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Programmatic and display advertising · September 2026 Edition

AdRoll vs Demandbase

Zero of twelve models named AdRoll first on the direct prompt; zero named Demandbase. AdRoll was named by nine of the twelve models and Demandbase by nine and AdRoll carries 10 labels and Demandbase 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.

AdRoll

accepted challenger

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

Demandbase

criticized challenger

San Francisco, United States, founded 2006. Named in eighteen categories this edition.

First-choice share13%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate10%29%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#5A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels1017A 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 Demandbase · 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 modelsDemandbase
Direct003 against Demandbase
Paraphrase011 against AdRoll · 2 against Demandbase
Comparative00
Budget-constrained60
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.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
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
DeepSeek V4 FlashStackAdapt alternatives: AdRoll ABM, Demandbase, Hey Sid, LinkedIn Campaign Manager
Qwen 3.7 FlashThe Trade Desk alternatives: Demandbase, Google Display & Video 360, Zeta Global

Neither was named

7 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
Gemini 3.5 FlashStackAdapt alternatives: AdRoll ABM, Choozle, Metadata.io
Mistral SmallStackAdapt alternatives: AdRoll ABM, Hey Sid
Llama 4 MaverickStackAdapt
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 twenty-one points.
AdRoll21%#2 of 12
Demandbase0%#11 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
AdRoll leads by eleven points.
AdRoll13%#2 of 14
Demandbase2%#5 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
AdRoll is not named for this buyer.
Demandbase17%#2 of 6
AdRollnot 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 Demandbase

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

“Platforms to Avoid for Mid-Market B2B ... Demandbase/6sense: Enterprise pricing ($50K+/year minimum)” Mistral Small · direct prompt · hard negative
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.