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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (discontinued)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AAdobe Dynamic Tag Management (DTM) was a tool used by marketers to manage tags, and for collecting and distributing data across digital marketing systems. Adobe DTM is a legacy, and it will not receive feature updates. Adobe invites users to upgrade to Launch on the Adobe Experience Platform.N/A

    Ensighten Manage

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AEnsighten Manage is a popular tag management system used globally, promising to increase page loading speed, accelerate tag deployment, and facilitate omnichannel 1:1 customer engagement across platforms and devices. Ensighten provides tag control by visitor, session, and page, and harmonizes data collection. The company’s Tag Delivery Network serves billions of tags annually for familiar brands like Sony, Staples, Symantec, T-Mobile, and United Airlines.N/A
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (discontinued)Ensighten Manage
    Considered Both Products
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    Chose Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (discontinued)
    Google Tag Manager is free software from Google that allows you to deploy many different types of tags quickly and easily without utilizing web developers. Dynamic Tag Management, on the other hand, can only be acquired if you purchase an adobe solution. It too allows you to …
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    Ensighten
    Chose Ensighten Manage
    I have only used adobe tag manager which lacked many of the features Ensighten has baked in.
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    Chose Ensighten Manage
    • Flexibility of entitlement
    • Ease of use
    • Improvement of page load times
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    Chose Ensighten Manage
    Some how I feel Ensighten Manage needs to improve compared to Dynamic Tag Management by Adobe.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (discontinued)Ensighten Manage
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (discontinued) and Ensighten Manage
    Feature
    Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (discontinued)
    10.0
    5 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Ensighten Manage
    7.6
    22 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Role-based user permissions10.05 Ratings7.622 Ratings
    Tag Management
    Comparison of Tag Management features of Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (discontinued) and Ensighten Manage
    Feature
    Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (discontinued)
    9.4
    5 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Ensighten Manage
    7.7
    23 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Tag library9.04 Ratings9.421 Ratings
    Tag variable mapping10.05 Ratings7.220 Ratings
    Ease of writing custom tags10.05 Ratings7.423 Ratings
    Rules-driven tag execution9.05 Ratings7.321 Ratings
    Tag performance monitoring10.04 Ratings7.718 Ratings
    Page load times10.05 Ratings8.420 Ratings
    Mobile app tagging10.04 Ratings5.48 Ratings
    Library of JavaScript extensions7.12 Ratings8.612 Ratings
    Data Management & Integrity
    Comparison of Data Management & Integrity features of Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (discontinued) and Ensighten Manage
    Feature
    Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (discontinued)
    7.6
    4 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Ensighten Manage
    7.5
    20 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Event tracking10.04 Ratings7.216 Ratings
    Mobile event tracking10.04 Ratings6.910 Ratings
    Data distribution management7.03 Ratings7.815 Ratings
    Universal data layer10.04 Ratings8.020 Ratings
    Automated error checking1.03 Ratings7.717 Ratings
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    Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (discontinued)Ensighten Manage
    Small Businesses
    Google Tag Manager
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Google Tag Manager
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Adobe Experience Platform Launch
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Adobe Experience Platform Launch
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Ensighten Manage
    Score9 out of 10
    Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (discontinued)
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (discontinued)Ensighten Manage
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.1
    (27 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.5
    (5 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (discontinued)Ensighten Manage
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    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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    Ensighten
    Ensighten manage can be setup to be used by non technical business users. However the product provides a lot of flexibility by the way of custom custom Javascript and HTML tags, and advanced features like events, which needs coding experience as well as understanding of web technologies. Ensighten mobile is also a promising tool, but so far we have not had any luck setting it up, mainly due to challenges with Android setup
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    Pros
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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.
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    Ensighten
    • Supports typical software development life cycle (SDLC) process by facilitating DEV, QA and PROD deployment stages through spaces.
    • Roles and security can be thoroughly defined.
    • Very good selection of tagging technologies.
    • Site is stable, no availability concerns.
    • GUI in general is straightforward.
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    Cons
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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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    Ensighten
    • While the code templates that are already existent provide an easy interface to leverage existing code sets, custom codes still need to be written a lot of times since the templatized versions apply them to a global scope only and not for individual URLs or regex's for specific use cases for pixel vendors. Also, the library needs to be updated more frequently with new pixel vendors injecting their own variations of codes
    • Professional services (both the shared and dedicated model) definitely needs a lot of improvement since this is something that we have been immensely challenged with as a client of Ensighten in general. General response times and availability of support hours both from an account management standpoint and professional services/support standpoint have been quite challenging in the past year or two and there has been no real progress on this front
    • Ensighten Manage uses its own best practices to modify certain code sets from say JavaScript to Jquery for instance as it may be more compatible within its platform. This needs to change so that the tool is more nimble, agile and flexible in accepting and executing on different vendor codes
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    Likelihood to Renew
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    As it interfaces so well with AMO, we shall be utilizing the DTM for any future client additions.
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    Ensighten
    For the volume of tracking pixels that we plan to implement it only makes sense for us to continue. At this point, development is benefiting significantly from not being bogged down with writing tracking pixel code and the marketing team(s) enjoy being able to stay connected to their tool deployments. As the portfolio of tracking methods increases, the usage of Ensighten will increase with it.
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    Usability
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    It is easy to use at a basic level, however without JavaScript resource you will struggle.
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    Ensighten
    The GUI looks professional and is overall very usable. Menu and buttons are laid out well and easy to view. Wizard-like tag configuration is pleasant. Color scheme is pleasant to view, lacking fatiguing colors. Page load progress indicator is reassuring. Filters on past-visited screens are remembered, very handy. Filter options are flexible.
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    Support Rating
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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.
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    Ensighten
    The Ensighten Manage support team has been helpful and dedicated to assisting us solve problems that come up with tag deployments even when the issues are completely unrelated to the core Manage product itself. They seem to have the right mix of tag-specific subject matter experts and general support resources.
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    Implementation Rating
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    It was quite seamless with the outstanding support from our Adobe account manager.
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    Ensighten
    Ensighten is a great tool, and as good as any in the industry with strong workflow capabilities, an admin API and a friendly interface. It does have some limitations and is not entirely "marketer friendly" as they claim. Also, note we've experienced some performance/load time issues with the Ensighten data layer, which we are addressing with them.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    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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    Ensighten
    We've used Ensighten Tag Management since 2013 - before this, we used Adobe's out of the box dynamic tagging solution. Since Ensighten is a purpose-built tool, it provides a great deal more flexibility than that of Adobe. Rule-drived spaces and conditions were not available in Adobe's tag container. Ensighten's visual tagger is unique in its ability to place MBOXes on the page for A/B testing. Finally, mobile tagging is simply not possible without going through the release process, which Ensighten has freed us from
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    Return on Investment
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    • This tool means we can provide better customer service by delivering on time
    • With a small group of people, we can get the work done accurately without technical support
    • Improvements from an efficiency perspective
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    Ensighten
    • Increased complexity when debugging so bug are taking longer to fix when they are related to Ensighten
    • Our sites are loading about 10 seconds faster and have opened our eyes as to how much javascript we are rendering onto our sites which is no longer needed.
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