GroundTruth vs. Smaato

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
GroundTruth
Score 7.1 out of 10
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GroundTruth (formerly xAd) headquartered in New York offers location-based mobile advertising technology.N/A
Smaato
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Smaato is a supply-side publisher platform (SSP) from the Verve Group since the 2021 acquisition.N/A
Pricing
GroundTruthSmaato
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
GroundTruthSmaato
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
GroundTruthSmaato
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User Ratings
GroundTruthSmaato
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(3 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
-
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8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
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7.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
GroundTruthSmaato
Likelihood to Recommend
xAd
It's fantastic for targeting an audience when you know where they will be for a very low CPM. However, it's hard if you are a brick-and-mortar and want to truly measure the results. You need to get creative in ways to attribute site visits and purchases back to the campaign (unique coupon codes, etc.)
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Verve Group
Smaato is very well suited for user acquisition and retargeting companies. Their overlap in terms of audiences and publishers with other exchanges is very limited, which makes it a great alternative when you need to scale a campaign and want to maintain your frequency cap. They work very well in branding campaigns as well as performance campaigns.
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Pros
xAd
  • Launch digital ads campaigns
  • Change creatives and rollout campaigns in minutes
  • Target specific user personas for great conversions
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Verve Group
  • Fill - the ad requests we send to Smaato have seen a great requests-to-impression ration.
  • Revenue - We've seen a lift in overall revenue thanks to the high CPM bids we get from Smaato.
  • Payments are always on time and they have a responsive financial team that is helpful in answering any questions.
  • Customer service - They are very fast to respond to any issues. The set up was streamlined thanks to their professional customer service.
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Cons
xAd
  • Adding a save option sometimes when you don’t hit next the work you are using is lost.
  • Adding in app recommendations
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Verve Group
  • Inventory can be a bit pricey in competitive markets like the US.
  • Reporting dashboard is limited, needs work.
  • They don't offer a lof of transparency about margins over media cost.
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Usability
xAd
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Verve Group
Smaato has a UI where you can control your line items on the traffic you want to receive. That is a key unique selling point that other SSPs don't offer. Most of the items that you will need like reporting can be done on a self serve manner and that is a big plus, specifically for changes that need to happen really fast and you don't need to deal with account managers that may take some time to answer emails.
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Support Rating
xAd
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Verve Group
Smaato's account management team is very professional. They are quite fast in terms of customer support, which is very helpful. One item that stands out is that they are willing to understand what you need for each campaign and what is the best way to move forward. They don't just jump quickly into trying to upsell more of Smaato's products (audiences, data) like other SSPs do.
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Alternatives Considered
xAd
GroundTruth was recommended to us by a vendor and was the only product we evaluated
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Verve Group
With over 20 demand partners in our stack, Smaato is in the top 5
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Return on Investment
xAd
  • Helps improve conversion by 20%
  • Time to create and rollout campaigns is reduced by half
  • Help optimise and rationalise the operational overheads and costs
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Verve Group
  • Increased overall revenue
  • Strong demand pool
  • Easy reporting
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