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The most visible travel and expense tools, October 2026

October 2026 · 12 questions asked in English, worldwide · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 96 answers read

Leader

Navan

78%of answers name it

Most cited source

concur.com

50citations

From Google AI Mode, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Where engines disagree most

Brex

1/4engines put it in their top three

Top three on Google AI Mode, not on Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Brands

Rank Brand Heralded Score Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
11 Spendesk FR 7 , range 4–25 10% 0% None First reading
12 Rydoo BE 7 , range 3–27 7% 3% None First reading
13 Payhawk GB 6 , range 3–22 7% 1% First reading
14 Fyle IN 5 , range 2–16 7% 0% None First reading
= 15 Egencia US 3 , range 1–10 3% 1% First reading
= 15 Mobilexpense BE 3 , range 1–10 3% 1% First reading
17 SAP DE 3 , range 1–10 3% 1% First reading
– Airbase US Too few answers 3% 0% None First reading
– Amex Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) US Too few answers 1% 0% None First reading
– ApprovalMax Too few answers 1% 1% None First reading

“=” marks brands whose score ranges overlap, so the test cannot separate them. Every brand named in at least three answers is ranked. By engine has one dot per engine (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode), darker the more often it names the brand.

Most cited sources

Rank Source Type Cited in Engines Pages cited Brands its pages mention
1 reddit.com Community 13.5% 3 of 4 5 15

The questions, and who wins each

QuestionLanguageWins it
best business travel and expense software for a distributed company English Navan
business travel and expense software recommendations for an office manager English Expensify
top business travel and expense software English Ramp
how to choose business travel and expense software English Navan and Ramp, tied
what to look for in business travel and expense software English Navan, Payhawk, Ramp and TravelPerk, tied
business travel and expense software for a team of 20 to 200 English Ramp
business travel and expense software that integrates with Xero English Expensify
business travel and expense software with GDPR-compliant hosting English Navan, Rydoo, SAP Concur and TravelPerk, tied
business travel and expense software for consulting English SAP Concur
most reliable business travel and expense software English SAP Concur

Each engine's top three

Method

Each month Heralded asks every engine the same buyer questions, twice each, and reads every answer. An answer counts 0 for a brand it leaves out, 50 for a brand it names and 100 for a brand it recommends, and the Heralded Score is built from those. A brand named in at least three answers gets a score and a place.

How the leaderboards are measured