AppNexus vs. SpinCar (Pulsar AI)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AppNexus
Score 8.8 out of 10
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AppNexus 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
SpinCar (Pulsar AI)
Score 9.5 out of 10
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SpinCar headquartered in New York, with the acquired Pulsar AI, offers automotive dealers, wholesalers and OEMs their eponymous digital automotive merchandising platform. The company’s 360° WalkArounds® and Feature Tour® solutions aim to build trust between buyers and sellers by bringing a personalized physical showroom experience to car shoppers wherever and whenever they want. SpinCar’s proprietary shopper behavioral data and VINtelligent® Retargeting solution enable vehicle sellers to deliver…N/A
Pricing
AppNexusSpinCar (Pulsar AI)
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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AppNexusSpinCar (Pulsar AI)
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros

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Features
AppNexusSpinCar (Pulsar AI)
Ad Network Integration
Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Product A and Product B
AppNexus
8.5
8 Ratings
13% above category average
SpinCar (Pulsar AI)
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Data Transfer8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
DSP integration9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad Campaigns
Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Product A and Product B
AppNexus
8.0
8 Ratings
2% above category average
SpinCar (Pulsar AI)
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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 Product A and Product B
AppNexus
8.2
9 Ratings
4% above category average
SpinCar (Pulsar AI)
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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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User Ratings
AppNexusSpinCar (Pulsar AI)
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(16 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
4.0
(6 ratings)
-
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Usability
5.0
(2 ratings)
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Availability
10.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(1 ratings)
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Support Rating
6.0
(1 ratings)
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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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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AppNexusSpinCar (Pulsar AI)
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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Spincar
When we have turnover in our photo taker role, this app makes training very easy. We have had trouble in the past with staff just not catching on with what features to take the photos of and what order to put them in, and the app walks them through how to do so. Our old 360 software was also a little difficult to use, and this app makes it very easy to use. Now we don't have to use several different apps to take our photos and do 360s
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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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Spincar
  • 360 Photos
  • Photo background removal
  • Photo taking direction
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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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Spincar
  • The hotspots aren't always in the correct space
  • The integration on our website take a minute to load correctly
  • They default setup is only around 20 photos, most third parties want you to have at least 35 photos of your vehicle.
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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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Spincar
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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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Spincar
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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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Spincar
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Performance
AppNexus
Yes, everything works great in that sense
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Spincar
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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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Spincar
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Online Training
AppNexus
Online training are not user friendly and not easy to understand
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Spincar
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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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Spincar
vAuto Provision is very basic for photo taking. It doesn't walk you through what photos to take and when. It also doesn't allow for 360 photo taking. You have to buy a seperate cox auto product to do this. It also doesn't allow for photo background removal, you have to buy another product to do that if you chose to do so
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Scalability
AppNexus
Because it's a great DSP but not the best
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Spincar
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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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Spincar
  • More website conversions
  • Website load time has declined
  • Ease of use and less time consuming for our staff
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