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Attribution and marketing mix modeling · November 2026 Edition

Google Meridian vs HockeyStack

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Zero of fourteen models named Google Meridian first on the direct prompt; one named HockeyStack. Google Meridian was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and HockeyStack by eleven and Google Meridian carries 36 labels and HockeyStack 30, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Google Meridian

accepted challenger

By Google, Mountain View, California, United States, founded 1998. Named in one category this edition.

HockeyStack

accepted challenger

Named in five categories this edition.

First-choice share8%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate19%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#8A position in a field of 22; printed, not drawn.
Labels3630A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Google Meridian reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Dreamdata was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Dreamdata vs Google Meridian · Dreamdata vs HockeyStack · Rockerbox vs Google Meridian

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 attribution and marketing mix modeling page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Google MeridianFirst choices, of fourteen modelsHockeyStack
Direct01
Paraphrase002 against Google Meridian
Comparative001 against Google Meridian
Budget-constrained50
Scale-constrained00
Negative004 against Google Meridian
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 Google Meridian and HockeyStack stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
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
Google Meridian HockeyStack first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Google Meridian on the left and HockeyStack on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Google Meridian and HockeyStack stood in it.

HockeyStack first, Google Meridian not the choice

1 of 14 modelsGoogle Meridian was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Kimi K2HockeyStack alternatives: Dreamdata, Rockerbox

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Dreamdata, Recast alternatives: Adobe Marketo Measure, CaliberMind, Factors.ai, HockeyStack, HubSpot Marketing Hub, Improvado
GPT-5.4 miniDreamdata, Keen Decision Systems alternatives: Analytic Partners, HockeyStack, Lifesight
Gemini 3.5 FlashDreamdata alternatives: HockeyStack, InfiniGrow, Measured, Recast
Perplexity SonarDreamdata alternatives: HockeyStack, Measured, Rockerbox
Mistral SmallDreamdata, Funnel alternatives: Analytic Partners, HockeyStack, Kontrol Media, Recast, Ruler Analytics
MiniMax M2.5Dreamdata alternatives: Factors.ai, HockeyStack, Ruler Analytics

Neither was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Grok 4.20Rockerbox alternatives: Dreamdata, Measured, Recast
DeepSeek V4 FlashNorthbeam alternatives: Dreamdata, Factors.ai, Lifesight, LiftLab, Measured
Llama 4 MaverickRockerbox alternatives: Adobe Marketo Measure, Attribution App, Recast
Qwen 3.7 FlashRockerbox alternatives: Attribution App, Recast
GLM 4.7 FlashXMammoth Analytics, Rockerbox alternatives: Adobe Marketo Measure, Funnel, Usermaven
GPT-6 LunaRuler Analytics alternatives: CaliberMind
Muse Glimmer 30BDreamdata alternatives: Attribution App, Rockerbox

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
Google Meridian leads by six points.
Google Meridian8%#4 of 19
HockeyStack2%#10 of 19
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Google Meridian leads by seven points.
Google Meridian8%#4 of 22
HockeyStack2%#8 of 22
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: HockeyStack leads at enterprise.
HockeyStack7%#5 of 16
Google Meridian0%#12 of 16
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Google Meridian

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

“Google Meridian (MMM): No managed platform experience, no optimization features, and no customer support” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“require significant in-house data science expertise — not practical for most mid-sized teams” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“they require data-science/econometric capability, engineering, validation and ongoing maintenance; they are not plug-and-play SaaS products” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“If you have technical capabilities: Use Google Meridian or Meta Robyn. You get world-class Bayesian MMM for $0 in software costs.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“the best overall approach is usually Google Meridian if you have someone who can work with data” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“Google Meridian is a free, open-source Bayesian MMM framework from Google” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about HockeyStack

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

“Best Overall for Mid-Market B2B” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice
“Prioritize account-level attribution with Salesforce/HubSpot native integration (Dreamdata, HockeyStack, or Adobe Marketo Measure)” Kimi K2 · scale 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.