Airwallex vs Thunes
Nine of twelve models named Airwallex first on the direct prompt; one named Thunes. Airwallex was named by twelve of the twelve models and Thunes by eight and Airwallex carries 43 labels and Thunes 13, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in eight 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 Cross-border payments and FX page.
By framing
AirwallexFirst choices, of twelve modelsThunes
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Airwallex and Thunes were named in the same answer forty-four times, of the 278 answers naming Airwallex and the 54 naming Thunes. In those answers Thunes took the first choice nine times and Airwallex ten.
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 | | | |
Airwallex Thunes first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Airwallex on the left and Thunes on the right.The direct prompt
Airwallex first, Thunes an alternative
9 of 12 modelsThunes was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Thunes first, Airwallex an alternative
1 of 12 modelsAirwallex was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
1 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
1 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
Thunes22%#1 of 12Airwallex19%#3 of 12What the models said about Airwallex
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“their platform is fundamentally optimized for transactional operations rather than complex risk hedging programs” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“it is usually positioned more as an all-in-one platform than the cheapest option” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · soft negative
“Airwallex is the best all‑in‑one choice for mid‑market B2B companies needing multi‑currency accounts, multi‑entity control, and broad local payout coverage.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“Two platforms stand out as the absolute best budget-friendly cross-border payment solutions ... Wise Business and Airwallex.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Start with Airwallex if you're growing cross-border ops needing full-stack tools, or Wise for simple, cheap transfers.” Grok 4.1 Fast · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Thunes
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Thunes: Best overall for global B2B payouts at scale, covering 140+ countries and 90 currencies.” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · first choice
“Thunes is considered the best overall for global B2B payouts” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“Thunes (Best for Enterprise & Infrastructure)” Qwen 3.7 Flash · 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.