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    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

    Google Ad Manager

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Ad Manager is a platform for publishers that combines the former DoubleClick for Publishers and DoubleClick Ad Exchange products.N/A
    Pricing
    AcquisioGoogle Ad Manager
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AcquisioGoogle Ad Manager
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    AcquisioGoogle Ad Manager
    Considered Both Products
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
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    Google
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    93%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    75%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    AcquisioGoogle Ad Manager
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Acquisio and Google Ad Manager
    Feature
    Acquisio
    -
    Ratings
    Google Ad Manager
    7.8
    28 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Data Transfer00 Ratings7.528 Ratings
    DSP integration00 Ratings8.122 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Acquisio and Google Ad Manager
    Feature
    Acquisio
    -
    Ratings
    Google Ad Manager
    7.4
    40 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Ad campaign creation00 Ratings7.640 Ratings
    Ad deployment00 Ratings7.040 Ratings
    Display advertising00 Ratings7.639 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation00 Ratings7.238 Ratings
    Sequence targeting00 Ratings7.528 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Acquisio and Google Ad Manager
    Feature
    Acquisio
    -
    Ratings
    Google Ad Manager
    6.7
    39 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Ad dashboards00 Ratings6.537 Ratings
    Ad performance reports00 Ratings7.439 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking00 Ratings6.738 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting00 Ratings6.834 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management00 Ratings7.029 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization00 Ratings5.734 Ratings
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    AcquisioGoogle Ad Manager
    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
    AcquisioGoogle Ad Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (15 ratings)
    8.2
    (40 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.4
    (6 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    6.8
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AcquisioGoogle Ad Manager
    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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    Google
    I like that I can see several clients in one place, which can be convenient. However, the UX could be a lot better as outlined previously. In other words, the benefits of combining clients into the Ad Manager don't seem to be much more beneficial than logging into each client's ad account separately
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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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    Google
    • The obvious is the data - Google Ads Manager gives me essential and even critical data about which jobs and industries are hot right now and what is driving the most response.
    • Google Ad Manager gives us more control over the search engine results page as we get more visibility and real estate on our branded search terms and job/industry-specific search terms.
    • Google Ad Manager gives us the chance to compete with major national players in job recruitment, Monster, Indeed, LinkedIn, etc.
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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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    Google
    • Support. Not that they don't call or offer help, it's that our account people are bullies. I tell them I don't have time, so I am insulted and told that I need to get in front of the laptop otherwise I have "failed the company." I have never had a situation where I wasn't bullied by our Ad reps. They don't respect or value our time, which can make their calls frustrating.
    • Too quick on support. They don't take the time to understand the product. We are a preschool which shares a name with a popular motorcycle. An Ad rep insisted he knew the company so well that he could help me within five minutes. After being interrupted frequently, I just let him continue to tell me how I "could increase awareness of our aerodynamic seat design by creating ads with those keywords..."
    • Better management of trademark keywords and program awareness. We switched over to a new site, the domain changed for about ten seconds. All of our ads were unapproved and put on pause. The email stated it would be fixed very quickly, but I had to go in for the last 3 days to reactivate each one individually.
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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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    Google
    I think it's useful for our team and we rely on it to improve our business. It is within our budget also. Although we still will need an approval from the upper-level management team, I don't see any problem with that
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    Usability
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    The updates they have recently made have been time consuming to keep up with
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    Google
    While most of Google Ad Manager is user-friendly, certain parts of the ad creation process could use some improvements. Specifically, the way you insert keywords can be clunky and time-consuming, and I would like to see better and more keyword suggestions when designing a campaign.
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    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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    Google
    I could say a lot about this topic. As an agency, we get a new [representative] to talk to almost every quarter to go over select accounts and the campaigns within. Most of the time, these [educated representatives], don't provide any new feedback, or I just simply [disagree] with their approach. This is not all the time however. I have learned a lot from a rare few, [individuals] that have given me new strategies and access to betas early on. The other side of support, is the [overseas support platform]. [It] is usually not very helpful, but you can [emphasize] issues and they can research [them]. The Google Tag Implementation team is pristine though. When you need them, you need to set an appointment, which is usually 2 weeks out; they are so over-my-head intelligent, I've never had a bad experience with them and whenever I needed them for a fix, they solved it [within] the first call.
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    Implementation Rating
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    They handled it well.
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    Google
    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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    Google
    As I've said in prior comments, I like how the Google Ad Manager makes better use of the Google data and results compared to the others. Yes, I've tried them - I used to evaluate software for a former company. They will all do the job I didn't like their usage as much as I preferred the Google information - and I said even that had flaws - so you have to realize that nothing is completely perfect so far.
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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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    Google
    • I was able to work well with my budgets - mainly because of the reports.
    • I saw a great spike in the way my ad traffic increased.
    • It was a very easy way to work with Google Ad Manager than connecting other platforms with less compatibility - Less investment.
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    Screenshot of Client Center, view of Key Performance Metrics targets