Business finance and payments

Tracks AI visibility for brands in the UK business finance and payments market.

Live · week 41
Panel v1 · 50 questions
ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityClaude

Answers collected Sunday 4 October 2026 · Published Monday 5 October 2026

Leader
Xero icon
Xero
Named in 25.7% of answers
Brands named
973
Answers analysed
600
50 questions × 4 assistants × 4 weeks
Biggest mover
FreeAgent
Up 22 places
#BrandVisibilityCited4 wksAssistants
1Xero iconXeroxero.com
25.7%
6.5%
-
2Square iconSquaresquareup.com
19.8%
5.8%
1
3Stripe iconStripestripe.com
19.3%
5.5%
1
4SumUp iconSumUpsumup.com
19.0%
9.0%
-
5QuickBooks iconQuickBooksintuit.com
18.7%
0.3%
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6PayPal iconPayPalpaypal.com
17.5%
1.5%
-
7Sage iconSagesage.com
17.0%
3.5%
-
8Pleo iconPleopleo.io
12.7%
1.0%
1
9Worldpay iconWorldpayworldpay.com
12.0%
1.8%
2
10NatWest iconNatWestnatwest.com
11.5%
1.2%
2
11Lombard iconLombardlombard.co.uk
11.2%
7.3%
1
12NetSuite
10.8%
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What the assistants say

"Square — best for most independent cafés Choose Square if you mainly need counter ordering, card payments, basic stock control and online sales."

ChatGPTonSquare
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"## Best prepaid business cards for staff expenses in the UK For most UK businesses, **Pleo** is the best all-round choice for small teams, while **Soldo** is stronger when you need tighter budgets and approvals."

ChatGPTonPleo
Source

"It is less focused than Pleo or Soldo on full expense-policy management."

ChatGPTonPleo
Source

"Pleo — best overall for small UK teams Pleo is a good fit for startups, agencies and growing businesses that want staff cards with minimal administration."

ChatGPTonPleo
Source

"[emburse.com](https://www.emburse.com/uk/resources/best-business-expense-cards-in-the-uk) ## My practical recommendation - **1–10 employees:** Pleo - **10–50 employees with strict spending rules:** Soldo - **Regular overseas spending:** Wise Business or Revolut Business - **Several departmen"

ChatGPTonPleo
Source

"[pleo.io](https://www.pleo.io/en/prepaid-business-cards) **Choose Pleo if:** you prioritise a user-friendly app and quick rollout over highly complex approval structures."

ChatGPTonPleo
Source

"### Best overall: Sage Spend Management Sage is particularly suitable where finance teams need to: - Set budgets by department, project, location or cost centre - Track budget versus actual spending in real time - Create departmental spending limits and approval rules - Monitor variances through d"

ChatGPTonSage
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"**Sage** if departmental budgets, financial control and reporting are the main requirements."

ChatGPTonSage
Source

"For a **mid-sized UK company with several departments**, **Sage Spend Management** is likely the best starting point if your priority is departmental budgeting, spend visibility and integration with your existing finance systems."

ChatGPTonSage
Source

"For a typical UK mid-market business with multiple departments, I would shortlist **Sage and Webexpenses first**."

ChatGPTonSage
Source

Named together

QuickBooks iconQuickBooks&Xero iconXero
41 shared answers
Sage iconSage&Xero iconXero
34 shared answers
Square iconSquare&SumUp iconSumUp
33 shared answers
QuickBooks iconQuickBooks&Sage iconSage
30 shared answers
PayPal iconPayPal&Square iconSquare
27 shared answers
PayPal iconPayPal&Stripe iconStripe
26 shared answers
PayPal iconPayPal&SumUp iconSumUp
25 shared answers
Stripe iconStripe&Worldpay iconWorldpay
24 shared answers
Pleo iconPleo&Xero iconXero
23 shared answers
NetSuite&Xero iconXero
21 shared answers
Square iconSquare&Stripe iconStripe
21 shared answers
Pleo iconPleo&QuickBooks iconQuickBooks
20 shared answers
PayPal iconPayPal&Worldpay iconWorldpay
20 shared answers
Pleo iconPleo&Sage iconSage
19 shared answers
Expensify iconExpensify&Xero iconXero
19 shared answers
Stripe iconStripe&SumUp iconSumUp
19 shared answers
GoCardless iconGoCardless&Stripe iconStripe
19 shared answers
SumUp iconSumUp&Zettle
19 shared answers
Dojo iconDojo&SumUp iconSumUp
19 shared answers
Dojo iconDojo&Square iconSquare
19 shared answers

Sample panel questions

Six verbatim questions sampled per category from the 50-question panel. Panel v1, effective 2026-W39.

Source: index-panels-v2 (panel version 1, effective 2026-W39). Six prompts per category, drawn at random from the live 50-prompt panel with at least one from every topic. Text is verbatim as run.

  1. payment-providers

    Which UK payment providers have the best customer support?

  2. payment-providers

    Which payment gateway is best for a UK subscription business?

  3. spend-management

    Which expense software is best for a UK charity?

  4. payment-providers

    How can I take card payments on my phone in the UK, and which provider is best?

  5. asset-finance

    Which UK companies are best for electric van leasing for businesses?

  6. payment-providers

    What online payment gateway for a UK website do people rate most highly?