Acast vs The Trade Desk
One of fourteen models named Acast first on the direct prompt; one named The Trade Desk. Acast was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and The Trade Desk by nine and Acast carries 45 labels and The Trade Desk 15, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
By Trade Desk, Ventura, United States, founded 2009. Named in ten categories this edition.
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 audio and podcast advertising page.
By framing
AcastFirst choices, of fourteen modelsThe Trade Desk
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | | |
Acast The Trade Desk first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Acast on the left and The Trade Desk on the right.The direct prompt
Acast first, The Trade Desk not the choice
1 of 14 modelsThe Trade Desk was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.The Trade Desk first, Acast an alternative
1 of 14 modelsAcast was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.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.Neither was named
6 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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 Trade Desk6%#2 of 12Acast4%#5 of 12What the models said about Acast
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“managed/host-read campaigns jump to $10k–$15k with mixed ROI reports... can feel overpriced for smaller advertisers” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“can sometimes lead to brand safety concerns if not properly managed” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“Slightly higher barrier than AudioGo or Spotify” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Acast is widely considered the strongest platform for advertisers who want their audio ads to appear across almost every podcast listener's device” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Acast — Offers AI transcript analysis, pre-bid verification, and episode-level contextual controls across 140,000+ shows.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · first choice
“For most advertisers, Acast is the strongest overall podcast advertising platform in 2026” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
What the models said about The Trade Desk
No label in this category carried a quote.
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.