AdCheck (discontinued) vs. Google Ads

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AdCheck (discontinued)
Score 3.2 out of 10
N/A
AdCheck was a URL tracking link verification tool that offered insight into offer links: re-direct chain, click spamming, pop-ups or missing link parameters, etc. The tool has been discontinued and is no longer available for sale.N/A
Google Ads
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Google Ads (formerly AdWords) is Google's pay-per-click online advertising program. With Google Ads users set their budget and choose where their ads appear in search listings, and on partner websites. Google Ads uses cost-per-click (CPC) bidding.
$500
in Ads credit in the first 60 days
Pricing
AdCheck (discontinued)Google Ads
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Offer A
$500
in Ads credit in the first 60 days
Offer B
$1500
in Ads credit in the first 60 days
Offer C
$3000
in Ads credit in the first 60 days
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AdCheck (discontinued)Google Ads
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
AdCheck (discontinued)Google Ads
Features
AdCheck (discontinued)Google Ads
Ad Campaigns
Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Product A and Product B
AdCheck (discontinued)
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Ratings
Google Ads
6.9
11 Ratings
8% above category average
Ad campaign creation00 Ratings7.711 Ratings
Ad deployment00 Ratings7.310 Ratings
Display advertising00 Ratings7.410 Ratings
Ad display and retargeting segmentation00 Ratings7.411 Ratings
Sequence targeting00 Ratings6.510 Ratings
Contextual advertising00 Ratings6.810 Ratings
Social advertising00 Ratings5.35 Ratings
Ad Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
AdCheck (discontinued)
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Ratings
Google Ads
7.2
11 Ratings
5% above category average
Ad dashboards00 Ratings7.211 Ratings
Ad performance reports00 Ratings7.911 Ratings
Ad conversion tracking00 Ratings7.311 Ratings
Ad attribution reporting00 Ratings7.211 Ratings
Ad forecasting and optimization00 Ratings6.611 Ratings
Ad Auctions
Comparison of Ad Auctions features of Product A and Product B
AdCheck (discontinued)
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Ratings
Google Ads
8.0
10 Ratings
5% below category average
Ad bidding00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
Best Alternatives
AdCheck (discontinued)Google Ads
Small Businesses
Google AdMob
Google AdMob
Score 5.7 out of 10
WordStream
WordStream
Score 6.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Yahoo Ads
Yahoo Ads
Score 7.6 out of 10
WordStream
WordStream
Score 6.9 out of 10
Enterprises
Marin Software (discontinued)
Marin Software (discontinued)
Score 9.1 out of 10
Adobe Advertising Cloud
Adobe Advertising Cloud
Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
AdCheck (discontinued)Google Ads
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(2 ratings)
8.6
(126 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(21 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.5
(17 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(8 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
AdCheck (discontinued)Google Ads
Likelihood to Recommend
Discontinued Products
Our main CRM is Adcomm and the AdCheck app allows us to run clients' validations. It also allows us to check clients' subscriptions to our provided services and tools. It works as a virtual assistant to our marketing strategies. It also tailors to our clients and our offers. The time I do not use AdCheck is when I am collaborating internally with other team-members
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Google
Google Ads is a useful advertising tool to build brand exposure and generate lead volumes for your chosen product. Whilst it can be costly at times due to competitor bidding strategies and requires constant monitoring to ensure campaigns perform as expected, it typically provides the desired quality and quantity of leads for custom budgets.
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Pros
Discontinued Products
  • URL's verification and authenticity
  • Integration of real offers
  • Recognizes spams, bots and other cyber threats
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Google
  • Automated targeting via Smart Shopping campaign. It's one of the best campaign types in Google Ads. In the beginning, you may see lower revenue and ROAS, but once you give some meaningful time to your campaign, it is most likely to perform well.
  • Smart bidding strategies: Google Ads has developed some really great bidding strategies such as maximizing conversion and maximizing conversion with ROAS settings. Based on one's requirement and their goal with revenue and target ROAS, they can choose the appropriate bidding strategy.
  • Reporting: A business owner and advertising must know about their audiences, how their campaigns have been performing, what's working and what's not, and for that reason, powerful, effective reporting is needed, and Google Ads provides rich details reporting that covers almost every aspect of a business.
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Cons
Discontinued Products
  • Personalization of individual profiles
  • Loyalty member programs
  • Offered in different languages
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Google
  • If you don't know what you're doing, it will be a costly mistake. You need to target ads, and it is difficult the first time to do that.
  • There isn't a feature to run an add for a couple set date spans, just hours you want to run them or a single date span.
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Likelihood to Renew
Discontinued Products
No answers on this topic
Google
I think Google Ads is good for getting your company out there and becoming more visible to potential customers in general. However, for specific product launches, social media advertising might be a better fit. Also, our user base is younger so social media is a better channel for our target audience.
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Usability
Discontinued Products
No answers on this topic
Google
This is more of a subjective rating, because I think it can be increased with how much our ad spend is. The more of an ad spend, the more visibility we can get, and therefore all features can climb. With an overall larger presence the usability is that where we can get messages out quick, and that's the main thing we try to do with our campaigns.
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Support Rating
Discontinued Products
No answers on this topic
Google
We have not yet had an account rep who hasn't tried to bully me or other employees to raise our budgets. At the same time, several years ago, one attempted to help refine our ads and ended up changing the ads to be something we were not affiliated with
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Online Training
Discontinued Products
No answers on this topic
Google
Daily use with advanced account structures. Familiarity with reporting/api and complex setups.
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Alternatives Considered
Discontinued Products
it's much cheaper than the rest so far. Has more benefits than other software out there. Integrate with our CRM to give us a better and simple experience. You can try it for free with no liable ties to the product. Easy to use and to manage. Sleek and innovative design
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Google
Our agency invests heavily in Google Ads (particularly paid search advertising) on behalf of our clients relative to competitors like Microsoft and Yahoo because Google is the top search engine in the world. Google collects the most search data which enables the company to improve its AI to drive better performance for agencies and brands. As such, our paid search and app install campaigns always start with Google. If a client has a large budget, we will allocate media dollars to other search engines, but in some cases, the entire search budget goes to Google because we see the best returns.
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Return on Investment
Discontinued Products
  • Saves time by giving detailed reports on clicks and spam
  • It can be expensive if you do not know how to use it
  • It gives me peace of mind knowing I have a smart ad virtual assistant
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Google
  • Google Ads is often one of our highest ROI channels, especially when you factor in branded ads.
  • Depending on the stage your business is in, search ads can be really powerful from an ROI perspective, providing an investment with a very high spend cap.
  • If you do not manage the campaigns well though, you can quickly spend a lot of money on nothing. So make sure someone is keeping an eye on your account.
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