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Programmatic and display advertising · September 2026 Edition

AdRoll vs Choozle

Zero of twelve models named AdRoll first on the direct prompt; zero named Choozle. AdRoll was named by nine of the twelve models and Choozle by nine and AdRoll carries 10 labels and Choozle 13, so the shares are not directly comparable.

AdRoll

accepted challenger

San Francisco, United States, founded 2007. Named in five categories this edition.

Choozle

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share13%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate10%23%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#4A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels1013A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, AdRoll reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.StackAdapt was named alongside these two in ten of the twelve direct answers. StackAdapt vs AdRoll · StackAdapt vs Choozle · AdRoll vs The Trade Desk

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve 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 programmatic and display advertising page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
AdRollFirst choices, of twelve modelsChoozle
Direct00
Paraphrase001 against AdRoll
Comparative00
Budget-constrained623 against Choozle
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, AdRoll and Choozle were named in the same answer twenty-four times, of the 67 answers naming AdRoll and the 38 naming Choozle. In those answers Choozle took the first choice one time and AdRoll eleven.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where AdRoll and Choozle 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
AdRoll Choozle first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, AdRoll on the left and Choozle on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

1 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashStackAdapt alternatives: AdRoll ABM, Choozle, Metadata.io

Neither was named

11 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5StackAdapt alternatives: AdRoll ABM, Hey Sid, LinkedIn Campaign Manager
GPT-5.4 miniAdRoll ABM alternatives: 6sense, Demandbase
Perplexity SonarStackAdapt alternatives: Basis, DV360, Demandbase, The Trade Desk
Grok 4.1 FastStackAdapt alternatives: Demandbase, Google Display & Video 360, Hey Sid, LinkedIn Campaign Manager
Mistral SmallStackAdapt alternatives: AdRoll ABM, Hey Sid
DeepSeek V4 FlashStackAdapt alternatives: AdRoll ABM, Demandbase, Hey Sid, LinkedIn Campaign Manager
Llama 4 MaverickStackAdapt
Qwen 3.7 FlashThe Trade Desk alternatives: Demandbase, Google Display & Video 360, Zeta Global
Kimi K2StackAdapt alternatives: AdRoll ABM, Hey Sid
GLM 4.7 FlashXStackAdapt alternatives: AdRoll ABM, Amazon DSP, Google Display & Video 360
MiniMax M2.5StackAdapt alternatives: Google Display & Video 360, Hey Sid, 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
AdRoll leads by thirteen points.
AdRoll21%#2 of 12
Choozle9%#4 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
AdRoll leads by nine points.
AdRoll13%#2 of 14
Choozle4%#4 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Neither is named for this buyer.
AdRollnot named
Choozlenot named
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about AdRoll

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

“More e-commerce/retargeting focused; weaker as a full programmatic DSP” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Best default choice: AdRoll — lowest barrier to entry (no minimum, pay-as-you-go), easy setup, built for small businesses” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“AdRoll is a household name for a reason. It is built specifically for growing brands and e-commerce stores.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“AdRoll edges out for versatility at tiny budgets based on reviews and accessibility.” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Choozle

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

“If your monthly budget is under $2,000, Choozle is no longer the most cost-effective option.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Straightforward self-serve DSP but requires ~$15K/90 days (better at slightly higher budgets)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Good self-serve DSPs (4.6/5 G2), but practical mins ~$5K–$15K/90 days” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · soft negative
“Start with Choozle if you want a balance of premium inventory access and manageable minimums” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
“start with AdRoll or Choozle—they're designed for smaller advertisers” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“like AdRoll and Choozle, can operate with budgets of a few hundred dollars a month” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · alternative
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.