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Attribution and marketing mix modeling · November 2026 Edition

Recast vs Meta Robyn

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One of fourteen models named Recast first on the direct prompt; zero named Meta Robyn. Recast was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Meta Robyn by twelve and Recast carries 29 labels and Meta Robyn 30, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Recast

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Meta Robyn

accepted challenger

By Meta Platforms, Menlo Park, United States, founded 2004. Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share7%3%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate17%23%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#7A position in a field of 22; printed, not drawn.
Labels2930A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Recast 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 Recast · Dreamdata vs Meta Robyn · Rockerbox vs Recast

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.
RecastFirst choices, of fourteen modelsMeta Robyn
Direct10
Paraphrase301 against Recast · 2 against Meta Robyn
Comparative001 against Meta Robyn
Budget-constrained022 against Recast
Scale-constrained00
Negative002 against Recast · 4 against Meta Robyn
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.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Recast and Meta Robyn were named in the same answer forty-four times, of the 77 answers naming Recast and the 88 naming Meta Robyn. In those answers Meta Robyn took the first choice one time and Recast three.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Recast and Meta Robyn stood in it.

Recast first, Meta Robyn not the choice

1 of 14 modelsMeta Robyn was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Dreamdata, Recast alternatives: Adobe Marketo Measure, CaliberMind, Factors.ai, HockeyStack, HubSpot Marketing Hub, Improvado

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashDreamdata alternatives: HockeyStack, InfiniGrow, Measured, Recast
Grok 4.20Rockerbox alternatives: Dreamdata, Measured, Recast
Mistral SmallDreamdata, Funnel alternatives: Analytic Partners, HockeyStack, Kontrol Media, Recast, Ruler Analytics
Llama 4 MaverickRockerbox alternatives: Adobe Marketo Measure, Attribution App, Recast
Qwen 3.7 FlashRockerbox alternatives: Attribution App, Recast

Neither was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniDreamdata, Keen Decision Systems alternatives: Analytic Partners, HockeyStack, Lifesight
Perplexity SonarDreamdata alternatives: HockeyStack, Measured, Rockerbox
DeepSeek V4 FlashNorthbeam alternatives: Dreamdata, Factors.ai, Lifesight, LiftLab, Measured
Kimi K2HockeyStack alternatives: Dreamdata, Rockerbox
GLM 4.7 FlashXMammoth Analytics, Rockerbox alternatives: Adobe Marketo Measure, Funnel, Usermaven
MiniMax M2.5Dreamdata alternatives: Factors.ai, HockeyStack, Ruler Analytics
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
Meta Robyn leads by two points.
Meta Robyn3%#7 of 19
Recast2%#9 of 19
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Recast leads at mid-market.
Recast7%#5 of 22
Meta Robyn3%#7 of 22
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Recast leads by three points.
Recast3%#7 of 16
Meta Robyn0%#13 of 16
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Recast

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

“Avoid For Limited Budgets: Enterprise tools like Adobe Analytics, Measured, Recast, or Nielsen” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Pure MMM solutions—such as Recast, Measured... work exceptionally well for high-volume consumer brands. However, in B2B” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“enterprise attribution and MMM tools (like Measured, Recast, or Northbeam) typically start at $2,000 to $10,000+ per month” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“For MMM capabilities specifically, Recast is a self-service MMM platform designed for marketers, built for mid-market digital teams” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“My Top Recommendation: Dreamdata (for Attribution) + Recast (for MMM)” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Recast is highlighted as a top MMM platform for B2B teams” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Meta Robyn

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

“require significant in-house data science expertise — not practical for most mid-sized teams” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“its attribution counterpart has a 27% negative rate, with users questioning its applicability for cross-channel attribution outside of Meta's ecosystem” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“High rate of negative feedback in buyer analyses (e.g., 67% negative labels); requires data science skills” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“If you have technical capabilities: Use Google Meridian or Meta Robyn.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“start with GA4 + open-source Meridian/Robyn” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“Use Google's Meridian or Meta's Robyn (open-source Bayesian MMM) integrated via a data warehouse.” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase 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.