Accounts payable automation · October 2026 Edition
Tipalti vs Airbase
Four of fourteen models named Tipalti first on the direct prompt; one named Airbase. Tipalti was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Airbase by five and Tipalti carries 50 labels and Airbase 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in eighteen categories this edition.
Named in eight categories this edition.
First-choice share10%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate10%18%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#8A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels5011A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Tipalti reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.AvidXchange was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Ramp vs Tipalti · Ramp vs Airbase · Stampli vs Tipalti
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen 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 accounts payable automation page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
TipaltiFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAirbase
Direct41
Paraphrase10
Comparative20
Budget-constrained001 against Tipalti
Scale-constrained10
Negative004 against Tipalti · 2 against Airbase
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Tipalti and Airbase stood in it.
| 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 | | | | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | |
Tipalti Airbase first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Tipalti on the left and Airbase on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Tipalti and Airbase stood in it.
Tipalti first, Airbase not the choice
4 of 14 modelsAirbase was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.GPT-5.4 miniTipalti alternatives: AvidXchange, Basware, Medius
Perplexity SonarStampli, Tipalti alternatives: AvidXchange, BILL Accounts Payable, Corpay
Mistral SmallMedius, Tipalti alternatives: BILL Accounts Payable, Quadient AP, Softco
MiniMax M2.5Stampli, Tipalti alternatives: BILL Accounts Payable, HighRadius, Ramp, Sage Intacct
Airbase first, Tipalti not the choice
1 of 14 modelsTipalti was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Muse Glimmer 30BAirbase, AvidXchange alternatives: BILL Accounts Payable, Medius, MineralTree, a Global Payments company, Quadient AP, Rillion
Neither was the first choice, one was named
8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Claude Haiku 4.5AvidXchange, MineralTree alternatives: Medius, Stampli, Tipalti
Gemini 3.5 FlashStampli alternatives: AvidXchange, Medius, Ramp, Tipalti
Grok 4.1 FastBILL Accounts Payable, Stampli alternatives: AvidXchange, Ramp, Tipalti
DeepSeek V4 FlashStampli alternatives: Airbase, AvidXchange, Tipalti
Qwen 3.7 FlashBILL Accounts Payable alternatives: AvidXchange, Spendful, Tipalti, Vasario
Kimi K2BILL Accounts Payable, Stampli alternatives: Quadient AP, Ramp, Tipalti
GLM 4.7 FlashXHighRadius alternatives: AvidXchange, BILL Accounts Payable, Payhawk, Quadient AP, Ramp, Stampli, Tipalti
GPT-6 LunaStampli alternatives: AvidXchange, BILL Accounts Payable, Ramp, Tipalti
Neither was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Level: the same share of first choices.
Tipalti0%#9 of 9Airbase0%#– of 9Mid-marketThe figures above
Enterprise
What the models said about Tipalti
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“What to avoid on a tight budget:- Enterprise-oriented products like Tipalti and Coupa generally start much higher” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · hard negative
“Users report difficult onboarding and learning curve ... Integration issues with some ERPs” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Tipalti (Strongest "Avoid" Recommendation)” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
“Tipalti: Best if you have high volumes of international payments, global tax compliance needs, and multi-subsidiary structures.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
What the models said about Airbase
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“Airbase was acquired by Paylocity in 2025, and there is some uncertainty about its future roadmap” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“Airbase is listed with the note "Acquired by Paylocity (2025) — roadmap uncertainty"” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
Also compared
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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.