BannerFlow vs. Google Ad Manager

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BannerFlow
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
BannerFlow provides the ability to build ad campaigns without design help in seconds, not weeks. BannerFlow removes the ad production process. Customers create one single initial banner and the tool will create the sizes for them in a few seconds. Changes can be done in real-time simultaneously and remotely on the fly on all campaign ads.N/A
Google Ad Manager
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Google Ad Manager is a platform for publishers that combines the former DoubleClick for Publishers and DoubleClick Ad Exchange products.N/A
Pricing
BannerFlowGoogle Ad Manager
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BannerFlowGoogle Ad Manager
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAfter a consultation, we will set up a demo of the platform to showcase the features that suit your needs best. We do not have standard pricing packages as our offers are customised to you and your company's needs.
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Community Pulse
BannerFlowGoogle Ad Manager
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
BannerFlowGoogle Ad Manager
Ad Network Integration
Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Product A and Product B
BannerFlow
7.5
2 Ratings
1% above category average
Google Ad Manager
7.6
24 Ratings
3% above category average
Data Transfer7.52 Ratings7.524 Ratings
DSP integration7.52 Ratings7.719 Ratings
Ad Campaigns
Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Product A and Product B
BannerFlow
8.6
2 Ratings
10% above category average
Google Ad Manager
8.7
33 Ratings
11% above category average
Ad campaign creation8.92 Ratings8.733 Ratings
Ad deployment8.42 Ratings8.433 Ratings
Display advertising9.52 Ratings8.632 Ratings
Ad display and retargeting segmentation8.92 Ratings8.731 Ratings
Sequence targeting7.12 Ratings8.924 Ratings
Ad Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
BannerFlow
8.4
2 Ratings
8% above category average
Google Ad Manager
8.3
33 Ratings
7% above category average
Ad dashboards8.92 Ratings8.931 Ratings
Ad performance reports8.92 Ratings8.433 Ratings
Ad conversion tracking9.52 Ratings8.932 Ratings
Ad attribution reporting7.02 Ratings7.829 Ratings
Cross-channel ad management8.52 Ratings8.226 Ratings
Ad forecasting and optimization7.52 Ratings7.729 Ratings
Best Alternatives
BannerFlowGoogle Ad Manager
Small Businesses
Google Ad Manager
Google Ad Manager
Score 8.6 out of 10
Adobe Advertising Cloud
Adobe Advertising Cloud
Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
The Trade Desk
The Trade Desk
Score 8.1 out of 10
The Trade Desk
The Trade Desk
Score 8.1 out of 10
Enterprises
Adobe Advertising Cloud
Adobe Advertising Cloud
Score 8.9 out of 10
Adobe Advertising Cloud
Adobe Advertising Cloud
Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
BannerFlowGoogle Ad Manager
Likelihood to Recommend
7.5
(2 ratings)
8.9
(33 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
BannerFlowGoogle Ad Manager
Likelihood to Recommend
BannerFlow AB
Bannerflow works great for organisations who produce thousands of creatives in different formats every month and run creatives based advertising across multiple online channels- it helps you save redesign time and costs across your team by making the process easy and efficient. It also helps directly run ads and experiments and analyse the results using creative focussed data
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Google
Google Ads Manager is great if you need major visibility on a large ad network rather than targeting one specific website, app or platform. Let's be real here if you have any business that is done online (sell products, generate leads, etc) you pretty much have to be on Google. I've tried other advertising solutions including competitor search engines, sponsored content solutions, social media advertising, and none really compare to the traffic you can get that is keyword-driven, meaning a user is actually demonstrating interest in whatever you sell or offer.
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Pros
BannerFlow AB
  • Designs can be easily copied and adapted to different sizes to save time
  • Extensive processes for collaboration and approvals within the tool
  • allows you to share direct links to advertiser
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Google
  • Interface. You can understand how to build the ads very easily. When you first begin, and throughout the process, there are little help icons which explain what you need to understand.
  • Pricing. By this, I mean the ability to change it at any time. You can select a variable rate, or you can preset it. Either way, you can change how much you spend every second if you'd like. This makes it easier to control your budget if you need to make emergency purchases and don't have much space in your budget.
  • Always growing. They are always announcing something new. Always growing and always trying to update.
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Cons
BannerFlow AB
  • It can be a bit slow at times.
  • More flexibility in design templates.
  • Occasional bugs.
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Google
  • Bumper Machine - While this is still in beta, there is a lot of room for improvement for the machine to pick proper clips. I'm sure that will come in time though.
  • Inclusion of a Home Page Button - This is a simple request, truly, but one that bothers me everyday. I have a campaign home button, but it's not accessible unless you go back to the beginning of the platform. If the 'home' button was static, I'd be able to go to my preferred view with one click instead of having to loop around, as there isn't a trustworthy 'back button' option either.
  • Display - This is a big one. I have a love/hate relationship with display campaigns and algorithms. I have seen where they can perform [strongly] but also be massive budget bleeds with little ROI. It's not very industry specific either so I'm hoping to gain more consistency and trust with the future of the display algorithm.
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Likelihood to Renew
BannerFlow AB
No answers on this topic
Google
I think it's useful for our team and we rely on it to improve our business. It is within our budget also. Although we still will need an approval from the upper-level management team, I don't see any problem with that
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Usability
BannerFlow AB
No answers on this topic
Google
Love the product and how the GUI is as it is user friendly. When working with the product it is better to have some knowledge of what ad's you want to deploy where so that it is easier to use and move forward.
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Support Rating
BannerFlow AB
No answers on this topic
Google
I could say a lot about this topic. As an agency, we get a new [representative] to talk to almost every quarter to go over select accounts and the campaigns within. Most of the time, these [educated representatives], don't provide any new feedback, or I just simply [disagree] with their approach. This is not all the time however. I have learned a lot from a rare few, [individuals] that have given me new strategies and access to betas early on. The other side of support, is the [overseas support platform]. [It] is usually not very helpful, but you can [emphasize] issues and they can research [them]. The Google Tag Implementation team is pristine though. When you need them, you need to set an appointment, which is usually 2 weeks out; they are so over-my-head intelligent, I've never had a bad experience with them and whenever I needed them for a fix, they solved it [within] the first call.
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Alternatives Considered
BannerFlow AB
BannerFlow is much better than handling everything in-house (i.e. creating advertisements yourself and manually adding them to each social media platform). It doesn't require the same bandwidth and time requirement as creating everything in-house, along with analyzing advertisements. Everything is accessible in one place, the creation, the publishing, the A/B testing, etc. so it is much simpler.
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Google
The main advantage of Google Ad Manager over The Trade Desk is based on the fact that Google Ad Manager has better data to identify a user on any device as it has more data and the user is signed in over Google Ad Manager´s set of properties. That is why results on Google Ad Manager´s platform are better as The Trade Desk needs to develop a unified id solution that is more complex and less performing that Google Ad Manager's data.
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Return on Investment
BannerFlow AB
  • Saved us many man hours in redesign
  • Helped us launch campaigns faster
  • Saved us collaboration costs for marketing agencies
  • Helped maintain brand guideline consistency
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Google
  • It had a massively positive impact for us, allowing us to generate revenue from ad space on our website.
  • Being able to custom quote ad space on our site, instead of relying on AdSense allowed us to increase our monthly ad revenue as well.
  • Providing reliable data to advertisers regarding impressions and CTRs helped create repeat-customers.
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