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Accounts payable automation · September 2026 Edition

Stampli vs Medius

Three of twelve models named Stampli first on the direct prompt; one named Medius. Stampli was named by eleven of the twelve models and Medius by nine and Stampli carries 37 labels and Medius 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Stampli

accepted challenger

Named in eight categories this edition.

Medius

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share19%5%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#7A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels3716A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Stampli reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Tipalti was named alongside these two in eleven of the twelve direct answers. Stampli vs BILL · Stampli vs Melio · Stampli vs Ramp

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 accounts payable automation page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
StampliFirst choices, of twelve modelsMedius
Direct31
Paraphrase51
Comparative00
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained00
Negative10
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.

Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Stampli and Medius were named in the same answer thirty-three times, of the 152 answers naming Stampli and the 85 naming Medius. In those answers Medius took the first choice eight times and Stampli two.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Stampli and Medius stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
Stampli Medius first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Stampli on the left and Medius on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Stampli first, Medius not the choice

3 of 12 modelsMedius was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniStampli alternatives: BILL, Ramp, Tipalti
Gemini 3.5 FlashStampli alternatives: Airbase, AvidXchange, Ramp, Tipalti
DeepSeek V4 FlashStampli, Tipalti alternatives: AvidXchange, BILL, Precoro, Procurify

Medius first, Stampli an alternative

1 of 12 modelsStampli was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Llama 4 MaverickMedius alternatives: AvidXchange, Stampli, Tipalti

Neither was the first choice, one was named

8 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5AvidXchange, MineralTree alternatives: Airbase, Oracle NetSuite, Quadient AP, Ramp, Stampli
Perplexity SonarTipalti alternatives: AvidXchange, Stampli
Grok 4.1 FastBILL alternatives: AvidXchange, Stampli, Tipalti
Mistral SmallTipalti alternatives: AvidXchange, BILL, Stampli
Qwen 3.7 FlashBILL alternatives: AvidXchange, Medius, Tipalti
Kimi K2AvidXchange alternatives: BILL, MineralTree, Stampli, Tipalti
GLM 4.7 FlashXAvidXchange alternatives: BILL, Ramp, Stampli, SutiAP, Tipalti
MiniMax M2.5Procurify alternatives: AvidXchange, Medius, Stampli, Tipalti

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
Level: the same share of first choices.
Stampli0%#6 of 8
Medius0%#– of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Stampli leads by fourteen points.
Stampli19%#1 of 9
Medius5%#7 of 9
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Medius leads at enterprise.
Medius10%#5 of 11
Stampli2%#9 of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Stampli

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

“I'd start with Stampli. It's the strongest "classic AP automation" choice for mid-market companies” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · first choice
“Stampli (best for ERP integration and conversational AI that actually works on messy invoices)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · first choice

What the models said about Medius

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

“Medius - provides AP automation for midsize businesses, removing manual AP tasks, strengthening controls, and gaining real-time visibility” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“The top AP automation software solutions in 2026 are Medius, Tipalti, Stampli, and AvidXchange.” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
“Enterprise workflows/ERP depth | Advanced AI (70–85% touchless); highly configurable” Grok 4.1 Fast · comparative prompt · alternative
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.