Cheetah Digital vs. MediaMath

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cheetah Digital
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Designed for high-volume, cross-channel campaigns, Cheetah Digital is used by marketers to deliver highly personalized, contextual communications across various channels including email, SMS, push, mobile wallet, direct mail, and social.N/A
MediaMath
Score 7.4 out of 10
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MediaMath is a demand-side platform that offers off-the-shelf and custom capabilities for brands to reach and influence customers and prospects on any screen. Powered by the company's Brain algorithm which predicts performance and optimal price for bids.N/A
Pricing
Cheetah DigitalMediaMath
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cheetah DigitalMediaMath
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Cheetah DigitalMediaMath
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User Ratings
Cheetah DigitalMediaMath
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(13 ratings)
7.4
(9 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.6
(3 ratings)
7.0
(3 ratings)
Usability
4.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.8
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
3.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cheetah DigitalMediaMath
Likelihood to Recommend
Zeta Global
I think CheetahMail, being one of the main ESPs in the market, is a quality choice. However, I would suggest that it's really only valuable for a bit larger of an organization, generally having staff of 100+ and revenues in tens of millions -- this is mainly to justify the amount of investment required, so may be cost-prohibitive to some. You also need to make sure that you understand the entire "level of support" you will gain through your specific contract.... the key is understanding what types of resources are within your organization (who's doing the coding? who comes up with the next campaign? What's the overall strategy?) Depending on these questions and resources, may help determine your final needs from a services point of view. CheetahMail can provide a wealth of various services specific to needs (and changes over time as your business changes), but a clear understanding of what you have before you bring them on will really help getting up and running quickly. Also be sure to truly understand the costs for the initial integrations, setups, IP senders, etc.
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MediaMath
Terminal1One MOS offers a "DMP lite" that can help advertisers begin to grow their 1st party data without leveraging a separate DMP. As precise targeting becomes increasingly important, advertisers must begin to cultivate audiences that they can then take action on in the future. Additionally, if a client requires intense customer support, TerminalOne MOS is one of the best in the business.
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Pros
Zeta Global
  • Internal management - This is a great web-based tool that allows our users to see what emails go to whom.
  • Organization - Many layers of organization for templates since there are many types of remarketing emails that we send out.
  • Historical Records - CheetahMail sends us the raw text files of all email actions so we can upload them to our database.
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MediaMath
  • It helps in managing and optimizing prospecting and re-marketing campaigns extremely efficiently using multiple source of data providers.
  • It is easy to integrate with display servers, data providers, and also other partners which make campaigns really efficient and optimize your CPA goals. MediaMath also provides you training via New Marketing Institue which is very helpful.
  • It also keeps on innovation with respect to partnerships and on boarding tools such as display collision detection tools. It was exciting to see that how easy it is to work closely with accounts team and they have amazing hands on working on these tools.
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Cons
Zeta Global
  • The organization of CheetahMail could at times be better, as you create more and more mailings, they just pile up in a long list. It would be useful to be able to create folders to store specific mailings in. (ex. editorial, newsletters, marketing, etc.)
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MediaMath
  • Although easier than other DSPs, MediaMath's tagging process could be more streamlined
  • The reporting section could be more sophisticated/thorough - there are little to no visualizations currently
  • Platform itself looks a little outdated
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Likelihood to Renew
Zeta Global
As I have begun exploring competitors, I've come to realize that every competitor offers so much more functionality and integration than CheetahMail does. When we first signed our contract, CheetahMail was much more innovative and at the forefront of email. Since being bought out by Experian, we've seen a huge decline in service and innovation. They have laid off much of their staff and moved their account representatives to Costa Rica. They also heavily rely on on third parties which you will have to pay large amounts of money for while other Email Service Providers have integrated new technologies into their platform. You will get more for your money going to a different email service such as Responsys, Silverpop, Listrak and the like,
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MediaMath
At this point, I know there are better options out there for OUR use case. This is not true of everyone, so I don't want to give them a zero because I don't like their tool or value proposition. They are a great tool, for what they do, and have a great group of people running things and providing support.
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Usability
Zeta Global
CheetahMail has a high learning curve to master and requires a lot of backend work with tech teams to set up. Navigation is not the best and everything that should be automated is still extremely manual.
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MediaMath
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Support Rating
Zeta Global
I've been very satisfied with the support given by Cheetah, they are always asking and looking for areas where they can help you improve upon your business. They are very knowledgeable and are able to quickly find any answer you are looking for.
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MediaMath
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Alternatives Considered
Zeta Global
I believe Cheetah DMS is a bit more complete and a lot more complex to use than Mailchimp. Mailchimp was born as a mail marketing service while Cheetah has always worked across the whole online advertising spectrum making it a better solution for clients that need a certain level of service and sophistication.
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MediaMath
MediaMath is a cloud-based digital advertising platform designed to help marketing teams handle advertising data, audience segmentation, and programmatic marketing on a unified platform. It allows businesses to create, launch, and manage marketing campaigns and identify prospects across various online platforms and device types.
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Return on Investment
Zeta Global
  • Our efficiency has decreased with CheetaMail actually. Too many service calls to find out why something isn't working as expected, account setup questions, issues with PiP, takes too long to get a simple form built, customer service response time, etc...
  • Reporting is not very streamlined. This has caused us to take our reporting offline and use a method with better visibility.
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MediaMath
  • Really good ROI as our clients are always keen to try new and innovative campaigns that only TerminalOne help us to deploy.
  • We can develop all the internal tools we needed to get the maximum insight we are required by our client to provide them.
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