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Programmatic and display advertising · October 2026 Edition

Basis vs Google Display & Video 360

Zero of fourteen models named Basis first on the direct prompt; zero named Google Display & Video 360. Basis was named by ten of the fourteen models and Google Display & Video 360 by thirteen and Basis carries 16 labels and Google Display & Video 360 32, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Basis

accepted challenger

By BASIS International, Albuquerque, founded 1985. Named in five categories this edition.

Google Display & Video 360

criticized challenger

By Google, Mountain View, California, United States, founded 1998. Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share2%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%38%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#7#8A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels1632A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Basis reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.StackAdapt was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. StackAdapt vs Basis · StackAdapt vs Google Display & Video 360 · The Trade Desk vs Basis

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 programmatic and display 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.
BasisFirst choices, of fourteen modelsGoogle Display & Video 360
Direct002 against Google Display & Video 360
Paraphrase003 against Google Display & Video 360
Comparative03
Budget-constrained003 against Google Display & Video 360
Scale-constrained11
Negative014 against Google Display & Video 360
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, Basis and Google Display & Video 360 were named in the same answer twenty-two times, of the 58 answers naming Basis and the 176 naming Google Display & Video 360. In those answers Google Display & Video 360 took the first choice two times and Basis two.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Basis and Google Display & Video 360 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
Basis Google Display & Video 360 first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Basis on the left and Google Display & Video 360 on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Basis and Google Display & Video 360 stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5StackAdapt alternatives: AdRoll ABM, Basis, Demandbase, LinkedIn Campaign Manager
Grok 4.1 FastStackAdapt alternatives: AdRoll ABM, Demandbase, Google Display & Video 360, LinkedIn Campaign Manager
DeepSeek V4 FlashStackAdapt alternatives: AdRoll ABM, Basis, Demandbase
Qwen 3.7 FlashThe Trade Desk alternatives: 6sense, Demandbase, Google Display & Video 360, Spotware
Kimi K2StackAdapt alternatives: 6sense, Basis, Demandbase, LinkedIn Campaign Manager
Muse Glimmer 30BStackAdapt alternatives: 6sense, AdRoll ABM, Basis, Demandbase, Simpli.fi

Neither was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniThe Trade Desk alternatives: Demandbase
Gemini 3.5 FlashStackAdapt alternatives: AdLib, AdRoll ABM, Demandbase, LinkedIn Campaign Manager
Perplexity SonarStackAdapt alternatives: Demandbase
Mistral SmallStackAdapt alternatives: 6sense, Demandbase, LiveRamp RampID
Llama 4 MaverickStackAdapt
GLM 4.7 FlashXStackAdapt alternatives: AdRoll ABM, Hey Sid
MiniMax M2.5Google Marketing Platform, The Trade Desk alternatives: LinkedIn Campaign Manager, Media.net
GPT-6 LunaStackAdapt alternatives: 6sense, Demandbase, LinkedIn Campaign Manager

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 Display & Video 360 leads by two points.
Google Display & Video 3602%#11 of 15
Basis0%#– of 15
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Basis2%#7 of 13
Google Display & Video 3602%#8 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Google Display & Video 360 leads by ten points.
Google Display & Video 36010%#3 of 10
Basis0%#9 of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Basis

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

“Basis Technologies (formerly Centro): Excellent workflow automation tools, great for regional or mid-market companies” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice

What the models said about Google Display & Video 360

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

“($35K–$50K+/month, no self-serve) ... have high thresholds, complex contracts ... aren't practical for small budgets” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · hard negative
“What I'd Avoid for Mid-Sized B2B: ... $50K+/month minimum, complex, overkill for mid-market” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“The Caution: In a major 2025 report by Adalytics, it was found that programmatic ads from major advertisers were served on a website hosting child sexual abuse material” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“Industry standards like Google DV360, The Trade Desk, and Amazon DSP are generally considered to offer better safety controls” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · first choice
“Prioritize platforms like Google DV360, The Trade Desk, MediaMath, or Amazon DSP, but test via demos or pilots.” Grok 4.1 Fast · scale prompt · first choice
“If you prioritize Google's ecosystem ... DV360 is often the best choice.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · 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.