One of fourteen models named Pacvue first on the direct prompt; zero named Skai. Pacvue was named by eleven of the fourteen models and Skai by six and Pacvue carries 17 labels and Skai 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in two categories this edition.
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.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Pacvue and Skai were named in the same answer twenty-eight times, of the 48 answers naming Pacvue and the 158 naming Skai. In those answers Skai took the first choice four times and Pacvue five.
| 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 |
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.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“start with a management layer like Pacvue or Quartile for governance, cross-retailer reporting and approval workflows” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“If you are buying ads: Go with Pacvue. It is the most robust tool” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Pacvue or Moloco would be strong choices” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“Avoid heavy enterprise platforms like Skai or CommerceIQ unless you plan on hiring a dedicated agency” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“the best platform for a mid-sized B2B company to run and manage retail media ads would be Skai, formerly known as Kenshoo” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
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.