One of fourteen models named Pacvue first on the direct prompt; one named Criteo. Pacvue was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Criteo by eight and Pacvue carries 21 labels and Criteo 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
Paris, France, founded 2005. Named in two 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 retail media platforms page.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Pacvue and Criteo were named in the same answer twenty-one times, of the 81 answers naming Pacvue and the 61 naming Criteo. In those answers Criteo took the first choice two times and Pacvue one.
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| 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. Five of six in this category shown.
“another platform with a notable negative rate (27%), and while it is accepted by some models, it is not widely endorsed” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“Unlike Pacvue, which is often too expensive and complex for smaller teams” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“a cross-network OS such as Pacvue for its breadth of retailers and Commerce Media OS positioning” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd usually start with Flywheel or Pacvue if you're running across multiple retail networks” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“the best retail media ad management platforms for mid-sized B2B companies are: 1. Pacvue” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of five in this category shown.
“Criteo: 30% of labels were negative, with 10 out of 14 models giving it a hard negative rating.” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · hard negative
“Criteo: also flagged for significant invalid traffic exposure” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · soft negative
“I'd recommend Criteo as the best starting point” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice
“Criteo — *Best for Commerce AI & Off-Site Reach*” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · alternative
“implement a platform like Criteo or AdLib” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · alternative
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.