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    Criteo Commerce Growth

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ACriteo Commerce Growth is a performance marketing platform that helps brands and agencies find new customers, engage high-intent shoppers, and maximize revenue across web, social, video, and CTV. Built on Criteo's commerce dataset, it predicts what shoppers will buy next and dynamically optimizes every stage of the shopper journey from audience targeting and predictive bidding to product recommendations and dynamic creative optimization. With cross-channel activation, deep commerce insights, and…N/A

    Google Tag Manager

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AFrom Google, the Google Tag Manager is a tag management application that facilitates creating, embedding, and updating tags across websites and mobile apps. It is a free option, vs. the company's enterprise-tier Google Tag Manager 360.

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    Criteo Commerce GrowthGoogle Tag Manager
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    Criteo Commerce GrowthGoogle Tag Manager
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsCriteo Commerce Growth operates on a Cost-per-click (CPC) and Cost-per-mille (CPM) model.—
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    Criteo Commerce GrowthGoogle Tag Manager
    Considered Both Products
    Criteo
    No answer on this topic
    Google
    Chose Google Tag Manager
    5 reasons why Google Tag Manager has been chosen, and is finally a good choice: Cost to Customer, auto-event tracking, data layer customization and modularity, a library of built-in tags and variables, public documentation and community support.
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    Would buy again
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    93%
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    93%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Criteo Commerce GrowthGoogle Tag Manager
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Criteo Commerce Growth and Google Tag Manager
    Feature
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    6.0
    27 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Google Tag Manager
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    Data Transfer2.926 Ratings00 Ratings
    DSP integration9.220 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Criteo Commerce Growth and Google Tag Manager
    Feature
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    7.5
    57 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Google Tag Manager
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    Ad campaign creation7.354 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad deployment5.653 Ratings00 Ratings
    Display advertising8.955 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation8.350 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Criteo Commerce Growth and Google Tag Manager
    Feature
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    7.2
    57 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Google Tag Manager
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    Ad dashboards8.656 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad performance reports8.656 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking4.953 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting6.614 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization6.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Criteo Commerce Growth and Google Tag Manager
    Feature
    Criteo Commerce Growth
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    Google Tag Manager
    9.0
    58 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.058 Ratings
    Tag Management
    Comparison of Tag Management features of Criteo Commerce Growth and Google Tag Manager
    Feature
    Criteo Commerce Growth
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    Google Tag Manager
    8.8
    68 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Tag library00 Ratings9.263 Ratings
    Tag variable mapping00 Ratings8.955 Ratings
    Ease of writing custom tags00 Ratings7.367 Ratings
    Rules-driven tag execution00 Ratings8.162 Ratings
    Tag performance monitoring00 Ratings10.056 Ratings
    Page load times00 Ratings8.849 Ratings
    Mobile app tagging00 Ratings9.334 Ratings
    Library of JavaScript extensions00 Ratings8.838 Ratings
    Data Management & Integrity
    Comparison of Data Management & Integrity features of Criteo Commerce Growth and Google Tag Manager
    Feature
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    -
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    Google Tag Manager
    7.6
    69 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Event tracking00 Ratings8.666 Ratings
    Mobile event tracking00 Ratings9.447 Ratings
    Data distribution management00 Ratings8.841 Ratings
    Universal data layer00 Ratings8.358 Ratings
    Automated error checking00 Ratings3.045 Ratings
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    Magnite
    Score8 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Adobe Advertising Cloud
    Score7.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Criteo Commerce GrowthGoogle Tag Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (58 ratings)
    9.7
    (73 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    8.4
    (12 ratings)
    7.1
    (18 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (12 ratings)
    2.0
    (12 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    9.8
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    User Testimonials
    Criteo Commerce GrowthGoogle Tag Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Criteo
    Marketing Solutions by Criteo has a great track record that speaks highly of its reputation, we users of this program are happy with the performance and impact it generates in the cloud, in order to connect with new customers, added to this, This software offers us the appropriate tools to professionally manage all these processes and have total control of electronic commerce. Our case has been the protagonist in the increase in sales, that is why we are always willing to recommend this incredible program.
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    Google
    I have found Google Tag Manager as the go to solution for managing all of your event and conversion tags for your website. Not only does it make it easy to manage all of your tags in the one place, it is fairly intuitive to use and there is plenty of videos and help documentation online to help set up what ever you need. No scenarios come to mind at the moment on where it is less appropriate to use.
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    Pros
    Criteo
    • You are able to access to their data pool, to build audiences with just an email list (encrypted and hashed)
    • Easy to use platform and easy way to analyze data from the dashboard. Everyone could manage the dashboard easily enough to surf through the data and understand the performance. Also you have the help of your account manager.
    • The powerful algorithm drives good results for your company, without too much effort. And they are continuously improving with new features (design types, campaigns, platform, mobile / app products ...)
    • Support for testing all of the integration of the events to check if data is well received. Google Chrome extension, testing mode inside the dashboard with error detection and also the help of your account manager + technical stuff.
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    Google
    • Selecting elements on a site [object, class, cookie, etc] (to later fire an event, send some data, etc) is very easy with triggers. Want to add an event when someone clicks on a button? Super easy. It was many many DOM selectors and you can even add custom functions if you need to do something more specific
    • In general, firing events in different circumstances is very easy mixing triggers and tags. You can track almost any element of the DOM and do whatever you want with it.
    • Testing is a great functionality. Only you can see what's on the site and you can debug it easily by seeing which events or tags were triggered and all the DOM elements involved (and why they matched the trigger).
    • Working in environments (staging, production) and versioning is easy to do, deploying changes in 2 clicks.
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    Cons
    Criteo
    • I think if they had a free trial option, we would be able to better evaluate our need before signing up.
    • I wish there were more targeting features other than retargeting. Would love to target based on interests.
    • Video features are limited. Would love to see new products here.
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    Google
    • There are several good integrations, but there can always be more. Native tracking for call tracking solutions, analytics providers, non-Google advertisers would be top of my list.
    • Documentation is just dreadful. Luckily there are some awesome folks out there doing crowdsourced tutorials (shout out to Simo Ahava) but by and large the Google Tag Manager instructions are worth what you pay for them.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Criteo
    Criteo is the only remarketing firm worth using for a retailer, in my opinion.
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    Google
    I haven't found another option for us to use especially one that is free. Down the road we may go a different route but for now GTM is a good option and does what we need it to do. It'd be nice to get more support or more integrations but with the free version there's only so much one can expect to get I suppose.
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    Usability
    Criteo
    Criteo's platform is very easy to use from a marketing standpoint if you understand key terms. The frontend is very user-friendly and I personally had no issues. I enjoy being able to see key results and metrics being tracked from the dashboard. It is also easy to filter things as desired to break down data.
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    Google
    No difficult obstacle to overcome but Google Tag Manager can still be difficult for many users to deploy. Sure the basic HTML script can be deployed quite easily, but when you start to require triggers, variables, etc, it can be a little daunting.
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    Support Rating
    Criteo
    I think Marketing Solutions by Criteo offers a very robust solution for an ad tech platform and their support team is very knowledgeable about their product. I would like to see, though, more webinars and training about the technology behind the product to give us more tools to talk to our customers with more information and better visuals.
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    Google
    GTM does not provide support. This is one of GTM's biggest issues but it's due to the level of customization for each website. If your team thinks they would heavily rely on the need for a support staff it is probably better to invest in a paid service with a team that can support your needs.
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    Online Training
    Criteo
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    I thought there was a little bit too much emphasis on AdWords stuff, not enough on the generic application of GTM.
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    Implementation Rating
    Criteo
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Planning and communication will help greatly with an in-house implementation. If there are large teams, try to limit the number of people involved to 1-2 developers (back-end dev may be necessary depending on your platform), one analytics marketer and one project manager.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Criteo
    Criteo Dynamic Retargeting brings different value and possibilities compared to the others. It is a great addition to Google Ads, if you are not doing well with Display Campaigns and/or if you cannot use Dynamic Remarketing on Google cause your products are not "physical". Compared to other Retargeting solutions, its CPC based model and Post click attribution make all the difference. Finally, the account support is great plus it will help you in all aspects or difficulties.
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    Google
    We moved to GTM from a standard Google Analytics implementation. GTM is much more flexible and easier to make changes, especially as the changes relate to multiple sites and environments. While there is a learning curve when figuring out how to use GTM, I believe the change has been worth it because it helps us understand at a more fundamental level how our tracking works and gives us a lot more control over what we track and how.
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    Return on Investment
    Criteo
    • More Impressions/Exposure - We wanted additional branding, and Criteo provided plenty of exposure to a relevant audience for us.
    • Benchmark for CPA - We tested several different retargeting providers, and Criteo provided a benchmark amount we should pay per CPA, when compared to other providers.
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    Google
    • GTM is very useful to determine if a particular element on the site is useful (i.e. is it being watched, is it being clicked, does it help customers navigate through more pages). As an SEO person, I can use this information to decide what to optimize for but also to track progress and see improvements in engagement.
    • With the use of Google Tag Manager, I was able to easily inject an A/B testing tool which lead to several improvements in lead generation.
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    ScreenShots

    Criteo Commerce Growth Screenshots

    Screenshot of where to select a campaign type.Screenshot of the interface to manage ad sets.Screenshot of where to choose display or video.Screenshot of where to configure a plan and run a forecast.Screenshot of the interface to create a custom report.Screenshot of Criteo powered audiences.