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Expense management · October 2026 Edition

Expensify vs Brex

Two of fourteen models named Expensify first on the direct prompt; one named Brex. Both were named by all fourteen models and Expensify carries 64 labels and Brex 34, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Expensify

accepted challenger

Named in five categories this edition.

Brex

accepted challenger

Named in eleven categories this edition.

First-choice share10%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate17%12%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#5A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels6434A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Expensify reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Ramp was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Ramp vs Expensify · Ramp vs Brex · Zoho Expense vs Expensify

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 expense management page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
ExpensifyFirst choices, of fourteen modelsBrex
Direct21
Paraphrase30
Comparative31
Budget-constrained001 against Expensify
Scale-constrained01
Negative1010 against Expensify · 4 against Brex
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.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Expensify and Brex were named in the same answer 136 times, of the 256 answers naming Expensify and the 672 naming Brex. In those answers Brex took the first choice twelve times and Expensify thirteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Expensify and Brex 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
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Expensify Brex first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Expensify on the left and Brex on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Expensify first, Brex an alternative

2 of 14 modelsBrex was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Kimi K2Expensify, Ramp alternatives: Brex, Emburse
MiniMax M2.5Expensify, Rippling Spend, SAP Concur alternatives: Airwallex, BILL Spend & Expense, Navan, Paylocity, Ramp

Brex first, Expensify an alternative

1 of 14 modelsExpensify was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Qwen 3.7 FlashBrex, Ramp alternatives: BILL Spend & Expense, Expensify, Rydoo

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 4.5Ramp, Spendesk alternatives: Airbase, BILL Spend & Expense, Brex, Navan
GPT-5.4 miniRippling Spend alternatives: Brex, Navan, Payhawk, Ramp, SAP Concur
Gemini 3.5 FlashRamp alternatives: Airbase, Brex, Navan, Rippling Spend
Perplexity SonarPayhawk alternatives: BILL Spend & Expense, Expensify, Procurify, SAP Concur
Grok 4.1 FastNavan alternatives: Expensify, Rippling Spend
DeepSeek V4 FlashAirbase, Ramp alternatives: Brex, Payhawk
GLM 4.7 FlashXAirbase, Ramp alternatives: Expensify, Rippling Spend, SAP Concur, Zoho Expense
GPT-6 LunaRamp alternatives: Brex, Navan, SAP Concur

Neither was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Mistral SmallAirbase alternatives: BILL Spend & Expense, Eco, Ramp
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Muse Glimmer 30BNavan, SAP Concur alternatives: Airbase, Paylocity, Rippling Spend, Rydoo

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
Expensify leads by sixteen points.
Expensify19%#3 of 8
Brex4%#5 of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Expensify leads by six points.
Expensify10%#3 of 11
Brex4%#5 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Expensify leads by two points.
Expensify2%#5 of 10
Brex0%#8 of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Expensify

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.

“criticized for complex and unintuitive interfaces, unexpected fees, unreliable credit card syncing, and poor customer support” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“Came under fire for receipt scanning methodology using third-party ML services... recurring technical and syncing problems” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Expensify | Small to mid-sized businesses, SMBs, distributed teams | $5/user/month ... Simple onboarding, fast expense submission, excellent value for money” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“### 1. Expensify (Best All-Rounder) ... Choose Expensify if: You want the safest bet with the widest range of accounting software connections.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend Expensify as the default choice if you want a strong balance of ease of use, automation, and cost” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Brex

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.

“Brex (Avoid if you are a bootstrapped or traditional small business)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
Also compared

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.