Business banking · October 2026 Edition
Bluevine vs Bank of America
Zero of fourteen models named Bluevine first on the direct prompt; two named Bank of America. Bluevine was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Bank of America by thirteen and Bluevine carries 39 labels and Bank of America 36, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in four categories this edition.
Named in two categories this edition.
First-choice share10%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate18%19%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#6A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels3936A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Bluevine reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Mercury vs Bluevine · Mercury vs Bank of America · Rho vs Bluevine
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 business banking page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
BluevineFirst choices, of fourteen modelsBank of America
Direct02
Paraphrase001 against Bluevine · 1 against Bank of America
Comparative32
Budget-constrained502 against Bank of America
Scale-constrained001 against Bank of America
Negative006 against Bluevine · 3 against Bank of America
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, Bluevine and Bank of America were named in the same answer forty-one times, of the 112 answers naming Bluevine and the 109 naming Bank of America. In those answers Bank of America took the first choice two times and Bluevine eight.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Bluevine and Bank of America 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 | | |
Bluevine Bank of America first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Bluevine on the left and Bank of America on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Bluevine and Bank of America stood in it.
Bank of America first, Bluevine not the choice
2 of 14 modelsBluevine was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.DeepSeek V4 FlashBank of America, Chase Business Banking alternatives: Capital One
Muse Glimmer 30BBank of America, Chase Business Banking
Neither was the first choice, one was named
6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.GPT-5.4 miniJ.P. Morgan Commercial Banking alternatives: Bank of America, Wells Fargo Commercial Banking
Gemini 3.5 FlashRho alternatives: Bank of America, Brex, Chase Business Banking, Mercury, Ramp
Grok 4.1 FastChase Business Banking alternatives: Bank of America, Capital One
Qwen 3.7 FlashRamp alternatives: Aspire, Bank of America, Chase Business Banking, Mercury, Oxygen Banking
GLM 4.7 FlashXMercury alternatives: Airwallex, Bank of America, Brex, Chase Business Banking
GPT-6 LunaJ.P. Morgan Commercial Banking alternatives: Bank of America, Citibank, U.S. Bank
Neither was named
6 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5Chase Business Banking alternatives: Bluevine Premier Business Checking, KeyBank, Relay
Perplexity SonarRho alternatives: Airwallex, Brex, Capital One Enhanced Checking
Mistral SmallCapital One alternatives: PNC Bank Treasury Enterprise Plan, Truist Bank, Wells Fargo
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Kimi K2Chase Performance Business Checking alternatives: Brex, Mercury, Relay
MiniMax M2.5PNC Bank alternatives: Capital One, First Internet Bank, Rho, Wise 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
Bluevine leads by sixteen points.
Bluevine16%#2 of 12Bank of America0%#11 of 12Mid-marketThe figures above
Bluevine leads by six points.
Bluevine10%#3 of 14Bank of America4%#6 of 14Enterprise
The order flips: Bank of America leads at enterprise.
Bank of America8%#4 of 11Bluevine0%#– of 11What the models said about Bluevine
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“BlueVine | 13.2 negative reviews/month | Account closures (44% of complaints)” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“13.2 negative reviews per month ... with 44% related to account closures/freezes” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“High complaints (13.2 negatives/month), 44% about unexpected freezes/closures.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
“Bluevine is widely considered the best option for budget-conscious businesses... Bluevine is generally the winner” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Bluevine or Mercury currently offer the best combination of zero fees, features, and accessibility” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“my pick for a new or small company on a tight budget is Bluevine's Standard business checking” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Bank of America
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Widely criticized by small businesses for high monthly fees and rigid compliance requirements.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Long holds on business deposits (7+ days), payment issues, account freezes, poor support.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
“BOA sees a high volume of CFPB complaints regarding account closures.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Bank of America Global Commercial Banking with Business Advantage checking and CashPro treasury services for dedicated commercial relationship coverage.” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“Chase and Bank of America are the banks most cited for businesses that need branch access.” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
“Go with JPMorgan Chase or Bank of America as your primary bank.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
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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.