AdGear Advertiser vs. MatchCraft AdVantage

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
MatchCraft
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
MatchCraft Advantage is a search engine marketing (SEM) platform for managing many paid advertising campaigns at once, ideally for agencies managing campaigns for a number of small to midsize businesses with their local marketing efforts. To that end it automates many elements of running Google Adwords and Bing Ads campaigns and offers bidding suggestions via Matchcraft's proprietary algorithms. AdVantage Display is a built in set of tools for targeted display ads, and AdVantage Remarketing…N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AdGear AdvertiserMatchCraft
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
AdGear AdvertiserMatchCraft AdVantage
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
MatchCraft AdVantage
-
Ratings
Data Transfer4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
DSP integration3.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad Campaigns
Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Product A and Product B
AdGear Advertiser
5.4
2 Ratings
37% below category average
MatchCraft AdVantage
-
Ratings
Ad campaign creation5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad deployment5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Display advertising7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad display and retargeting segmentation5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Sequence targeting5.02 Ratings00 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
MatchCraft AdVantage
-
Ratings
Ad dashboards6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad performance reports6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad conversion tracking5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad attribution reporting5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Cross-channel ad management4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad forecasting and optimization4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
AdGear AdvertiserMatchCraft AdVantage
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(2 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
6.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AdGear AdvertiserMatchCraft AdVantage
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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Matchcraft
If you have multiple campaigns running at the same time, you need your campaign setups to be quick and easy, or you have multiple users managing campaigns, then MatchCraft Advantage is right for you. It also performs well with both small and large budgets. If you want to do re-targeting but don't want/know how to implement the tag, MatchCraft has built-in features for that. However if you want to run video campaigns and campaigns in specific mobile apps, then for now MatchCraft will not work for you
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Pros
AdGear
  • Easy setup
  • Smart product
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Matchcraft
  • Automated bid adjustments for PPC campaigns. Manual bid strategies can be tedious to manage. MatchCraft's bidding system helps improve click throughs while keeping the click costs pretty low.
  • The report generation features of the platform MatchCraft platform are easy to use and provide actionable data from campaigns. PDF reports require only a few clicks and there is also an interactive dashboard that gives all the key metrics in a graphical format. Both features are customizable.
  • User management is a breeze in the MatchCraft platform. You can add, edit, activate, deactivate, and change the permissions as needed.
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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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Matchcraft
  • Not all Google/Bing features are available through the MatchCraft platform. Since they are limited to what is available in the API some features like video campaign management and specific app targeting are missing.
  • Customized report scheduling is not yet available for each campaign and the automated reports can only be sent to one email address. Additional recipients have to be sent their's manually.
  • Reports can take a little time to be generated. Not more than 1 minute but it can slow you down if you have multiple reports to send.
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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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Matchcraft
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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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Matchcraft
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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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Matchcraft
The interface on MatchCraft is much easier to get started with than the native PPC provider interfaces. MatchCraft finds ways of maximizing ROI within current spend target rather than recommending 'increased budget' as the fix for all issues. the reporting dashboard is also easier to use and report generation takes only a few clicks. The main downside is that MatchCraft is limited to what the PPC providers allow through the APIs
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Return on Investment
AdGear
  • Helped onboard users
  • Lacked meaningful segmentation
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Matchcraft
  • It has allowed the company to handle a higher volume of campaigns at the same time.
  • Click costs have been reduced across almost all campaigns while click rates have increased.
  • Budget management (under/overspending) has been improved.
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