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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

    TubeMogul (discontinued)

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ATubeMogul was an advertising management platform acquired by Adobe in December 2016. It is no longer available, however its functionality is supplied by Adobe Advertising Cloud.N/A
    Pricing
    AppNexusTubeMogul (discontinued)
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    AppNexusTubeMogul (discontinued)
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    AppNexusTubeMogul (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    AppNexus
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    Discontinued Products
    Chose TubeMogul (discontinued)
    1. DoubleClick
    2. Tubemogul
    3. AppNexus
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    Chose TubeMogul (discontinued)
    TubeMogul is comparable to other DSPs. I would say it lacks in simplicity. Too many platforms, TubeMogul included, try to be too technical with many bells and whistles, while some do help campaign optimization, many are unnecessary. We select TubeMogul when we are looking for …
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    AppNexusTubeMogul (discontinued)
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of AppNexus and TubeMogul (discontinued)
    Feature
    AppNexus
    8.5
    8 Ratings
    14% above category average
    TubeMogul (discontinued)
    6.8
    6 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Data Transfer8.06 Ratings6.45 Ratings
    DSP integration9.08 Ratings7.16 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of AppNexus and TubeMogul (discontinued)
    Feature
    AppNexus
    8.0
    8 Ratings
    2% above category average
    TubeMogul (discontinued)
    6.7
    6 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Ad campaign creation8.08 Ratings6.56 Ratings
    Ad deployment9.07 Ratings6.66 Ratings
    Display advertising7.07 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation8.07 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Sequence targeting8.07 Ratings6.92 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of AppNexus and TubeMogul (discontinued)
    Feature
    AppNexus
    8.2
    9 Ratings
    6% above category average
    TubeMogul (discontinued)
    5.7
    7 Ratings
    31% below category average
    Ad dashboards9.09 Ratings7.37 Ratings
    Ad performance reports7.09 Ratings6.77 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking8.08 Ratings5.22 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting8.08 Ratings3.12 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management9.08 Ratings6.45 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization8.08 Ratings5.56 Ratings
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    AdRoll
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    Score3.7 out of 10
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    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AppNexusTubeMogul (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (16 ratings)
    7.0
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    4.0
    (6 ratings)
    4.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 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)
    -
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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)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    AppNexusTubeMogul (discontinued)
    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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    Of the DSPs in which I am familiar, TubeMogul's platform is the easiest to obtain premium publisher inventory... something they definitely push on their clients; but it is something they should be bragging about. It consolidates your deals into one easy interface from which you can either conduct an "on demand deal" or do a direct reservation. Their on demand deal is super easy since TubeMogul buys the publishers' inventory beforehand for its clients to then use. All you have to do to get access to this inventory is click a button. So simple
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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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    • TubeMogul is great at managing publisher relationships. We have global demand and are currently working with several different teams at TubeMogul to monetize the different regions.
    • Managing our block list has been effective as well.
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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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    • Setting up PMP deals needs to be more seamless
    • Missing functionality with reporting
    • Easier view in platform to see which placements have spent
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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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    I am not aware of the reasons to cancel a certain platform, but if we were i'd assume it's because of the missing features, lack of quality inventory and brand safety measures. I assume the contact would be renewed if above-mentioned reasons changed
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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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    Reliability and Availability
    AppNexus
    I've never had any problems with appnexus - the software is always available
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    Performance
    AppNexus
    Yes, everything works great in that sense
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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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    Online Training
    AppNexus
    Online training are not user friendly and not easy to understand
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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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    Discontinued Products
    TubeMogul is comparable to other DSPs. I would say it lacks in simplicity. Too many platforms, TubeMogul included, try to be too technical with many bells and whistles, while some do help campaign optimization, many are unnecessary. We select TubeMogul when we are looking for other sources of inventory that we can scale against using our fist party data.
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    Scalability
    AppNexus
    Because it's a great DSP but not the best
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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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    • Real time optimizations to campaign. By having access to a dashboard we are able to pivot to stronger performance and pivot away from weaker performance.
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