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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Campaign Manager 360

    Score6.7 out of 10
    N/AReplacing DoubleClick, Google Campaign Manager 360 is a web-based ad management system for advertisers and agencies, used to manage digital campaigns across websites and mobile. This includes features for ad serving, targeting, verification, and reporting.N/A

    Looker Studio

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ALooker Studio is a data visualization platform that transforms data into meaningful presentations and dashboards with customized reporting tools.

    $9

    per month per user per project

    Pricing
    Google Campaign Manager 360Looker Studio
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Looker Studio Pro
    $9
    per month per user per project
    Looker Studio
    No charge
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google Campaign Manager 360Looker Studio
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Google Campaign Manager 360Looker Studio
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    Chose Google Campaign Manager 360
    Those platforms are actually all in the Google Marketing Suite and work together excellently with the Google Marketing Platform
    Incentivized
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Would buy again
    40 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    38 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    40 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    31 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    33 Answers
    Features
    Google Campaign Manager 360Looker Studio
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Google Campaign Manager 360 and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Google Campaign Manager 360
    9.0
    29 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Looker Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Data Transfer9.024 Ratings00 Ratings
    DSP integration9.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Google Campaign Manager 360 and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Google Campaign Manager 360
    8.8
    33 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Looker Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Ad campaign creation8.033 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad deployment10.033 Ratings00 Ratings
    Display advertising10.030 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation9.031 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sequence targeting7.023 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Google Campaign Manager 360 and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Google Campaign Manager 360
    9.2
    33 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Looker Studio
    -
    Ratings
    Ad dashboards10.031 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad performance reports9.033 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking9.032 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting9.031 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management9.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization9.025 Ratings00 Ratings
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Google Campaign Manager 360 and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Google Campaign Manager 360
    -
    Ratings
    Looker Studio
    7.0
    62 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings6.643 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings7.361 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings7.259 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Google Campaign Manager 360 and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Google Campaign Manager 360
    -
    Ratings
    Looker Studio
    7.7
    61 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings6.851 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.057 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.129 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings9.759 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Google Campaign Manager 360 and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Google Campaign Manager 360
    -
    Ratings
    Looker Studio
    8.1
    60 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings8.453 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings8.753 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings8.139 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings7.942 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings7.524 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Google Campaign Manager 360 and Looker Studio
    Feature
    Google Campaign Manager 360
    -
    Ratings
    Looker Studio
    6.6
    60 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings7.160 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.757 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings5.330 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings6.36 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Google Campaign Manager 360Looker Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (45 ratings)
    8.3
    (63 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (13 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.4
    (14 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    6.7
    (10 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google Campaign Manager 360Looker Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    I feel pretty neutral about Google Marketing Platform. For the longest time, my company wasn't using it because each of the features (Data Studio, Analytics, etc.) could be accessed separately. In fact, most of the time, I don't even go into Google Marketing Platform because it's easier to directly navigate to the individual platforms. There are very few features about GMP that can only be accessed from the GMP UI. The Integrations Center is probably the main feature I utilize from the GMP UI, which allows me to see a summary of the integrations I have in place across all my client properties and accounts.
    Incentivized
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    Google
    Visualizing cross-channel campaign performance can blend data from a few different sources to compare performance metrics like spend, clicks, and conversions side-by-side in a single view, which helps in quick budget reallocation decisions. When dealing with massive volumes of data (millions of rows) or highly complex queries, Looker Studio dashboards can become slow, laggy, or even crash. Performance issues are a frequent complaint when working with large datasets, making it unsuitable for enterprise-level companies
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    Pros
    Google
    • Bringing together data from multiple channels and engines and allows you to visualize the data in an easy to use platform. This saves time from using multiple logins for the different platforms.
    • Auto bidding tools save time from manual bidding, as it allows you to set the specific terms around what levels you want to cap your CPCs at. You then let DoubleClick adjust your bids to gain the most conversions from the cheapest CPCs. This frees up time to do other in-depth analysis and strategy.
    • DoubleClick also has the ability to track conversions and clicks on any page using their floodlight tags. This is good for tracking certain actions on yours or a client's site and is especially good if they do not use any other tools, such as Google Analytics or Adobe, to track conversions and user actions on site. You can also use these in conjunction with the auto bidding tools.
    Incentivized
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    Google
    • Breath of data - the number of ways to interrogate the data is endless, and the options to view metrics alongside each other make for comprehensive datasets.
    • Data visualisation and customisation - the options for presenting data and separating out across pages allow for clean visuals and segmented information.
    • Easy shareability/usability - a quick and simple tool to introduce colleagues to, and easy to grant access for them to be able to view the data, without having to understand the setup itself.
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    Cons
    Google
    • The process for on-boarding new users can be difficult if they do not already have a Gmail or Gmail-linked account.
    • Difficult to troubleshoot technical issues (with the platform, with tags, etc.) because of the lack of customer support. Unclear if the agency has a dedicated team or individual to assist, and often have to deal with out-sourced support teams.
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    Google
    • It needs better handling of complex logic. We often need workarounds to perform complex custom calculations, and it can be really unpleasant at times.
    • Felt it got slow with a larger data set, and in one minor report, we had to set up time filters so that calculations during spikes could be traced more quickly.
    • Compare to competition they need to improve with notification things.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Google
    Due to its adapting behavior with industry ad formats and seamless integration with publishers and DSP's, I don't see myself moving away from DCM. As we see the display advertising is getting more programatic and automated due to the rise of DSP and concept of RTB, Double Click has evolved with new advanced best practices
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    Google
    It is the simplest and least expensive way for us to automate our reporting at this time. I like the ability to customize literally everything about each report, and the ability to send out reports automatically in emails. The only issue we have been having recently is a technical glitch in the automatic email report. Sadly, there is almost no support for this tool from Google, but is also free, so that is important to take into consideration
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    Usability
    Google
    The Doubleclick interface is easy and simple to get a hang of. The options are slightly limited compared to other DSPs. But, for a simple campaign, this is a great DSP to move forward with. They have a ton of data and can plug into a lot of different partners
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    Google
    Looker Studio is easy to use, and it offers a sufficient variety of predefined visualizations to choose from. It's easy for us, and anyone can set up basic reporting without extensive data visualization skills. The interface layout is easy to understand, and it doesn't take long to get used to.
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    Support Rating
    Google
    They do not have strong support team. It is tough to get answer when I need it. They always refer you to an online guide and not an actual person. If so, the person is based out of an offshore team in India and does not know the specific client goals .
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    Google
    I give it a lower support rating because it seems like our Dev team hasn't gotten the support they need to set up our database to connect. Seems like we hit a roadblock and the project got put on pause for dev. That sucks for me because it is harder to get the dev team to focus on it if they don't get the help they need to set it up.
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    Implementation Rating
    Google
    I would highly recommend asking clients to provide 3PAS tags or use an internal 3PAS
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    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    Marin takes a lot more time for everything, mainly for the campaigns setup. This also leads to many mistakes, which impact the performance. I've used Marin on a couple of previous clients and we've had many problems with it, mainly with correct conversion tracking and account optimizations. Besides, Marin is behind all the new features available on AdWords, which makes the tracking also not very flexible.
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    Google
    Looker Studio is far easier to implement, stand up, and learn. The interface is simpler and user-friendly for various levels of data visualization/analysis knowledge and experience. The biggest benefit of Looker Studio, however, is its ease of connection to GA data and speed. Furthermore, since it is an online program/tool, it requires less CPU/battery/storage on the user's device.
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    Return on Investment
    Google
    • DS3 has improved ROI considerably due to its ability to make the work of a team of digital marketers to go further and improving internal efficiency.
    • There is a notable improvement in account performance for those integrated with DoubleClick as opposed to not, with better tracking, new bid strategy options, and a more responsive interface.
    • The additional fee on top of media spend is a considerable expense for a large advertiser, but the necessity of a product/solution such as this means that there is always likely to be some comparative cost.
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    Google
    • Free, so the only investment is time
    • Because it doesn't have native support of non-Google sources, it can cost more money than Tableau
    • The time spent formatting the templates or building connectors can have a negative impact on ROI
    • As a agency, charging for the reporting service is profitable after the first month or two after building the dashboard.
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