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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Contentsquare

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AContentsquare is an enterprise experience intelligence and Digital Analytics platform designed to track, visualize, and optimize user journeys across websites and mobile applications. The platform captures digital interaction telemetry—such as clicks, scrolls, hovers, and page drop-offs—without manual event tagging to power Web Analytics, session replays, funnel visualization, and experience monitoring.N/A

    Google Campaign Manager 360

    Score6.7 out of 10
    N/AReplacing DoubleClick, Google Campaign Manager 360 is a web-based ad management system for advertisers and agencies, used to manage digital campaigns across websites and mobile. This includes features for ad serving, targeting, verification, and reporting.N/A
    Pricing
    ContentsquareGoogle Campaign Manager 360
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ContentsquareGoogle Campaign Manager 360
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    ContentsquareGoogle Campaign Manager 360
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    Contentsquare
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    Google
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    53 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    50 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    53 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    44 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    42 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    ContentsquareGoogle Campaign Manager 360
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Contentsquare, now with Hotjar and Google Campaign Manager 360
    Feature
    Contentsquare, now with Hotjar
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Google Campaign Manager 360
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Results and Analysis
    Comparison of Results and Analysis features of Contentsquare, now with Hotjar and Google Campaign Manager 360
    Feature
    Contentsquare, now with Hotjar
    9.7
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Google Campaign Manager 360
    -
    Ratings
    Heatmap tool8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Click analytics10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scroll maps10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Conversion tracking10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Goal tracking10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Session Recording and Replay10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Segmentation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Contentsquare, now with Hotjar and Google Campaign Manager 360
    Feature
    Contentsquare, now with Hotjar
    -
    Ratings
    Google Campaign Manager 360
    9.0
    29 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Data Transfer00 Ratings9.024 Ratings
    DSP integration00 Ratings9.026 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Contentsquare, now with Hotjar and Google Campaign Manager 360
    Feature
    Contentsquare, now with Hotjar
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    Ratings
    Google Campaign Manager 360
    8.8
    33 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Ad campaign creation00 Ratings8.033 Ratings
    Ad deployment00 Ratings10.033 Ratings
    Display advertising00 Ratings10.030 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation00 Ratings9.031 Ratings
    Sequence targeting00 Ratings7.023 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Contentsquare, now with Hotjar and Google Campaign Manager 360
    Feature
    Contentsquare, now with Hotjar
    -
    Ratings
    Google Campaign Manager 360
    9.2
    33 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Ad dashboards00 Ratings10.031 Ratings
    Ad performance reports00 Ratings9.033 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking00 Ratings9.032 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting00 Ratings9.031 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management00 Ratings9.026 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization00 Ratings9.025 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    ContentsquareGoogle Campaign Manager 360
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (118 ratings)
    9.0
    (45 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.1
    (13 ratings)
    8.0
    (13 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (8 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ContentsquareGoogle Campaign Manager 360
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Contentsquare
    Hotjar is good for a first pass at understanding user sentiment or locating potential usability issues. There are features such as "rage clicked" which shows recordings or instances when a user rage clicked or had an issue with your site. Hotjar has also been helpful to launch intercept surveys on mobile, desktop, and app, which not all competitor software allow. Hotjar recordings are fun to watch. "Watching Hotjar like Netflix" is a favorite pastime at work.
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    Google
    I feel pretty neutral about Google Marketing Platform. For the longest time, my company wasn't using it because each of the features (Data Studio, Analytics, etc.) could be accessed separately. In fact, most of the time, I don't even go into Google Marketing Platform because it's easier to directly navigate to the individual platforms. There are very few features about GMP that can only be accessed from the GMP UI. The Integrations Center is probably the main feature I utilize from the GMP UI, which allows me to see a summary of the integrations I have in place across all my client properties and accounts.
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    Pros
    Contentsquare
    • Heat mapping is great on Hotjar. It is a good place to start when you are looking at the UX & CRO on your website. You can see the % of people clicking on elements on a page, how far they scroll, and mouse movements.
    • Hotjar is great for session recordings. These record the mouse movements, clicks, pages and scrolls of a user in video format. You can watch these to investigate what works well on a site and identify potential roadblocks and bugs.
    • Hotjar is great as it ensures that users details are anonymous; for instance, if you are watching a session recording, you cannot see what a user types in a form field, as Hotjar blanks this out.
    • Hotjar has a poll function, so you can have polls on your website.
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    Google
    • Bringing together data from multiple channels and engines and allows you to visualize the data in an easy to use platform. This saves time from using multiple logins for the different platforms.
    • Auto bidding tools save time from manual bidding, as it allows you to set the specific terms around what levels you want to cap your CPCs at. You then let DoubleClick adjust your bids to gain the most conversions from the cheapest CPCs. This frees up time to do other in-depth analysis and strategy.
    • DoubleClick also has the ability to track conversions and clicks on any page using their floodlight tags. This is good for tracking certain actions on yours or a client's site and is especially good if they do not use any other tools, such as Google Analytics or Adobe, to track conversions and user actions on site. You can also use these in conjunction with the auto bidding tools.
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    Cons
    Contentsquare
    • Hotjar is primarily used for web-based experiences. Not that easy to use on mobile apps.
    • I'd love to see Hotjar integrated with Google Analytics for an even deeper view.
    • Hotjar is primarily used by smaller organizations...pricing can get steep quickly for larger organizations.
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    Google
    • The process for on-boarding new users can be difficult if they do not already have a Gmail or Gmail-linked account.
    • Difficult to troubleshoot technical issues (with the platform, with tags, etc.) because of the lack of customer support. Unclear if the agency has a dedicated team or individual to assist, and often have to deal with out-sourced support teams.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Contentsquare
    For small companies with limited user testing budgets, ClickTale serves as a useful user testing tool. When I cannot get the funds for in depth user testing, I always know that I have a baseline of information I can rely on
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    Google
    Due to its adapting behavior with industry ad formats and seamless integration with publishers and DSP's, I don't see myself moving away from DCM. As we see the display advertising is getting more programatic and automated due to the rise of DSP and concept of RTB, Double Click has evolved with new advanced best practices
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    Usability
    Contentsquare
    It is fairly easy to use, easy to explain, and easy to learn even for a non-techie like me. I admit I was a little intimidated when it was recommended by my developers, but I learned afterwards that there really was nothing to worry about. My experience has been awesome so far!
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    Google
    The Doubleclick interface is easy and simple to get a hang of. The options are slightly limited compared to other DSPs. But, for a simple campaign, this is a great DSP to move forward with. They have a ton of data and can plug into a lot of different partners
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    Support Rating
    Contentsquare
    Hotjar is a SaaS-based company, and as such has a good support service. Users can quickly submit support tickets through Hotjar's online portal. Enterprise customers get access to additional support members and have SLAs to support their larger, more complex needs. Overall, Hotjar is extremely reliable and I've never had to reach out to customer support.
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    Google
    They do not have strong support team. It is tough to get answer when I need it. They always refer you to an online guide and not an actual person. If so, the person is based out of an offshore team in India and does not know the specific client goals .
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    Implementation Rating
    Contentsquare
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    I would highly recommend asking clients to provide 3PAS tags or use an internal 3PAS
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    Alternatives Considered
    Contentsquare
    ContentSquare [(Clicktale)] is going deeper on UX understanding than traditional web analytics tools. You can truly understand how a page is used (where users click or even miss click, on which part of the page they are spending most of their time, if some links are clicked but bad positioned on the page...), and that's a thing you can't really measure trough a traditional web analytics tool.
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    Google
    Marin takes a lot more time for everything, mainly for the campaigns setup. This also leads to many mistakes, which impact the performance. I've used Marin on a couple of previous clients and we've had many problems with it, mainly with correct conversion tracking and account optimizations. Besides, Marin is behind all the new features available on AdWords, which makes the tracking also not very flexible.
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    Return on Investment
    Contentsquare
    • Our UX team can now use hard data to back up and validate design decisions that we make. Our role as usability experts is becoming more respected and integral to business objectives because we now have data that can back up our field of study and prove that our roles are demonstrably useful and necessary.
    • HotJar allows our small team of 3 UX designers to get research data as if we were a much larger team. Instead of painstakingly using our time to do guerrilla research, endless user observations, and other types of manual testing, we can now get a significant portion of our data from HotJar.
    • Using HotJar is actually giving our team a sense of excitement and enjoyment in our day-to-day usability work. Instead of seeing UX as a chore, HotJar is making data gathering and analyzing more fun, because we can see tangible results from a much larger pool of user/user-data than we could in the past.
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    Google
    • DS3 has improved ROI considerably due to its ability to make the work of a team of digital marketers to go further and improving internal efficiency.
    • There is a notable improvement in account performance for those integrated with DoubleClick as opposed to not, with better tracking, new bid strategy options, and a more responsive interface.
    • The additional fee on top of media spend is a considerable expense for a large advertiser, but the necessity of a product/solution such as this means that there is always likely to be some comparative cost.
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