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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

    Sharethrough

    Score7.3 out of 10
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    Pricing
    KevelSharethrough
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    KevelSharethrough
    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
    KevelSharethrough
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Kevel and Sharethrough
    Feature
    Kevel
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    31% above category average
    Sharethrough
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    DSP integration10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Kevel and Sharethrough
    Feature
    Kevel
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Sharethrough
    -
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    Ad campaign creation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad deployment10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Display advertising10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Kevel and Sharethrough
    Feature
    Kevel
    9.2
    1 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Sharethrough
    -
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    Ad dashboards9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad performance reports9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score8 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    KevelSharethrough
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
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    7.3
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    User Testimonials
    KevelSharethrough
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    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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    Sharethrough
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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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    Sharethrough
    • The Sharethrough ad placement was done in a native format that is easy to blend in with the other web content. We designed our ad to make sure it provides a fun informative experience to our customer while selling some of the services.
    • Advertisers can use Sharethrough to communicate with customers in a way that other ad channels can't.
    • As advertisers we encourage clients to use content that is interesting to customers instead of just carrying a heavy sales message.
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    Cons
    Kevel
    • User interface could be faster to load.
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    Sharethrough
    • We can use the sharethrough space to create a fun message for customer, however, we always had trouble finding the landing page to take people to. Not every client has enough budget to create a new landing page for every campaign. If Sharethrough allowed for landing page support at a low cost, that would be great.
    • Another problem was that the placement of the ads were mostly random (at least that's what I was told at the time) It's hard to control where our ad would show up. It is possible that our ad message may be inappropriate with the rest of the content. For example, if this was placed at a news channel, we wouldn't want to have our funny message right next to tragic stories.
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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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    Sharethrough
    The difference between Sharethrough and the other channels is that Sharethrough allows for a better story telling experience with the multi page carousel experience. We used all the different channels for different types of messages and needs.
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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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    Sharethrough
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