# Airbase vs Rippling Spend: which do AI models recommend for corporate cards, September 2026

Finance AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition, Corporate cards. Two of twelve models named Airbase first on the direct prompt; zero named Rippling Spend. Page: https://finance-ai-index.com/spend/corporate-cards/airbase-vs-rippling-spend/

| | First-choice share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Models naming it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airbase | 5% | #4 of 9 | 0% | 19 | 12 of 12 |
| Rippling Spend | 2% | #5 of 9 | 0% | 16 | 9 of 12 |

## The direct prompt, model by model

- Mistral Small: airbase first (first choices: Airbase, Ramp) (alternatives: Spendesk and Paylocity for Finance, U.S. Bank Commercial Rewards Card)
- MiniMax M2.5: airbase first (first choices: Airbase, Corpay) (alternatives: BILL Spend & Expense, Brex, Ramp)
- Claude Haiku 4.5: neither first, one named (first choices: Ramp) (alternatives: Airbase, American Express Corporate Card, Paylocity for Finance, Spendesk)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: Ramp) (alternatives: Airbase, Brex, Corpay)
- Perplexity Sonar: neither first, one named (first choices: Ramp) (alternatives: Airbase, Corpay)
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: Ramp) (alternatives: Airbase, BILL Spend & Expense)
- Llama 4 Maverick: neither first, one named (first choices: Ramp) (alternatives: Airbase, U.S. Bank Commercial Rewards Card)
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: Ramp) (alternatives: Airbase, Brex)
- Kimi K2: neither first, one named (first choices: Ramp) (alternatives: Airbase, Brex, Corpay)
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: neither first, one named (first choices: Ramp) (alternatives: Airbase, Brex, Navan, U.S. Bank Commercial Rewards Card)
- GPT-5.4 mini: neither named (first choices: Ramp) (alternatives: Airwallex, American Express Corporate Card, BILL Spend & Expense)
- Grok 4.1 Fast: neither named (first choices: Ramp) (alternatives: BILL Spend & Expense, Brex)

## What the models said about Rippling Spend

- "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)

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. Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category. Published under CC BY 4.0; the output is the models' output, and nothing here is a recommendation by the index.