Improvado vs. Uptempo

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Improvado
Score 8.6 out of 10
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Improvado, headquartered in San Diego, aims to help marketers & agencies drive ROI by consolidating all their data so they can make informed decisions about their marketing campaigns. Integrations include: Google, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Linkedin, Pinterest, Twitter, Adwords, Outbrain, Taboola, and Adroll. The solution is designed to to take the pain out of data-driven marketing by aggregating, transforming and visualizing cross-channel marketing data.N/A
Uptempo
Score 8.5 out of 10
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Uptempo is marketing planning software used by enterprise marketing teams to centralize campaign and budget planning, track spending, predict and monitor performance, and pivot plans in real-time to enable marketing agility.N/A
Pricing
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ImprovadoUptempo
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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User Ratings
ImprovadoUptempo
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(22 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
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6.4
(5 ratings)
Usability
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8.2
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Online Training
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7.3
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Ease of integration
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7.9
(10 ratings)
User Testimonials
ImprovadoUptempo
Likelihood to Recommend
Improvado
This solution helped us when we were stuck trying to explore data deeper and didn’t have enough resources to prepare data for further analysis. The software solves data integrity problems bringing more granularity to all insights. Integration with data visualization tools and well-arranged insights shows how each of the company’s marketing channels performs in real-time. Improvado is also useful for risk mitigation when launching or adjusting marketing strategies. It may also become a valuable tool for businesses, who are aiming at automation and the elimination of routine processes. ETL processes automation unleashes marketing analysts’ potential granting them more time for research of marketing reports.
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Uptempo (Formerly BrandMaker, Allocadia, Hive9)
Although the Analytics part is already available it could be improved. So for now Allocadia is very recommended if you are looking for a data maintenance software but less appropriate as a analysis tool. Ask yourself what is it you are looking for (analysis or controlling) and for which purposes (management level or specialists). The costs are very resonable and an absolute Plus!
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Pros
Improvado
  • ETL processes. Once adjusted, Improvado never fails to streamline data from our advertisement platforms to the data warehouse.
  • Variety of data sources. Improvado extracts data from over 200 sources, including both well-established platforms and the ones that are rapidly gaining momentum.
  • Full-cycle support. Improvado provided us with a dedicated manager available 24/7. Any issues that arose during the product integration were settled in a matter of minutes.
  • Flexibility and client-focused approach. After the integration, we adjusted our marketing campaign and needed new ad platforms to be integrated. The vendor allocated the development team ASAP to add new connectors to our existing network.
  • Professional services package. The company doesn't provide dashboard views by default. However, we had no time to figure out how to do it ourselves, so we hired a team of Improvado's analysts that set everything up for us.
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Uptempo (Formerly BrandMaker, Allocadia, Hive9)
  • The user interface is clean, well-thought out, and easy for marketers to use. It behaves like their spreadsheets in all the right ways...without the baggage of having budgets locked into separate spreadsheets.
  • Allocadia knows that revenue attribution is important, and has great out-of-the-box adapters to flow actual spend and actual performance in to the tool.
  • The reporting engine is both substance and style. Data is accurate, can be sliced-and-diced, and is easy for marketers to get what they want in an ad hoc fashion, if a canned report does not already exist. The visuals are also excellent, which promotes the use of analysis.
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Cons
Improvado
  • Improvado didn’t have all the integrations that we needed. However, they offered full coverage and quickly found ways to extract data from the sources we required.
  • The user interface for BI tools may be confusing to inexperienced users. Personally, I didn't have any problems. However, some of the junior marketing specialists from my department needed more time to adapt to the UI. Otherwise, the interface is great.
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Uptempo (Formerly BrandMaker, Allocadia, Hive9)
  • Integrate the marketing department closer to the other companies departments output.
  • Connect to more markets for customer acquisition and care as well as customer satisfaction and experience enhancements.
  • We think it can get even closer to SAP Marketing Cloud at less investments and more ROI.
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Likelihood to Renew
Improvado
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Uptempo (Formerly BrandMaker, Allocadia, Hive9)
I am hesitant to comment on renewal in detail because we haven't been using the system for very long. But I am encouraged by the speed and ease of implementation, and look forward to getting to know the system better.
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Usability
Improvado
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Uptempo (Formerly BrandMaker, Allocadia, Hive9)
Easy to use and allows you to track just about anything that's important to your business
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Alternatives Considered
Improvado
We chose Improvado for the following reasons:
  • Their data transformation framework cleans, normalizes and prepares data for loading into our data visualization tool;
  • We connected our CRM to our analytics tool and as ad account;
  • Extensive social media reports - the marketing team can view our ads, posts, comments right from the dashboard.
  • Scheduled reports and immediate data sync options help us to get the reports with the most accurate data at the time we need them;
  • Google Ads auto-connect new ad accounts.
Our marketing team evaluated Funnel.io and has opted for Improvado because of the following drawbacks:
  • With Funnel we’d have to set up an extraction process for each campaign and account manually;
  • The more accounts you need to connect or integrations to use, the more you’ll pay;
  • Limited data storage options;
  • Complicated account export. We had to filter accounts to export through the custom filter rules.
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Uptempo (Formerly BrandMaker, Allocadia, Hive9)
We have just used Bynder for some time but when we compared its performance with Uptempo we instantly knew it was superior in most of the aspects. It had better data analysis accurate reports and helped us track and manage our budget, so overall we were really happy with Uptempo.
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Return on Investment
Improvado
  • Increased ROI
  • Improved cost of acquisition analysis
  • Improved CPA, CPI, CPL report drawing process
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Uptempo (Formerly BrandMaker, Allocadia, Hive9)
  • We have been able to more effectively look at our buys and see how they are performing on an ROI basis. Previously our spend data and leads were in two different places but this has allowed us to combine them.
  • We have only been in the software for five months so I think we will continue to see the ROI impact as we build out reports. Right now we're still trying to find the reports that will help us the most in our optimization.
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ScreenShots

Improvado Screenshots

Screenshot of An extensive list of data sources to pull the dataScreenshot of ConnectionsScreenshot of The DataPrep tool to transform the data efficiently

Uptempo Screenshots

Screenshot of Uptempo's Marketing & Campaign Planning interface, which provides full visibility and control over activity planning across teams and channels.Screenshot of Uptempo's Impact Modeller, which translates planned activities into projected outcomes based on conversation rate and deal velocity data.Screenshot of Uptempo's Marketing Budget Management interface, which provides the ability to plan, iterate, control, and optimize budgets.Screenshot of Uptempo's Investments interface tracks actuals and reconciles them with planned marketing spend to ensure teams stay within budgets.Screenshot of Uptempo Work & Resource Management, the a central platform that manages, controls, and optimizes workflows across the marketing team's workload.Screenshot of Uptempo Brand Management, which forms the central platform to access, adapt, and order timely, correct, and brand-compliant media for every touchpoint.