Two of fourteen models named The Brief first on the direct prompt; one named Celtra. The Brief was named by eleven of the fourteen models and Celtra by fourteen and The Brief carries 20 labels and Celtra 54, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category 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 creative automation platforms page.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, The Brief and Celtra were named in the same answer forty times, of the 61 answers naming The Brief and the 163 naming Celtra. In those answers Celtra took the first choice four times and The Brief sixteen.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| 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 |
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.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“Viewst / The Brief are better for small teams/agencies, not mid-market B2B scale.” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · hard negative
“For most mid-market B2B companies, The Brief (formerly Creatopy) offers the best combination of affordability, ease of use, and automation capability.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“The Best All-Rounder (Display & Social): The Brief (formerly Creatopy)... widely considered the most accessible entry-level platform for serious ad production” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“If you need the most budget-friendly option, start with The Brief or Orshot.” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“What to Avoid - Celtra & Smartly.io are powerful but tend to be enterprise-focused” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · hard negative
“Avoid for Tight Budgets: Enterprise options like Bannerflow, Celtra, or Hunch” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid: Celtra and Smartly unless you have enterprise-level budgets” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“Long-running enterprise creative management platform that helped define the category. It is still a major player for global brands with high-volume creative and strong media-governance needs.” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
“Celtra is best for marketing and creative teams at mid-market and enterprise brands that produce high volumes of digital ad creatives” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Choose Celtra or Storyteq if your biggest challenge is global brand governance and localizing enterprise campaigns.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
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.