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Amazon Advertising vs Skai

Two of fourteen models named Amazon Advertising first on the direct prompt; zero named Skai. Amazon Advertising was named by eight of the fourteen models and Skai by eleven and Amazon Advertising carries 11 labels and Skai 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Amazon Advertising

accepted challenger

By Amazon, Seattle, United States, founded 1994. Named in one category this edition.

Skai

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share6%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate18%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#4A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels1116A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Amazon Advertising reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Amazon Ads was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Amazon Ads vs Amazon Advertising · Amazon Ads vs Skai · Pacvue vs Amazon Advertising

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 AdvertisingFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSkai
Direct20
Paraphrase121 against Skai
Comparative40
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained00
Negative002 against Amazon Advertising
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.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Amazon Advertising first, Skai an alternative

2 of 14 modelsSkai was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashAmazon Advertising alternatives: 6sense, Alibaba.com Marketing Services, Demandbase, Home Depot Pro Xtra, LinkedIn Campaign Manager, Pacvue, Skai, Walmart
Qwen 3.7 FlashAmazon Advertising alternatives: AdLib, Criteo, Staples Connect, 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
DeepSeek V4 FlashAmazon Ads alternatives: Criteo, Skai
GPT-6 LunaAmazon Ads alternatives: Pacvue, Skai

Neither was named

9 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5StackAdapt alternatives: AdRoll ABM, Demandbase
Perplexity SonarAmazon Ads alternatives: Criteo Commerce Max, Pacvue, Walmart Connect
Grok 4.20Amazon Ads alternatives: AdLib, Walmart Connect
Mistral SmallAmazon Ads
Llama 4 MaverickAmazon Ads
Kimi K2Criteo alternatives: Amazon Ads, Microsoft Advertising
GLM 4.7 FlashXAmazon Ads alternatives: AdLib, Walmart Connect
MiniMax M2.5Amazon Ads alternatives: Walmart Connect
Muse Glimmer 30BAmazon Ads alternatives: Criteo Commerce Max, Criteo Retail Media, Mirakl Ads, 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 Advertising leads by two points.
Amazon Advertising2%#7 of 12
Skai0%#– of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Amazon Advertising leads by two points.
Amazon Advertising6%#3 of 9
Skai4%#4 of 9
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Skai leads at enterprise.
Skai40%#1 of 14
Amazon Advertising10%#3 of 14
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Amazon Advertising

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

“Experts advise avoiding this *unless* you are a heavy volume seller with robust unit economics.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Amazon, Walmart, Instacart, and other networks may count the same shoppers, causing duplicated reach and over-attributed conversions” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Market position: Undisputed leader... Amazon Advertising dominates the American retail media space, grabbing ~75% of marketers’ dollars” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
“I recommend starting with Amazon Advertising as your primary platform for running and managing retail media ads” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“For most mid-market B2B product companies, Amazon Business Ads is the single best starting point” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct 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.