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Criteo Commerce Max (Retail Media) vs. MatchCraft AdVantage

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    Criteo Commerce Max (Retail Media)

    Score6.7 out of 10
    N/ACriteo’s Commerce Max enables brands and agencies to plan, activate, and measure cross-channel retail media campaigns across 200+ global retailers.N/A

    MatchCraft

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AMatchCraft Advantage is a search engine marketing (SEM) platform for managing many paid advertising campaigns at once, ideally for agencies managing campaigns for a number of small to midsize businesses with their local marketing efforts. To that end it automates many elements of running Google Adwords and Bing Ads campaigns and offers bidding suggestions via Matchcraft's proprietary algorithms. AdVantage Display is a built in set of tools for targeted display ads, and AdVantage Remarketing…N/A
    Pricing
    Criteo Commerce Max (Retail Media)MatchCraft
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    Criteo Commerce Max (Retail Media)MatchCraft
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAdvertisers pay on a cost-per-click (CPC) or cost-per-mille (CPM) basis depending on campaign type. Advertisers pay a platform fee to Criteo that is a percentage of the media cost.—
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    User Ratings
    Criteo Commerce Max (Retail Media)MatchCraft
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Criteo Commerce Max (Retail Media)MatchCraft
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Criteo
    Well suited--customizable enough to go to market efficiently and quickly. Not well suited--Plug-in multiple demand sources, improved targeting integrations with first-party data.
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    Matchcraft
    If you have multiple campaigns running at the same time, you need your campaign setups to be quick and easy, or you have multiple users managing campaigns, then MatchCraft Advantage is right for you. It also performs well with both small and large budgets. If you want to do re-targeting but don't want/know how to implement the tag, MatchCraft has built-in features for that. However if you want to run video campaigns and campaigns in specific mobile apps, then for now MatchCraft will not work for you
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    Pros
    Criteo
    • Intuitive dashboards and reporting
    • Custom templates for display media
    • Flexibility in terms of setting guardrails for targeting
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    Matchcraft
    • Automated bid adjustments for PPC campaigns. Manual bid strategies can be tedious to manage. MatchCraft's bidding system helps improve click throughs while keeping the click costs pretty low.
    • The report generation features of the platform MatchCraft platform are easy to use and provide actionable data from campaigns. PDF reports require only a few clicks and there is also an interactive dashboard that gives all the key metrics in a graphical format. Both features are customizable.
    • User management is a breeze in the MatchCraft platform. You can add, edit, activate, deactivate, and change the permissions as needed.
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    Cons
    Criteo
    • Exportable insights at a brand, page, and placement level
    • Segmentation API service to better manage first-party data
    • Opportunity for non-custom implementation to allow for scalable solutions, such as programmatic backfill
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    Matchcraft
    • Not all Google/Bing features are available through the MatchCraft platform. Since they are limited to what is available in the API some features like video campaign management and specific app targeting are missing.
    • Customized report scheduling is not yet available for each campaign and the automated reports can only be sent to one email address. Additional recipients have to be sent their's manually.
    • Reports can take a little time to be generated. Not more than 1 minute but it can slow you down if you have multiple reports to send.
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    Usability
    Criteo
    Intuitive and easy to use.
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    Matchcraft
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    Support Rating
    Criteo
    Retail Media by Criteo's support at the start (with ERMS and Hooklogic) was pretty poor, with support SLAs exceeding 72 hours. This has changed over time to having a dedicated team--therefore the 7 rating and not 8.
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    Matchcraft
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    Alternatives Considered
    Criteo
    Cost of integration is low with Retail Media by Criteo, and Criteo's network of sponsored products is strong.
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    Matchcraft
    The interface on MatchCraft is much easier to get started with than the native PPC provider interfaces. MatchCraft finds ways of maximizing ROI within current spend target rather than recommending 'increased budget' as the fix for all issues. the reporting dashboard is also easier to use and report generation takes only a few clicks. The main downside is that MatchCraft is limited to what the PPC providers allow through the APIs
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    Return on Investment
    Criteo
    • Increased net revenue
    • Increased profit
    • CTR is unchanged (but this can be improved with better opportunities for targeting)
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    Matchcraft
    • It has allowed the company to handle a higher volume of campaigns at the same time.
    • Click costs have been reduced across almost all campaigns while click rates have increased.
    • Budget management (under/overspending) has been improved.
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    ScreenShots

    Criteo Commerce Max (Retail Media) Screenshots

    Screenshot of the landing page users see after logging in showing high level metrics for their sponsored product, onsite display/video, and offsite campaigns in one place.Screenshot of where users can build onsite (sponsored products, onsite display/video) or offsite campaigns through Commerce Max.Screenshot of the interface that allows users to customize the audiences through the inclusion or exclusion of different audience segments.Screenshot of the insights and analytics homepage where users can dive deeper into campaign metrics, with reporting.Screenshot of part of the audience builder where users can segment users into different groups based on actions they’ve taken.Screenshot of sponsored products, where Criteo offers a multi-retailer setup, allowing users to create line items across all retailers where their products are sold.