Celtra vs. Sizmek Ad Suite

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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I've use Sizmek as media analytics and reporting tool. Unless a site doesn't work properly with Google DoubleClick, I rarely recommend Sizmek over DoubleClick. It can do everything DoubleClick does, but with almost twice the hassle. One Area that makes it easier to track is that ads are given individual tracking ID's that creative can look up and search by when indexing and testing to make sure all ads are working and input.

Incentivized

• 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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• Easy Dashboard Navigation - Search bar allows user to quickly locate details about any campaign
• Insightful Analytics Tools - Platform provides users customizable graphs to leverage for reporting presentations
• Extensive Reporting Metrics - Ability to pull ad performance reports on all aspects of campaign
• Simple Creative Hosting - Easy upload and path location details for creative files

Incentivized

• 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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• Sizmek's trading desk was a total miss when I tested it a few years ago.
• I briefly used Abakus and did not find it intuitive, accurate or helpful. It has a long way to go before it can compete with the likes of VisualIQ.

Incentivized

Celtra gave us a reliable and straightforward way to create a marketing creation plan to capture potential customers.

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For me the main point here is the support, all the adservers offer more or less the same functionality and capabilities. The real advantage you will gain using Sizmek will be their customer support team and their open approach with other vendors.

• 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

Incentivized

• Sizmek has had a positive impact on ROI because it delivers the reports our clients want and need
• Sizmek has had a postive impact on employee morale due to ease of use

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