11 categories · RankedAirbase
Airbase is a spend management platform for finance professionals, covering expense management, accounts payable automation, corporate cards and bill pay · airbase.com ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Ramp is first at 55%.
Ramp is first at 45%. 3 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Coupa is first at 60%.
Why models recommend it
“Excellent if you want a consolidated Spend Management platform (AP Automation + Corporate Cards + Employee Expense Management) with deep PO matching and strong ERP sync.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Scale-constrained question · first choice
“Airbase (by Paylocity) is best for mid-market companies consolidating AP automation, expense management, and corporate cards onto one platform”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Direct question · first choice
“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 question · first choice
“The best spend management platform for a mid-market B2B company is Airbase”Llama 4 Maverick · Direct question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Reporting capabilities are less robust than competitors<br>• Insufficient options for detailed spend analysis”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Negative question · warning
“Stampli, Airbase — Generally more expensive, built for mid-market companies”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Budget-constrained question · warning
“Airbase is now part of Paylocity, so evaluate product direction, support arrangements, contract terms, and migration implications before committing.”Perplexity Sonar · Negative question · warning
“these might suffice, but they often lack deep 1099 filing features compared to Tier A/B”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Scale-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Airbase, over the 187 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 156 | 43 | Compare → | |
| 98 | 8 | Compare → | |
| 69 | 16 | View → | |
| 61 | 5 | Compare → | |
| 52 | 7 | View → | |
| 51 | 6 | View → | |
| 48 | 3 | View → | |
| 46 | 9 | Compare → | |
| 43 | 1 | View → | |
| 40 | 5 | Compare → |
What the models named instead of Airbase →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Airbase's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- Finance professionals
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 142 of the 187 answers that named Airbase and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
334 of the 334 domain citations in answers naming Airbase came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 19 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |