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Alternatives to Relay, as AI models named them

In the September 2026 Edition, 165 of the 216 answers collected in the one category where Relay holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
First choices in the 165 answers that did not name Relay, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Business banking

Treasury and cash. Six framings, twelve models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Relay is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessRelay is #4 of 11 here at 6% of first choices, 33 labels.

Forty-six of the seventy-two answers did not name Relay; it was the first choice in seven. The first choices in those forty-six answers, thirteen products in all, the eight most named:

Mercury10 of 46
Bluevine6 of 46
Novo3 of 46
Axos Bank2 of 46
Brex2 of 46
Found2 of 46
5 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketRelay is #10 of 13 here at 0% of first choices, 29 labels.

Fifty-four of the seventy-two answers did not name Relay; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those fifty-four answers, fourteen products in all, the eight most named:

Mercury7 of 54
Bluevine4 of 54
Rho4 of 54
Brex2 of 54
NBKC2 of 54
Axos Bank1 of 54
6 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseRelay is #10 of 11 here at 0% of first choices, 10 labels.

Sixty-five of the seventy-two answers did not name Relay; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those sixty-five answers, eighteen products in all, the eight most named:

Brex8 of 65
Rho7 of 65
Ramp3 of 65
Mercury2 of 65
PNC Bank2 of 65
10 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of twelve models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is seventy-two answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Relay neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Relay only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Relay's side.

Every answer and every label is in the free record. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Relay was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.