Adform FLOW vs. Basis DSP

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adform FLOW
Score 8.1 out of 10
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Adform, headquartered in Copenhagen, offers an independent and integrated advertising platform built for modern marketing. Its enterprise technology – Adform FLOW – harnesses user experience and a scalable, modular and open architecture, to enable management of the whole campaign life cycle. It aims to provide clients with enhanced control and transparency across advertising operations, including ownership of all data from their campaigns.N/A
Basis DSP
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Basis from Basis Global Technologies (formerly Centro) is a programmatic ad buying platform supporting digital advertising buying and placement across varying channels. Since the acquisition of SiteScout the platform also contains technology from the SiteScout AdServer.N/A
Pricing
Adform FLOWBasis DSP
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Adform FLOWBasis DSP
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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Features
Adform FLOWBasis DSP
Ad Network Integration
Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Product A and Product B
Adform FLOW
8.4
4 Ratings
13% above category average
Basis DSP
-
Ratings
Data Transfer8.84 Ratings00 Ratings
DSP integration8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad Campaigns
Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Product A and Product B
Adform FLOW
8.0
4 Ratings
3% above category average
Basis DSP
-
Ratings
Ad campaign creation7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad deployment7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
Display advertising9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad display and retargeting segmentation8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Sequence targeting8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Adform FLOW
8.0
4 Ratings
3% above category average
Basis DSP
-
Ratings
Ad dashboards9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad performance reports8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad conversion tracking7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad attribution reporting7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Cross-channel ad management8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad forecasting and optimization7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
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Adform FLOWBasis DSP
Small Businesses
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Score 8.4 out of 10
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Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
The Trade Desk
The Trade Desk
Score 7.0 out of 10
The Trade Desk
The Trade Desk
Score 7.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Adobe Advertising Cloud
Adobe Advertising Cloud
Score 8.9 out of 10
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
Adform FLOWBasis DSP
Likelihood to Recommend
7.7
(4 ratings)
9.0
(14 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
6.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Adform FLOWBasis DSP
Likelihood to Recommend
Adform
One of the best available solutions available for RTB, if you do not have your own or use agency's DSP/DMP/etc. this is the one I would recomment. Lot of targeting options, ease of use, great support. Or just great and cheap tool for tracking your direct buys. Also Adform has excellent customer support.
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Basis Global Technologies (formerly Centro)
I would recommend Basis [DSP] for specific clients. Boutique agencies that do not require very complex programmatic solutions are the best fit. It is not very well suited for very big clients that want to run multicountries campaigns with objectives that are very much performance focused. Their dashboard is very good and the platform is easy to use so new entrants to programmatic will find it very useful.
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Pros
Adform
  • Reporting Dashboard
  • Database integration
  • Ease of scheduling & running campaigns
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Basis Global Technologies (formerly Centro)
  • Basis DSP does a great job of keeping their clients informed of new and upcoming features on their platform. They regularly host webinars to help keep their clients informed of what's up and coming and how to use new features.
  • Client relations with Basis is incredible. They're available on a regular, consistent basis. In addition, they check in throughout the on boarding process and beyond to help their clients understand they system.
  • The analytics tracking capabilities built into Basis DSP is fantastic. They provide many different options on how to pull and organize reports for clients.
  • The additional training offered through Centro Institute is fantastic, especially for beginners. Going to Chicago and training at the headquarters for a couple of days has helped with my company's success in building a programmatic advertising clientele list and building successful campaigns.
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Cons
Adform
  • Bugs
  • UX of DSP Panel
  • Performance
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Basis Global Technologies (formerly Centro)
  • More detail on how and when the exchanges review submitted ad tags would help us set better expectations for our clients and client success teams during launch. Often a delay in ad approvals can result in lagging campaign metrics that must be made up later, often at the cost of performance.
  • More predictive tools / the ability to stop a campaign from bidding when a certain impression threshold is reached (in addition to the dayparting and budget rules that are currently in place and used for every campaign).
  • For some reports, such a geolocation reports, being able to visualize it on a map of some kind would make the data export more meaningful and less manual for our operations and client success teams seeking to explain to clients where their campaign was exposed.
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Usability
Adform
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Basis Global Technologies (formerly Centro)
It's pretty basic, nothing is hidden and nothing ever moves so you can count on finding what you are looking for each day
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Support Rating
Adform
Reasons are already given in past. They are really slow in support service.
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Basis Global Technologies (formerly Centro)
We have a dedicated account rep. She makes it seem like we are her only client, she is very responsive, helps each time we have a question and understands our campaign goals. Anytime we need support, our rep is available either email or call and if she is not going to be available, she will let us know ahead of time to provide back up and inform them of our current campaigns so they can better assist us.
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Implementation Rating
Adform
No answers on this topic
Basis Global Technologies (formerly Centro)
There are a ton of tactics and strategy to implement in the DSP platform. There isn't really a selection of the different types of campaigns or tactics to choose from, you just have to learn as you go. Once you figure out the strategy and goal of the campaign it is very easy to implement the tactic and to achieve its goals.
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Alternatives Considered
Adform
Adform was in some usecases similar to Xaxis, however, client preferred to use Adform.
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Basis Global Technologies (formerly Centro)
Advangelist, StackAdapt, Simplifi, Trade Desk, Media Math - overall most of the other platforms we reviewed were perfectly fine and can get the job done quite well. We have mostly stuck with basis because of the relationship that we have, the fact that they have continued to provide stellar support, and have a platform that delivers on everything they promise.
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Return on Investment
Adform
  • CPA reduction 20% in some clients
  • ROAS driven decisions
  • DSP Cost reduction
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Basis Global Technologies (formerly Centro)
  • Affordable display option - The SiteScout platform runs comparable to other self-serve display platforms, and offers a very large network from which to choose.
  • More visibility for our brand - We've used SiteScout as an awareness tactic, and received millions of impressions at a reasonable cost.
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