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    Overview
    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

    Pinpointe On-Demand

    Score9.1 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Pinpointe On-Demand is an email marketing platform best suited to medium-sized businesses and agencies. Pricing starts at $36 / month for 5,000 email. Pinpointe also offers plans based on number of active subscribers.

    $74

    Contacts, Email Volume

    Pricing
    Google AdsPinpointe On-Demand
    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
    Standard Edition
    $74+
    Contacts, Email Volume
    Enterprise Edition
    $390+
    Per User; Email Volume
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google AdsPinpointe On-Demand
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Google AdsPinpointe On-Demand
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    Pinpointe On-Demand
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    81%
    Would buy again
    42 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    76%
    Delivers good value for the price
    37 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    79%
    Happy with the feature set
    41 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    69%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    34 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    70%
    Implementation went as expected
    35 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Google AdsPinpointe On-Demand
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Google Ads and Pinpointe On-Demand
    Feature
    Google Ads
    7.2
    11 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Pinpointe On-Demand
    -
    Ratings
    Ad campaign creation7.911 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad deployment7.510 Ratings00 Ratings
    Display advertising7.410 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation7.511 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sequence targeting6.810 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contextual advertising7.210 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social advertising6.35 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Google Ads and Pinpointe On-Demand
    Feature
    Google Ads
    7.3
    11 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Pinpointe On-Demand
    -
    Ratings
    Ad dashboards7.511 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad performance reports7.911 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking7.311 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting7.211 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization6.911 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Auctions
    Comparison of Ad Auctions features of Google Ads and Pinpointe On-Demand
    Feature
    Google Ads
    7.9
    10 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Pinpointe On-Demand
    -
    Ratings
    Ad bidding7.910 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Google Ads and Pinpointe On-Demand
    Feature
    Google Ads
    -
    Ratings
    Pinpointe On-Demand
    9.0
    7 Ratings
    11% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings9.17 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings9.16 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings9.16 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings8.53 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings9.16 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings9.17 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings9.17 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings9.17 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings9.14 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Google Ads and Pinpointe On-Demand
    Feature
    Google Ads
    -
    Ratings
    Pinpointe On-Demand
    9.3
    7 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings9.17 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings9.17 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings9.66 Ratings
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    WordStream
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Mad Mimi
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    WordStream
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Campaign Monitor by Marigold
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    Emma by Marigold
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google AdsPinpointe On-Demand
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (126 ratings)
    9.1
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.6
    (21 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (17 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google AdsPinpointe On-Demand
    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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    Pinpointe On-Demand
    Pinpointe is perfect for managing large numbers of contacts, including gathering new contacts and storing them throughout your databases, which can further be broken into lists and then individual tags for sorting and sending. Where it really excels is in the email marketing sector. We are able to send as many as several hundred thousand emails per hour, making sure all of our customers get time sensitive marketing material quickly.
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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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    Pinpointe On-Demand
    • The detailed statistics page is really helpful.
    • Excellent and flexible Builder.
    • Customer Service responds within one hour.
    • Stock photos included.
    • Database separation & sub-accounts.
    • Excellent multi-inbox previewer available.
    • Responsive templates.
    • Invaluable webinars and training.
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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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    Pinpointe On-Demand
    • Depending on the amount, when I am in the middle of uploading a list of contacts I get bumped out and have to submit a request to increase my dataset. That being said, our company as a whole is happy with what Pinpointe provides us with as is.
    Incentivized
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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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    Pinpointe On-Demand
    Pinpointe On-Demand is a critical component of our marketing infrastructure and we will continue to use it to support our email marketing requirements
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    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.
    Incentivized
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    Pinpointe On-Demand
    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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    Pinpointe On-Demand
    They are quick to respond to requests, usually within an hour. If they don't have an immediate fix to a problem, they let me know what the status is and what they are doing about a request. In some cases, if the development team needs to be involved because a bug is found, they have fixed and patched the system same day. Rarely do I ever get that kind of customer support response with any other company. They don't have a premium support tier because they treat every request with the same level of professionalism and response time (again, to at least let you know it was received and an actual person is looking at it, even if they are busy with other requests).
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    Online Training
    Google
    Daily use with advanced account structures. Familiarity with reporting/api and complex setups.
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    Pinpointe On-Demand
    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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    Pinpointe On-Demand
    Pinpointe is a great #2 for specialty campaigns. Our bounce rates were higher than with other providers. Pinpointe's detailed reports and interface are a step above the competition.
    Incentivized
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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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    Pinpointe On-Demand
    • Our ROI has gone up significantly since using Pinpointe.
    • We are able to use the coding to implement a join form on our website directly so we don't have to download from our website and upload to Pinpointe each time we want to add our contacts.
    • Our emails show up white-labeled so it is our own branding on all emails.
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