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Invoicing software · September 2026 Edition

BILL vs QuickBooks

Two of twelve models named BILL first on the direct prompt; zero named QuickBooks. Both were named by all twelve models and BILL carries 26 labels and QuickBooks 40, so the shares are not directly comparable.

BILL

accepted challenger

Named in twelve categories this edition.

QuickBooks

accepted challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

First-choice share14%12%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.

Negative rate4%22%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.

Rank in category#3#5A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.

Labels2640A count; the two differ.

The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, BILL reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Wave vs BILL · Wave vs QuickBooks · Zoho Invoice vs BILL

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve 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 invoicing software page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.

BILLFirst choices, of twelve modelsQuickBooks

Direct202 against QuickBooks

Paraphrase351 against QuickBooks

Comparative02

Budget-constrained001 against QuickBooks

Scale-constrained10

Negative011 against BILL · 5 against QuickBooks

Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where BILL and QuickBooks stood in it.

Model	Direct	Paraphrase	Comparative	Budget-constrained	Scale-constrained	Negative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5

BILL

QuickBooks

first choice

named as an alternative

argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, BILL on the left and QuickBooks on the right.

The direct prompt

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

BILL first, QuickBooks an alternative

2 of 12 modelsQuickBooks was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.

Grok 4.1 FastBILL alternatives: Chargebee, NetSuite, QuickBooks, Xero

MiniMax M2.5BILL alternatives: Stampli, Tipalti

Neither was the first choice, one was named

9 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.

Claude Haiku 4.5Sage Intacct alternatives: BILL, DealHub AI, Younium

GPT-5.4 miniNetSuite SuiteBilling alternatives: BILL, Sage Intacct

Gemini 3.5 FlashVersapay alternatives: BILL, Billtrust, Chargebee, Invoiced, Lago, Orb, Quadient AR

Perplexity SonarInvoiced alternatives: BILL, NetSuite, QuickBooks

Mistral SmallInvoiced, SAP alternatives: AvidXchange, BILL, Tipalti

DeepSeek V4 FlashBilltrust, Invoiced alternatives: BILL, Chargebee, HighRadius, Quadient AR, Sage Intacct, Tipalti, Versapay

Qwen 3.7 FlashBillforward alternatives: BILL, ChargeOver, NetSuite SuiteBilling, Vendormedia

Kimi K2HighRadius alternatives: BILL, Billtrust, Invoiced, Versapay

GLM 4.7 FlashXInvoiced alternatives: Chargebee, QuickBooks, Zoho Invoice

Neither was named

1 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.

Llama 4 Maverickno first choice

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

QuickBooks leads by twenty-nine points.

QuickBooks#2 of 8

BILL#– of 8

The full small business standing →

Mid-marketThe figures above

The order flips: BILL leads at mid-market.

BILL#3 of 10

QuickBooks#5 of 10

The full mid-market standing →

Enterprise

BILL leads by five points.

BILL#8 of 13

QuickBooks#12 of 13

The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about BILL

No label in this category carried a quote.

What the models said about QuickBooks

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

“Best For: The all-around standard choice; companies that need robust accounting alongside invoicing... It is the industry leader.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice

“I'd recommend QuickBooks Online if you want the best all-around fit for invoicing tied to accounting workflows” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice

“I'd recommend QuickBooks Online (specifically the Plus or Advanced plan) as the top online invoicing tool.” Grok 4.1 Fast · paraphrase prompt · first choice

Also compared

Wave vs BILL Wave vs QuickBooks Zoho Invoice vs BILL Zoho Invoice vs QuickBooks BILL vs Invoiced BILL vs Xero Invoiced vs QuickBooks QuickBooks vs Xero All fifteen head-to-head pages and the full invoicing software standing

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.