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    Celtra

    Score6 out of 10
    N/ACeltra, heaquartered in Boston, offers their creative management platform (CMP) to support digital advertisers with well designed display, interactive, or video ad templated creation, with collaboration tools to support the ad design process, and analytics to guide the creative process.N/A

    Marq

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AMarq, formerly Lucidpress, is a design & brand templating platform that enables users to create & share branded collateral. Marq offers consistency so brands can deliver its message more effectively wherever it goes. The vendor states over 5 million people use Lucidpress to create, customize, control & distribute their brand’s content.N/A

    Microsoft Publisher

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Publisher is a desktop publishing application available with an Office 365 subscription, or as a standalone download.

    $139

    one time purchase

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    Microsoft Publisher
    $139
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    Free Trial
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequiredNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    CeltraMarqMicrosoft Publisher
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    8.4
    (13 ratings)
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    8.3
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    User Testimonials
    CeltraMarqMicrosoft Publisher
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Celtra
    Celtra is best suited for rich media, expandable, clickable ad creation. It is valuable in terms of granular reporting as well. However, it is not suitable as a DSP i.e. we really can't make any optimizations through Celtra. It is best used for tracking ads, engagement, and performance metrics especially on mobile devices.
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    Marq (LPS Holdco LLC)
    For self-publishers, Marq is the best option, in my opinion. I have recommended it to others and they have been also amazed at how beautiful their end product looks and how easy it is to export and get the printers. A win win for everyone involved in the process of creating magazines and marketing materials.
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft Publisher is well suited for almost any situation. It is something that I'm sure has far more advanced tools than I use or am aware of, but it is also very simple for entry-level users to create professional documents quickly. I have used it for very involved brochures in real estate scenarios and I have also used it for very simple "Construction Zone" signs at a job site under construction. There are so many uses for this program!
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    Pros
    Celtra
    • I like that Celtra is under a high-quality price and minimum requirement.
    • It is highly effective and easy to understand; it has competitive performance and a very intuitive interface.
    • The campaigns are phenomenal, and the marketing management is excellent.
    • We have access to excellent analytics and data, and we get to see if our campaigns are failing or not.
    • As for formats, I can pretty much create whatever I want.
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    Marq (LPS Holdco LLC)
    • User management
    • Easy to create and edit templates
    • Able to install an approval layer to govern use
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    Microsoft
    • Design of my quarterly full color magazine: (usually 28-56 pages in length)
    • Design of the quarterly planning system used by me and others in the annual conference.
    • Design and layout of any document that requires graphics/photos.
    • Simple to use with ample flexibility and strength of features
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    Cons
    Celtra
    • It is a very click-happy environment, which means there is room for human error
    • The color scheme can make it easy to loose your place
    • There is no bulk editing option so task completion can be lengthy
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    Marq (LPS Holdco LLC)
    • Automated page numbering would be amazing
    • Scroll button should be darker to find it easier
    • More template options
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    Microsoft
    • Formatting in general. It's a pain to refine a layout in Publisher in my opinion.
    • Microsoft is so invested in their approach to software and making it look and feel like an Office 365 application that they inadvertantly cripple applications like Publisher.
    • Earlier versions of Publisher gave you a lot more latitude and creative freedom. They were also much easier to work with. Not everything has to look like it's part of Office 365. They did the same ... thing to Access.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Celtra
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    Marq (LPS Holdco LLC)
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    Microsoft
    We use this product 2-3 times a month and have not been able to find a comparable alternative.
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    Usability
    Celtra
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    Marq (LPS Holdco LLC)
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    Microsoft
    There are a few quirks with Microsoft Publisher that make some functions a little tricky for new users at first, but most of our employees are able to figure out the quirks and work around them to use the product for their job. It is relatively high on the scale of usability.
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    Support Rating
    Celtra
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    Marq (LPS Holdco LLC)
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    Microsoft
    While I have not directly used support for Microsoft Publisher, I have used their help files and found them to be useful. I have also found that most answers that I need can be found through simple web searches and chat platforms. In all though, there are very few times when the preloaded help files have not given me the answers that I need.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Celtra
    Celtra gave us a reliable and straightforward way to create a marketing creation plan to capture potential customers.
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    Marq (LPS Holdco LLC)
    I think if we had found Canva first we would have probably chosen it as our platform. We had already invested a lot of time and energy into developing multiple templates and branding standards in LucidPress
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    Microsoft
    Microsoft Publisher is more for beginners, or for basic needs, anyone with some familiarity with the Microsoft suite should be able to use it easily. If you’re looking to create something more graphic and advanced, you’d probably want to look into something like InDesign, which is not as user friendly if you’re not familiar with it at all. For basic needs the average employee should be able to use Microsoft Publisher with ease.
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    Return on Investment
    Celtra
    • Positive - we have a preferred CPM rate while using Celtra so we are able to save costs there.
    • Positive - no need for outsourcing to other creative agencies so we save more costs
    • Positive - achieving KPIs for our clients ensures more revenue down the road as we establish ourselves as a trustworthy vendor
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    Marq (LPS Holdco LLC)
    • I am able to save over $10K per issue by doing the design and layout myself.
    • I am able to save at least 2-3 weeks per issue by doing the design and layout myself.
    • I don't need to employ a team to compile each issue, I do it all myself.
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    Microsoft
    • we have invested on our Microsoft license for our team and that has made a very big productivity for making banners and holdings for our projects as making it from third party would cost much higher and the return is very well over the comparison with third-party vendors
    • Functionality is very easy, so we don’t have to train much to get it in production and use it efficiently so we don’t have to invest much on training and learning things and we can work on it directly with a very basic knowledge as well
    • It has functionality to get stored and share things directly to the OneDrive and using curated links, which is very secure and reliable to transfer files without losing picture and banners quality and share them in lossless quality.
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