Acast vs Spotify Audience Network
One of fourteen models named Acast first on the direct prompt; zero named Spotify Audience Network. Acast was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Spotify Audience Network by six and Acast carries 35 labels and Spotify Audience Network 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the audio and podcast advertising page.
By framing
AcastFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSpotify Audience Network
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Acast and Spotify Audience Network were named in the same answer fourteen times, of the 89 answers naming Acast and the 27 naming Spotify Audience Network. In those answers Spotify Audience Network took the first choice four times and Acast three.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | |||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | ||||
| Perplexity Sonar | | |||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | ||
| Mistral Small | | | | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | ||||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | ||||
| Kimi K2 | | | | |||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | |||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | |||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | ||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | |
Acast Spotify Audience Network first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Acast on the left and Spotify Audience Network on the right.The direct prompt
Acast first, Spotify Audience Network not the choice
1 of 14 modelsSpotify Audience Network was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
10 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Acast5%#4 of 10Spotify Audience Network0%#– of 10Acast7%#4 of 11Spotify Audience Network2%#7 of 11Acast4%#6 of 14Spotify Audience Network4%#9 of 14What the models said about Acast
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Avoid Acast self-serve under $5K budget — you'll get run-of-network junk.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Acast's managed campaigns require significant budgets, typically starting at $10,000 to $15,000” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“Drawbacks: Smaller scale compared to Spotify; higher pricing for premium inventory.” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“Acast: The Open Ecosystem Leader ... Best For: Global programmatic scale, cross-app reach, and multi-tier budgets.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Acast offers the widest reach in a single buy with in-file delivery across 140,000 shows on every major app” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Strongest for broad reach across 140,000+ independent shows; ads stitched directly into episode files via DAI” Grok 4.1 Fast · comparative prompt · first choice
What the models said about Spotify Audience Network
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“Drawbacks: Platform bias toward Spotify-hosted content; limited third-party podcast inventory access.” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“Stick to well-known, established platforms such as: Spotify Audience Network (for Spotify-hosted shows)” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“the most versatile and effective recommendation is the Spotify Audience Network (SAUN)” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Choose Spotify if you want big reach + self-serve simplicity.” GPT-5.4 mini · comparative prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.