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Business bill pay · October 2026 Edition

Melio vs Stampli

Zero of fourteen models named Melio first on the direct prompt; one named Stampli. Melio was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Stampli by ten and Melio carries 29 labels and Stampli 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Melio

accepted challenger

Named in eight categories this edition.

Stampli

accepted challenger

Named in nine categories this edition.

First-choice share13%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate10%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#6A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels2916A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Melio reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Tipalti was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. BILL vs Melio · BILL vs Stampli · Ramp vs Melio

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 bill pay page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
MelioFirst choices, of fourteen modelsStampli
Direct012 against Melio
Paraphrase00
Comparative30
Budget-constrained70
Scale-constrained001 against Melio
Negative00
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, Melio and Stampli were named in the same answer thirty-three times, of the 292 answers naming Melio and the 159 naming Stampli. In those answers Stampli took the first choice one time and Melio three.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Melio and Stampli 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
Melio Stampli first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Melio on the left and Stampli on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Stampli first, Melio not the choice

1 of 14 modelsMelio was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashStampli alternatives: Airbase, AvidXchange, Ramp, Tipalti

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.
Grok 4.1 FastBILL alternatives: Ramp, Stampli, Tipalti
Mistral SmallBILL alternatives: Stampli, Tipalti
DeepSeek V4 FlashTipalti alternatives: AvidXchange, Stampli
Kimi K2Ramp alternatives: BILL, Stampli, Tipalti
GLM 4.7 FlashXAvidXchange alternatives: BILL, HighRadius, Ramp, Stampli, Tipalti
Muse Glimmer 30BAvidXchange alternatives: BILL, Ramp, Stampli, Tipalti

Neither was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5BILL alternatives: EBizCharge, Ramp, Versapay
GPT-5.4 miniBILL alternatives: Coupa, Esker, HighRadius, Medius, Ramp, Tipalti
Perplexity SonarBILL alternatives: AvidXchange, HighRadius
Llama 4 MaverickBILL alternatives: Billtrust, Tipalti
Qwen 3.7 FlashBILL, Tipalti alternatives: Ramp
MiniMax M2.5BILL alternatives: Ramp, Tipalti
GPT-6 LunaRamp alternatives: AvidXchange, BILL, Tipalti

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
Melio leads by forty-two points.
Melio42%#1 of 5
Stampli0%#– of 5
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Melio leads by eleven points.
Melio13%#3 of 8
Stampli2%#6 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Stampli leads at enterprise.
Stampli2%#6 of 12
Melio0%#12 of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Melio

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

“you've outgrown small-business tools like Melio or basic QuickBooks Bill Pay” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · hard negative
“While small-business tools like Melio or basic setups of BILL (formerly Bill.com) are popular, mid-market companies ... quickly outgrow them” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · soft negative
“🏆 Top Pick: Melio ... Melio is widely regarded as the best free starting point for budget-conscious small businesses” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Choose Melio if you primarily need simple bill pay with some free ACH transfers and want to pay by credit card” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Stampli

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

“Best Overall for ERP Integration & Approval Workflows: Stampli ... widely considered the best-in-class option” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
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.