Criteo vs. Kevel

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Criteo
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Criteo Commerce Growth (formerly Criteo Marketing Solutions) helps users to achieve customer acquisition and retention objectives with simple yet powerful automated advertising for the open internet. It features an open commerce dataset to target continuously refreshed, high-intent audiences. The user's first-party datais enriched with commerce data from 22k advertisers & thousands of publishers to up-level how to engage existing customers. The solution enables users to…
$1
per month
Kevel
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Kevel's (formerly Adzerk) APIs is designed to make it easy for engineers and PMs to build their own server-side, fully-customized ad server. E-retailers and user communities can use Kevel to build ad servers to promote anything from native ads to internal content to sponsored listings (where vendors and sellers pay for their organic listing to be promoted in search and browsing results). According to the vendor, engineers reliably see a significant reduction in dev time using Kevel’s APIs…N/A
Pricing
CriteoKevel
Editions & Modules
Basic
$1
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CriteoKevel
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPricing is based on a CPC model and is dependent on traffic generated to a sitePricing is customized based on feature needs, support needs, and monthly request volume.
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Features
CriteoKevel
Ad Network Integration
Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Product A and Product B
Criteo
-
Ratings
Kevel
10.0
1 Ratings
30% above category average
DSP integration00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Ad Campaigns
Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Product A and Product B
Criteo
-
Ratings
Kevel
10.0
1 Ratings
25% above category average
Ad campaign creation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Ad deployment00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Display advertising00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Ad display and retargeting segmentation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Ad Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Criteo
-
Ratings
Kevel
9.2
1 Ratings
17% above category average
Ad dashboards00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Ad performance reports00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Ad conversion tracking00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Ad attribution reporting00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Cross-channel ad management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Best Alternatives
CriteoKevel
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Google Ad Manager
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Score 8.6 out of 10
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The Trade Desk
The Trade Desk
Score 8.1 out of 10
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Adobe Advertising Cloud
Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
CriteoKevel
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(58 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(12 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.6
(12 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
CriteoKevel
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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Kevel
For ad serving, implementing client-side header bidding with prebid was actually easier with Kevel than it is with Google Ad Manager in most cases, particularly for display advertising. I found though that with more complex integrations (like video), there were more solutions and code snippets available with other larger ad servers (Google).
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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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Kevel
  • More personable team that can address customizations needed to the product.
  • Easy to use interface.
  • Frequent product updates with notifications via email.
  • Well documented API.
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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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Kevel
  • User interface could be faster to load.
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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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Kevel
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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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Kevel
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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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Kevel
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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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Kevel
Kevel was an easier initial implementation for header bidding with prebid. The team worked alongside us to make sure everything was operating as intended. We ultimately switched to Ads Manager to access AdX demand and other features that were not possible with Kevel (for instance, EBDA). There are benefits to both but I appreciated the attention we got from Kevel support when we were first working through the implementation. We are still using Kevel for many things, just not as our primary display advertising ad server.
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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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Kevel
  • Kevel enabled us to get up and running with client side header bidding when our team was still small and the technology was still new. This improved our ability to monetize our inventory.
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ScreenShots

Criteo Screenshots

Screenshot of CriteoDynamic Retargeting banner

Kevel Screenshots

Screenshot of Adzerk homepageScreenshot of Decision API JSON exampleScreenshot of Management API example