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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ClickGuard

    Score8.5 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    ClickGUARD is a fully automated protection tool that enables businesses to run secure pay-per-click campaigns. The software can eliminate unwanted clicks on your PPC ads, help to clean up your traffic, and optimize your budget for your target audience.

    $89

    per month

    Skai

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASkai (formerly Kenshoo) is a cross-channel advertising solution for search marketing, social media and online advertising. The product aims to give advertisers and agencies the control and automation needed to make better investment decisions across search marketing and online advertising.

    $10,000

    Starting Price

    Pricing
    ClickGuardSkai
    Editions & Modules
    Lite
    starts at $89
    per month
    Standard
    starts at $149
    per month
    Pro
    starts at $199
    per month
    Kenshoo
    $10,000
    Starting Price
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ClickGuardSkai
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalRequired
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing. Custom plan available.β€”
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    ClickGuardSkai
    Considered Both Products
    ClickGUARD
    No answer on this topic
    Skai
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    ClickGuardSkai
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of ClickGuard and Skai
    Feature
    ClickGuard
    -
    Ratings
    Skai
    7.1
    10 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Data Transfer00 Ratings8.510 Ratings
    DSP integration00 Ratings5.75 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of ClickGuard and Skai
    Feature
    ClickGuard
    -
    Ratings
    Skai
    6.1
    11 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Ad campaign creation00 Ratings7.611 Ratings
    Ad deployment00 Ratings7.611 Ratings
    Display advertising00 Ratings4.310 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation00 Ratings4.810 Ratings
    Sequence targeting00 Ratings6.39 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of ClickGuard and Skai
    Feature
    ClickGuard
    -
    Ratings
    Skai
    7.3
    12 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Ad dashboards00 Ratings7.612 Ratings
    Ad performance reports00 Ratings9.812 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking00 Ratings6.712 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting00 Ratings7.611 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management00 Ratings5.910 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization00 Ratings6.211 Ratings
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    ClickGuardSkai
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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
    ClickGuardSkai
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (10 ratings)
    9.2
    (17 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.6
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (6 ratings)
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ClickGuardSkai
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ClickGUARD
    ClickGAURD is highly suitable for detecting and preventing fraudulent clicks and helps generate higher revenues with the same marketing budgets. The reports created by ClickGUARD are also very helpful in understanding the impact and returns on the campaigns. It also helps identifies the geographies from where the fraudulent clicks are coming to help us take preventive measures. Having detailed documentation to get it deployed and get users onboarded quickly will be very helpful.
    Incentivized
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    Skai
    Kenshoo would be a good tool if your client has extremely high budgets with low CPCs. For small, geo-specific accounts the capabilities have not be built out. Therefore, the tool could not budget pace our 250+ accounts. The main reason we had chosen Kenshoo was because of its budget pacing capabilities. Unfortunately, it did not save us time and created additional budget pacing issues with over pacing our accounts.
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    Pros
    ClickGUARD
    • The real-time notifications are one of the best features of ClickGUARD for me.
    • Automatic malicious click deflection is also a feature that I appreciate.
    • There have been instances where a large number of clicks were made, but the resulting conversions were much below expectations.
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    Skai
    • Kenshoo Search bid policies make bid optimization easy and automated. Optimizations are based off of sophisticated algorithms rather than simple bid rules (although Kenshoo Search also offers these). There are many different policies to choose from. Simply choose your type of goal (example: awareness vs. ROI), choose your metric, and assign to your campaign(s) and/or account.
    • Kenshoo Search reporting offers a large selection of reporting templates that are easily exported to Microsoft Excel. In addition, they also offer dashboard reporting with a variety of different widgets that are easily customizable. This feature makes it extremely easy to view metrics that may normally require manual excel work.
    • Kenshoo Search has a Desktop Editor tool similar to Google Adwords Editor that makes bulk optimizations easy and time efficient. This is a huge resource win for me and my team!
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    Cons
    ClickGUARD
    • The one thing I've noticed that I believe is a disadvantage would have to be the lack of support on weekends or holidays which is understandable but at the same time, I'm sure people expect to still be supported right around the clock if that is what is advertised.
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    Skai
    • When working with large accounts, such as mine, the tool can be slow. There are a lot of times where the editor tool will freeze, and I'm not sure if I need to reboot or exit the tool. I wish it was a smooth process, much like the AdWords editor tool.
    • Kenshoo support can be slow to respond at times. In the ticketing industry, things are very much based on time of day or time of the week. If the product is down or not functioning during an on-sale or a major event, it can be difficult to get tech support on the phone.
    • Their reporting really doesn't set them a part from the competition. I've used social tools such as Marin and a few others, and they're all pretty similar as far as reporting. If possible, I think you're better off using Google Analytics for reporting, just so you have a common denominator.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ClickGUARD
    No answers on this topic
    Skai
    We received great customer service from the Kenshoo Social team, they listen to feedback, and truly work to get things fixed. The tool works well and they are always working on ways to improve it to help improve performance for our clients
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    ClickGUARD
    No answers on this topic
    Skai
    Set-up like other marketing platforms. If you know Google Ads, you know Kenshoo
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    ClickGUARD
    I actually haven't found the need to use their customer support as yet but I'm sure that they are knowledgable and would assist any way they can.
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    Skai
    Very responsive and bring fast answers for problems
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    ClickGUARD
    formerly know as PPC Protect, now known as Lunio. we side by side user lunio as well and only problem with lunio was pricing. no doubt lunio has better feature set to stack against ClickGaurd but we didn't required that many features to begin with. ClickGaurd is simple solution for us and we are planning to explore it full before moving to any other platform
    Incentivized
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    Skai
    I think Skai beats the competitors with its advanced bidding management system, this is a unique feature of them that if you implement properly, your accounts will surely benefit from this, especially if you have tons of data that the algo can learn from and optimize accordingly. In terms of reporting, they are the best we've got so far, scheduling options are great.
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    Return on Investment
    ClickGUARD
    • Prior to acquiring Clickguard, I wasn't even able to trust the numbers I was seeing and my money was being wasted. Since getting this app, there has been a total turn around in conversions, and sales have increased.
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    Skai
    • ROI is harder to track due to reporting/column & time frame default tech in my humble opinion but generally better results when compared to other products
    • Since the interface is difficult to navigate and paid search is a reactive medium, can produce barriers to change.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    ClickGuard Screenshots

    Screenshot of where to add and manage multiple ad accounts with different protection plans.Screenshot of a bot probability assessment, which is available with every click.Screenshot of clicks tested for behavior (e.g. time spent on site, click speed) and non-behavior criteria (location, IP address, packet header details).Screenshot of reports that can be automated and scheduled for teams or clients.Screenshot of where every single click is assessed and verified whether it is blocked or not.Screenshot of the interface to toggle ON/OFF protection.