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Native and content advertising · November 2026 Edition

StackAdapt vs Teads

Six of fourteen models named StackAdapt first on the direct prompt; zero named Teads. StackAdapt was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Teads by fourteen and StackAdapt carries 43 labels and Teads 75, so the shares are not directly comparable.

StackAdapt

accepted challenger

Named in seven categories this edition.

Teads

criticized challenger

By Q28872999, New York City, United States, founded 2005. Named in five categories this edition.

First-choice share29%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate7%36%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#6A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels4375A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, StackAdapt reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.LinkedIn Sponsored Content was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. StackAdapt vs LinkedIn Sponsored Content · StackAdapt vs MGID · StackAdapt vs Taboola

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 native and content 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.
StackAdaptFirst choices, of fourteen modelsTeads
Direct602 against Teads
Paraphrase807 against Teads
Comparative07
Budget-constrained003 against StackAdapt · 8 against Teads
Scale-constrained01
Negative129 against Teads
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, StackAdapt and Teads were named in the same answer 122 times, of the 418 answers naming StackAdapt and the 227 naming Teads. In those answers Teads took the first choice eleven times and StackAdapt twenty-eight.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where StackAdapt and Teads stood in it.

StackAdapt first, Teads an alternative

6 of 14 modelsTeads was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniStackAdapt alternatives: AdRoll ABM, LinkedIn Sponsored Content
DeepSeek V4 FlashStackAdapt alternatives: LinkedIn Sponsored Content, Teads
Llama 4 MaverickStackAdapt alternatives: AdRoll, HubSpot
Qwen 3.7 FlashStackAdapt alternatives: LinkedIn Sponsored Content
Kimi K2StackAdapt alternatives: LinkedIn Sponsored Content, MGID, Revcontent
Muse Glimmer 30BStackAdapt alternatives: AdRoll, LinkedIn Sponsored Content, MGID, Revcontent, Taboola, Teads

Neither was the first choice, one was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5LinkedIn Sponsored Content alternatives: Forbes BrandVoice, Harvard Business Review, LinkedIn articles, Quora Ads, Taboola, Teads
Gemini 3.5 FlashLinkedIn Sponsored Content alternatives: Dianomi, StackAdapt, Taboola, Teads
Perplexity SonarLinkedIn Sponsored Content alternatives: AdRoll ABM, StackAdapt
Grok 4.20LinkedIn Sponsored Content alternatives: StackAdapt, Taboola, Teads
Mistral SmallLinkedIn Sponsored Content alternatives: StackAdapt, Teads, The Trade Desk
GLM 4.7 FlashXLinkedIn Sponsored Content alternatives: Influ2, StackAdapt, Taboola, Teads
MiniMax M2.5LinkedIn Sponsored Content alternatives: Google Demand Gen, Taboola, Teads
GPT-6 LunaLinkedIn Sponsored Content alternatives: StackAdapt

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
StackAdapt leads by two points.
StackAdapt2%#5 of 9
Teads0%#9 of 9
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
StackAdapt leads by twenty-seven points.
StackAdapt29%#1 of 10
Teads2%#6 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
StackAdapt leads by twenty-two points.
StackAdapt29%#1 of 10
Teads6%#4 of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about StackAdapt

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

“Avoid Taboola, Outbrain, and StackAdapt if your budget is under $600–$2,000/month” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“StackAdapt: ~$2,000+ monthly minimum” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“focus on platforms with strong contextual targeting, brand safety controls, and transparent reporting, such as StackAdapt, Viant Technology, or Quantcast Platform” Mistral Small · negative prompt · first choice

What the models said about Teads

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

“Taboola and Outbrain - Content Recommendation Widgets ... repeatedly called out for low-intent, curiosity-driven traffic and poor transparency” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“Platforms to Avoid on a Tight Budget - Taboola/Outbrain managed accounts: Often require $3,000–$5,000+/month minimums” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Platforms to Avoid (or approach carefully) with a Small Budget ... Outbrain: Generally requires a minimum of $600 per month” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Taboola and Outbrain dominate the content recommendation space with massive reach and premium publisher networks” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“Outbrain is often preferred by premium publishers and offers advanced AI-driven personalization and higher CTRs” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · first choice
“For Advertisers (Tier 1 / Brand Safe): Taboola, Outbrain, Nativo, TripleLift, Yahoo Native, NewsBreak” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative 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.