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    Kevel

    Score7.8 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Kevel's (formerly Adzerk) APIs is designed to make it easy for engineers and PMs to build their own server-side, fully-customized ad server. E-retailers and user communities can use Kevel to build ad servers to promote anything from native ads to internal content to sponsored listings (where vendors and sellers pay for their organic listing to be promoted in search and browsing results). According to the vendor, engineers reliably see a significant reduction in dev time using Kevel’s APIs…N/A

    MGID

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AMGID offers companies a native advertising platform. The platform, which targets 850 million unique readers with 165 billion recommendations monthly, aims to help publishers retain audiences and monetize traffic. The vendor claims MGID helps clients boost brand performance and awareness for by connecting them to unique audiences, at the right time, with the right content. MGID offers clients a 360 solution, from planning and strategy to delivery and reporting, and…N/A

    Revcontent

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/ARevcontent is native advertising technology emphasizing content discovery, from the company of the same name in Sarasota.N/A
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    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPricing is customized based on feature needs, support needs, and monthly request volume.
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    Features
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    Ad Network Integration
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    Kevel
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    31% above category average
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    DSP integration10.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Kevel and MGID and Revcontent
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    Kevel
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    24% above category average
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    Ad campaign creation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad deployment10.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Display advertising10.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Kevel and MGID and Revcontent
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    Kevel
    9.2
    1 Ratings
    17% above category average
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    Ad dashboards9.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad performance reports9.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking10.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting9.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
    AdSense
    Score8.7 out of 10
    AdSense
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
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    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    Kevel
    For ad serving, implementing client-side header bidding with prebid was actually easier with Kevel than it is with Google Ad Manager in most cases, particularly for display advertising. I found though that with more complex integrations (like video), there were more solutions and code snippets available with other larger ad servers (Google).
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    MGID
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    Revcontent
    It’s great if you want to show your ads to as many people as you can, but not good fit for performance marketing. It didn’t work for us and the lack of support made it easy to leave and not come back.
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    Pros
    Kevel
    • More personable team that can address customizations needed to the product.
    • Easy to use interface.
    • Frequent product updates with notifications via email.
    • Well documented API.
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    MGID
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    Revcontent
    • Easy to get started and set up
    • Low barrier for entry
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    Cons
    Kevel
    • User interface could be faster to load.
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    MGID
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    Revcontent
    • Customer support/account management it’s impossible to talk to a human.
    • Improving the quality of traffic. It gets fraudulent traffic.
    • Adding more targeting options
    • Spends your money
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    Usability
    Kevel
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    MGID
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    Revcontent
    It’s easy enough to use.
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    Support Rating
    Kevel
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    Revcontent
    100% nonexistent. It’s a bot/faq. The absolute worst of any platform. I laughed when I read this question because it’s that bad.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Kevel
    Kevel was an easier initial implementation for header bidding with prebid. The team worked alongside us to make sure everything was operating as intended. We ultimately switched to Ads Manager to access AdX demand and other features that were not possible with Kevel (for instance, EBDA). There are benefits to both but I appreciated the attention we got from Kevel support when we were first working through the implementation. We are still using Kevel for many things, just not as our primary display advertising ad server.
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    MGID
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    Revcontent
    They’re above Traffic Junky but below everyone else, second worst. Taboola was better (not by much) because an actual human spoke to me, great when dealing with large sums of money.
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    Return on Investment
    Kevel
    • Kevel enabled us to get up and running with client side header bidding when our team was still small and the technology was still new. This improved our ability to monetize our inventory.
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    MGID
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    Revcontent
    • Best days were -25% roi
    • Worst days were -77% roi
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