Corporate travel management · September 2026 Edition
Navan vs Booking.com for Business
Nine of twelve models named Navan first on the direct prompt; zero named Booking.com for Business. Navan was named by twelve of the twelve models and Booking.com for Business by eleven and Navan carries 56 labels and Booking.com for Business 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in four categories this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share51%9%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate18%41%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#3A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels5617A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Navan reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.TravelPerk was named alongside these two in ten of the twelve direct answers. Navan vs TravelPerk · TravelPerk vs Booking.com for Business
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 travel management page.
By framing
How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
NavanFirst choices, of twelve modelsBooking.com for Business
Direct90
Paraphrase100
Comparative40
Budget-constrained241 against Navan
Scale-constrained20
Negative009 against Navan · 7 against Booking.com for Business
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.
The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Navan and Booking.com for Business stood in it.
Navan first, Booking.com for Business not the choice
9 of 12 modelsBooking.com for Business was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.GPT-5.4 miniNavan alternatives: Amex GBT Egencia, SAP Concur, TravelPerk
Gemini 3.5 FlashNavan alternatives: Amex GBT Egencia, Brex, Ramp, Rippling Travel, Spotnana, TravelPerk
Perplexity SonarNavan alternatives: Amex GBT Egencia, SAP Concur, TravelPerk
Grok 4.1 FastNavan, TravelPerk alternatives: Ramp
Mistral SmallNavan alternatives: Spotnana, TravelPerk
DeepSeek V4 FlashNavan alternatives: Spotnana, TravelPerk
Qwen 3.7 FlashNavan alternatives: AmTrav, ITILITE
Kimi K2Navan, TravelPerk alternatives: ITILITE, Rippling Travel
GLM 4.7 FlashXNavan alternatives: Amex GBT Egencia, ITILITE, Spotnana, TravelPerk
Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Claude Haiku 4.5TravelPerk alternatives: Navan, Ramp, SAP Concur
MiniMax M2.5ITILITE alternatives: Navan, TravelPerk
Neither was named
1 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
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
Navan leads by twelve points.
Navan33%#1 of 10Booking.com for Business20%#2 of 10Mid-marketThe figures above
Navan leads by forty-two points.
Navan51%#1 of 9Booking.com for Business9%#3 of 9Enterprise
Navan leads by twenty-eight points.
Navan28%#2 of 10Booking.com for Business0%#– of 10What the models said about Navan
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“This generated consistent complaints across executive assistant communities... Customer support described as "abysmal"... ~67% of recent reviews negative” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“What to Avoid on a Tight Budget - Navan: ... Powerful, but overkill for a limited budget.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“It is recommended to avoid Navan” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · hard negative
“Navan - a strong fit for mid-market and enterprise teams that want booking, expense management, and corporate cards in one AI-powered platform.” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Navan is the strongest candidate for mid-market B2B companies that need integrated travel, expense, and cards with AI-assisted booking.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“For most mid-sized B2B companies, Navan is the top recommendation due to its balance of ease of use, integration, and scalability.” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about Booking.com for Business
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“ConsumerAffairs shows a ~1.1 rating across thousands of reviews, citing inconsistent pricing, poor support communication” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Online Travel Agencies (OTAs) like Expedia, Booking.com, Travelocity, and similar sites - Why avoid?” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“Consumer-Facing OTAs for Business (e.g., Expedia Business, Booking.com) ... Lack of Duty of Care” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“the best starting point is usually Booking.com for Business if you want a free, self-service booking platform” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“Start with Booking.com for Business (truly free) if you have very few bookings, or Engine” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Booking.com for Business stands out as the best overall corporate travel booking platform.” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared
Comparisons are drawn for the top three products in each category. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.