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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

    Microsoft Advertising

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft 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
    AdRollMicrosoft Advertising
    Editions & Modules
    Essentials
    $12
    per month
    Growth
    $25
    per month
    Starter
    Free
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AdRollMicrosoft Advertising
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    AdRollMicrosoft Advertising
    Considered Both Products
    NextRoll
    Chose AdRoll
    AdRoll has been used by a few of our clients for a long time now, but I'm not sure it has ever proven as valuable as the other advertising platforms. We have continued to use it because it is inexpensive (and because it says it drives a lot of revenue), but it is a minimal …
    Incentivized
    Chose AdRoll
    Google Ads is a powerhouse, but AdRoll provides its own niche ability to target specific people.
    Incentivized
    Chose AdRoll
    Adroll ends up being more costlier than alternatives offered from companies such as Google or Microsoft as you ultimately have a higher level of control on the budget, the platforms that your display banners are showing up on as well as the demographics. I would not choose …
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
    68%
    Would buy again
    21 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
    70%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    87%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    65%
    Happy with the feature set
    20 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    59%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    17 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    67%
    Implementation went as expected
    20 Answers
    Features
    AdRollMicrosoft Advertising
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of AdRoll and Microsoft Advertising
    Feature
    AdRoll
    6.8
    21 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Microsoft Advertising
    -
    Ratings
    Data Transfer6.721 Ratings00 Ratings
    DSP integration6.815 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of AdRoll and Microsoft Advertising
    Feature
    AdRoll
    4.2
    44 Ratings
    61% below category average
    Microsoft Advertising
    6.4
    6 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Ad campaign creation1.143 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Ad deployment8.044 Ratings8.36 Ratings
    Display advertising4.041 Ratings6.46 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation4.044 Ratings6.46 Ratings
    Sequence targeting4.026 Ratings5.85 Ratings
    Contextual advertising00 Ratings5.56 Ratings
    Social advertising00 Ratings4.85 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of AdRoll and Microsoft Advertising
    Feature
    AdRoll
    1.7
    44 Ratings
    128% below category average
    Microsoft Advertising
    6.6
    8 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Ad dashboards1.144 Ratings6.38 Ratings
    Ad performance reports1.144 Ratings6.97 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking3.042 Ratings7.36 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting1.138 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management3.031 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization1.128 Ratings5.75 Ratings
    Ad Auctions
    Comparison of Ad Auctions features of AdRoll and Microsoft Advertising
    Feature
    AdRoll
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Advertising
    7.3
    7 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Ad bidding00 Ratings7.37 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    AdRollMicrosoft Advertising
    Small Businesses
    Google Ad Manager
    Score8.2 out of 10
    WordStream
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
    WordStream
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AdRollMicrosoft Advertising
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.1
    (49 ratings)
    7.4
    (70 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    7.9
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    1.0
    (6 ratings)
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AdRollMicrosoft Advertising
    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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    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
    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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    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
    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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    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
    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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    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
    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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    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
    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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    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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    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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    Microsoft
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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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    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
    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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    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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