Three of twelve models named Tipalti first on the direct prompt; one named Medius. Tipalti was named by twelve of the twelve models and Medius by nine and Tipalti carries 44 labels and Medius 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in twelve 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 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.
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Tipalti and Medius were named in the same answer sixty-five times, of the 465 answers naming Tipalti and the 85 naming Medius. In those answers Medius took the first choice ten times and Tipalti ten.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| 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 |
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.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“This is a cash-flow killer and was a major downfall for tools like Tipalti and Airbase.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Reddit users strongly advise avoiding it.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
“Over-Engineering and High Cost: If you only pay domestic vendors, Tipalti is incredibly expensive, complex, and unnecessary.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“If you want a single default recommendation, I'd start with Tipalti for a typical mid-market B2B company” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice
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
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.