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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Ad Manager

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Ad Manager is a platform for publishers that combines the former DoubleClick for Publishers and DoubleClick Ad Exchange products.N/A

    OpenText Magellan

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AOpenText Magellan Analytics Suite leverages a comprehensive set of data analytics software to identify patterns, relationships and trends through data visualizations and interactive dashboards.N/A
    Pricing
    Google Ad ManagerOpenText Magellan
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google Ad ManagerOpenText Magellan
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Google Ad ManagerOpenText Magellan
    Considered Both Products
    Google
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    OpenText
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    75%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Google Ad ManagerOpenText Magellan
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Google Ad Manager and OpenText Magellan
    Feature
    Google Ad Manager
    7.8
    28 Ratings
    6% above category average
    OpenText Magellan
    -
    Ratings
    Data Transfer7.528 Ratings00 Ratings
    DSP integration8.122 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Google Ad Manager and OpenText Magellan
    Feature
    Google Ad Manager
    7.4
    40 Ratings
    6% below category average
    OpenText Magellan
    -
    Ratings
    Ad campaign creation7.640 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad deployment7.040 Ratings00 Ratings
    Display advertising7.639 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation7.238 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sequence targeting7.528 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Google Ad Manager and OpenText Magellan
    Feature
    Google Ad Manager
    6.7
    39 Ratings
    15% below category average
    OpenText Magellan
    -
    Ratings
    Ad dashboards6.537 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad performance reports7.439 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking6.738 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting6.834 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management7.029 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization5.734 Ratings00 Ratings
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Google Ad Manager and OpenText Magellan
    Feature
    Google Ad Manager
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText Magellan
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Google Ad Manager and OpenText Magellan
    Feature
    Google Ad Manager
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText Magellan
    8.3
    3 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Google Ad Manager and OpenText Magellan
    Feature
    Google Ad Manager
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText Magellan
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Google Ad Manager and OpenText Magellan
    Feature
    Google Ad Manager
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText Magellan
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Google Ad Manager and OpenText Magellan
    Feature
    Google Ad Manager
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText Magellan
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Google Ad Manager and OpenText Magellan
    Feature
    Google Ad Manager
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText Magellan
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Google Ad Manager and OpenText Magellan
    Feature
    Google Ad Manager
    -
    Ratings
    OpenText Magellan
    6.2
    1 Ratings
    22% below category average
    REST API00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
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    Score8 out of 10
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    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score8 out of 10
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    Score7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google Ad ManagerOpenText Magellan
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (40 ratings)
    9.0
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    3.9
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    6.8
    (8 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google Ad ManagerOpenText Magellan
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    I like that I can see several clients in one place, which can be convenient. However, the UX could be a lot better as outlined previously. In other words, the benefits of combining clients into the Ad Manager don't seem to be much more beneficial than logging into each client's ad account separately
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
    If you do not have a large budget and are a large organization, I would steer clear of Actuate. If you are looking to do very complex washboarding, I would not use them. Your developers have to be very skilled to work with this. Plan to bring in consultants if necessary to help your process. Adhoc reporting is weak. If your pricing is user based and you expand, this could be very expensive.
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    Pros
    Google
    • The obvious is the data - Google Ads Manager gives me essential and even critical data about which jobs and industries are hot right now and what is driving the most response.
    • Google Ad Manager gives us more control over the search engine results page as we get more visibility and real estate on our branded search terms and job/industry-specific search terms.
    • Google Ad Manager gives us the chance to compete with major national players in job recruitment, Monster, Indeed, LinkedIn, etc.
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
    • The report outputs can vary across different types such as HTML, PDF, and Excel
    • Their open source offering is very sufficient
    • There are great boards and blogs for developers and engineers to expand and use their features.
    • The people from the company that I've worked with are professional and courteous.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Google
    • Support. Not that they don't call or offer help, it's that our account people are bullies. I tell them I don't have time, so I am insulted and told that I need to get in front of the laptop otherwise I have "failed the company." I have never had a situation where I wasn't bullied by our Ad reps. They don't respect or value our time, which can make their calls frustrating.
    • Too quick on support. They don't take the time to understand the product. We are a preschool which shares a name with a popular motorcycle. An Ad rep insisted he knew the company so well that he could help me within five minutes. After being interrupted frequently, I just let him continue to tell me how I "could increase awareness of our aerodynamic seat design by creating ads with those keywords..."
    • Better management of trademark keywords and program awareness. We switched over to a new site, the domain changed for about ten seconds. All of our ads were unapproved and put on pause. The email stated it would be fixed very quickly, but I had to go in for the last 3 days to reactivate each one individually.
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    OpenText
    • The documentation on all the available features, but most importantly on the scripting side, can be improved
    • The standard look & feel of some basic options, like parameter selection or sorting and filtering, looks dated and can't be customized
    • The server portal needs to provide better tools
    • More integration is needed with other OpenText products
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Google
    I think it's useful for our team and we rely on it to improve our business. It is within our budget also. Although we still will need an approval from the upper-level management team, I don't see any problem with that
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
    I am no longer working for the company that was using Actuate but I believe they would continue to use it because the stitching costs would be to high. It would require a complete rewrite of the reports and the never version of Actuate (BIRT) even required an almost complete report rewrite
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Google
    While most of Google Ad Manager is user-friendly, certain parts of the ad creation process could use some improvements. Specifically, the way you insert keywords can be clunky and time-consuming, and I would like to see better and more keyword suggestions when designing a campaign.
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
    It is quite intuitive to use. It is fit specifically for doing sentiment, emotion, and intention analysis as well as text classification and text summarization. I would have given 10 if it is fit for the purpose of doing image processing and analysis as well. There is a huge market to analyze video and image data.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Google
    I could say a lot about this topic. As an agency, we get a new [representative] to talk to almost every quarter to go over select accounts and the campaigns within. Most of the time, these [educated representatives], don't provide any new feedback, or I just simply [disagree] with their approach. This is not all the time however. I have learned a lot from a rare few, [individuals] that have given me new strategies and access to betas early on. The other side of support, is the [overseas support platform]. [It] is usually not very helpful, but you can [emphasize] issues and they can research [them]. The Google Tag Implementation team is pristine though. When you need them, you need to set an appointment, which is usually 2 weeks out; they are so over-my-head intelligent, I've never had a bad experience with them and whenever I needed them for a fix, they solved it [within] the first call.
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    OpenText
    Always there on the front and backend for us and the client.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    As I've said in prior comments, I like how the Google Ad Manager makes better use of the Google data and results compared to the others. Yes, I've tried them - I used to evaluate software for a former company. They will all do the job I didn't like their usage as much as I preferred the Google information - and I said even that had flaws - so you have to realize that nothing is completely perfect so far.
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
    It is vastly superior to these in many ways, for complex reporting it is a much more sophisticated solution. Visualizations are very good. Javascript extensibility is very powerful, others don't support this or as well. Pentaho and MS are both OLAP oriented. Pentaho is moving more toward big data, which was not our primary focus. Others are stuck in the Crystal Reports Band metaphor.
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    Return on Investment
    Google
    • I was able to work well with my budgets - mainly because of the reports.
    • I saw a great spike in the way my ad traffic increased.
    • It was a very easy way to work with Google Ad Manager than connecting other platforms with less compatibility - Less investment.
    Incentivized
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    OpenText
    • Actuate can handle 50 to 60 sub reports inside a report very well.
    • Dynamically creating the datasource, chart, graph, reports are the main advantages. We can do any level of drilling, and can create a performance matrix dashboard efficiently.
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    ScreenShots

    OpenText Magellan Screenshots

    Screenshot of A Magellan BI & Reporting dashboard that an individual can interact with and personalize to their needs, such as changing chart types or computations.Screenshot of Magellan Data Discovery provides a Smart User Interface, designed to equip new users and users seeking a more streamlined set of features for insightsScreenshot of Magellan Data Discovery provides an Advanced User Interface that allows data analytics pros to leverage its breadth of sophisticated capabilities for insightsScreenshot of Magellan Text Mining insights can be displayed within easy-to-use dashboards.Screenshot of Data scientists can create visualizations within the Magellan Notebook and see it dynamically update as they write changes to it.