Kevel vs. Perfect Audience

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Kevel
Score 9.0 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
Perfect Audience
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
N/AN/A
Pricing
KevelPerfect Audience
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
KevelPerfect Audience
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level 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
KevelPerfect Audience
Ad Network Integration
Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Product A and Product B
Kevel
10.0
1 Ratings
30% above category average
Perfect Audience
8.0
1 Ratings
8% above category average
DSP integration10.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Data Transfer00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Ad Campaigns
Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Product A and Product B
Kevel
10.0
1 Ratings
25% above category average
Perfect Audience
8.4
1 Ratings
7% above category average
Ad campaign creation10.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Ad deployment10.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Display advertising10.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Ad display and retargeting segmentation10.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Sequence targeting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Ad Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Kevel
9.2
1 Ratings
17% above category average
Perfect Audience
8.3
1 Ratings
7% above category average
Ad dashboards9.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Ad performance reports9.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Ad conversion tracking10.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Ad attribution reporting9.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Cross-channel ad management9.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Ad forecasting and optimization00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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KevelPerfect Audience
Small Businesses
Google Ad Manager
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Score 8.6 out of 10
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Score 8.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
The Trade Desk
The Trade Desk
Score 8.1 out of 10
The Trade Desk
The Trade Desk
Score 8.1 out of 10
Enterprises
Adobe Advertising Cloud
Adobe Advertising Cloud
Score 8.9 out of 10
Adobe Advertising Cloud
Adobe Advertising Cloud
Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
KevelPerfect Audience
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
KevelPerfect Audience
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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Marin Software
I would recommend Perfect Audience to anyone who wants to use a 3rd party to scale up. I find the audience builder pretty terrible in Google AdWords so I was looking for something a bit easier to use and this fit the bill easily.
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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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Marin Software
  • Great to up your inbound marketing game
  • The bulk uploading feature is great and makes it easy to upload numerous ad campaigns
  • Can customize each ad easily
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Cons
Kevel
  • User interface could be faster to load.
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Marin Software
  • Constantly left Googling how to do things because the system is sometimes confusing
  • Weak native reporting
  • Landing page editor needs work
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Usability
Kevel
No answers on this topic
Marin Software
The bulk uploading feature is certainly my preferred feature of Perfect Audience. This tool has made creating new ad campaigns quick and easy. I used to have to upload facebook then Instagram then another social media page and instead I upload everything all at once and it certainly makes it easier for all of us.
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Support Rating
Kevel
No answers on this topic
Marin Software
The support team could be a little more useful. After our implementation calls and getting everything setup, we did feel that they were not as responsive and I did find myself googling solutions to things that the support team could have helped us with.
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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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Marin Software
I have used Google Ads which has a difficult interface to use as well as Ad Roll. Perfect Audience beats them both in functionality and usability.
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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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Marin Software
  • The convenience of Perfect Audience has made things smoother for us. This convenience means less time spent managing ads and more time focusing on running our business.
  • Re-marketing features have been superior to AdWords.
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ScreenShots

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