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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Acquisio

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AAcquisio is a performance marketing solution that enables digital marketers to manage, report, and optimize on all digital advertising initiatives in one easy-to-use dashboard, across search, social, and display. According to the vendor, this solution provides the most powerful optimization algorithm on the market which enables users to set more accurate bids and deliver more clicks at a lower cost per click. The vendor’s value proposition is that this unique high frequency, predictive…N/A

    Equativ

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AEquativ (formerly Smart AdServer) is a French ad server provider with a large international presence. Customers tend to be European media outlets.N/A
    Pricing
    AcquisioEquativ
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AcquisioEquativ
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    AcquisioEquativ
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Acquisio and Equativ
    Feature
    Acquisio
    -
    Ratings
    Equativ
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Data Transfer00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    DSP integration00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Acquisio and Equativ
    Feature
    Acquisio
    -
    Ratings
    Equativ
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Ad campaign creation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ad deployment00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Display advertising00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Sequence targeting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Acquisio and Equativ
    Feature
    Acquisio
    -
    Ratings
    Equativ
    7.5
    1 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Ad dashboards00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ad performance reports00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    AcquisioEquativ
    Small Businesses
    WordStream
    Score6.9 out of 10
    AdRoll
    Score3.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    WordStream
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AcquisioEquativ
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (15 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.4
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AcquisioEquativ
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    Acquisio is ideal for marketing agencies, especially those that focus on serving a specific market. If your Agency has access to client data, depending on the data, Acquisio's software could be a powerful way to deliver that data in the form of online ads. Acquisio might be too powerful for a small business looking to manage campaigns in-house.
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    Equativ (formerly Smart AdServer)
    Smart AdServer is great for a marketing department, to track stats and clicks of their audience. It's a great way to engage the client without actually engaging them. We use it all the time to monitor where they're going, what they're interested in, and how engaging our posts are. I would say it's probably not a good idea for a smaller organization, as one social media manager could work it all out
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    Pros
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    • Provides multiple methods of viewing and sharing campaign data. It is definitely an upgrade from the basic PPC reports. Fully customizable and new features are being added regularly.
    • Acquisio now provides support for the importation of the video campaign data. This saves her company lots of time as we used to have to do this process manually.
    • Aquisio now has instant chat support in the platform which saves a lot of time as you can get quick answers to any problems you may be having.
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    Equativ (formerly Smart AdServer)
    • It is easy to use, with functionality covering mobile, desktop and even tablet. I'm always on the go, so it's nice to be able to access my server from pretty much anywhere.
    • It has a wonderful intuitive user interface, every facet of this is designed and thought over, so it's easy to navigate around the program.
    • It offers a free trial so there's no real commitment if you just want to try it out, which is nice.
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    Cons
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    • Facebook management: You cannot manage Facebook directly through Acquisio. You can only see the data in the platform.
    • Campaign automation: The rules and algorithms takes a lot of time to be applied if you managed them manually.
    • LinkedIn: No LinkedIn integration available
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    Equativ (formerly Smart AdServer)
    • I would like a more in-depth look at my traffic stats. I can see clicks, where my audience is going, but I'd like maybe some kind of perspective into who my audience is (18-24, adult, etc).
    • Constant updates. It's nice that they're always looking to update program, but the update can kinda get in the way of my work sometimes.
    • I'd prefer it if were a little cheaper – the free trial is nice, but getting my superiors to sign off on the cost (they're a bit old school) is a bit tough sometimes.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    I think the platform, with the latest release updates has a lot of great potential. The main decision, currently, is price and how that gets passed on to our clients. There has to be a conscious decision made on platform cost vs client spend and overall budget vs revenue.
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    Equativ (formerly Smart AdServer)
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    The updates they have recently made have been time consuming to keep up with
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    Equativ (formerly Smart AdServer)
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    Within the interface there is an instant chat support feature that you can use to get help right away without having to pick up the phone or look for an email address. We have have an account manager who responds to emails quickly and is always helpful. Anytime issues require further tech support we are kept up to date on the progress of the issue and they are usually resolved the same day.
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    Equativ (formerly Smart AdServer)
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    They handled it well.
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    Equativ (formerly Smart AdServer)
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    We have started using Domo since we began using Acquisio and are extremely happy with Domo. We will continue to use Acquisio though because of the ability to directly manage paid search ads and the ability to create simple reports quickly. Also considering the cost of Domo, unless you specifically need reports with more sources of data, Acquisio is all you really need.
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    Equativ (formerly Smart AdServer)
    Honestly, you can use either/or. I'm all about AdServer right now because since Adobe has implemented their cloud service, they've gotten more expensive. Smart AdServer is just one cost, and it's cheaper than Adobe Cloud
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    Return on Investment
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    • Acquisio let us create reports on the fly, saving us lots of time; time that was better spend optimizing client campaigns.
    • Acqusio's Bid and Budget Management tool (BBM) helped a struggling client achieve desired traffic and conversion results with little to no work from our agency.
    • Acquisio's quick customer service responsiveness let us get our questions answered quickly.
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    Equativ (formerly Smart AdServer)
    • It's helped my organization better manage our traffic flow.
    • It's reduced the amount of work on our social media manager.
    • It's helped my organization get a better perspective on our clientele - where they're going, what they're interested in, it's been a great asset to our business.
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    Screenshot of Client Center, view of Key Performance Metrics targets