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Audio and podcast advertising · October 2026 Edition

AudioGo vs Acast

Two of fourteen models named AudioGo first on the direct prompt; one named Acast. AudioGo was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Acast by fourteen and AudioGo carries 37 labels and Acast 35, so the shares are not directly comparable.

AudioGo

endorsed leader

Named in one category this edition.

Acast

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share34%7%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate3%11%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#4A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels3735A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, AudioGo reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.StackAdapt was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. AudioGo vs StackAdapt · AudioGo vs Spotify Ads Manager · AudioGo vs Libsyn Ads

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

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
AudioGoFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAcast
Direct21
Paraphrase23
Comparative06
Budget-constrained1101 against Acast
Scale-constrained40
Negative001 against AudioGo · 3 against Acast
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, AudioGo and Acast were named in the same answer forty-four times, of the 112 answers naming AudioGo and the 89 naming Acast. In those answers Acast took the first choice eight times and AudioGo eighteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where AudioGo and Acast stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
AudioGo Acast first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, AudioGo on the left and Acast on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where AudioGo and Acast stood in it.

Both were the first choice

1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
Kimi K2Acast, AudioGo alternatives: B2B PodPros, Hey Sid, Spotify Ad Studio

AudioGo first, Acast not the choice

1 of 14 modelsAcast was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Muse Glimmer 30BAudioGo alternatives: Hey Sid, Spotify Ad Studio

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5StackAdapt alternatives: Acast, Hey Sid, Spotify Advertising
DeepSeek V4 FlashStackAdapt alternatives: AudioGo, Intentsify
Llama 4 MaverickTriton Digital alternatives: AudioGo, StackAdapt
GPT-6 LunaSpotify Ads Manager alternatives: Acast

Neither was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniSpotify Ads Manager alternatives: Amazon Ads, Amazon DSP
Gemini 3.5 FlashStackAdapt alternatives: AdsWizz, Demandbase, SXM Media, Terminus
Perplexity SonarStackAdapt alternatives: Spotify Ads Manager
Grok 4.1 FastStackAdapt alternatives: AdsWizz AudioMax, Megaphone, Spotify Audience Network, The Trade Desk
Mistral SmallStackAdapt, The Trade Desk alternatives: Spotify Advertising
Qwen 3.7 FlashStackAdapt alternatives: Hey Sid
GLM 4.7 FlashXHey Sid alternatives: Libsyn Ads, Spotify Ads, StackAdapt
MiniMax M2.5StackAdapt alternatives: Spotify Ads, The Trade Desk

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

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
AudioGo leads by forty-four points.
AudioGo49%#1 of 10
Acast5%#4 of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
AudioGo leads by twenty-seven points.
AudioGo34%#1 of 11
Acast7%#4 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
AudioGo leads by two points.
AudioGo6%#5 of 14
Acast4%#6 of 14
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about AudioGo

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“a $250 campaign is more of a test and not scalable... only supports pre-produced audio” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“AudioGo is the safest recommendation from the search results because it combines a low entry point with broad access and simple self-serve setup” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“All-in-One Audio Network | AudioGO, Triton, AdsWizz | You want to cast a wide net across hundreds of smaller podcasts” Qwen 3.7 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“I'd suggest starting with Acast or AudioGo — both offer low entry points ($250), self-serve flexibility, and strong targeting” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice

What 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
Also compared

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.