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Corporate cards · September 2026 Edition

Ramp vs Airbase

Eleven of twelve models named Ramp first on the direct prompt; two named Airbase. Both were named by all twelve models and Ramp carries 55 labels and Airbase 19, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Ramp

endorsed leader

Named in seventeen categories this edition.

Airbase

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

First-choice share69%5%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.

Negative rate5%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.

Rank in category#1#4A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.

Labels5519A count; the two differ.

The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Ramp reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Ramp vs BILL Spend & Expense · Ramp vs Brex · Ramp vs Rippling Spend

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.

RampFirst choices, of twelve modelsAirbase

Direct112

Paraphrase100

Comparative60

Budget-constrained701 against Ramp

Scale-constrained10

Negative002 against Ramp

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, Ramp and Airbase were named in the same answer 143 times, of the 944 answers naming Ramp and the 167 naming Airbase. In those answers Airbase took the first choice ten times and Ramp sixty-two.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Ramp and Airbase stood in it.

Model	Direct	Paraphrase	Comparative	Budget-constrained	Scale-constrained	Negative
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

Ramp

Airbase

first choice

named as an alternative

argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Ramp on the left and Airbase on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Both were the first choice

1 of 12 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.

Mistral SmallAirbase, Ramp alternatives: Spendesk and Paylocity for Finance, U.S. Bank Commercial Rewards Card

Ramp first, Airbase an alternative

10 of 12 modelsAirbase was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.

Claude Haiku 4.5Ramp alternatives: Airbase, American Express Corporate Card, Paylocity for Finance, Spendesk

GPT-5.4 miniRamp alternatives: Airwallex, American Express Corporate Card, BILL Spend & Expense

Gemini 3.5 FlashRamp alternatives: Airbase, Brex, Corpay

Perplexity SonarRamp alternatives: Airbase, Corpay

Grok 4.1 FastRamp alternatives: BILL Spend & Expense, Brex

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

Airbase first, Ramp an alternative

1 of 12 modelsRamp was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.

MiniMax M2.5Airbase, Corpay alternatives: BILL Spend & Expense, Brex, Ramp

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

Ramp leads by seventy-four points.

Ramp#1 of 6

Airbase#– of 6

The full small business standing →

Mid-marketThe figures above

Ramp leads by sixty-four points.

Ramp#1 of 9

Airbase#4 of 9

The full mid-market standing →

Enterprise

Ramp leads by fifty-one points.

Ramp#1 of 10

Airbase#– of 10

The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Ramp

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

“Ramp requires a $25,000 minimum ... Be cautious of programs with high minimum balance requirements if they don't fit your company size.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative

“Ramp is widely considered the top choice for mid-market companies looking to consolidate corporate cards, expense management, bill pay, and procurement into one platform.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Airbase

No label in this category carried a quote.

Also compared

Ramp vs BILL Spend & Expense Ramp vs Brex Ramp vs Rippling Spend Ramp vs American Express Corporate Card BILL Spend & Expense vs Airbase Brex vs Airbase Airbase vs Rippling Spend Airbase vs American Express Corporate Card All 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.