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Corporate cards · September 2026 Edition

Airbase vs Rippling Spend

Two of twelve models named Airbase first on the direct prompt; zero named Rippling Spend. Airbase was named by twelve of the twelve models and Rippling Spend by nine and Airbase carries 19 labels and Rippling Spend 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Airbase

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

Rippling Spend

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share5%2%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#4#5A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels1916A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Airbase reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Ramp was named alongside these two in twelve of the twelve direct answers. Ramp vs Airbase · Ramp vs Rippling Spend · BILL Spend & Expense vs Airbase

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 corporate cards page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
AirbaseFirst choices, of twelve modelsRippling Spend
Direct20
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained01
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
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 Airbase and Rippling Spend 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
Airbase Rippling Spend first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Airbase on the left and Rippling Spend on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Airbase and Rippling Spend stood in it.

Airbase first, Rippling Spend not the choice

2 of 12 modelsRippling Spend was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Mistral SmallAirbase, Ramp alternatives: Spendesk and Paylocity for Finance, U.S. Bank Commercial Rewards Card
MiniMax M2.5Airbase, Corpay alternatives: BILL Spend & Expense, Brex, Ramp

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 4.5Ramp alternatives: Airbase, American Express Corporate Card, Paylocity for Finance, Spendesk
Gemini 3.5 FlashRamp alternatives: Airbase, Brex, Corpay
Perplexity SonarRamp alternatives: Airbase, Corpay
DeepSeek V4 FlashRamp alternatives: Airbase, BILL Spend & Expense
Llama 4 MaverickRamp alternatives: Airbase, U.S. Bank Commercial Rewards Card
Qwen 3.7 FlashRamp alternatives: Airbase, Brex
Kimi K2Ramp alternatives: Airbase, Brex, Corpay
GLM 4.7 FlashXRamp alternatives: Airbase, Brex, Navan, U.S. Bank Commercial Rewards Card

Neither was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniRamp alternatives: Airwallex, American Express Corporate Card, BILL Spend & Expense
Grok 4.1 FastRamp alternatives: BILL Spend & Expense, Brex

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.
Airbase0%#– of 6
Rippling Spend0%#– of 6
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Airbase leads by two points.
Airbase5%#4 of 9
Rippling Spend2%#5 of 9
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Rippling Spend leads at enterprise.
Rippling Spend2%#7 of 10
Airbase0%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Airbase

No label in this category carried a quote.

What the models said about Rippling Spend

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

“Start with Ramp if you want modern expense management features, or Rippling if you need higher cashback rates” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared
Ramp vs AirbaseRamp vs Rippling SpendBILL Spend & Expense vs AirbaseBILL Spend & Expense vs Rippling SpendBrex vs AirbaseBrex vs Rippling SpendAirbase vs American Express Corporate CardRippling Spend vs American Express Corporate CardAll fifteen head-to-head pages and the full corporate cards 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.