Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (discontinued) vs. Assembler vs. Qubit OpenTag

If you're on the Adobe stack at all, you absolutely need DTM. It will make your life infinitely easier. It's so simple to update your Adobe Analytics code and have version control, and when we implemented Adobe Target, it took literally less than 15 minutes for me to do. I also think it's significantly simpler than Google Tag Manager. I went through all manner of difficulty when implementing tags on that and have not had similar problems on DTM. If you're frequently placing pixels, it's a great tool that will speed their deployment. The only situation in which I think a tag manager is not appropriate is if you have a dev with too much time on their hands. Otherwise, get a TMS and get DTM.

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Pros: Easy tagging process, custom alerts, and Notifications, KPIs dashboard, Marketing operations alignment. Cons: Could use some improvement around the custom export options for data visualization.

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• It is a rules based tag management system that allows the application of tracking pixels much easier than hard coding.
• By placing 2 pieces of code on the top and bottom of each page of a website, we can create rules that track certain events and relay the information back to Adobe Media Optimizer and Google analytics.
• It has simplified the coding process so one doesn't have to generate tons of gory javascript to deploy on each individual page to get tracking.

• Deploy/disable pixels to production on demand
• Be able to control pixel position and firing criteria
• Use a directory of third party vendors which makes it even faster

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• It is only available with Adobe Marketing Cloud so you can't buy it as an independent product.
• It is easier to use than Google Tag Manager, but not nearly as popular.
• Whereas Google Tag Manager is free, Dynamic Tag Management must be purchased as part of Adobe Marketing Cloud.

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• Being able to preview in the same way Qubit Deliver experiments can be previewed would be a great feature before publishing changes.

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As it interfaces so well with AMO, we shall be utilizing the DTM for any future client additions.

Qubit has supported us with our business goals and continues to do so.

It is easy to use at a basic level, however without JavaScript resource you will struggle.

Easy to set up and integrate with other tools, boosts efficiencies within the team, provides great insights, custom dashboards, and notifications.

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Although it is a newer product to Adobe, they seem to truly care about our challenges and are very proactive in making sure that we have the most knowledgeable support available in a timely manner.

Friendly and knowledgeable customer support team.

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It was quite seamless with the outstanding support from our Adobe account manager.

Adobe DTM provides a more secure data analytics solution. It is customized and best used on large scale deployments of websites with pages 10,000+. The Adobe Analytics tool, once learned, is very easy to use and provides more robust, customized graphics and ability to export data to "securely" via FTP from the cloud to SQL database.

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Qubit is much easier to use and select object vs. Google Tag Manager.

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• The key factor is that my devs are not tied up with petty things like adding JS or advertising pixels. Simple work like that can be handled by me while they work on feature development.
• Release cycle is much shorter when a dev is needed, say for a direct call rule that involves JS being written. We don't have to go through the normal release cycle and can do it on an ad hoc basis without all the rigmarole of a hot fix.

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• One of the most obvious and beneficial features is the huge reduction in HTTP requests, giving us a great site performance benefit.
• Managing all of our tags in one place has removed a lot of potential complications.

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