7 categories · RankedAirbase
Standing by category
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spend management platforms | Spend and procurement | 26% | 2 of 39 | 7% | 43 | accepted challenger |
| Corporate cards | Spend and procurement | 5% | 4 of 63 | 0% | 19 | accepted challenger |
| Expense management | Spend and procurement | 2% | 10 of 46 | 0% | 10 | accepted challenger |
| Accounts payable automation | Spend and procurement | 0% | 13 of 60 | 18% | 11 | accepted challenger |
| Business bill pay | Treasury and cash | 0% | 14 of 69 | 0% | 3 | under 10 labels · led by BILL at 35% |
| Procure-to-pay | Spend and procurement | 0% | 22 of 85 | 0% | 3 | under 10 labels · led by Procurify at 45% |
| Supplier management | Spend and procurement | 0% | 54 of 80 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by Procurify at 26% |
Movement
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Mistral Small | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Kimi K2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
By framing
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“the strongest *default* pick is Airbase if your priority is unifying cards, expenses, AP, approvals, and procurement in one system” Perplexity Sonar · Spend management platfor · direct prompt · first choice
“### 1. Airbase ... Why it stands out: Purpose-built for mid-market finance teams needing real control before spend happens” Kimi K2 · Spend management platfor · direct prompt · first choice
“Best for Complexity & Multi-Entity Operations: Airbase ... frequently cited as the go-to for mid-market companies” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Spend management platfor · direct prompt · first choice
“For most mid‑market B2B companies, the best spend management platform is Airbase (now part of Paylocity)” GLM 4.7 FlashX · Spend management platfor · direct prompt · first choice
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“users complain about gaps in the core AP functionality... Tech Glitches” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Accounts payable automat · negative prompt · hard negative
“User-friendly but problematic... not ideal if you need strong reporting and ERP integration for AP” GLM 4.7 FlashX · Accounts payable automat · negative prompt · soft negative
“Airbase was acquired by Paylocity... it's now integrated into Paylocity's broader HCM suite” Kimi K2 · Spend management platfor · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Occasional slow approvals, card acceptance issues, or PO rework.” Grok 4.1 Fast · Spend management platfor · negative prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
What carried it into the answer
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, four of the twelve in this edition, so these counts come from 126 of the 167 answers that named Airbase and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
384 of the 384 domain citations in answers naming Airbase came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Names read as Airbase
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