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Expense management · September 2026 Edition

Expensify vs SAP Concur

Zero of twelve models named Expensify first on the direct prompt; zero named SAP Concur. Both were named by all twelve models and Expensify carries 50 labels and SAP Concur 40, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Expensify

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

SAP Concur

criticized challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

First-choice share4%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate16%32%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#6#8A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels5040A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Expensify reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Navan was named alongside these two in ten of the twelve direct answers. Ramp vs Expensify · Ramp vs SAP Concur · Zoho Expense vs Expensify

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 expense 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.
ExpensifyFirst choices, of twelve modelsSAP Concur
Direct001 against SAP Concur
Paraphrase212 against SAP Concur
Comparative01
Budget-constrained001 against Expensify · 2 against SAP Concur
Scale-constrained002 against SAP Concur
Negative007 against Expensify · 6 against SAP Concur
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, Expensify and SAP Concur were named in the same answer 101 times, of the 213 answers naming Expensify and the 385 naming SAP Concur. In those answers SAP Concur took the first choice fourteen times and Expensify three.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Expensify and SAP Concur 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
Expensify SAP Concur first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Expensify on the left and SAP Concur on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Expensify and SAP Concur stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

9 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Navan alternatives: Ramp, SAP Concur
GPT-5.4 miniRippling Spend alternatives: Navan, SAP Concur
Perplexity SonarRamp alternatives: Airbase, Expensify, Navan, SAP Concur, Spendesk
Grok 4.1 FastRamp alternatives: Navan, SAP Concur
DeepSeek V4 FlashRamp alternatives: Airwallex, Brex, Navan, SAP Concur
Qwen 3.7 FlashRamp alternatives: Navan, SAP Concur, Spendesk
Kimi K2Navan, Ramp alternatives: Expensify, Rippling Spend
GLM 4.7 FlashXRamp alternatives: Expensify, Navan, Paylocity, SAP Concur
MiniMax M2.5Rippling Spend alternatives: Airbase, Emburse, Navan, SAP Concur

Neither was named

3 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Gemini 3.5 FlashRamp alternatives: Airbase, Brex, Navan, Rippling Spend
Mistral SmallSpendesk alternatives: Emburse, Procurify, Ramp
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
Expensify leads by nineteen points.
Expensify19%#3 of 7
SAP Concur0%#7 of 7
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Expensify leads by two points.
Expensify4%#6 of 11
SAP Concur2%#8 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: SAP Concur leads at enterprise.
SAP Concur66%#1 of 9
Expensify5%#5 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Expensify

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

“A mixed picture — it rates well overall (4.5/5 on G2), but has had a notable drop in sentiment since the "New Expensify" redesign” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Expensify has recently faced criticism for a radical political email sent to users, which many viewed as a privacy violation” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“Expensify is a very common tool, but it has faced scrutiny regarding pricing changes, data privacy, and financial stability.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“I'd recommend starting with Expensify if you want the most established and widely-used tool” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Spendesk, Expensify, SAP Concur, or Rippling Spend are often cited as top recommendations” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Best if you value a simple, mobile‑first employee experience and want strong receipt automation at an affordable price.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · alternative

What the models said about SAP Concur

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

“The most frequently criticized option among users, with consistent themes across G2 and Trustpilot” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Spendesk, Expensify, SAP Concur, or Rippling Spend are often cited as top recommendations” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“SAP Concur and Navan lead for large enterprises” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
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.