The most visible travel and expense tools in Europe, October 2026

October 2026 · 105 questions asked from 7 countries · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 420 answers read

Leader

SAP Concur

41Heralded Score, range 38–45

Most cited source

youtube.com

79citations

From Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews

Where engines disagree most

Pleo

1/4engines put it in their top three

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

Brands

Search is not measured for this board yet, so it ranks on AI answers.

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score All AI Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
51 ExpenseOnDemand GB New entry 1 , range 1–3 1#51
1
  • : score 1 · #51
1% 0% None First reading
52 Wallester EE New entry 1 , range 1–3 1#52
1
  • : score 1 · #52
1% 0% None First reading
53 Yokoy CH New entry 1 , range 1–3 1#53
1
  • : score 1 · #53
1% 0% First reading
54 iconta.ro RO New entry 1 , range 1–3 1#54
1
  • : score 1 · #54
1% 0% None First reading
55 iConta BR New entry 1 , range 1–2 1#55
1
  • : score 1 · #55
0% 0% None First reading
– 4expenses Unranked Too few answers Not measured
–
  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Airbase US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– AmTrav US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– ApprovalMax Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Atlatos Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% 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. AI gives each brand’s score and rank from the engines’ answers; Search is not measured for this board yet. 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 youtube.com Social 10.2% 2 of 4 44 Not read
2 sap.com Vendor site 5.7% 4 of 4 14 2
3 apps365.com Vendor site 4.8% 3 of 4 7 13
4 gov.uk Regulator 1.9% 3 of 4 14 Not read
5 irs.gov Regulator 2.1% 2 of 4 5 Not read
6 bundesfinanzministerium.de Regulator 1.4% 1 of 4 14 Not read
7 g2.com Review site 3.6% 3 of 4 12 Not read
8 linkedin.com Social 4.0% 2 of 4 9 Not read
9 free-now.com Vendor site 2.9% 3 of 4 8 9
10 holafly.com Vendor site 2.6% 2 of 4 2 7

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
Expense reporting apps vs. spreadsheets for travel expenses English SAP Concur and Zoho Expense, tied
Alternatives to employees booking their own business travel English Navan, TravelPerk and TravelPerk, tied
Alternatives to paper expense reports for a small business English Zoho Expense
I’m an operations manager at a 20-person company. How can I track business travel and expenses? English Zoho Expense
I manage a sales team that travels often. How can I control our travel budget? English SAP Concur
best travel and expense software for small businesses English Zoho Expense
business travel booking and expense tracking for finance teams English Spendesk
how can a small business track employee travel spending English Brex, Expensify, Navan, Wise Business, Xero Expenses and Zoho Expense, tied
how to reimburse employees for business travel expenses English No brand recommended
centralised travel booking vs employee-paid bookings for small businesses English No brand recommended

Each engine's top three

Method

Each leaderboard ranks brands on two sides. AI is how ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode answer the board's buyer questions. Search is Google's top 10 results for the keywords behind those questions. All combines the two, where Search is measured.

For the AI side, 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