When asked for the best expense management software, 6 AI assistants named 7 brands between them this month. Expensify was named most often, followed by QuickBooks and Zoho Expense. 3 brands were named by every assistant that answered: Expensify, QuickBooks, Zoho Expense.
Who named whom
| Brand | ChatGPT | Perplexity | Claude | Grok | DeepSeek | Cohere | Named by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expensify | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 of 6 |
| QuickBooks | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 of 6 |
| Zoho Expense | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 of 6 |
| QuickBooks Online | ✓ | · | · | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 4 of 6 |
| Xero | ✓ | ✓ | · | ✓ | · | ✓ | 4 of 6 |
| Ramp | · | ✓ | ✓ | · | ✓ | · | 3 of 6 |
| FreshBooks | · | · | ✓ | · | · | ✓ | 2 of 6 |
Share of voice
What each assistant said
ChatGPT
Named 5 brands, in this order: Expensify, QuickBooks, Xero, Zoho Expense, QuickBooks Online.
Selecting the best expense management software for a small business often depends on specific needs and preferences, such as budget, features, and integration capabilities.
Perplexity
Named 5 brands, in this order: Zoho Expense, QuickBooks, Xero, Expensify, Ramp.
For most small businesses, Zoho Expense is the safest overall pick because it is repeatedly identified as a strong small-business option, with low pricing, a free tier, and integrations with common accounting tools like QuickBooks and Xero.
Claude
Named 5 brands, in this order: Expensify, QuickBooks, FreshBooks, Zoho Expense, Ramp.
Here are some top options to consider:
Grok
Named 5 brands, in this order: Expensify, Zoho Expense, QuickBooks, QuickBooks Online, Xero.
DeepSeek
Named 5 brands, in this order: Ramp, Expensify, Zoho Expense, QuickBooks, QuickBooks Online.
There's no single "best" expense management software — the right choice depends on your team size, how you handle receipts, whether you need corporate cards, and whether you want it bundled with accounting.
Cohere
Named 6 brands, in this order: QuickBooks, QuickBooks Online, FreshBooks, Expensify, Zoho Expense, Xero.
Choosing the best expense management software for a small business depends on your specific needs, budget, and the features you prioritize.
The questions asked
- What is the best expense management software for a small business?
Asked between 2026-09-26 and 2026-09-26. Not answering this month: Gemini, Mistral.
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Each month we ask every assistant the same plain buyer questions, worded the way a person shopping for this kind of product would ask them, with no brand suggested in the question except where the question itself names the market leader to find alternatives to. Each assistant answers in a fresh session with no earlier conversation, so an answer reflects what the assistant says to anyone who asks, not what it was steered towards.
From each answer we keep the product and company names it recommends. A name counts only when it appears in the answer as a proper name, is not a heading such as "Best for" or "Pricing", and is confirmed by a second assistant naming it too, by a website the answer cites, or by being the market leader named in the question. Share of voice is each brand's share of all brand mentions in the category this month. Assistants that could not answer this month are listed as not answering, never counted as naming nobody.
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