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Business bill pay · September 2026 Edition

Melio vs AvidXchange

Zero of twelve models named Melio first on the direct prompt; one named AvidXchange. Melio was named by twelve of the twelve models and AvidXchange by eleven and Melio carries 27 labels and AvidXchange 25, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Melio

accepted challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

AvidXchange

accepted challenger

Named in eight categories this edition.

First-choice share26%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate11%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#6A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels2725A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Melio reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.BILL was named alongside these two in ten of the twelve direct answers. BILL vs Melio · BILL vs AvidXchange · Melio vs Ramp

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 bill pay page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
MelioFirst choices, of twelve modelsAvidXchange
Direct011 against Melio
Paraphrase00
Comparative30
Budget-constrained110
Scale-constrained001 against Melio
Negative001 against Melio
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, Melio and AvidXchange were named in the same answer thirty-eight times, of the 272 answers naming Melio and the 135 naming AvidXchange. In those answers AvidXchange took the first choice zero times and Melio eight.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

AvidXchange first, Melio not the choice

1 of 12 modelsMelio was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
MiniMax M2.5AvidXchange, BILL alternatives: Stampli, Tipalti

Neither was the first choice, one was named

8 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashStampli alternatives: Airbase, AvidXchange, Ramp, Tipalti
Perplexity SonarBILL alternatives: AvidXchange, Ramp, Stampli, Tipalti
Grok 4.1 FastBILL alternatives: AvidXchange, Ramp, Stampli, Tipalti
Mistral SmallBILL alternatives: AvidXchange, Finexio
DeepSeek V4 FlashTipalti alternatives: AvidXchange, BILL, Ramp, Stampli
Qwen 3.7 FlashBILL alternatives: AvidXchange, Ramp, Tipalti
Kimi K2BILL alternatives: AvidXchange, Melio, Rillion, Stampli
GLM 4.7 FlashXBILL, Ramp alternatives: AvidXchange, Stampli, Tipalti

Neither was named

3 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5MineralTree alternatives: BILL, EBizCharge, Rillion, Versapay
GPT-5.4 miniTipalti alternatives: BILL, 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
Melio leads by fifty-seven points.
Melio57%#1 of 7
AvidXchange0%#– of 7
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Melio leads by twenty-three points.
Melio26%#2 of 10
AvidXchange2%#6 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Melio0%#9 of 9
AvidXchange0%#7 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Melio

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

“Likely too lightweight for 500 employees needing controls and audit trails.” Kimi K2 · scale prompt · soft negative
“You run a small business (≤50 invoices/month) and want a friendly UI | Melio (Go plan: 5 free ACH payments).” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“The best bill pay platform for businesses on a limited budget is Melio's Go plan, which is $0/month” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about AvidXchange

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

“For most mid-market B2B companies, BILL or AvidXchange seem to be the most widely recommended” MiniMax M2.5 · direct 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.