Brex vs Novo
Two of twelve models named Brex first on the direct prompt; zero named Novo. Brex was named by twelve of the twelve models and Novo by eleven and Brex carries 24 labels and Novo 19, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in twelve categories this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
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 business banking page.
By framing
BrexFirst choices, of twelve modelsNovo
Every model, every framing
| 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 |
Brex Novo first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Brex on the left and Novo on the right.The direct prompt
Brex first, Novo not the choice
2 of 12 modelsNovo was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
6 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Brex8%#5 of 13Novo5%#6 of 13What the models said about Brex
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Brex abruptly decided to stop servicing traditional small businesses, giving tens of thousands ... just 60 days to move their funds” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Brex is best if you run a mid-market company and want a corporate card plus treasury and vault services in one platform.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Brex offers both banking and corporate card services designed for venture-backed startups and mid-market companies” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about Novo
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“neobanks (such as Mercury, Bluevine, or Novo) rely heavily on automated fraud-detection algorithms” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Novo: Best for Simple, 100% Fee-Free Banking ... Choose Novo if you want an all-around free account with great integrations and ATM fee refunds.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Start with Bluevine or Novo—open online in minutes with EIN/SSN.” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · first choice
“For US solos: Novo/Bluevine.” Grok 4.1 Fast · comparative prompt · first choice
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.