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Alternatives to Instacart Ads, as AI models named them

In the November 2026 Edition, 208 of the 252 answers collected in the one category where Instacart Ads holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
First choices in the 208 answers that did not name Instacart Ads, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Retail media platforms

Marketing. Six framings, fourteen models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Instacart Ads is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessInstacart Ads is #8 of 12 here at 0% of first choices, 33 labels.

Sixty-three of the eighty-four answers did not name Instacart Ads; it was the first choice in two. The first choices in those sixty-three answers, sixteen products in all, the eight most named:

8 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketInstacart Ads is #7 of 9 here at 0% of first choices, 23 labels.

Sixty-six of the eighty-four answers did not name Instacart Ads; it was the first choice in one. The first choices in those sixty-six answers, thirteen products in all, the eight most named:

Amazon Ads26 of 66
Pacvue5 of 66
Skai2 of 66
Criteo1 of 66
Flywheel1 of 66
5 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseInstacart Ads is #14 of 14 here at 0% of first choices, 14 labels.

Seventy-nine of the eighty-four answers did not name Instacart Ads; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those seventy-nine answers, eighteen products in all, the eight most named:

10 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of fourteen models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is eighty-four answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Instacart Ads neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Instacart Ads only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Instacart Ads's side.

The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Instacart Ads was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.