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Video advertising · October 2026 Edition

MNTN vs Google Display & Video 360

Zero of fourteen models named MNTN first on the direct prompt; zero named Google Display & Video 360. MNTN was named by ten of the fourteen models and Google Display & Video 360 by eight and MNTN carries 15 labels and Google Display & Video 360 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.

MNTN

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Google Display & Video 360

accepted 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%10%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#6#8A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels1510A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, MNTN reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.StackAdapt was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. StackAdapt vs MNTN · StackAdapt vs Google Display & Video 360 · YouTube Ads vs MNTN

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 video 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.
MNTNFirst choices, of fourteen modelsGoogle Display & Video 360
Direct00
Paraphrase111 against Google Display & Video 360
Comparative00
Budget-constrained00
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 MNTN and Google Display & Video 360 stood in it.
ModelDirectMNParaphraseMNComparativeMNBudget-constrainedMNScale-constrainedMNNegativeMN
Claude Haiku 4.5MNMN
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 FlashMNMNMN
Perplexity SonarMN
Grok 4.1 FastMN
Mistral SmallMN
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2MN
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 LunaMN
Muse Glimmer 30B
MN MNTN Google Display & Video 360MN first choiceMN named as an alternativeMN argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, MNTN on the left and Google Display & Video 360 on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where MNTN and Google Display & Video 360 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.
Claude Haiku 4.5StackAdapt alternatives: LinkedIn Video Ads, MNTN, Vibe.co

Neither was named

13 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniLinkedIn Campaign Manager alternatives: YouTube Ads
Gemini 3.5 FlashLinkedIn Video Ads alternatives: Meta Ads, StackAdapt, Vibe.co, YouTube Ads
Perplexity SonarStackAdapt alternatives: AdRoll ABM, LinkedIn Video Ads, The Trade Desk, Vibe.co
Grok 4.1 FastLinkedIn Campaign Manager alternatives: YouTube Ads
Mistral SmallStackAdapt alternatives: Demandbase, YouTube Ads
DeepSeek V4 FlashLinkedIn Video Ads alternatives: StackAdapt, YouTube Ads
Llama 4 MaverickStackAdapt
Qwen 3.7 FlashLinkedIn Video Ads, StackAdapt alternatives: Google Ads
Kimi K2LinkedIn Video Ads, YouTube Ads alternatives: Hey Sid, StackAdapt
GLM 4.7 FlashXLinkedIn Video Ads alternatives: Demandbase, StackAdapt, YouTube Ads
MiniMax M2.5StackAdapt alternatives: AdRoll, Demandbase, Hey Sid
GPT-6 LunaLinkedIn Campaign Manager alternatives: StackAdapt, YouTube Ads
Muse Glimmer 30BLinkedIn Sponsored Video / LinkedIn Campaign Manager alternatives: Google Video, StackAdapt, YouTube Ads

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
MNTN leads by seven points.
MNTN7%#7 of 11
Google Display & Video 3600%#– of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
MNTN2%#6 of 13
Google Display & Video 3602%#8 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Google Display & Video 360 leads at enterprise.
Google Display & Video 36012%#2 of 9
MNTN2%#6 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about MNTN

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

“StackAdapt and MNTN are the best choices for dedicated CTV and online video advertising” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“MNTN is built for brands that don't have in-house video production, with higher budget minimums and managed service overhead.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · alternative
“have democratized CTV for growth marketers and SMBs by offering self-serve buying with budgets as low as $50/day” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · alternative

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. One of one in this category shown.

“Choose Display & Video 360 if you need more advanced programmatic buying, richer audience targeting, and more control across CTV and premium video.” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase 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.