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    Airship

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AThe Airship Experience Platform provides an end-to-end solution for unifying experiences across channels and capturing value across the entire customer lifecycle.N/A

    Liftoff

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ALiftoff is a complete mobile app marketing platform from Liftoff Mobile in Redwood City, that aims to help companies acquire and retain high quality app users at scale. Liftoff uses unbiased ML to find the best users for an app, creative testing to deliver engaging ad experiences and a unique cost per revenue model to optimize for LTV goals.N/A

    Vungle

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AVungle headquartered in San Francisco offers their eponymous mobile in-app advertising technology platform.N/A
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    Airship (formerly Urban Airship)
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    User Ratings
    AirshipLiftoffVungle
    Likelihood to Recommend
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    User Testimonials
    AirshipLiftoffVungle
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Airship (formerly Urban Airship)
    Well-Suited for: 1. Mobile App Notifications: Ideal for targeted push notifications in apps. 2. Customer Segmentation: Effective for personalized marketing campaigns based on user data. 3. Event-Triggered Automation: Great for automated messaging based on user actions. 4. A/B Testing: Useful for optimizing campaign messages and strategies. Less Appropriate for: 1. Non-Mobile Channels: Less effective if the primary focus is on non-mobile communications like email or direct mail. 2. Basic Email Marketing: Other platforms might be better suited for simple, broad email campaigns without complex segmentation or personalization needs.
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    Liftoff Mobile
    I think for mainstream ecommerce, the sites are super quick to spin up, easy to use, and fit the bill for most asks. The challenge can be when you need something more customized. I think they have the ability to basically do anything you need but they don't necessarily have the bandwidth to get it all done when you need it.
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    Vungle
    Vungle works well for branding and performance as video is a high impact format that and that has good CTRs and CVRs. However, for advertisers without a lot of budget, Vungle may not be a good option as the CPMs on the exchange are very high. For branding there are alternatives that have a more developed product, where video can be targeted near content the user may like, like Teads.
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    Pros
    Airship (formerly Urban Airship)
    • The marketing push notifications are very effective, and it gives us free hand to define different business criteria to target user groups
    • The user experience or the message content could differ from Android and iOS, and this is a huge benefit for us
    • As an Architect, troubleshooting an issue is very detailed and the time it takes to troubleshoot an issue is considerably less from our previous product
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    Liftoff Mobile
    • Continual site/system improvements
    • Ease of Use
    • Ability to spin up stores quickly
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    Vungle
    • You can work on a CPI basis on the network level.
    • Strong in the US. A lot of inventory there.
    • SSP integration very fast and good technical team.
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    Cons
    Airship (formerly Urban Airship)
    • The automated A/B testing winner selection and application should be added
    • The flexibility of message shape, specifically incorporating transparency so messages do not need to be a rectangular shape
    • Faster and more reliable servers around the globe
    • Making more detailed use cases and tutorials to be followed can simplify things for users
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    Liftoff Mobile
    • Data Uploads could be easier
    • Customer service is strong but they have been inundated lately which means responses are sometimes slow
    • Custom deployments take a while again because they are so behind
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    Vungle
    • Product development. They have not evolved their product significantly still offering the same videos they had 3 years ago.
    • Slow to respond to product questions.
    • Not enough scale on APAC GEOS.
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    Usability
    Airship (formerly Urban Airship)
    The interface takes a bit getting used to in order to know how to take advantage of everything. Some of the analytics that are available are particularly hard to find, so it's important to pay attention when customer support reviews everything, but everything I'd want and need in terms of Push and In-App messaging is all there.
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    Liftoff Mobile
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    Vungle
    I would say is a standard video SSP. The reporting dashboard is well designed and easy to use and throttling options are standard. They seem to be confident about their inventory and they don't really evolve their product and add new betas or create audiences or do anything out of the ordinary.
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    Support Rating
    Airship (formerly Urban Airship)
    I have not had to interact much with customer support as I have been able to find the vast majority of the answers I'm looking for within their documentation, which I very much appreciate because it saves me a lot of time. Customer support has been responsive and helpful for the most part during the couple of interactions I've had.
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    Liftoff Mobile
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    Vungle
    Their support team is a bit slow. You have to re-send your email questions constantly because the first email never gets a reply. Their core business is still the ad network which does not involve a lot of human interaction so they are still working on how to evolve their account management team to be an exchange.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Airship (formerly Urban Airship)
    We've tested a bunch of different CRM tools over the years and Airship has been a winner for its functionality, features, cost, and ability to integrate with other softwares that we use. It has been great for SMS and mobile in particular. It could certainly be a one stop shop for CRM.
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    Liftoff Mobile
    They are very similar actually. What I like about Liftoff though is that we don't have to use 3rd party applications to do what we need which can add up super quickly. If we are in need of customer service, the staff is knowledgeable about everything since the functions are native functions.
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    Vungle
    Vungle stands out as the only video only exchange. It is their main selling point and they have carved out a nice niche that differentiates them from the rest of SSPs. Their main competition, in my opinion, is Teads, which has focused the product more towards branding in order to monetize better for its publishers by getting higher bids.
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    Return on Investment
    Airship (formerly Urban Airship)
    • The ROI has increased more than approx. 50% (exact details to be confirmed) based on cross-channel orchestration
    • Using push notifications alone, we have seen a huge increase in app engagement which was a challenge before to nudge users to get back to the App after initial download
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    Liftoff Mobile
    • Less double data entry thanks to the uploads
    • Easier to use interface allows our staff to just work on the job rather than trying to figure out how to work on the job
    • Allows us to scale more easily instead of relying on a one-person developer team
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    Vungle
    • We have gotten good CPAs, but we have had to bid high CPMs.
    • They were reluctant to do a rebate deal, which is something standard once you hit a certain volume of spend, which worsened ROI.
    • No buy sides fees, which is a big plus for profitability.
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