex first on the direct prompt; one named Thunes. Airwallex was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Thunes by nine and Airwallex carries 45 labels and Thunes 14, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in ten categories this edition.
Named in three categories this edition.
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 Cross-border payments and FX page.
By framing
AirwallexFirst choices, of fourteen modelsThunes
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Airwallex and Thunes were named in the same answer thirty-four times, of the 279 answers naming Airwallex and the 40 naming Thunes. In those answers Thunes took the first choice seven times and Airwallex six.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | |
Airwallex Thunes first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Airwallex on the left and Thunes on the right.The direct prompt
Airwallex first, Thunes an alternative
7 of 14 modelsThunes was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Thunes first, Airwallex an alternative
1 of 14 modelsAirwallex was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.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
Airwallex17%#2 of 15Thunes2%#5 of 15Airwallex27%#1 of 12Thunes12%#3 of 12What the models said about Airwallex
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“less suitable when formal forwards, exposure monitoring, and hedging governance are required” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“For most mid-market B2B companies, Airwallex offers the best balance of scalability, FX pricing, multi-currency accounts, and modern infrastructure.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Airwallex stands out as the best overall cross-border payments platform for a mid-market B2B company” Grok 4.20 · direct prompt · first choice
“Airwallex is my first platform to demo for a mid-market company with broad international operations” GPT-6 Luna · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Thunes
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Thunes is repeatedly called out as the best overall choice for B2B payouts at scale” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“Backend payments infrastructure providers (B2B network APIs) ... Unrivaled coverage in developing markets” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · alternative
“Running a platform that needs to pay users globally at scale? → Thunes, Payouts.com, or Airwallex” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · alternative
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.