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Retail media platforms · October 2026 Edition

Skai vs Criteo

Zero of fourteen models named Skai first on the direct prompt; one named Criteo. Skai was named by six of the fourteen models and Criteo by nine and Skai carries 10 labels and Criteo 15, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Skai

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

Criteo

accepted challenger

Paris, France, founded 2005. Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share5%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate10%13%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#6A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels1015A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Skai reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Amazon Ads was named alongside these two in eight of the fourteen direct answers. Amazon Ads vs Skai · Amazon Ads vs Criteo · Walmart Connect vs Skai

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

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
SkaiFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCriteo
Direct011 against Criteo
Paraphrase301 against Skai
Comparative00
Budget-constrained001 against Criteo
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
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.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Criteo first, Skai not the choice

1 of 14 modelsSkai was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Muse Glimmer 30BCriteo, Mirakl Ads alternatives: Moloco Retail Media Platform, Osmos

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniWalmart Connect alternatives: Amazon Ads, Criteo, Pacvue
Gemini 3.5 FlashPacvue alternatives: CitrusAd, Kevel, Mirakl Ads, Skai
Kimi K2Microsoft Advertising alternatives: Amazon Business Ads, Criteo, Google Ads, LinkedIn Campaign Manager, Moloco Retail Media Platform
GLM 4.7 FlashXAmazon Ads, Walmart Connect alternatives: Criteo, Target Roundel, Teikametrics

Neither was named

9 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Demandbase, StackAdapt alternatives: Amazon, Home Depot's retail media network
Perplexity SonarStackAdapt alternatives: Criteo Retail Media
Grok 4.1 FastAmazon Ads alternatives: Walmart Connect
Mistral SmallAmazon Ads, Walmart Connect alternatives: Pacvue, Quartile
DeepSeek V4 FlashAmazon Ads alternatives: AdLib, Microsoft Advertising, Walmart Connect
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashFaire, Google Ads, LinkedIn Campaign Manager alternatives: Amazon Ads, Walmart Connect
MiniMax M2.5Amazon Ads alternatives: Best Buy Ads, Criteo Commerce Media Platform, Walmart Connect
GPT-6 LunaAmazon Ads alternatives: Pacvue

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
Criteo leads by two points.
Criteo2%#5 of 10
Skai0%#– of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Skai leads at mid-market.
Skai5%#4 of 9
Criteo2%#6 of 9
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Skai leads by thirty points.
Skai30%#1 of 11
Criteo0%#9 of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Skai

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

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
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.