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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AppNexus

    Score4.8 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

    Post Affiliate Pro

    Score9 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Post Affiliate Pro is designed to run an entire affiliate program from top to bottom, with the exception of processing the financial transactions. However, most payment processors and shopping carts can be fully integrated with Post Affiliate Pro. According to the vendor, this solution is intuitive, fast, effective, and infinitely expandable, and designed to grow with the user’s needs. This solution is targeted for any merchant or business who wants to start a successful affiliate program.

    $129

    per month

    Pricing
    AppNexusPost Affiliate Pro
    Editions & Modules
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    PRO
    $129
    per month
    ULTIMATE
    $249
    per month
    NETWORK
    $599
    per month
    STARTER
    $4,900
    one-time fee
    ELITE
    $12,900
    one-time fee
    NETWORK
    $24,900
    one-time fee
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AppNexusPost Affiliate Pro
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    AppNexusPost Affiliate Pro
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of AppNexus and Post Affiliate Pro
    Feature
    AppNexus
    8.5
    8 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Post Affiliate Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Data Transfer8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    DSP integration9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of AppNexus and Post Affiliate Pro
    Feature
    AppNexus
    8.0
    8 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Post Affiliate Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Ad campaign creation8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad deployment9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Display advertising7.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sequence targeting8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of AppNexus and Post Affiliate Pro
    Feature
    AppNexus
    8.2
    9 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Post Affiliate Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Ad dashboards9.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad performance reports7.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
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    AppNexusPost Affiliate Pro
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    AdRoll
    Score3.7 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    AppNexusPost Affiliate Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (16 ratings)
    8.1
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    4.0
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AppNexusPost Affiliate Pro
    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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    QualityUnit, LLC
    Post Affiliate Pro is suitable for any online business that's interested in more sales that come from affiliate partners (and are willing to pay them commission from sales).
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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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    QualityUnit, LLC
    • Tracking works brilliantly.
    • Split commission feature is great.
    • Multiple tracking methods, SEO friendly links are included.
    • SaaS version - didn't have to install anything.
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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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    QualityUnit, LLC
    • Does not provide out of the box integration with Salesforce/HubSpot
    • Requires knowledge of PHP in some use cases
    • User interface and on-screen instructions are not always user friendly
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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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    QualityUnit, LLC
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    AppNexus
    Because I think the interface is kind of confusing at the beginning and it confuses you a lot.
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    QualityUnit, LLC
    It takes some time to learn how to use it. I do believe it could be a little more usable, but the support helps every time. Even new partners learn to use it relatively fast, and as the time goes by, you can help them yourself and they do not need to reach reach out to customer service.
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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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    QualityUnit, LLC
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    AppNexus
    Yes, everything works great in that sense
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    QualityUnit, LLC
    No answers on this topic
    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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    QualityUnit, LLC
    Post Affiliate Pro has excellent support. It has improved over time and has a great customer support, if you have any problems. They respond quickly and so far have solved all of our problems. There could be more languages besides English, but it still works great. I can tell that the costumer service staff has a lot of experience.
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    Online Training
    AppNexus
    Online training are not user friendly and not easy to understand
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    QualityUnit, LLC
    No answers on this topic
    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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    QualityUnit, LLC
    Basically both are great. Post Affiliate Pro has more integration features with CMS and Payment solutions (Joomla, Drupal etc.) but has the drawback of not integrating with Salesforce and required PHP knowledge in some cases. On the other hand, Referral Rock integrates well with Salesforce and required no coding knowledge as far as I know.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    AppNexus
    Because it's a great DSP but not the best
    Incentivized
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    QualityUnit, LLC
    No answers on this topic
    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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    QualityUnit, LLC
    • Started using it several month ago; I can see that I can profit
    • Gained the trust of my customers, as they see it is rock-solid software
    • It is very flexible; it can adapt to your business needs
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