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Corporate travel management · October 2026 Edition

Ramp vs Engine

Zero of fourteen models named Ramp first on the direct prompt; zero named Engine. Ramp was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Engine by seven and Ramp carries 38 labels and Engine 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Ramp

accepted challenger

Named in seventeen categories this edition.

Engine

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share5%3%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate8%18%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#5A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels3811A 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.TravelPerk was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Navan vs Ramp · Navan vs Engine · TravelPerk vs Ramp

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen 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 fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
RampFirst choices, of fourteen modelsEngine
Direct00
Paraphrase10
Comparative001 against Ramp
Budget-constrained22
Scale-constrained001 against Ramp
Negative001 against Ramp · 2 against Engine
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Ramp and Engine 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
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Ramp Engine first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Ramp on the left and Engine on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Navan alternatives: Amex GBT Egencia, BCD Travel, Ramp, TravelPerk
Gemini 3.5 FlashNavan alternatives: Amex GBT Egencia, Brex, Ramp, TravelPerk
Grok 4.1 FastNavan alternatives: Ramp, TravelPerk
Kimi K2Navan, TravelPerk alternatives: Ramp, Routespring, SAP Concur
GLM 4.7 FlashXNavan, TravelPerk alternatives: Ramp, SAP Concur
GPT-6 LunaNavan alternatives: Ramp, TravelPerk
Muse Glimmer 30BNavan, formerly TripActions alternatives: Booking.com for Business, Ramp, SAP Concur, TravelPerk

Neither was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniNavan alternatives: Amex GBT Egencia, SAP Concur, TravelPerk
Perplexity SonarTravelPerk alternatives: Booking.com for Business, Corporate Traveler, Navan, Routespring
Mistral SmallNavan alternatives: Booking.com for Business, Certify, Routespring
DeepSeek V4 FlashNavan alternatives: Amex GBT Egencia, SAP Concur, TravelPerk
Llama 4 MaverickNavan, Routespring, TravelPerk
Qwen 3.7 FlashTravelPerk alternatives: Navan, Spotnana
MiniMax M2.5Navan, TravelPerk alternatives: Spotnana

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 four points.
Ramp8%#4 of 12
Engine4%#5 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Ramp leads by two points.
Ramp5%#4 of 12
Engine3%#5 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Ramp leads by four points.
Ramp4%#5 of 11
Engine0%#– of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Ramp

No label in this category carried a quote.

What the models said about Engine

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

“self-serve travel management platforms, such as Engine, Itilite, Navan, and Perk, may have limitations and compliance gaps” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · soft negative
“user reviews highlight slow and inconsistent support response times” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“For a budget-limited company, Engine or Ramp stand out for having zero platform fees and no contracts” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“I strongly recommend starting with Engine since it's completely free with no hidden costs” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Engine is recommended for companies that want free access to pre-negotiated hotel rates, consolidated billing, and policy enforcement without implementation cycles” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · alternative
Also compared

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.