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Retail media platforms · October 2026 Edition

Skai vs Instacart Ads

Zero of fourteen models named Skai first on the direct prompt; zero named Instacart Ads. Skai was named by six of the fourteen models and Instacart Ads by fourteen and Skai carries 10 labels and Instacart Ads 29, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Skai

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

Instacart Ads

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share5%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate10%14%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#5A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels1029A 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 Instacart Ads · 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 modelsInstacart Ads
Direct00
Paraphrase301 against Skai
Comparative00
Budget-constrained01
Scale-constrained00
Negative004 against Instacart Ads
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 Instacart Ads 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 Instacart Ads first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Skai on the left and Instacart Ads on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashPacvue alternatives: CitrusAd, Kevel, Mirakl Ads, Skai

Neither was named

13 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
GPT-5.4 miniWalmart Connect alternatives: Amazon Ads, Criteo, Pacvue
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
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
MiniMax M2.5Amazon Ads alternatives: Best Buy Ads, Criteo Commerce Media Platform, Walmart Connect
GPT-6 LunaAmazon Ads alternatives: Pacvue
Muse Glimmer 30BCriteo, Mirakl Ads alternatives: Moloco Retail Media Platform, Osmos

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
Level: the same share of first choices.
Skai0%#– of 10
Instacart Ads0%#6 of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Skai leads by four points.
Skai5%#4 of 9
Instacart Ads2%#5 of 9
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Skai leads by thirty points.
Skai30%#1 of 11
Instacart Ads0%#11 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 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
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.