
The infrastructure modules behind modern commerce media: platform, engine and intelligence, plus the modules and capabilities that run on them.
Explore the core platformLaunch a retail media network, connect brands and agencies, automate operations and power discovery, all on one commerce platform.
Explore all solutionsEverything your engineering team needs to build with Topsort: API references, SDKs, integration guides and live platform status.
Go beyond ad serving with real-time auctions, pacing, quality scoring, attribution-aware optimization and full-funnel decisioning built for commerce media, marketplaces and commerce platforms.
An ad server delivers ads. T-Engine decides what should win, why it should win, and how every decision improves revenue, relevance and advertiser performance.
Most ad servers were built to deliver ads. Modern commerce media needs to decide which ads deserve high-intent moments, how budgets should pace, how relevance and quality affect ranking, and how to optimize for both retailer revenue and advertiser outcomes.
That is the job of an intelligent ad engine. T-Engine turns ad serving into commerce-aware decisioning.
Every decision balances bid, relevance, budget and outcomes, in milliseconds.
Commerce-native auctions that balance bid, relevance, placement, budget and business logic in milliseconds.
Control how advertiser budgets are spent over time so campaigns do not burn too fast or under-deliver.
Quality and relevance signals protect customer experience and improve long-term advertiser performance.
Connect ad decisions to clicks, conversions, attributed purchases and revenue.
Rank ads using query, category, product, seller, placement, availability and shopper intent.
Improve revenue without reducing marketplace quality or advertiser trust.
Optimize across impression, click, conversion, purchase and revenue, not a one-step delivery event.
Each commerce opportunity moves through the same transparent path, in milliseconds.
Commerce moment
Filter the field
Real-time bid
Relevance and UX
Budget shape
Outcome signal
Decision served
Start simple, start intelligent, or launch the full commerce media platform depending on maturity and goals.
| Capability | T-Zero | T-Engine | T-Platform |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary role | Modern commerce ad server | Intelligent ad engine | Complete commerce media platform |
| Best for | Launching ad serving fast | Optimizing commerce media decisions | Operating the full media business |
| Ad serving | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Real-time auctions | Programmable | Optimized | Integrated |
| Pacing | Configurable | Advanced | Integrated into workflows |
| Quality score | Custom rules | Built-in quality logic | Operationalized across campaigns |
| Attribution | Event tracking foundation | Attribution-aware optimization | Full reporting and workflows |
| Optimization | Manual / configurable | Intelligence-led | End-to-end optimization |
| Advertiser workflows | API-based | API-based with optimization | Self-service and managed |
Evaluating ad servers but care about pacing, quality, attribution and performance? T-Engine is the better default.
| Capability | Legacy ad server | T-Engine |
|---|---|---|
| Core function | Deliver ads | Optimize ad decisions |
| Commerce context | Limited | Products, catalogs, sellers, placements and intent |
| Auctions | Rigid or opaque | Real-time and commerce-native |
| Budget pacing | Basic | Advanced pacing systems |
| Quality score | Manual or missing | Built into ranking and optimization |
| Attribution | Reporting after delivery | Attribution-aware decisioning |
| Full-funnel performance | Limited | Impression to click, conversion, purchase and revenue |
| Commerce media fit | Publisher-style | Built for retailers and marketplaces |
Intelligence at planetary scale: fast, reliable, explainable and optimized.
Optimize sponsored listings, display, video and native ads across high-intent commerce moments.
Balance seller demand, shopper relevance, marketplace quality and revenue yield.
Optimize high-frequency sponsored placements with pacing and performance controls.
Rank sponsored travel offers and placements with relevance and attribution signals.
Serve relevant partner offers with quality controls that protect user trust.
Promote listings intelligently while keeping results relevant for every buyer.
What teams ask most when evaluating the Topsort stack.
Topsort's intelligent ad engine for commerce media: real-time auctions, pacing, ranking, quality scoring, attribution-aware optimization and full-funnel decisioning.
An ad server delivers ads. T-Engine decides which ads should win, how budgets pace, how quality affects ranking, and how decisions optimize for revenue and outcomes.
Use T-Zero for lightweight, programmable ad serving. Use T-Engine when you need pacing, quality scoring, attribution, optimization and full-funnel controls.
Bring your surfaces and goals. We will show how T-Engine optimizes every auction.
The rest of the Topsort system, designed to work together as one.
Ad infrastructure matched to your business model.