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    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

    The Trade Desk

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AThe Trade Desk is the eponymous flagship product from the company headquartered in Ventura California, a demand-side / data management hybrid platform (DSP / DMP).N/A
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    Criteo Commerce Max (Retail Media)The Trade Desk
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    Criteo Commerce Max (Retail Media)The Trade Desk
    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)The Trade Desk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Criteo Commerce Max (Retail Media)The Trade Desk
    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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    The Trade Desk
    After extensive research of DSP and DMP platforms in the market, our agency made the wise decision to license TTD's platform and develop a long-term partnership. TTD continues to innovate and offer cutting-edge media buying solutions, access to more audience data segments, and access to new and emerging media channels like CTV/OTT and digital-out-of-home. We couldn't be happier with TTD's technology and is one of the most advanced agency users of TTD is a key differentiator for our agency.
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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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    The Trade Desk
    • User engagement - Cookie matching provides better engagement and effectiveness
    • Reporting of campaigns - Great reporting on display advertising & platforms
    • Dashboard reporting - Scalable to global deployment & campaigns
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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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    The Trade Desk
    • Reporting platform leaves a lot to be desired. Requires a lot of trial/error to pull exactly what you need to drive optimizations/learnings.
    • The "stop"/"continue bidding" feature for sitelists, devices, player sizes, etc is awful. When you set something up specifically, you should not have the AUTOMATIC option to serve beyond those parameters.
    • Trafficking video (VAST/VPAID) tags requires a manual insertion of a click URL. Completely redundant ask and is not provided by advertisers as that URL lives within the ad tag. Should not require multiple actions traffic a video tag.
    • Creative approval process (manual) doesn't seem necessary and is not a part of peers' platforms. There is no "pause/deactivate" feature for creative, you remove them or adjust the end date.
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    Usability
    Criteo
    Intuitive and easy to use.
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    The Trade Desk
    easy to understand dashboards and the self started ability to get going on your own terms. It's great to target niche groups across the world while still being able to report at a high level to C-suite. Wish it drove more conversions, but display can be a struggle there. Overall, would use it again.
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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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    The Trade Desk
    We noted no issues with our limited interaction with support. The software operated just as expected and we found that we were able to navigate needs on our own. We understand that The Trade Desk offers excellent support, so we believe it will be a good resource to us in the future.
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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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    The Trade Desk
    The Trade Desk is a much better product than AppNexus. Even though both products showed promise awhile back, AppNexus stopped innovating and The Trade Desk became specialists on data, cross site tracking and CTV inventory thus having a better and more unique product that actually adds value to your advertising efforts.
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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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    The Trade Desk
    • The good thing about having an agency account is The Trade Desk lets you add your markups to the client billing.
    • We had a very positive response from clients regarding their perceived ROI on their ad spend through The Trade Desk.
    • We did not have many national clients, mostly local dealerships, so it was difficult for them to allocate a lot of funds to display advertising, even though the ROI yield was acceptable.
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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.