Airwallex vs Payhawk

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Airwallex is the stronger AI pick in Expense Management: it has a visibility score of 8 versus 1.7 for Payhawk, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Airwallex if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (8 vs 1.7)
You want a free plan to start
You need SOC 2 Type II coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (1,001–5,000 employees)

Choose Payhawk if…

AI answers describe it more positively (60% vs 50% positive)
You need ISO 27001 or SOC 1 Type 2 or SOC 2 Type 2 or GDPR compliant or DORA compliant or CSA STAR Level 1 or IDW PS 880 coverage
Flat tiers pricing suits your budget better than per seat
recommended for international per diem and policy complexity

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 2

Metric	Airwallex	Payhawk
Visibility score	8%	1.7%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Expense Management	#11	#20
Share of voice	2.9%	0.9%
Mentions this run	15	5
Positive in AI answers	50%	60%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Airwallex 0pp · Payhawk 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Airwallex leads on 2 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

2.2%

AI Mode

4.8%

Perplexity

17.2%

2.8%

AirwallexPayhawk

Head to head in AI answers

2 engine answers name both brands

2Airwallex ranked higher

0Payhawk ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Airwallex	Payhawk
What are the best Expense Management tools in 2026?	Perplexity	#8	#10
Best expense management tool for startups	Perplexity	#6	#8

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Airwallex	Payhawk
Pricing model	Per seat	Flat tiers
Entry price	Free; paid from $12 per seat / mo	$299 / mo
Free plan	Yes	No
Onboarding fee	—	Included
Deployment	Cloud-native platform accessible via desktop and mobile	Web portal and mobile app
Integrations	—	40+
Compliance	PCI DSS Level 1, SOC 2 Type II	PCI DSS Level 1, ISO 27001, SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2, GDPR compliant, DORA compliant, CSA STAR Level 1, IDW PS 880
Support	Help centre articles and FAQs, Email support, Dedicated account manager, Onboarding support	Help center, Sales team, Dedicated implementations team at no additional cost
Founded	2015	2018
Headquarters	Co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore	London, United Kingdom
Employees	1,001–5,000	501–1,000
Funding	Series H · $1702M raised	Series B extension
Best for	Global businesses that want to save time and money on cross-border payments, FX, spend and billing as they scale	Scaleups and enterprise companies that manage spend across several entities and countries.