One of fourteen models named Acast first on the direct prompt; one named Triton Digital. Acast was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Triton Digital by ten and Acast carries 35 labels and Triton Digital 13, 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.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Acast and Triton Digital were named in the same answer eighteen times, of the 89 answers naming Acast and the 43 naming Triton Digital. In those answers Triton Digital took the first choice three times and Acast two.
| 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 |
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.
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
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“1. Triton Digital: Offers 100B+ monthly impressions with native integration with The Trade Desk.” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
“Best for Programmatic/Premium Inventory ... Best when you want to buy premium audio inventory at scale” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · alternative
“fits buyers and publishers wanting to plug into a broad audio exchange with established measurement” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · alternative
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.