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Criteo Commerce Max (Retail Media) vs. Perfect Audience (discontinued)

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Perfect Audience (discontinued)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/APerfect Audience was a retargeting solution for X.com (Twitter), and part of Marin Software. The service is no longer available.N/A
    Pricing
    Criteo Commerce Max (Retail Media)Perfect Audience (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Criteo Commerce Max (Retail Media)Perfect Audience (discontinued)
    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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    Features
    Criteo Commerce Max (Retail Media)Perfect Audience (discontinued)
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Criteo Commerce Max (Retail Media) and Perfect Audience (discontinued)
    Feature
    Criteo Commerce Max (Retail Media)
    -
    Ratings
    Perfect Audience (discontinued)
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Data Transfer00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    DSP integration00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Criteo Commerce Max (Retail Media) and Perfect Audience (discontinued)
    Feature
    Criteo Commerce Max (Retail Media)
    -
    Ratings
    Perfect Audience (discontinued)
    8.4
    1 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Ad campaign creation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ad deployment00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Display advertising00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Sequence targeting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Criteo Commerce Max (Retail Media) and Perfect Audience (discontinued)
    Feature
    Criteo Commerce Max (Retail Media)
    -
    Ratings
    Perfect Audience (discontinued)
    8.3
    1 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Ad dashboards00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ad performance reports00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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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
    Criteo Commerce Max (Retail Media)Perfect Audience (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Criteo Commerce Max (Retail Media)Perfect Audience (discontinued)
    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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    I would recommend Perfect Audience to anyone who wants to use a 3rd party to scale up. I find the audience builder pretty terrible in Google AdWords so I was looking for something a bit easier to use and this fit the bill easily.
    Incentivized
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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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    Discontinued Products
    • Great to up your inbound marketing game
    • The bulk uploading feature is great and makes it easy to upload numerous ad campaigns
    • Can customize each ad easily
    Incentivized
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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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    Discontinued Products
    • Constantly left Googling how to do things because the system is sometimes confusing
    • Weak native reporting
    • Landing page editor needs work
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Criteo
    Intuitive and easy to use.
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    Discontinued Products
    The bulk uploading feature is certainly my preferred feature of Perfect Audience. This tool has made creating new ad campaigns quick and easy. I used to have to upload facebook then Instagram then another social media page and instead I upload everything all at once and it certainly makes it easier for all of us.
    Incentivized
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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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    Discontinued Products
    The support team could be a little more useful. After our implementation calls and getting everything setup, we did feel that they were not as responsive and I did find myself googling solutions to things that the support team could have helped us with.
    Incentivized
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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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    Discontinued Products
    I have used Google Ads which has a difficult interface to use as well as Ad Roll. Perfect Audience beats them both in functionality and usability.
    Incentivized
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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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    Discontinued Products
    • The convenience of Perfect Audience has made things smoother for us. This convenience means less time spent managing ads and more time focusing on running our business.
    • Re-marketing features have been superior to AdWords.
    Incentivized
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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.