Google AdMob vs. Marchex

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google AdMob
Score 8.6 out of 10
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AdMob is a mobile advertising platform acquired by Google in 2010.N/A
Marchex
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Marchex is a mobile advertising analytics company that connects online behavior to real-world, offline actions. By linking critical touchpoints in the customer journey, Marchex’s products enable a 360-degree view of marketing effectiveness. Brands and agencies utilize Marchex’s products to transform business performance. Marchex Call Tracking, an analytics platform for click-to-call, measures more than 250 million calls annually for brands and agencies worldwide.…N/A
Pricing
Google AdMobMarchex
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google AdMobMarchex
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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User Ratings
Google AdMobMarchex
Likelihood to Recommend
7.3
(9 ratings)
8.0
(8 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google AdMobMarchex
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
Google AdMob is the best choice in my opinion for any developer or company looking for a reliable way to monetize their app traffic and generate revenue from relevant ads displayed inside their mobile app, and it can be easily integrated into any IOS or Android App.
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Marchex
The Marchex platform is suitable for you to draw conclusions on how to approach your users. It also helps you with conversational improvements and data analysis. I recommend if you already have a large user base who buy your service and are always asking for explanations to hire Marchex for sure
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Pros
Google
  • Provides a complete ad verification system.
  • Integration with Google Analytics.
  • Transmission customization
  • Ad network mediation is a great feature to manage many ad networks at the same time.
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Marchex
  • Marchex does exactly what you need it to do. It allows businesses to quickly and effectively create online and offline call-tracking numbers to measure marketing performance.
  • Marchex offers a variety of additional options, features, and capabilities outside of their core business model, which is call tracking. These business offerings appeal to smaller businesses, since they are primarily an enterprise-level call-tracking platform.
  • Marchex allows you to listen and mark phone calls based on whether or not they lead to a conversion, if you business has the time to manage this process, it is an effective way to determine which source/mediums are providing the highest inside-conversion rate.
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Cons
Google
  • AdMob bans people unnecessarily.
  • Earnings is significantly less if you use it as a small business owner.
  • Onboarding needs some major work in my opinion.
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Marchex
  • Although customer support is only a phone call away, trouble shooting was not their strongest area. There was usually only one person who could help with technical support and getting past the gate keepers to talk to that person was not easy.
  • Salesmen were difficult to get in touch with. You think it would be easy to negotiate a contract to add more services but this proved to be a difficult task as well.
  • Online reporting could use improvement. If you wanted to sift through data you had to download a spreadsheet to manipulate the data. Very little beyond simple reporting could be accomplished on their platform.
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Likelihood to Renew
Google
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Marchex
We renew Marchex each year, we love it! It's a great investment. It's woven into a few of our products that we offer our clients so we wouldn't stop using it any time soon. The clients are big fans of it
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Alternatives Considered
Google
No special reason for choosing Google AdMob. Out point is easy to gain appropriate knowledge from youtube.com and people who work with us. We won't have another similar application so far. However, we feel it works well and makes us happy because of easy function and experience. So I recommend this if we need to apply this for our company activity.
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Marchex
I love how easy it is to listen to calls, filter and export reports for clients. Super happy with the services that are provided for me!
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Return on Investment
Google
  • AdMob advertising is maybe the main or second main source of revenue for our company.
  • Having said that AdMob can improve in many aspects.
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Marchex
  • Quick and easy distribution of phone numbers with city specific area codes
  • Easy to set up after business hours and alternative forwarding numbers
  • It has been very helpful in showing clients how their staff answers the phone and where there is opportunity for more training
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