AdPlayer.Pro vs. Microsoft Advertising

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AdPlayer.Pro
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
AdPlayer.Pro provides publishers, brands & agencies, and corporate clients with an ecosystem of outstream video advertising solutions. Among these: Ad-enabled HTML5 video player with advanced self-serve capabilities Video ad server and ad management platform White label solution Video hosting solutionN/A
Microsoft Advertising
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Advertising (formerly Bing Ads) contains Microsoft's advertising solutions. Advertising formats include search (Microsoft Search ads), Display and Native ads, Retail Media, and Video and Connected TV (CTV) ads. Services include Performance Max, the company's conversion optimization AI assistant and guide.N/A
Pricing
AdPlayer.ProMicrosoft Advertising
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AdPlayer.ProMicrosoft Advertising
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
AdPlayer.ProMicrosoft Advertising
Features
AdPlayer.ProMicrosoft Advertising
Ad Campaigns
Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Product A and Product B
AdPlayer.Pro
-
Ratings
Microsoft Advertising
6.5
6 Ratings
1% above category average
Ad campaign creation00 Ratings7.96 Ratings
Ad deployment00 Ratings8.36 Ratings
Display advertising00 Ratings6.36 Ratings
Ad display and retargeting segmentation00 Ratings6.46 Ratings
Sequence targeting00 Ratings5.95 Ratings
Contextual advertising00 Ratings5.66 Ratings
Social advertising00 Ratings4.95 Ratings
Ad Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
AdPlayer.Pro
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Ratings
Microsoft Advertising
6.6
8 Ratings
4% below category average
Ad dashboards00 Ratings6.18 Ratings
Ad performance reports00 Ratings6.77 Ratings
Ad conversion tracking00 Ratings7.36 Ratings
Ad attribution reporting00 Ratings6.96 Ratings
Ad forecasting and optimization00 Ratings5.95 Ratings
Ad Auctions
Comparison of Ad Auctions features of Product A and Product B
AdPlayer.Pro
-
Ratings
Microsoft Advertising
7.2
7 Ratings
15% below category average
Ad bidding00 Ratings7.27 Ratings
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User Ratings
AdPlayer.ProMicrosoft Advertising
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
7.2
(70 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(11 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
AdPlayer.ProMicrosoft Advertising
Likelihood to Recommend
AdPlayer.Pro
This is an amazing solution for publishers of editorial content, which includes direct and programmatic monetization opportunities. Switching to outstream video ad formats boosts ads viewability and user engagement. With AdPlayer.Pro you can monetize your traffic more efficiently.
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Microsoft
Despite using our account for advertising with every other social media company, Microsoft flagged ours as fraudulent. After dealing with them for weeks, we finally got to a manager, who said that they didn’t know anything, couldn’t provide any information, and was unable to do anything about it. It seems odd, but it would flagger account every time we try to upload the campaigns from Google directly into their ad manager. I would suggest if you try and use their platform, don’t tell them you’re using Google cause they seem to have a thing against it. Once your account is flagged, they have no reasonable way of resolving it, nor they are able to offer any support. You’re better off to just try a different way. Ultimately, just don’t use Microsoft advertising if you can possibly avoid it. Hopefully soon DuckDuckGo will have their own advertising platform and we can eliminate Microsoft given the terrible time we have working with this one of many, social media platforms.
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Pros
AdPlayer.Pro
  • Powerful technology: advanced video ad player, video ad server and ad management platform.
  • Seamless integration.
  • Great tech support: some custom features were developed on our request.
  • Flexible volume-based pricing.
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Microsoft
  • Familiar interface, offers editor for bulk changes, adding negative keywords is much easier than in Google Ads
  • Nice reporting tools within the interface, detailed reports can be made fairly easily
  • Had very nice tools to help import/export ads directly from Google Ads, which saves a ton of time
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Cons
AdPlayer.Pro
  • Some live streaming restrictions.
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Microsoft
  • Bing's ad platform could definitely use some improvements - it hasn't been updated in a long time, and it feels very outdated.
  • We feel that the optimization algorithms don't always perform as well for Bing Ads as they do in Google Ads (optimize for conversions, etc.).
  • It would be great to have even more integrations with LinkedIn audience targeting offered - right now, you can just make some bid optimizations in a couple of areas; we'd really like to get more robust options there, and maybe even things like cross-platform tracking.
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Likelihood to Renew
AdPlayer.Pro
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
We have had good success with it over all of our clients. We continually recommend bing to reach "the rest of the searchers".
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Usability
AdPlayer.Pro
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Microsoft
It's very easy to use overall. It has an import from Google Ads to make things simpler. Overall, I would say you can get up and running very quickly. It's similar to other platforms, so if you have used them, it's intuitive.
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Support Rating
AdPlayer.Pro
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Microsoft
Our Bing Ads reps are very good and attentive. They've offered good recommendations and are quick to resolve unexpected issues and problems. Occasionally they have roped in technical support folks that have been friendly and helpful too. The general helpline for Bing Ads is also very good, especially when compared to Google's customer support.
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Alternatives Considered
AdPlayer.Pro
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Microsoft
Obviously Google is a huge competitor. Typically Google is top of the game for many advertising solutions including search. Microsoft ads has a lower scale and reach compared to Google. However, Microsoft ads audience does not overlap much with Googles, providing incremental reach. Although Microsoft ads lags a bit behind in adapting the new updates that Google comes out with, their customer service is very good and they are likely to go out of their way to adapt their platform to your needs whereas their competitor does not
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Return on Investment
AdPlayer.Pro
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Microsoft
  • We've had a very hard time spending our budgets on Bing which has caused us a lot of extra work on our end. We've essentially had to move that money back to Google or other platforms.
  • It does have an easy import from Google so you're not doubling efforts.
  • The CPCs tend to be less expensive than Google - which is always good for business owners.
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