Instacart Ads vs Criteo
Zero of fourteen models named Instacart Ads first on the direct prompt; one named Criteo. Instacart Ads was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Criteo by nine and Instacart Ads carries 29 labels and Criteo 15, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
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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 retail media platforms page.
By framing
Instacart AdsFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCriteo
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Instacart Ads and Criteo were named in the same answer seventeen times, of the 73 answers naming Instacart Ads and the 51 naming Criteo. In those answers Criteo took the first choice zero times and Instacart Ads one.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | | | |
Instacart Ads Criteo first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Instacart Ads on the left and Criteo on the right.The direct prompt
Criteo first, Instacart Ads not the choice
1 of 14 modelsInstacart Ads was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
10 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Criteo2%#5 of 10Instacart Ads0%#6 of 10Instacart Ads2%#5 of 9Criteo2%#6 of 9Instacart Ads0%#11 of 11Criteo0%#9 of 11What the models said about Instacart Ads
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“such as Swiftly and Instacart Ads, have limited third-party review coverage, making it harder to validate their performance and reliability” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“API rate limits can bottleneck high-volume advertisers, the schema has quarterly breaking changes requiring connector maintenance” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Instacart Ads if you are not a grocery/CPG brand, need scale beyond its audience” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Amazon Advertising or Instacart Ads (if in grocery/FMCG) offer the best combination of low barriers to entry” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“If you are a CPG brand trying to win the digital or physical grocery cart, prioritize Instacart and Kroger.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · alternative
“If you sell grocery products and your customers shop through Instacart, its ads may be a better fit” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · alternative
What the models said about Criteo
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“Platforms to AVOID with Limited Budgets ... Built for scale; requires large catalogs” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“entry threshold is high — self-serve starts around $10K/month ... likely too steep for a mid-market B2B company” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · soft negative
“Criteo is also repeatedly listed as best for cross-device targeting in retail media shortlists.” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“Choose Criteo if you want a self-service retail media platform with campaign management and performance reporting.” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · alternative
“pair it with a multi-network platform like Pacvue or Criteo to manage campaigns centrally” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · alternative
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.