Adform FLOW vs. SmartyAds 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
SmartyAds DSP
Score 4.0 out of 10
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SmartyAds DSP is a demand-side platform for ad serving.N/A
Pricing
Adform FLOWSmartyAds DSP
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Adform FLOWSmartyAds DSP
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Adform FLOWSmartyAds DSP
Considered Both Products
Adform FLOW
Chose Adform FLOW
Adform was in some usecases similar to Xaxis, however, client preferred to use Adform.
Chose Adform FLOW
First of all it was integrating well with our existing database and secondly costing. We were looking for specific kind of product for our marketing and sales team. Salesforce and Adobe we had also evaluated but they were not offering the customization we needed for our …
Chose Adform FLOW
They do not have quite the same case use so a comparison can not be made in a perfect manner. Having said this, Adform FLOW really surprises in its capability to be up to par with one of the best in class for Ad Management as well as having a bit more integrations in its …
SmartyAds DSP
Chose SmartyAds DSP
SmartyAds is more related to Cheetah than to Mopub or Smaato because these last two put a lot of focus on having direct unfiltered access to the publishers. At the same time, Cheetah and SmartyAds are mostly resellers. I believe that if you need a vast amount of traffic, you …
Chose SmartyAds DSP
Mopub is more focused and tries to reach a more typical inventory. SmartyAds DSP covers the different consumer touchpoints across various formats and works on providing different inventory sources to differentiate from traditional DSPs. They copy the look and feel of …
Features
Adform FLOWSmartyAds DSP
Ad Network Integration
Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Product A and Product B
Adform FLOW
8.4
Ratings
13% above category average
SmartyAds DSP
-
Ratings
Data Transfer8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
DSP integration8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad Campaigns
Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Product A and Product B
Adform FLOW
8.0
Ratings
2% above category average
SmartyAds DSP
-
Ratings
Ad campaign creation7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad deployment7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Display advertising9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad display and retargeting segmentation8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Sequence targeting8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Adform FLOW
8.0
Ratings
3% above category average
SmartyAds DSP
-
Ratings
Ad dashboards9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad performance reports8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad conversion tracking7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad attribution reporting7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Cross-channel ad management8.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad forecasting and optimization7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Adform FLOWSmartyAds DSP
Likelihood to Recommend
7.7
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6.0
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Support Rating
6.0
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User Testimonials
Adform FLOWSmartyAds DSP
Likelihood to Recommend
It is well suited for organisations which have big customer base and huge databases. It integrates well with the existing database and the reporting is amazing. The whole team reports can be generated using admin dashboard. Plus the campaign reports are also generated accurately giving all related details. It might not be suitable for small scale companies as that won't be cost efficient.
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SmartyAds DSP works well when you want to impact the user in all of their journeys across different formats. As it works on CTV, mobile, and desktop, you can try sequential ads between different platforms, which is quite interesting and is a very strong advantage over more focused DSPs like MoPub or Smaato.
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Pros
  • targeting options
  • ease of use
  • nice reporting options
  • Adform flow User ID - postcookie targeting option in particular.
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  • Easy-to-use, friendly interface.
  • Interesting integrations.
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Cons
  • Customer service
  • Integration & deployment with existing infrastructure
  • Upgrades to the platform
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  • Support team is not very good.
  • Not a lot of direct traffic, mostly reseller traffic.
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Support Rating
Reasons are already given in past. They are really slow in support service.
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Alternatives Considered
Adform was in some usecases similar to Xaxis, however, client preferred to use Adform.
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SmartyAds is more related to Cheetah than to MoPub or Smaato because these last two put a lot of focus on having direct unfiltered access to the publishers. At the same time, Cheetah and SmartyAds are mostly resellers. I believe that if you need a vast amount of traffic, you can use them, but you need to ix in some direct publishers to improve the quality of the campaigns.
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Return on Investment
  • CPA reduction 20% in some clients
  • ROAS driven decisions
  • DSP Cost reduction
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  • More inventory, more spend, ore budget, better ROI.
  • Fraud issues and refunds, decreasing ROI.
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ScreenShots

SmartyAds DSP Screenshots

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