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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CitrusAd

    Score6 out of 10
    N/ACitrusAd is presented as a Retail Media Platform for sponsored product ads, banners and email ads, from the company of the same name in Chicago.N/A

    Kevel

    Score7.8 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Kevel's (formerly Adzerk) APIs is designed to make it easy for engineers and PMs to build their own server-side, fully-customized ad server. E-retailers and user communities can use Kevel to build ad servers to promote anything from native ads to internal content to sponsored listings (where vendors and sellers pay for their organic listing to be promoted in search and browsing results). According to the vendor, engineers reliably see a significant reduction in dev time using Kevel’s APIs…N/A
    Pricing
    CitrusAdKevel
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    CitrusAdKevel
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing is customized based on feature needs, support needs, and monthly request volume.
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    Features
    CitrusAdKevel
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of CitrusAd and Kevel
    Feature
    CitrusAd
    -
    Ratings
    Kevel
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    31% above category average
    DSP integration00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of CitrusAd and Kevel
    Feature
    CitrusAd
    -
    Ratings
    Kevel
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Ad campaign creation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ad deployment00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Display advertising00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of CitrusAd and Kevel
    Feature
    CitrusAd
    -
    Ratings
    Kevel
    9.2
    1 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Ad dashboards00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Ad performance reports00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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    CitrusAdKevel
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    AdRoll
    Score3.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CitrusAdKevel
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CitrusAdKevel
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CitrusAd
    Well suited Targeting Capabilities: it allows advertisers to reach highly relevant audiences with their ads. CitrusAd has algorithms and data analytics to target consumers based on their browsing behavior, demographics, purchase history, and other relevant factors. Purchase history is a capability we will be interested in. Customizable Campaign: CitrusAd provides advertisers with customizable campaign options to suit their specific needs and objectives. I.e., sponsored products, cross-sell sponsored products, display ads. Improve Automatic targeting: To ease the campaign creation process and let the RMN manage the campaign budget. Integration with CRM: Straighforward integration with 3Ps to enable easy usage of the suppliers' data in their CRM to optimize campaigns.
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    Kevel
    For ad serving, implementing client-side header bidding with prebid was actually easier with Kevel than it is with Google Ad Manager in most cases, particularly for display advertising. I found though that with more complex integrations (like video), there were more solutions and code snippets available with other larger ad servers (Google).
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    Pros
    CitrusAd
    • easy to learn
    • auctioning model
    • campaign performance
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    Kevel
    • More personable team that can address customizations needed to the product.
    • Easy to use interface.
    • Frequent product updates with notifications via email.
    • Well documented API.
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    Cons
    CitrusAd
    • automatic targeting for campaigns
    • better analytics reports
    • speed
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    Kevel
    • User interface could be faster to load.
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    Alternatives Considered
    CitrusAd
    We know about Criteo and Crealytics, but we have not evaluated any other solution at this stage. These two are alternatives that we could integrate into our platform to give our clients more flexibility. We started with CitrusAd because they are offering the base capabilities we need now and we had experience with them.
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    Kevel
    Kevel was an easier initial implementation for header bidding with prebid. The team worked alongside us to make sure everything was operating as intended. We ultimately switched to Ads Manager to access AdX demand and other features that were not possible with Kevel (for instance, EBDA). There are benefits to both but I appreciated the attention we got from Kevel support when we were first working through the implementation. We are still using Kevel for many things, just not as our primary display advertising ad server.
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    Return on Investment
    CitrusAd
    • Quick go to market
    • Increase Retail Media revenue
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    Kevel
    • Kevel enabled us to get up and running with client side header bidding when our team was still small and the technology was still new. This improved our ability to monetize our inventory.
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