2 categories · RankedLinkedIn Video Ads
LinkedIn Video Ads is a video advertising product from LinkedIn · linkedin.com ↗
Leads at enterprise. Ranked 2 of 86 for small business buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
YouTube Ads is first at 24%.
Ranked first, contested: StackAdapt has 22%. 12 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Ranked first. Next is The Trade Desk at 17%.
Why models recommend it
“LinkedIn – Best Overall for B2B Video ... Start with LinkedIn. It’s the most cost-effective and powerful B2B video platform for mid-market companies.”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Direct question · first choice
“LinkedIn is the gold standard for B2B targeting because users self-report their job titles, seniority, company size, industry, and skills.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Direct question · first choice
“Primary Channel: Start with LinkedIn if your sales cycle is complex and you need high-intent professionals.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Direct question · first choice
“For most mid-market B2B companies, LinkedIn and YouTube are the best starting points for video advertising.”Mistral Small · Direct question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Platforms to Avoid on a Tight Budget * LinkedIn Ads: ... very high Cost-Per-Click (CPC) and CPM rates”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Budget-constrained question · warning
“Good for B2B with a $10 daily minimum, but generally more expensive per impression”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · warning
“best for B2B, but usually expensive, so not ideal for tight budgets”GPT-5.4 mini · Budget-constrained question · warning
“worst-performing ad channel overall for invalid traffic at 24.64%”Kimi K2 · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as LinkedIn Video Ads, over the 100 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | 20 | Compare → | |
| 49 | 15 | Compare → | |
| 44 | 6 | Compare → | |
| 41 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 25 | 5 | Compare → | |
| 24 | 2 | Compare → | |
| 14 | 1 | View → | |
| 14 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 13 | 1 | View → | |
| 12 | 1 | View → |
What the models named instead of LinkedIn Video Ads →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on LinkedIn Video Ads's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- business
- Customers named
- Jasper
- Headquarters
- Sunnyvale, United States
- Founded
- 2002
- Also from LinkedIn
- LinkedIn Accelerate, LinkedIn Ads + Sales Navigator, LinkedIn Ads Manager, LinkedIn Advertising, LinkedIn Analytics, LinkedIn Audience Network and 18 more
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 84 of the 100 answers that named LinkedIn Video Ads and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
143 of the 209 domain citations in answers naming LinkedIn Video Ads came from a third party's page. Twenty-nine were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |