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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Bizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued)

    Score4.3 out of 10
    N/AThe former LinkedIn Lead Accelerator was based on the technology acquired with Bizo in 2014. Bizo no longer exists as a separate entity, and LinkedIn Lead Accelerator has since been discontinued. Linkedin now offers LinkedIn Marketing Solutions, an advertising driven solution.N/A

    Outbrain

    Score5 out of 10
    N/AOutbrain, headquartered in New York with offices globally, is an internationally known native advertising platform for curating and publishing content across a variety of channels and media spaces, containing editorial controls, analytics for judging impact, and related features.N/A

    Taboola

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ATaboola is a native advertising platform from the company of the same name in New York for publishing "recommended" content in a variety of popularly visited news sites and spaces. Taboola is partnered with many publishers (the Atlantic, Tribune, MailOnline, Business Insider, etc.).

    $10

    Starting Price Per Day

    Pricing
    Bizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued)OutbrainTaboola
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Campaigns
    $10.00
    Starting Price Per Day
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Bizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued)OutbrainTaboola
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Bizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued)OutbrainTaboola
    Considered Multiple Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Outbrain
    Chose Outbrain
    Here at AdRizer my personal ad sources primarily revolve around Google Ads & Outbrain. Taboola is extremely similar to Outbrain minus the fact that strategies are dictated on the account level unlike by campaign with Outbrain
    Incentivized
    Chose Outbrain
    We've also used Taboola. Overall, comparing the traffic 1:1, the Outbrain traffic tended to perform better onsite by a slim margin.
    Incentivized
    Chose Outbrain
    Outbrain is easier to use than Taboola and a lot more straight forward. With Taboola, I have found that you never really know what impact is being had outside of the data they provide. I have never had this concern with Outbrain because I have seen the ads placed on sites I …
    Incentivized
    Chose Outbrain
    So we had demos and trial versions for Taboola, AdRoll, ContentStudio. All aim to help businesses find more customers on the web and help them grow. What stood apart for us was Outbrain's automation in lead discover, verification and personalized content for us and thus …
    Incentivized
    Chose Outbrain
    When we're recommending a Native campaign, Outbrain is our platform of choice. Taboola is pretty comparable, but the setup with Outbrain is a little easier, difficult to comment on the quality of traffic they drive, but know that Outbrain is acceptable. Yahoo Gemini does a few …
    Incentivized
    Chose Outbrain
    Initially, we used Outbrain because we felt that Taboola was getting too expensive. However, after a month trial and a rather disappointing result, we are going back with Taboola. Still happy with Taboola (I wrote about this at length in a separate review). Outbrain is good, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Outbrain
    Compared to Taboola, Outbrain had more editorial guidelines, provided more potential impressions, and cost slightly less. However, keeping up with meeting the constant editorial guidelines (despite writing very high-quality, original content) was overwhelming and cost our team …
    Incentivized
    Chose Outbrain
    outbrain and Taboola both offer similar services. Outbrain had a larger network of quality sites where higher quality backend users were expected.
    Incentivized
    Chose Outbrain
    Outbrain's reporting is not as robust as Taboola's. I have also seen better conversion results through Taboola. Though I believe it depends on the vertical you are advertising for.
    Incentivized
    Chose Outbrain
    Outbrain has a higher caliber of publishing partners for targeting as well as the additional articles by other providers in the article grouping than, say Taboola.
    Incentivized
    Chose Outbrain
    Outbrain has an edge over others because of its ease to set up campaigns, better algorithm to drive conversions and optimize on more than a goal and good reporting. Furthermore, this has by far the biggest inventory of the network of publishers and many premium inventories. …
    Incentivized
    Taboola
    Chose Taboola
    I tried Outbrain for a month just to compare the two platforms. The result is: Outbrain has similar CPC to Taboola, but the audience is low-quality. They don't spend much time on the website and only read the promoted content without continuing to other pages. In the long run, O…
    Incentivized
    Chose Taboola
    Outbrain doesn't charge a fee for automatic credit card billing. Often Outbrain CPC for the same content is cheaper but not always. The Outbrain UX is not as good as Taboola but recent changes had made them better than they used to be. In Outbrain you can not change images or …
    Incentivized
    Chose Taboola
    Taboola and Outbrain are very similar and fairly easy to use to promote content.
    Incentivized
    Chose Taboola
    We saw lower CPCs on Taboola when running a cost per click campaign. We also had a better conversion rate.
    Incentivized
    Chose Taboola
    Taboola is the middle ground between the two. Policy ensures that only quality content and creatives are distributed, but they aren't extremely strict about what kind of content can be shown. Brax isn't in the list, but it is a great supplementary tool for Taboola. However, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Taboola
    Very large publisher network.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    60%
    Would buy again
    3 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    60%
    Delivers good value for the price
    3 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    60%
    Happy with the feature set
    3 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    60%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    3 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    Features
    Bizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued)OutbrainTaboola
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Bizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued) and Outbrain and Taboola
    Feature
    Bizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued)
    8.4
    3 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Outbrain
    -
    Ratings
    Taboola
    -
    Ratings
    Data Transfer8.83 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    DSP integration7.93 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Bizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued) and Outbrain and Taboola
    Feature
    Bizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued)
    8.6
    3 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Outbrain
    -
    Ratings
    Taboola
    -
    Ratings
    Ad campaign creation9.03 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad deployment8.03 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Display advertising9.03 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation8.22 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sequence targeting9.13 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Bizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued) and Outbrain and Taboola
    Feature
    Bizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued)
    7.9
    3 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Outbrain
    -
    Ratings
    Taboola
    -
    Ratings
    Ad dashboards7.93 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad performance reports7.93 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking8.83 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting7.93 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management7.93 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization6.93 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Bizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued)OutbrainTaboola
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    1.5
    (17 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.8
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.5
    (6 ratings)
    2.9
    (5 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Bizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued)OutbrainTaboola
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    In my opinion, LinkedIn Lead Accelerator is very well suited for B2B companies that want to target their B2B clients. If the company is B2C oriented, it would be pretty expensive for them to find and acquire sufficient amount of clients, it is better to use other platforms, such as Facebook or Twitter.
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    Outbrain
    If your client or organization is running a high volume awareness campaign, Outbrain would be a platform to diversify your mix with. Pretty low maintenance and easy to set up, you can get ads running in a few minutes. If your primary goal is conversions, there are probably better channels you can use where the targeting is a little more transparent and would likely see a higher avg conversion rate.
    Incentivized
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    Taboola
    If you want to have your company advertised on news websites across the United States then Taboola is perfect. If you're looking for clicks and impressions but not so much interested in traffic that is highly engaged and converting often then I'd suggest Taboola as an option to run traffic, too. This is the perfect platform for grey-hat offers and similar ideas. I wouldn't suggest it for running ads on your website due to some strict conditions and the fact that it might not necessarily play nice with traffic coming from Facebook.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • It auto-populates the application forms with information from users’ LinkedIn profiles and allows them to instantly submit those forms thereby saving us time in gathering the additional information.
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    Outbrain
    • Website network: Outbrain provides high-quality websites in its network so that you can get a quality audience.
    • Affordable pricing: The CPC offered by Outbrain is relatively cheaper than other alternatives.
    • Content dashboard: The dashboard allows you to edit the content before publishing it on Outbrain's platform.
    Incentivized
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    Taboola
    • A good value on clicks -- they have visitors for all CPCs!
    • Worldwide reach and relatability -- so many providers use Taboola. It's very easy to reach your audience wherever.
    • High quality -- their policies ensure that only enjoyable, modest content is provided.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • As an integration partner the only challenge we faced was coordinating our strategic services teams to provide a single recommendation/plan to mutual clients. This was easily addressed through a communication plan agreed to by both parties.
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    Outbrain
    • Customer Service - Speaking to a human is nearly impossible, there is no "chat" function, and no phone number immediately available. Ultimately, I've had to email a generic CS contact and wait several days before heading back.
    • High Number of Guidelines - The number of guidelines one must meet before using Outbrain is much higher than any other ad platform I've used. Most of them are highly specific and not necessarily items that a website would have out-of-the-box.
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    Taboola
    • I would like to see an easier way to exclude irrelevant sites that our ads received impressions or clicks on.
    • Being able to bid on specific sites only.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    I am using them as a customer rather than a partner at my new company, Poppin. We are are marketing to B2B prospects and customers and see Bizo as a key partner.
    Read full review
    Outbrain
    No answers on this topic
    Taboola
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Outbrain
    The use case is very obvious, brand awareness and low cost conversions because of its reach in billions. The platform is easy to use, well sorted and defined with good click optimized algorithms and brands can use it without hesitation. If monitored well and optimized accordingly, this can prove to be one of the best advertising channels.
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    Taboola
    It was pretty straightforward getting an account set up and having an account rep assigned. Compared to some other platforms Taboola is actually rather intuitive when it comes to navigating the user interface. Pixel implementation was easy and we didn't have any discrepancies tracking conversions. Also the ability to target LALs was very useful and semi-straightforward to upload.
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    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Outbrain
    We had an account manager assigned to us, but they really didn't offer too much help outside of the financial side of things. We used the self-serve platform with mild suggestions every few weeks from our reps amounting to "spend a bit more here."
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    Taboola
    We have a point of contact in Taboola and he has been really great in supporting our campaign. He helped us set up the initial campaign, answered our questions related to the campaign and even agreed when I asked for a lower CPC. Also, while he tried to encourage us to spend more, he never pushed us to the point that it gets annoying.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    They (Bizo) were able to reach actual business prospects as opposed to others that reached more consumer prospects. As a result, our ROI is much better.
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    Outbrain
    Here at AdRizer my personal ad sources primarily revolve around Google Ads & Outbrain. Taboola is extremely similar to Outbrain minus the fact that strategies are dictated on the account level unlike by campaign with Outbrain
    Incentivized
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    Taboola
    Outbrain doesn't charge a fee for automatic credit card billing. Often Outbrain CPC for the same content is cheaper but not always. The Outbrain UX is not as good as Taboola but recent changes had made them better than they used to be. In Outbrain you can not change images or titles once they are submitted. You also can not clone campaigns which you can do with Taboola
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • With LinkedIn Lead Accelerator we've found a pretty good amount of qualified leads
    • It saves a lot of time when you can do such a detailed targeting
    • Although the LinkedIn Lead Accelerator prices are quite high, we had a positive ROI
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    Outbrain
    • None. My perspective is that further testing is needed as well as additional tracking capabilities applied to be able to assess value. However, it's a CPC model and relatively inexpensive in regards to additional reach, especially if it's packaged in with an Earned media push into the marketplace.
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    Taboola
    • Taboola campaigns have had positive effects on top of funnel activities and engagement metrics though the traffic is not always as qualified as one would like. You will need to carefully tailor your campaign to squeeze out the most relevant traffic.
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