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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AdGear Advertiser

    Score3.2 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 Ads

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AGoogle 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
    AdGear AdvertiserGoogle 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
    AdGear AdvertiserGoogle Ads
    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 Ads
    Considered Both Products
    AdGear
    No answer on this topic
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    81%
    Would buy again
    42 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    76%
    Delivers good value for the price
    37 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    79%
    Happy with the feature set
    41 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    69%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    34 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    70%
    Implementation went as expected
    35 Answers
    Features
    AdGear AdvertiserGoogle Ads
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of AdGear Advertiser and Google Ads
    Feature
    AdGear Advertiser
    3.5
    1 Ratings
    71% below category average
    Google Ads
    -
    Ratings
    Data Transfer4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    DSP integration3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of AdGear Advertiser and Google Ads
    Feature
    AdGear Advertiser
    5.4
    2 Ratings
    37% below category average
    Google Ads
    7.2
    11 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Ad campaign creation5.02 Ratings7.911 Ratings
    Ad deployment5.02 Ratings7.510 Ratings
    Display advertising7.02 Ratings7.410 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation5.02 Ratings7.511 Ratings
    Sequence targeting5.02 Ratings6.810 Ratings
    Contextual advertising00 Ratings7.210 Ratings
    Social advertising00 Ratings6.35 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of AdGear Advertiser and Google Ads
    Feature
    AdGear Advertiser
    5.0
    2 Ratings
    43% below category average
    Google Ads
    7.3
    11 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Ad dashboards6.02 Ratings7.511 Ratings
    Ad performance reports6.02 Ratings7.911 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking5.02 Ratings7.311 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting5.02 Ratings7.211 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization4.01 Ratings6.911 Ratings
    Ad Auctions
    Comparison of Ad Auctions features of AdGear Advertiser and Google Ads
    Feature
    AdGear Advertiser
    -
    Ratings
    Google Ads
    7.9
    10 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Ad bidding00 Ratings7.910 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    AdGear AdvertiserGoogle Ads
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.7
    (126 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (21 ratings)
    Usability
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (17 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 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
    AdGear AdvertiserGoogle Ads
    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 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
    AdGear
    • Easy setup
    • Smart product
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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
    AdGear
    • User interface could use some improvement
    • Needs better setup process
    • Better way to fine tune targeting
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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
    AdGear
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    AdGear
    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
    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
    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
    AdGear
    • Helped onboard users
    • Lacked meaningful segmentation
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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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