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Expense management · October 2026 Edition

Ramp vs Brex

Seven of fourteen models named Ramp first on the direct prompt; one named Brex. Both were named by all fourteen models and Ramp carries 53 labels and Brex 34, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Ramp

endorsed leader

Named in seventeen categories this edition.

Brex

accepted challenger

Named in eleven categories this edition.

First-choice share35%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.

Negative rate8%12%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.

Rank in category#1#5A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.

Labels5334A 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 Zoho Expense · Ramp vs Expensify · Ramp vs BILL Spend & Expense

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 expense 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 modelsBrex

Direct71

Paraphrase70

Comparative51

Budget-constrained30

Scale-constrained11

Negative204 against Ramp · 4 against Brex

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.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Ramp and Brex were named in the same answer 538 times, of the 1084 answers naming Ramp and the 672 naming Brex. In those answers Brex took the first choice fifteen times and Ramp 167.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Ramp and Brex 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
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B

Ramp

Brex

first choice

named as an alternative

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

The direct prompt

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

Both were the first choice

1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.

Qwen 3.7 FlashBrex, Ramp alternatives: BILL Spend & Expense, Expensify, Rydoo

Ramp first, Brex an alternative

6 of 14 modelsBrex was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.

Claude Haiku 4.5Ramp, Spendesk alternatives: Airbase, BILL Spend & Expense, Brex, Navan

Gemini 3.5 FlashRamp alternatives: Airbase, Brex, Navan, Rippling Spend

DeepSeek V4 FlashAirbase, Ramp alternatives: Brex, Payhawk

Kimi K2Expensify, Ramp alternatives: Brex, Emburse

GLM 4.7 FlashXAirbase, Ramp alternatives: Expensify, Rippling Spend, SAP Concur, Zoho Expense

GPT-6 LunaRamp alternatives: Brex, Navan, SAP Concur

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.

GPT-5.4 miniRippling Spend alternatives: Brex, Navan, Payhawk, Ramp, SAP Concur

Mistral SmallAirbase alternatives: BILL Spend & Expense, Eco, Ramp

MiniMax M2.5Expensify, Rippling Spend, SAP Concur alternatives: Airwallex, BILL Spend & Expense, Navan, Paylocity, Ramp

Neither was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.

Perplexity SonarPayhawk alternatives: BILL Spend & Expense, Expensify, Procurify, SAP Concur

Grok 4.1 FastNavan alternatives: Expensify, Rippling Spend

Llama 4 Maverickno first choice

Muse Glimmer 30BNavan, SAP Concur alternatives: Airbase, Paylocity, Rippling Spend, Rydoo

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 twenty-one points.

Ramp#2 of 8

Brex#5 of 8

The full small business standing →

Mid-marketThe figures above

Ramp leads by thirty-one points.

Ramp#1 of 11

Brex#5 of 11

The full mid-market standing →

Enterprise

Ramp leads by fifteen points.

Ramp#2 of 10

Brex#8 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 or Brex (Best for Card-First, Modern Spend Management): Free platform fees, incredibly fast to set up, highly modern UI, and top-tier AI receipt matching.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice

“Ramp (Best Overall Free Option) ... Go with Ramp. It will save your team dozens of hours of manual receipt-chasing, and you will pay $0 in software fees.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Brex

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

“Brex (Avoid if you are a bootstrapped or traditional small business)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative

Also compared

Ramp vs Zoho Expense Ramp vs Expensify Ramp vs BILL Spend & Expense Ramp vs Navan Ramp vs Rippling Spend Ramp vs SAP Concur Zoho Expense vs Brex Expensify vs Brex BILL Spend & Expense vs Brex Brex vs Navan Brex vs Rippling Spend Brex vs SAP Concur All twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full expense management 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.