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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

    Zedo

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AN/A

    $15

    Starting Price Per Month

    Pricing
    KevelZedo
    Editions & Modules
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    Subscription
    $15.00
    Starting Price Per Month
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    Pricing Offerings
    KevelZedo
    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
    KevelZedo
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Kevel and Zedo
    Feature
    Kevel
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    31% above category average
    Zedo
    -
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    DSP integration10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Kevel and Zedo
    Feature
    Kevel
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Zedo
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Ad campaign creation10.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ad deployment10.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Display advertising10.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Kevel and Zedo
    Feature
    Kevel
    9.2
    1 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Zedo
    9.6
    1 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Ad dashboards9.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Ad performance reports9.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking10.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management9.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
    Criteo Commerce Growth
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    Enterprises
    Criteo Commerce Growth
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    User Ratings
    KevelZedo
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    KevelZedo
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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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    Zedo
    The vendor needs to fit the client so the reason I worked with them was that they were not too big or too small for our organization. Also, they were more likely to adapt to our workflow which is great as some vendors in this space wanted us to conform to their processes, which was not wanted.
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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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    Zedo
    • Campaign set up in our ad server at the time, 27/7 Real Media's OAS platform.
    • Post-campaign reporting.
    • Our main point of contact, I believe her name was Nafisa, was extremely friendly and became an extension of the team. She really was fun to work with and professional.
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    Cons
    Kevel
    • User interface could be faster to load.
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    Zedo
    • They had their own ad server and there were regular efforts to get us to move to that ad server which was not industry standard at the time. We already an agreement in place with OAS and also used DFP via agency access but they pushed to use this server and it was not something I really needed to keep discussing with them.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Zedo
    I worked with a company called Asentech whose core competence at the time was not campaign management. Zedo replaced them and did a great job. I have since evaluated Theorem, OAO and YourBow and Zedo offers as much if not more than those companies.
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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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    Zedo
    • At the beginning of the month, we had a crush of new campaigns to launch and they stepped up their game to get this accomplished. Also, reporting was done very quickly with a lot of insight into campaign optimization.
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