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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Ads

    Score8.3 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

    Outbrain

    Score5 out of 10
    N/AOutbrain, headquartered in New York with offices globally, is an internationally known native advertising platform for curating and publishing content across a variety of channels and media spaces, containing editorial controls, analytics for judging impact, and related features.N/A

    Scalenut

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AScalenut automates the SEO content lifecycle, reducing the need for manual effort and driving organic traffic with AI-powered tools for content strategy to creation, as well as optimization and analysis. Keyword Planner: Used to build authority in a niche, and to find the keyword clusters with performance data targeted as part of a content pillar strategy. SEO Research: Insights from top-ranking articles, with competitive content analysis,…

    $49

    per month

    Pricing
    Google AdsOutbrainScalenut
    Editions & Modules
    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
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    Essential
    $49
    per month
    Growth
    $79
    per month
    Pro
    $149
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google AdsOutbrainScalenut
    Free Trial
    NoNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    Google AdsOutbrainScalenut
    Considered Multiple Products
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    Outbrain
    Chose Outbrain
    When we're recommending a Native campaign, Outbrain is our platform of choice. Taboola is pretty comparable, but the setup with Outbrain is a little easier, difficult to comment on the quality of traffic they drive, but know that Outbrain is acceptable. Yahoo Gemini does a few …
    Incentivized
    Chose Outbrain
    outbrain and Taboola both offer similar services. Outbrain had a larger network of quality sites where higher quality backend users were expected.
    Incentivized
    Chose Outbrain
    Outbrain's reporting is not as robust as Taboola's. I have also seen better conversion results through Taboola. Though I believe it depends on the vertical you are advertising for.
    Incentivized
    Scalenut
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    81%
    Would buy again
    42 Answers
    88%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    76%
    Delivers good value for the price
    37 Answers
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    79%
    Happy with the feature set
    41 Answers
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    69%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    34 Answers
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    70%
    Implementation went as expected
    35 Answers
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Google AdsOutbrainScalenut
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Google Ads and Outbrain and Scalenut
    Feature
    Google Ads
    7.2
    11 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Outbrain
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    Scalenut
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    Ad campaign creation7.911 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad deployment7.510 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Display advertising7.410 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation7.511 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sequence targeting6.810 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contextual advertising7.210 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social advertising6.25 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Google Ads and Outbrain and Scalenut
    Feature
    Google Ads
    7.3
    11 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Outbrain
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    Scalenut
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    Ad dashboards7.411 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad performance reports7.911 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking7.311 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting7.211 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization6.811 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Auctions
    Comparison of Ad Auctions features of Google Ads and Outbrain and Scalenut
    Feature
    Google Ads
    7.9
    10 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Outbrain
    -
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    Ad bidding7.910 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO
    Comparison of SEO features of Google Ads and Outbrain and Scalenut
    Feature
    Google Ads
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    Outbrain
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    Scalenut
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Keyword analysis00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Competitive analysis00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Site recommendations00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Task management00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    SEO Channels
    Comparison of SEO Channels features of Google Ads and Outbrain and Scalenut
    Feature
    Google Ads
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    Outbrain
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    Scalenut
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Local SEO00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Mobile SEO00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    SEO Platform & Account Management
    Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Google Ads and Outbrain and Scalenut
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    Google Ads
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    Outbrain
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    Scalenut
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Multi-domain support00 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Google AdsOutbrainScalenut
    Small Businesses
    WordStream
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Amazon Advertising Sponsored Products
    Score5.5 out of 10
    Serpstat
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    WordStream
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Amazon Advertising Sponsored Products
    Score5.5 out of 10
    Yoast
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    AdSense
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Google Trends
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google AdsOutbrainScalenut
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (126 ratings)
    1.5
    (17 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.6
    (21 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (17 ratings)
    7.8
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    7.5
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Google AdsOutbrainScalenut
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Outbrain
    If your client or organization is running a high volume awareness campaign, Outbrain would be a platform to diversify your mix with. Pretty low maintenance and easy to set up, you can get ads running in a few minutes. If your primary goal is conversions, there are probably better channels you can use where the targeting is a little more transparent and would likely see a higher avg conversion rate.
    Incentivized
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    Scalenut
    Scalenut is a tool that helps you create your content, using AI that saves you time, and you can focus on creating content that will help you grow your business. It offers a wide range of content writing services. Some of them include Blog / Article writing.EbookWeb content.Case studiesEmail writing.
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    Pros
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Outbrain
    • Website network: Outbrain provides high-quality websites in its network so that you can get a quality audience.
    • Affordable pricing: The CPC offered by Outbrain is relatively cheaper than other alternatives.
    • Content dashboard: The dashboard allows you to edit the content before publishing it on Outbrain's platform.
    Incentivized
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    Scalenut
    • It is a simple and easy to use tool that produces high quality Blog content.
    • The blog posts are written by an automated system.
    • It is content that can be easily published on my blog or website.
    • It's a great tool for creating social media content for Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and LinkedIn.
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    Cons
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Outbrain
    • Customer Service - Speaking to a human is nearly impossible, there is no "chat" function, and no phone number immediately available. Ultimately, I've had to email a generic CS contact and wait several days before heading back.
    • High Number of Guidelines - The number of guidelines one must meet before using Outbrain is much higher than any other ad platform I've used. Most of them are highly specific and not necessarily items that a website would have out-of-the-box.
    Incentivized
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    Scalenut
    • Does not offer WordPress integration.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Outbrain
    No answers on this topic
    Scalenut
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    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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    Outbrain
    The use case is very obvious, brand awareness and low cost conversions because of its reach in billions. The platform is easy to use, well sorted and defined with good click optimized algorithms and brands can use it without hesitation. If monitored well and optimized accordingly, this can prove to be one of the best advertising channels.
    Incentivized
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    Scalenut
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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
    Incentivized
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    Outbrain
    We had an account manager assigned to us, but they really didn't offer too much help outside of the financial side of things. We used the self-serve platform with mild suggestions every few weeks from our reps amounting to "spend a bit more here."
    Incentivized
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    Scalenut
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Google
    Daily use with advanced account structures. Familiarity with reporting/api and complex setups.
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    Outbrain
    No answers on this topic
    Scalenut
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Outbrain
    Here at AdRizer my personal ad sources primarily revolve around Google Ads & Outbrain. Taboola is extremely similar to Outbrain minus the fact that strategies are dictated on the account level unlike by campaign with Outbrain
    Incentivized
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    Scalenut
    These software fuels your creativity and helps generate valuable content for any need.
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    Return on Investment
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Outbrain
    • None. My perspective is that further testing is needed as well as additional tracking capabilities applied to be able to assess value. However, it's a CPC model and relatively inexpensive in regards to additional reach, especially if it's packaged in with an Earned media push into the marketplace.
    Incentivized
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    Scalenut
    • Scalenut is a tool that helps you create your content, using AI that saves you time, and you can focus on creating content that will help you grow your business.
    • Scalenut provides a simple and scalable way to produce content adaptable to our business goals.
    • It is simple and easy to use that produces high quality content.
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    ScreenShots

    Scalenut Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Keyword Planner, an AI-powered content strategistScreenshot of the blog workflow used to create SEO content in under 5 minutesScreenshot of how to make content ready for search enginesScreenshot of the interface to identify refresh opportunities and optimize webpages in a click.Screenshot of an example of content produced to convert, driving success and engaging the audience.Screenshot of some insights on how pages and keywords perform on search engines.