Finance AI Index
Index › Function 03 of 6 · September 2026 Edition
Edition 01 · September 2026Function 03

Spend and procurement

Money going out: expenses, cards, spend management, payables, procurement, sourcing, suppliers, travel and contractor payments. 9 of 11 categories scored, 2 planned.

Standing in spend and procurement

First-choice share across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, all twelve models, for the nine spend and procurement categories scored in the September 2026 Edition.
Spend and procurement
Corporate cards
One leader in all three segments
Spend and procurement
Corporate travel management
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
Spend and procurement
Spend management platforms
Small business and mid-market share a leader. Enterprise differs.
Spend and procurement
Procure-to-pay
A different leader in every segment
Spend and procurement
Expense management
A different leader in every segment
Spend and procurement
Contractor payments
A different leader in every segment
Spend and procurement
Supplier management
A different leader in every segment
Spend and procurement
Accounts payable automation
A different leader in every segment
BILLClear leader
Stampli tiedContested
Tipalti tiedContested
Spend and procurement
Strategic sourcing
A different leader in every segment

Next in spend and procurement

Planned categories are in the build queue and are scored exactly like every other.
Procurement analytics plannedPurchasing cards and virtual cards planned