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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AdRoll

    Score3.7 out of 10
    N/AAdRoll provides a platform, performance, and services to meet companys' marketing goals while streamlining marketing operation. Solutions technologies for brand awareness, retargeting, and abandoned cart recovery. And the AdRoll Cross-Channel Performance Dashboard displays campaigns holistically so users can analyze performance, run reports, gather insights.

    $40

    per month

    Kevel

    Score7.9 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Kevel's (formerly Adzerk) APIs is designed to make it easy for engineers and PMs to build their own server-side, fully-customized ad server. E-retailers and user communities can use Kevel to build ad servers to promote anything from native ads to internal content to sponsored listings (where vendors and sellers pay for their organic listing to be promoted in search and browsing results). According to the vendor, engineers reliably see a significant reduction in dev time using Kevel’s APIs…N/A
    Pricing
    AdRollKevel
    Editions & Modules
    Essentials
    $12
    per month
    Growth
    $25
    per month
    Starter
    Free
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AdRollKevel
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Pricing is customized based on feature needs, support needs, and monthly request volume.
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    Community Pulse
    AdRollKevel
    Considered Both Products
    NextRoll
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    Kevel
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    87%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
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    Features
    AdRollKevel
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of AdRoll and Kevel
    Feature
    AdRoll
    6.8
    21 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Kevel
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    31% above category average
    Data Transfer6.721 Ratings00 Ratings
    DSP integration6.815 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of AdRoll and Kevel
    Feature
    AdRoll
    4.2
    44 Ratings
    61% below category average
    Kevel
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Ad campaign creation1.143 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ad deployment8.044 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Display advertising4.041 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation4.044 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Sequence targeting4.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of AdRoll and Kevel
    Feature
    AdRoll
    1.7
    44 Ratings
    128% below category average
    Kevel
    9.2
    1 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Ad dashboards1.144 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Ad performance reports1.144 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking3.042 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting1.138 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management3.031 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization1.128 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    AdRollKevel
    Small Businesses
    Google Ad Manager
    Score8.3 out of 10
    AdRoll
    Score3.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AdRollKevel
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.1
    (49 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (6 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    AdRollKevel
    Likelihood to Recommend
    NextRoll
    Adroll is perfect for companies and situations in which you are trying to retarget customers with specific products. Their platform is perfect for dynamic content on their web and social ads. Also, if you are running multiple campaigns at once then the Adroll platform is perfect when organizing many different campaigns at once. If you are just running one or two social campaigns I feel it is easier to go directly to the source and you can probably leave Adroll out of the mix
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    Kevel
    For ad serving, implementing client-side header bidding with prebid was actually easier with Kevel than it is with Google Ad Manager in most cases, particularly for display advertising. I found though that with more complex integrations (like video), there were more solutions and code snippets available with other larger ad servers (Google).
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    Pros
    NextRoll
    • A customer service rep can help us out with any campaign questions, any time during the work week.
    • The platform has a very transparent platform that provides great detail about analytics of the ads.
    • The platform shows what digital advertising mediums are working the best for your website, not just the ads that you run through them.
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    Kevel
    • More personable team that can address customizations needed to the product.
    • Easy to use interface.
    • Frequent product updates with notifications via email.
    • Well documented API.
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    Cons
    NextRoll
    • Improved level of support during the technical setup process would really improve the onboarding process
    • Consistent, proactive account management is key with organizations like AdRoll. A dedicated rep goes such a long way.
    • More granular reporting would help with back-end optimization and client recommendations
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    Kevel
    • User interface could be faster to load.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    NextRoll
    We like AdRoll as it's filling a hole in our advertising right now, but it's not our favorite platform for running our online ads. Google and Facebook especially are our favorites, as we can do much more with them than we can with AdRoll, hence the 7 out of 10 rating.
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    Kevel
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    NextRoll
    Once tags are given and things are set up, it is fairly easy to utilize the reporting dashboard and check in on your ongoing campaigns. Metrics are simple to follow and can be toggled for specific dates or other qualifiers
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    Kevel
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    NextRoll
    We don't use AdRoll support much, but when we have it's been fine, in line with other advertising platforms where it takes a few days maximum to resolve an issue that you have with them. In general though, the platform is very self sufficient and we do not have to use their support much, which is a good thing.
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    Kevel
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    NextRoll
    Implementation was easy, as all we needed to do was use Google Tag Manager's built in AdRoll tag type and input our client ID and we were up and running. If you're not using Google Tag Manager, I imagine the implementation would be relatively easy as well, as all that's needed is a basic pixel.
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    Kevel
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    Alternatives Considered
    NextRoll
    AdRoll is better than Taboola in that the ad creation process. I like how the ads have better retargeting than Taboola. Also, I can make the ads look more elegant and fit our brand more than Taboola. Adroll's analytics are also better than Taboola in my experience. Lastly, Tabool is relatively the same price as Taboola.
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    Kevel
    Kevel was an easier initial implementation for header bidding with prebid. The team worked alongside us to make sure everything was operating as intended. We ultimately switched to Ads Manager to access AdX demand and other features that were not possible with Kevel (for instance, EBDA). There are benefits to both but I appreciated the attention we got from Kevel support when we were first working through the implementation. We are still using Kevel for many things, just not as our primary display advertising ad server.
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    Return on Investment
    NextRoll
    • Mixed - while the tool provides an invaluable productivity gain the actual ROI it provides is less certain. We found if used in combination with other revenue analytics it was useful to determine the impact it had on revenue from returning visitors. If data is used on its own the impact on revenue is less quantifiable.
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    Kevel
    • Kevel enabled us to get up and running with client side header bidding when our team was still small and the technology was still new. This improved our ability to monetize our inventory.
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