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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Data Axle Genie

    Score2 out of 10
    N/AData Axle Genie (formerly Salesgenie) is a sales intelligence software solution offered by Infogroup.

    $99

    per month

    Google Ads

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Ads (formerly AdWords) is Google's pay-per-click online advertising program. With Google Ads users set their budget and choose where their ads appear in search listings, and on partner websites. Google Ads uses cost-per-click (CPC) bidding.

    $500

    in Ads credit in the first 60 days

    Pricing
    Data Axle GenieGoogle Ads
    Editions & Modules
    Professional - Consumers
    $99
    per month
    Professional - Businesses
    $149.00
    per month
    360 Marketing - Consumers
    $149
    per month
    360 Marketing - Businesses
    $199.00
    per month
    Professional - Businesses & Consumers
    $199
    per month
    Team - Consumers
    $249
    per month
    360 Marketing - Businesses & Consumers
    $249
    per month
    Team - Businesses
    $299.00
    per month
    Team - Businesses & Consumers
    $349
    per month
    Offer A
    $500
    in Ads credit in the first 60 days
    Offer B
    $1500
    in Ads credit in the first 60 days
    Offer C
    $3000
    in Ads credit in the first 60 days
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Data Axle GenieGoogle Ads
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscounts available for annual pricing.—
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    Community Pulse
    Data Axle GenieGoogle Ads
    Considered Both Products
    Data Axle
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    Google
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    81%
    Would buy again
    42 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    76%
    Delivers good value for the price
    37 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    79%
    Happy with the feature set
    41 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    69%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    34 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    70%
    Implementation went as expected
    35 Answers
    Features
    Data Axle GenieGoogle Ads
    Prospecting
    Comparison of Prospecting features of Data Axle Genie and Google Ads
    Feature
    Data Axle Genie
    6.2
    6 Ratings
    22% below category average
    Google Ads
    -
    Ratings
    Advanced search6.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Identification of new leads8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    List quality9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    List upload/download7.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ideal customer targeting5.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Load time/data access2.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Data Standards
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Data Axle Genie and Google Ads
    Feature
    Data Axle Genie
    7.0
    6 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Google Ads
    -
    Ratings
    Contact information7.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company information7.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Industry information7.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
    Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Data Axle Genie and Google Ads
    Feature
    Data Axle Genie
    4.7
    6 Ratings
    45% below category average
    Google Ads
    -
    Ratings
    Lead qualification process4.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Smart lists and recommendations3.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salesforce integration1.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company/business profiles7.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Alerts and reminders7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data hygiene6.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic data refresh7.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tags1.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Filters and segmentation6.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Intelligence Email Features
    Comparison of Sales Intelligence Email Features features of Data Axle Genie and Google Ads
    Feature
    Data Axle Genie
    1.0
    4 Ratings
    153% below category average
    Google Ads
    -
    Ratings
    Sales email templates1.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Append emails to records1.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Data Axle Genie and Google Ads
    Feature
    Data Axle Genie
    -
    Ratings
    Google Ads
    7.3
    11 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Ad campaign creation00 Ratings7.911 Ratings
    Ad deployment00 Ratings7.510 Ratings
    Display advertising00 Ratings7.410 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation00 Ratings7.511 Ratings
    Sequence targeting00 Ratings6.910 Ratings
    Contextual advertising00 Ratings7.210 Ratings
    Social advertising00 Ratings6.35 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Data Axle Genie and Google Ads
    Feature
    Data Axle Genie
    -
    Ratings
    Google Ads
    7.3
    11 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Ad dashboards00 Ratings7.511 Ratings
    Ad performance reports00 Ratings7.911 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking00 Ratings7.311 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting00 Ratings7.211 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization00 Ratings6.911 Ratings
    Ad Auctions
    Comparison of Ad Auctions features of Data Axle Genie and Google Ads
    Feature
    Data Axle Genie
    -
    Ratings
    Google Ads
    7.9
    10 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Ad bidding00 Ratings7.910 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Data Axle GenieGoogle Ads
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (6 ratings)
    8.7
    (126 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.6
    (21 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (17 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Data Axle GenieGoogle Ads
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Data Axle
    If you are looking to enrich your existing database, Data Axel Genie isn't the easiest tool to use. I do like how the contacts are verified, however, you have to pay PER contact if you are enriching, and if you merged existing infrastructures, it's not as easy to clean out your database. And it is very costly for this company.
    Incentivized
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    Google
    Google Ads is a useful advertising tool to build brand exposure and generate lead volumes for your chosen product. Whilst it can be costly at times due to competitor bidding strategies and requires constant monitoring to ensure campaigns perform as expected, it typically provides the desired quality and quantity of leads for custom budgets.
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    Pros
    Data Axle
    • I liked the organization of the database it was easy to maneuver.
    • Search was fairly easy to maintain.
    • If you want to create a list of leads this will work. However, it is primarily for consumer leads not B2B.
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    Google
    • Automated targeting via Smart Shopping campaign. It's one of the best campaign types in Google Ads. In the beginning, you may see lower revenue and ROAS, but once you give some meaningful time to your campaign, it is most likely to perform well.
    • Smart bidding strategies: Google Ads has developed some really great bidding strategies such as maximizing conversion and maximizing conversion with ROAS settings. Based on one's requirement and their goal with revenue and target ROAS, they can choose the appropriate bidding strategy.
    • Reporting: A business owner and advertising must know about their audiences, how their campaigns have been performing, what's working and what's not, and for that reason, powerful, effective reporting is needed, and Google Ads provides rich details reporting that covers almost every aspect of a business.
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    Cons
    Data Axle
    • We have a very specific industry and sometimes drilling down to these leads can be challenging. But with customer service, they have solved this for us.
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    Google
    • If you don't know what you're doing, it will be a costly mistake. You need to target ads, and it is difficult the first time to do that.
    • There isn't a feature to run an add for a couple set date spans, just hours you want to run them or a single date span.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Data Axle
    It was good when we had it but there definitely more softwares out there that provide more information, more current contact info and are much more user friendly
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    Google
    I think Google Ads is good for getting your company out there and becoming more visible to potential customers in general. However, for specific product launches, social media advertising might be a better fit. Also, our user base is younger so social media is a better channel for our target audience.
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    Usability
    Data Axle
    Easy to use and great customer service.
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    Google
    This is more of a subjective rating, because I think it can be increased with how much our ad spend is. The more of an ad spend, the more visibility we can get, and therefore all features can climb. With an overall larger presence the usability is that where we can get messages out quick, and that's the main thing we try to do with our campaigns.
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    Support Rating
    Data Axle
    Spot on and always available.
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    Google
    We have not yet had an account rep who hasn't tried to bully me or other employees to raise our budgets. At the same time, several years ago, one attempted to help refine our ads and ended up changing the ads to be something we were not affiliated with
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    Online Training
    Data Axle
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Daily use with advanced account structures. Familiarity with reporting/api and complex setups.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Data Axle
    Salesgenie seemed more intuitive and knowledgeable account manager that handled my account. He quickly assisted my company needs and made recommendations based on the information I provided him
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    Google
    Our agency invests heavily in Google Ads (particularly paid search advertising) on behalf of our clients relative to competitors like Microsoft and Yahoo because Google is the top search engine in the world. Google collects the most search data which enables the company to improve its AI to drive better performance for agencies and brands. As such, our paid search and app install campaigns always start with Google. If a client has a large budget, we will allocate media dollars to other search engines, but in some cases, the entire search budget goes to Google because we see the best returns.
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    Return on Investment
    Data Axle
    • Positive, I was able to generate about three more proposals a week
    • Positive nice organization to establish a call list
    • Nice structure, great way to target hot or cold leads. Great way to get your feet wet
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    Google
    • Google Ads is often one of our highest ROI channels, especially when you factor in branded ads.
    • Depending on the stage your business is in, search ads can be really powerful from an ROI perspective, providing an investment with a very high spend cap.
    • If you do not manage the campaigns well though, you can quickly spend a lot of money on nothing. So make sure someone is keeping an eye on your account.
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