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Mobile apps · October 2026 Edition

Braze vs Google App Campaigns

Two of fourteen models named Braze first on the direct prompt; zero named Google App Campaigns. Braze was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Google App Campaigns by thirteen and Braze carries 43 labels and Google App Campaigns 19, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Braze

criticized challenger

New York City, United States, founded 2011. Named in eleven categories this edition.

Google App Campaigns

accepted challenger

By Google, Mountain View, California, United States, founded 1998. Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share9%7%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate37%5%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#5A position in a field of 18; printed, not drawn.
Labels4319A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Braze reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Customer.io was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Customer.io vs Braze · Customer.io vs Google App Campaigns · CleverTap vs Braze

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 mobile apps page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
BrazeFirst choices, of fourteen modelsGoogle App Campaigns
Direct204 against Braze
Paraphrase308 against Braze
Comparative12
Budget-constrained041 against Braze
Scale-constrained001 against Braze
Negative022 against Braze · 1 against Google App Campaigns
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.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Braze and Google App Campaigns 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
Braze Google App Campaigns first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Braze on the left and Google App Campaigns on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Braze and Google App Campaigns stood in it.

Braze first, Google App Campaigns not the choice

2 of 14 modelsGoogle App Campaigns was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Braze, CleverTap alternatives: Customer.io, Intercom
GLM 4.7 FlashXBraze, CleverTap, Iterable alternatives: Affise, AppsFlyer, Branch, MoEngage

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.
GPT-5.4 miniCustomer.io alternatives: Airship, Braze, OneSignal
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice alternatives: Acoustic, AppsFlyer, Braze, CleverTap, Customer.io
MiniMax M2.5Customer.io alternatives: Braze, OneSignal
GPT-6 LunaCustomer.io alternatives: AppsFlyer, Branch, Braze, OneSignal

Neither was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Gemini 3.5 FlashCustomer.io alternatives: Branch, OneSignal
Perplexity SonarAffise MMP alternatives: ActiveCampaign, AppsFlyer, MoEngage
Grok 4.1 FastAdjust alternatives: Branch
Mistral SmallCleverTap, Customer.io alternatives: Amplitude, AppsFlyer, Iterable, OneSignal, Pendo
DeepSeek V4 FlashCustomer.io alternatives: MoEngage, OneSignal
Qwen 3.7 FlashAdobe Marketo Engage alternatives: ActiveCampaign, HubSpot Marketing Hub, OneSignal
Kimi K2Customer.io, HubSpot Marketing Hub alternatives: Intercom, OneSignal
Muse Glimmer 30BCleverTap, Customer.io alternatives: Dreamdata, MoEngage

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
Google App Campaigns leads by eight points.
Google App Campaigns8%#2 of 16
Braze0%#16 of 16
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Braze leads at mid-market.
Braze9%#3 of 18
Google App Campaigns7%#5 of 18
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Google App Campaigns is not named for this buyer.
Braze50%#1 of 12
Google App Campaigns—not named
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Braze

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

“For Full-Funnel Orchestration: Braze or Iterable (enterprise-grade journeys, strong B2B use cases)” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Google App Campaigns

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

“Google can spend a significant portion of your budget displaying your ads in free mobile games... Be sure to aggressively utilize negative placement exclusions.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“The best mobile app marketing platforms for a company with a limited budget are Meta Advantage+ App Campaigns and Google App Campaigns.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“Meta Advantage+ App Campaigns and Google App Campaigns are the best mobile advertising apps for constrained budgets.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“Stick with well-established, transparent platforms like: Google App Campaigns (with Google's fraud protections)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative 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.