Google AdMob vs. Vungle

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google AdMob
Score 8.6 out of 10
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AdMob is a mobile advertising platform acquired by Google in 2010.N/A
Vungle
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Vungle headquartered in San Francisco offers their eponymous mobile in-app advertising technology platform.N/A
Pricing
Google AdMobVungle
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google AdMobVungle
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Google AdMobVungle
Small Businesses
Basis DSP
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Google AdMob
Google AdMob
Score 8.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Yahoo Native
Yahoo Native
Score 6.7 out of 10
Yahoo Native
Yahoo Native
Score 6.7 out of 10
Enterprises
Marin Software
Marin Software
Score 9.1 out of 10
Marin Software
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
Google AdMobVungle
Likelihood to Recommend
7.3
(9 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google AdMobVungle
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
Google AdMob is the best choice in my opinion for any developer or company looking for a reliable way to monetize their app traffic and generate revenue from relevant ads displayed inside their mobile app, and it can be easily integrated into any IOS or Android App.
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Vungle
Vungle works well for branding and performance as video is a high impact format that and that has good CTRs and CVRs. However, for advertisers without a lot of budget, Vungle may not be a good option as the CPMs on the exchange are very high. For branding there are alternatives that have a more developed product, where video can be targeted near content the user may like, like Teads.
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Pros
Google
  • Provides a complete ad verification system.
  • Integration with Google Analytics.
  • Transmission customization
  • Ad network mediation is a great feature to manage many ad networks at the same time.
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Vungle
  • You can work on a CPI basis on the network level.
  • Strong in the US. A lot of inventory there.
  • SSP integration very fast and good technical team.
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Cons
Google
  • AdMob bans people unnecessarily.
  • Earnings is significantly less if you use it as a small business owner.
  • Onboarding needs some major work in my opinion.
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Vungle
  • Product development. They have not evolved their product significantly still offering the same videos they had 3 years ago.
  • Slow to respond to product questions.
  • Not enough scale on APAC GEOS.
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Usability
Google
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Vungle
I would say is a standard video SSP. The reporting dashboard is well designed and easy to use and throttling options are standard. They seem to be confident about their inventory and they don't really evolve their product and add new betas or create audiences or do anything out of the ordinary.
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Support Rating
Google
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Vungle
Their support team is a bit slow. You have to re-send your email questions constantly because the first email never gets a reply. Their core business is still the ad network which does not involve a lot of human interaction so they are still working on how to evolve their account management team to be an exchange.
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Alternatives Considered
Google
No special reason for choosing Google AdMob. Out point is easy to gain appropriate knowledge from youtube.com and people who work with us. We won't have another similar application so far. However, we feel it works well and makes us happy because of easy function and experience. So I recommend this if we need to apply this for our company activity.
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Vungle
Vungle stands out as the only video only exchange. It is their main selling point and they have carved out a nice niche that differentiates them from the rest of SSPs. Their main competition, in my opinion, is Teads, which has focused the product more towards branding in order to monetize better for its publishers by getting higher bids.
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Return on Investment
Google
  • AdMob advertising is maybe the main or second main source of revenue for our company.
  • Having said that AdMob can improve in many aspects.
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Vungle
  • We have gotten good CPAs, but we have had to bid high CPMs.
  • They were reluctant to do a rebate deal, which is something standard once you hit a certain volume of spend, which worsened ROI.
  • No buy sides fees, which is a big plus for profitability.
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