AdGear Advertiser vs. Google Ad Manager

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AdGear Advertiser
Score 3.2 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
AdGear Advertiser is a cross-channel, third party ad server for publishers, networks, advertisers and agencies. Some key features include: Cross-channel Attribution, Dynamic Ads and CRM Integration.N/A
Google Ad Manager
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Google Ad Manager is a platform for publishers that combines the former DoubleClick for Publishers and DoubleClick Ad Exchange products.N/A
Pricing
AdGear AdvertiserGoogle Ad Manager
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AdGear AdvertiserGoogle Ad Manager
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
AdGear AdvertiserGoogle Ad Manager
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
AdGear AdvertiserGoogle Ad Manager
Ad Network Integration
Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Product A and Product B
AdGear Advertiser
3.5
1 Ratings
71% below category average
Google Ad Manager
7.6
24 Ratings
3% above category average
Data Transfer4.01 Ratings7.524 Ratings
DSP integration3.01 Ratings7.719 Ratings
Ad Campaigns
Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Product A and Product B
AdGear Advertiser
5.4
2 Ratings
36% below category average
Google Ad Manager
7.4
35 Ratings
5% below category average
Ad campaign creation5.02 Ratings9.535 Ratings
Ad deployment5.02 Ratings7.135 Ratings
Display advertising7.02 Ratings7.534 Ratings
Ad display and retargeting segmentation5.02 Ratings7.533 Ratings
Sequence targeting5.02 Ratings5.225 Ratings
Ad Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
AdGear Advertiser
5.0
2 Ratings
43% below category average
Google Ad Manager
7.0
34 Ratings
10% below category average
Ad dashboards6.02 Ratings5.332 Ratings
Ad performance reports6.02 Ratings7.134 Ratings
Ad conversion tracking5.02 Ratings7.133 Ratings
Ad attribution reporting5.02 Ratings7.130 Ratings
Cross-channel ad management4.01 Ratings8.126 Ratings
Ad forecasting and optimization4.01 Ratings7.130 Ratings
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Small Businesses
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Score 8.5 out of 10
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Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
The Trade Desk
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Score 7.0 out of 10
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Score 7.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Adobe Advertising Cloud
Adobe Advertising Cloud
Score 8.9 out of 10
Adobe Advertising Cloud
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
AdGear AdvertiserGoogle Ad Manager
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(2 ratings)
8.0
(35 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
6.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
AdGear AdvertiserGoogle Ad Manager
Likelihood to Recommend
AdGear
AdGear Advertiser is good for finding large groups of customers and/or leads to encourage use of software or apps and to trigger usage. Adgear Advertiser may be less suited for targeting within subsets of potential customers, clients, or leads. More attention is needed to improve this aspect or section.
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Google
Google Ads Manager is great if you need major visibility on a large ad network rather than targeting one specific website, app or platform. Let's be real here if you have any business that is done online (sell products, generate leads, etc) you pretty much have to be on Google. I've tried other advertising solutions including competitor search engines, sponsored content solutions, social media advertising, and none really compare to the traffic you can get that is keyword-driven, meaning a user is actually demonstrating interest in whatever you sell or offer.
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Pros
AdGear
  • Easy setup
  • Smart product
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Google
  • Interface. You can understand how to build the ads very easily. When you first begin, and throughout the process, there are little help icons which explain what you need to understand.
  • Pricing. By this, I mean the ability to change it at any time. You can select a variable rate, or you can preset it. Either way, you can change how much you spend every second if you'd like. This makes it easier to control your budget if you need to make emergency purchases and don't have much space in your budget.
  • Always growing. They are always announcing something new. Always growing and always trying to update.
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Cons
AdGear
  • User interface could use some improvement
  • Needs better setup process
  • Better way to fine tune targeting
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Google
  • Bumper Machine - While this is still in beta, there is a lot of room for improvement for the machine to pick proper clips. I'm sure that will come in time though.
  • Inclusion of a Home Page Button - This is a simple request, truly, but one that bothers me everyday. I have a campaign home button, but it's not accessible unless you go back to the beginning of the platform. If the 'home' button was static, I'd be able to go to my preferred view with one click instead of having to loop around, as there isn't a trustworthy 'back button' option either.
  • Display - This is a big one. I have a love/hate relationship with display campaigns and algorithms. I have seen where they can perform [strongly] but also be massive budget bleeds with little ROI. It's not very industry specific either so I'm hoping to gain more consistency and trust with the future of the display algorithm.
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Likelihood to Renew
AdGear
No answers on this topic
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
AdGear
The user interface of AdGear Advertiser does need some work. It is initially easy to set up and use but can get a bit bogged down. Maybe more initial training opportunities might help, as support is not the problem. Again, this will always be situational to a company's specific needs and goals.
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Google
Love the product and how the GUI is as it is user friendly. When working with the product it is better to have some knowledge of what ad's you want to deploy where so that it is easier to use and move forward.
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Support Rating
AdGear
AdGear Advertiser provides overall good support in the times it has been needed. We would like a better user interface and maybe better response times, but that is always situational and specific to certain company needs. Response is very thorough when received, so there is little to no need to go back through the process.
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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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Alternatives Considered
AdGear
AdGear was the easiest tech to start on and it was my manager's choice. He enjoyed it though would get frustrated by the UI. I found it easy to use and set up; through lacking meaningful more insights into leads and lead generation to acquire important information when converting to users on the platform.
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Google
I personally liked it because of the complex features available. Knowing that this comes from Google, I did not have second thoughts - Comes from an Top tier brand. There were other products in the market, however, I chose to stick to this due to the following reasons, Customer support Self help articles
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Return on Investment
AdGear
  • Helped onboard users
  • Lacked meaningful segmentation
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Google
  • It had a massively positive impact for us, allowing us to generate revenue from ad space on our website.
  • Being able to custom quote ad space on our site, instead of relying on AdSense allowed us to increase our monthly ad revenue as well.
  • Providing reliable data to advertisers regarding impressions and CTRs helped create repeat-customers.
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