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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Tag Manager

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AFrom Google, the Google Tag Manager is a tag management application that facilitates creating, embedding, and updating tags across websites and mobile apps. It is a free option, vs. the company's enterprise-tier Google Tag Manager 360.

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    Kochava

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AKochava is a mobile attribution and analytics platform for enterprises.N/A
    Pricing
    Google Tag ManagerKochava
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google Tag ManagerKochava
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Google Tag ManagerKochava
    Considered Both Products
    Google
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    Kochava
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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
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Google Tag ManagerKochava
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Google Tag Manager and Kochava
    Feature
    Google Tag Manager
    8.9
    58 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Kochava
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions8.958 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tag Management
    Comparison of Tag Management features of Google Tag Manager and Kochava
    Feature
    Google Tag Manager
    8.8
    68 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Kochava
    -
    Ratings
    Tag library9.263 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tag variable mapping8.955 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ease of writing custom tags7.367 Ratings00 Ratings
    Rules-driven tag execution8.162 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tag performance monitoring10.056 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page load times8.849 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile app tagging9.334 Ratings00 Ratings
    Library of JavaScript extensions8.838 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Management & Integrity
    Comparison of Data Management & Integrity features of Google Tag Manager and Kochava
    Feature
    Google Tag Manager
    7.6
    69 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Kochava
    -
    Ratings
    Event tracking8.666 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile event tracking9.347 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data distribution management8.841 Ratings00 Ratings
    Universal data layer8.358 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated error checking3.045 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Google Tag ManagerKochava
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    Score9.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score8.4 out of 10
    Firebase Crashlytics
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (discontinued)
    Score10 out of 10
    Flurry Analytics (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google Tag ManagerKochava
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.7
    (73 ratings)
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.1
    (18 ratings)
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    2.0
    (12 ratings)
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google Tag ManagerKochava
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    I have found Google Tag Manager as the go to solution for managing all of your event and conversion tags for your website. Not only does it make it easy to manage all of your tags in the one place, it is fairly intuitive to use and there is plenty of videos and help documentation online to help set up what ever you need. No scenarios come to mind at the moment on where it is less appropriate to use.
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    Kochava
    Beneficial
    for creating a quarterly report of top-quality campaign data sources for the
    company's marketing department, integrated with networks and publications.



    It
    is a marketing solution that is being used to manage and analyze data from
    mobile application campaigns.



    You're
    also helping employees accomplish difficult tasks while keeping company data
    protected.
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    Pros
    Google
    • Selecting elements on a site [object, class, cookie, etc] (to later fire an event, send some data, etc) is very easy with triggers. Want to add an event when someone clicks on a button? Super easy. It was many many DOM selectors and you can even add custom functions if you need to do something more specific
    • In general, firing events in different circumstances is very easy mixing triggers and tags. You can track almost any element of the DOM and do whatever you want with it.
    • Testing is a great functionality. Only you can see what's on the site and you can debug it easily by seeing which events or tags were triggered and all the DOM elements involved (and why they matched the trigger).
    • Working in environments (staging, production) and versioning is easy to do, deploying changes in 2 clicks.
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    Kochava
    • Kochava is a full attribution tracking system that includes the ability to track mobile apps and browser versions. It has a well-organized dashboard that provides us with useful information.
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    Cons
    Google
    • There are several good integrations, but there can always be more. Native tracking for call tracking solutions, analytics providers, non-Google advertisers would be top of my list.
    • Documentation is just dreadful. Luckily there are some awesome folks out there doing crowdsourced tutorials (shout out to Simo Ahava) but by and large the Google Tag Manager instructions are worth what you pay for them.
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    Kochava
    • Hard to pull reporting
    • often tracking issues, and advertisers seem to have a hard time integrating
    • lack of visibility on many events, and poor fraud detection
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Google
    I haven't found another option for us to use especially one that is free. Down the road we may go a different route but for now GTM is a good option and does what we need it to do. It'd be nice to get more support or more integrations but with the free version there's only so much one can expect to get I suppose.
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    Kochava
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Google
    No difficult obstacle to overcome but Google Tag Manager can still be difficult for many users to deploy. Sure the basic HTML script can be deployed quite easily, but when you start to require triggers, variables, etc, it can be a little daunting.
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    Kochava
    Not user friendly, poor reporting.
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    Support Rating
    Google
    GTM does not provide support. This is one of GTM's biggest issues but it's due to the level of customization for each website. If your team thinks they would heavily rely on the need for a support staff it is probably better to invest in a paid service with a team that can support your needs.
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    Kochava
    They have been a bit slow in responding, that's the only reason for the low rating. Otherwise, they are smart and helpful.
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    Online Training
    Google
    I thought there was a little bit too much emphasis on AdWords stuff, not enough on the generic application of GTM.
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    Kochava
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Google
    Planning and communication will help greatly with an in-house implementation. If there are large teams, try to limit the number of people involved to 1-2 developers (back-end dev may be necessary depending on your platform), one analytics marketer and one project manager.
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    Kochava
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    We moved to GTM from a standard Google Analytics implementation. GTM is much more flexible and easier to make changes, especially as the changes relate to multiple sites and environments. While there is a learning curve when figuring out how to use GTM, I believe the change has been worth it because it helps us understand at a more fundamental level how our tracking works and gives us a lot more control over what we track and how.
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    Kochava
    It is a wonderful option
    with favorable virtues to be applied in the company's marketing process, it
    allows us to obtain information through consultation and analysis, they are attentive
    and friendly when offering their service and support, it also includes
    functions such as a fraud tool for the management of push consent, very useful
    for additional reports in analysis teams, is also competitive because it is
    providing adequate payment alternatives.
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    Return on Investment
    Google
    • GTM is very useful to determine if a particular element on the site is useful (i.e. is it being watched, is it being clicked, does it help customers navigate through more pages). As an SEO person, I can use this information to decide what to optimize for but also to track progress and see improvements in engagement.
    • With the use of Google Tag Manager, I was able to easily inject an A/B testing tool which lead to several improvements in lead generation.
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    Kochava
    • Kochava is important because it helps us to study and track smart connections useful for evaluating the success of the marketing process.
    • Kochava provides us with several benefits, including the ability to collect all campaign performance data, as well as the ability to measure how much money we spend on our campaigns.
    • We can also use Kochava's app links and QR codes to boost our conversion.
    • Kochava's BI and third-party solutions provide real-time analytics and excellent reporting.
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