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Retail media platforms · November 2026 Edition

Amazon Ads vs Skai

Nine of fourteen models named Amazon Ads first on the direct prompt; zero named Skai. Amazon Ads was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Skai by eleven and Amazon Ads carries 55 labels and Skai 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Amazon Ads

endorsed leader

Named in six categories this edition.

Skai

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share62%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate9%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#4A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels5516A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Amazon Ads reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Amazon Ads vs Pacvue · Amazon Ads vs Amazon Advertising · Amazon Ads vs Walmart Connect

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 retail media platforms page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Amazon AdsFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSkai
Direct90
Paraphrase621 against Skai
Comparative90
Budget-constrained140
Scale-constrained00
Negative405 against Amazon Ads
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, Amazon Ads and Skai were named in the same answer forty times, of the 189 answers naming Amazon Ads and the 182 naming Skai. In those answers Skai took the first choice twelve times and Amazon Ads thirteen.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Amazon Ads and Skai stood in it.

Amazon Ads first, Skai an alternative

9 of 14 modelsSkai was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarAmazon Ads alternatives: Criteo Commerce Max, Pacvue, Walmart Connect
Grok 4.20Amazon Ads alternatives: AdLib, Walmart Connect
Mistral SmallAmazon Ads
DeepSeek V4 FlashAmazon Ads alternatives: Criteo, Skai
Llama 4 MaverickAmazon Ads
GLM 4.7 FlashXAmazon Ads alternatives: AdLib, Walmart Connect
MiniMax M2.5Amazon Ads alternatives: Walmart Connect
GPT-6 LunaAmazon Ads alternatives: Pacvue, Skai
Muse Glimmer 30BAmazon Ads alternatives: Criteo Commerce Max, Criteo Retail Media, Mirakl Ads, Walmart Connect

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniPacvue alternatives: 6sense, Intentwise, Skai
Gemini 3.5 FlashAmazon Advertising alternatives: 6sense, Alibaba.com Marketing Services, Demandbase, Home Depot Pro Xtra, LinkedIn Campaign Manager, Pacvue, Skai, Walmart
Kimi K2Criteo alternatives: Amazon Ads, Microsoft Advertising

Neither was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5StackAdapt alternatives: AdRoll ABM, Demandbase
Qwen 3.7 FlashAmazon Advertising alternatives: AdLib, Criteo, Staples Connect, Walmart Connect

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
Amazon Ads leads by fifty-one points.
Amazon Ads51%#1 of 12
Skai0%#– of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Amazon Ads leads by fifty-seven points.
Amazon Ads62%#1 of 9
Skai4%#4 of 9
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Skai leads at enterprise.
Skai40%#1 of 14
Amazon Ads12%#2 of 14
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Amazon Ads

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

“some AI models explicitly advise avoiding "pure retail media platforms" like standard Amazon Ads or Walmart Connect” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“Amazon Ads: 12% of labels were negative, with 11 out of 14 models giving it a hard negative rating.” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · hard negative
“Amazon remains the scale leader but also exemplifies the measurement limitation: it dominates spend yet measurement is confined to Amazon-owned sales with overlap risk” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“Major, established networks like Amazon Ads, Walmart Connect, Target Roundel, Kroger Precision Media, and Instacart Ads have the most mature technology, transparent reporting, and proven ROI” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · first choice
“Keep your core investments in large, technologically mature networks (e.g., Amazon, Walmart Connect, Target Roundel) where self-serve scale and measurement are robust.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“The safest approach is to be most confident with Amazon Ads and Walmart Connect (which have scale, robust data infrastructure, and more mature measurement)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · first choice

What the models said about Skai

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

“Pricing starts at significant annual minimums (often $50k–$100k+ per year), and they require dedicated platform operators” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Top Recommendation: Skai (formerly Kenshoo) ... is the leading platform for mid-market and enterprise B2B companies” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase 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.