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title: "Pleo vs Spendesk: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Pleo or Spendesk? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Corporate card platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Pleo vs Spendesk: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Pleo or Spendesk? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Corporate card platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Pleo and Spendesk
- **Competitive set**: Corporate card platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Pleo Share of Search**: 18.8%
- **Spendesk Share of Search**: 4.9%

## Which is more popular in search, Pleo or Spendesk?

- In August 2026, Pleo had more branded searches than Spendesk among corporate card platforms worldwide. Pleo was estimated to have 76.4K branded searches compared to Spendesk’s 19.7K, and held an 18.8% Share of Search versus Spendesk’s 4.9%.
- Pleo was ahead of Spendesk in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Pleo’s estimated Share of Search among corporate card platforms worldwide moved from 28.6% to 18.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 113K to 76.4K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Spendesk’s estimated Share of Search among corporate card platforms worldwide moved from 8.5% to 4.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 33.7K to 19.7K.

## How did search popularity change for corporate card platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Spendesk lost estimated Share of Search among corporate card platforms worldwide, from 7% to 4.9%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Pleo worldwide fell 32.6% over 11 measured months, from 113K to 76.4K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Pleo estimated searches | Pleo Share of Search | Pleo rank | Spendesk estimated searches | Spendesk Share of Search | Spendesk rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 113K | 28.6% | 2 | 33.7K | 8.5% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | 93.3K | 25.3% | 3 | 33.7K | 9.1% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | 76.3K | 18.4% | 3 | 27.7K | 6.7% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | 93.5K | 15.6% | 3 | 34.4K | 5.8% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | 93.5K | 20.6% | 3 | 27.9K | 6.1% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | 93.4K | 20.2% | 3 | 34K | 7.4% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | 93.2K | 20.4% | 3 | 34.1K | 7.5% | 4 |
| May 2026 | 93.2K | 21.5% | 3 | 28.8K | 6.6% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | 93.4K | 21.6% | 3 | 28.7K | 6.7% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | 76.8K | 18.5% | 3 | 29K | 7% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | 76.4K | 18.8% | 3 | 19.7K | 4.9% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Pleo’s and Spendesk’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Pleo**: Measured on the search terms “pleo”, “pleo app”, “pleo cards”, “pleo expense”, “pleo io” and “pleo software”, summed into one figure.
- **Spendesk**: Measured on the search terms “spendesk”, “spendesk app” and “spendesk com”, summed into one figure.

- [Pleo profile](/demand/global-en/brands/pleo)
- [Spendesk profile](/demand/global-en/brands/spendesk)
- [All corporate card platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/corporate-card-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 5 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is more popular in search, Pleo or Spendesk?

In August 2026, Pleo had more branded searches than Spendesk among corporate card platforms worldwide. Pleo was estimated to have 76.4K branded searches compared to Spendesk’s 19.7K, and held an 18.8% Share of Search versus Spendesk’s 4.9%.

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