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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AppNexus

    Score4.9 out of 10
    N/AAppNexus AppNexus offers online auction infrastructure and technology for data management, optimization, financial clearing and support for directly negotiated advertising campaigns. It integrates with advertising sources including Google's DoubleClick, Microsoft's AdECN, and aggregators.[3]N/A

    Criteo Commerce Growth

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ACriteo Commerce Growth is a performance marketing platform that helps brands and agencies find new customers, engage high-intent shoppers, and maximize revenue across web, social, video, and CTV. Built on Criteo's commerce dataset, it predicts what shoppers will buy next and dynamically optimizes every stage of the shopper journey from audience targeting and predictive bidding to product recommendations and dynamic creative optimization. With cross-channel activation, deep commerce insights, and…N/A
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    AppNexusCriteo Commerce Growth
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    AppNexusCriteo Commerce Growth
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsCriteo Commerce Growth operates on a Cost-per-click (CPC) and Cost-per-mille (CPM) model.
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    AppNexusCriteo Commerce Growth
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    AppNexus
    Chose AppNexus
    Appnexus is less retargeting-focused than Criteo. Their solutions are more focused on building awareness and not so much on the bottom of the funnel and on conversions. Regarding MoPub, their focus is on mobile, and Appnexus, even though it has a very strong mobile set of …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    80%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    AppNexusCriteo Commerce Growth
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of AppNexus and Criteo Commerce Growth
    Feature
    AppNexus
    8.5
    8 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    6.0
    27 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Data Transfer8.06 Ratings2.926 Ratings
    DSP integration9.08 Ratings9.220 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of AppNexus and Criteo Commerce Growth
    Feature
    AppNexus
    8.0
    8 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    7.5
    57 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Ad campaign creation8.08 Ratings7.354 Ratings
    Ad deployment9.07 Ratings5.653 Ratings
    Display advertising7.07 Ratings8.955 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation8.07 Ratings8.350 Ratings
    Sequence targeting8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of AppNexus and Criteo Commerce Growth
    Feature
    AppNexus
    8.2
    9 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    7.2
    57 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Ad dashboards9.09 Ratings8.656 Ratings
    Ad performance reports7.09 Ratings8.656 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking8.08 Ratings4.953 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting8.08 Ratings6.614 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management9.08 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization8.08 Ratings6.83 Ratings
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    Score8 out of 10
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    Score8 out of 10
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    Score7.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AppNexusCriteo Commerce Growth
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (16 ratings)
    8.4
    (58 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    4.0
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.4
    (12 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (12 ratings)
    Online Training
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Implementation Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Configurability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Ease of integration
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Product Scalability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor post-sale
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor pre-sale
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    AppNexusCriteo Commerce Growth
    Likelihood to Recommend
    AppNexus
    Appnexus is specifically well suited for CTV campaigns. They have the full technology stack to help you scale campaigns in any format, whether you need a lot of volume in traditional formats like banners and interstitials or if you need high-impact formats like video and other alternatives. Appnexus has a very strong set of unique publishers which makes it a great DSP for branding campaigns.
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    Criteo
    Marketing Solutions by Criteo has a great track record that speaks highly of its reputation, we users of this program are happy with the performance and impact it generates in the cloud, in order to connect with new customers, added to this, This software offers us the appropriate tools to professionally manage all these processes and have total control of electronic commerce. Our case has been the protagonist in the increase in sales, that is why we are always willing to recommend this incredible program.
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    Pros
    AppNexus
    • As per my experience they have strong support personnel. Solving the issues as and when required.
    • We can solve certain issues like campaign performance, inventory optimization and more with the help of AppNexus wiki. We get all the required information in the Wiki itself.
    • They have given the right platform to both buyers and sellers to workout and meet their digital marketing needs and goals.
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    Criteo
    • You are able to access to their data pool, to build audiences with just an email list (encrypted and hashed)
    • Easy to use platform and easy way to analyze data from the dashboard. Everyone could manage the dashboard easily enough to surf through the data and understand the performance. Also you have the help of your account manager.
    • The powerful algorithm drives good results for your company, without too much effort. And they are continuously improving with new features (design types, campaigns, platform, mobile / app products ...)
    • Support for testing all of the integration of the events to check if data is well received. Google Chrome extension, testing mode inside the dashboard with error detection and also the help of your account manager + technical stuff.
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    Cons
    AppNexus
    • The platform is incredibly complex and requires a great deal of understanding of how the platform works that caught us by surprise.
    • The wiki is not enough and when we resorted to reaching out to AppNexus it was a nuisance of having several emails going back and forth.
    • No phone support is offered which would have made several things easier than exchanging confusing emails.
    • Video inventory is still not implemented.
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    Criteo
    • I think if they had a free trial option, we would be able to better evaluate our need before signing up.
    • I wish there were more targeting features other than retargeting. Would love to target based on interests.
    • Video features are limited. Would love to see new products here.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    AppNexus
    I love almost everything about AppNexus because I feel like the user data is easy to track because of the identifiers, you can see which adverts got clicked and which were ignored. We can track the location of the ad on the page fold and this makes it so much easier for future campaigns. The only thing I don't like is that the data is only kept for a year, and I'd like it for a longer period of time
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    Criteo
    Criteo is the only remarketing firm worth using for a retailer, in my opinion.
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    Usability
    AppNexus
    Because I think the interface is kind of confusing at the beginning and it confuses you a lot.
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    Criteo
    Criteo's platform is very easy to use from a marketing standpoint if you understand key terms. The frontend is very user-friendly and I personally had no issues. I enjoy being able to see key results and metrics being tracked from the dashboard. It is also easy to filter things as desired to break down data.
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    Reliability and Availability
    AppNexus
    I've never had any problems with appnexus - the software is always available
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    Criteo
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    Performance
    AppNexus
    Yes, everything works great in that sense
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    Criteo
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    Support Rating
    AppNexus
    Because the support team does give you support, they take 24hrs to get back to you but once they open a ticket they focus on resolving the issue for you. My only problem is that you don't have a specific account representative assigned to you.
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    Criteo
    I think Marketing Solutions by Criteo offers a very robust solution for an ad tech platform and their support team is very knowledgeable about their product. I would like to see, though, more webinars and training about the technology behind the product to give us more tools to talk to our customers with more information and better visuals.
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    Online Training
    AppNexus
    Online training are not user friendly and not easy to understand
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    Criteo
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    Alternatives Considered
    AppNexus
    The TTD platform seems to have better CTV/OLV inventory, so that is typically preferred over AppNexus (APN). Usually, if clients have an internal desk, they will use TTD, which can often lead to us bidding against them, which is also another benefit of running campaigns within AppNexus (APN). Google DSP is typically used to increase the scale for display and build larger re-messaging pools.
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    Criteo
    Criteo Dynamic Retargeting brings different value and possibilities compared to the others. It is a great addition to Google Ads, if you are not doing well with Display Campaigns and/or if you cannot use Dynamic Remarketing on Google cause your products are not "physical". Compared to other Retargeting solutions, its CPC based model and Post click attribution make all the difference. Finally, the account support is great plus it will help you in all aspects or difficulties.
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    Scalability
    AppNexus
    Because it's a great DSP but not the best
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    Criteo
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    Return on Investment
    AppNexus
    • The 1 USD audit fee makes it very hard to A/B test creatives and improve performance, hurting ROI.
    • We have been able to reach some users that we weren't able to get before, increasing spending, which is good for ROI.
    • We can run campaigns on TV, which is a big boost for the business, and very ROI positive.
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    Criteo
    • More Impressions/Exposure - We wanted additional branding, and Criteo provided plenty of exposure to a relevant audience for us.
    • Benchmark for CPA - We tested several different retargeting providers, and Criteo provided a benchmark amount we should pay per CPA, when compared to other providers.
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    Criteo Commerce Growth Screenshots

    Screenshot of where to select a campaign type.Screenshot of the interface to manage ad sets.Screenshot of where to choose display or video.Screenshot of where to configure a plan and run a forecast.Screenshot of the interface to create a custom report.Screenshot of Criteo powered audiences.