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Cross-border payments and FX · September 2026 Edition

Thunes vs Tipalti

One of twelve models named Thunes first on the direct prompt; one named Tipalti. Thunes was named by eight of the twelve models and Tipalti by eight and both carry 13 labels, so the shares below are directly comparable.

Thunes

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Tipalti

accepted challenger

Named in twelve categories this edition.

First-choice share2%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#6A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels1313Equal, which is what makes the shares comparable.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Thunes reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Wise Business was named alongside these two in eleven of the twelve direct answers. Wise Business vs Thunes · Wise Business vs Tipalti · Airwallex vs Thunes

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

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
ThunesFirst choices, of twelve modelsTipalti
Direct11
Paraphrase00
Comparative20
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
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.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Thunes first, Tipalti not the choice

1 of 12 modelsTipalti was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Mistral SmallThunes, Wise Business alternatives: Airwallex, Nium

Tipalti first, Thunes not the choice

1 of 12 modelsThunes was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarAirwallex, Tipalti alternatives: Currencycloud, Payoneer, Stripe, Wise Business

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Wise Business alternatives: Thunes, Tipalti
Gemini 3.5 FlashAirwallex alternatives: Convera, Corpay Cross-Border, Tipalti, TransferMate, Wise Business
Grok 4.1 FastAirwallex, Wise Business alternatives: Nium, Rapyd, Stripe Treasury, Thunes, Tipalti
DeepSeek V4 FlashAirwallex alternatives: Convera, OFX, Tipalti, Wise Business
Kimi K2Airwallex alternatives: Corpay Cross-Border, Tipalti, Wise Business
GLM 4.7 FlashXAirwallex alternatives: Banking Circle, Cedar Money, PhotonPay, Stripe, Thunes, Tipalti, Wise Business
MiniMax M2.5Airwallex alternatives: Stripe, Thunes, Wise Business

Neither was named

3 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniAirwallex alternatives: Payoneer, Stripe, Wise Business
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashAirwallex, Wise Business alternatives: Currencycloud, Revolut Business

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
Level: the same share of first choices.
Thunes0%#7 of 8
Tipalti0%#– of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Thunes2%#5 of 11
Tipalti2%#6 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Thunes leads by nineteen points.
Thunes22%#1 of 12
Tipalti3%#9 of 12
The full enterprise standing →

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

What the models said about Tipalti

No label in this category carried a quote.

Also compared
Wise Business vs ThunesWise Business vs TipaltiAirwallex vs ThunesAirwallex vs TipaltiCorpay Cross-Border vs ThunesCorpay Cross-Border vs TipaltiOFX vs ThunesOFX vs TipaltiAll fifteen head-to-head pages and the full cross-border payments 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.