Lotame vs. TransUnion TruAudience

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Lotame
Score 8.8 out of 10
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Lotame is the flagship data management platform (DMP) from Lotame Solutions in Columbia, Maryland, billed as a cross-screen DMP that leverages "second-party" data (i.e. first-party data acquired via strategic partners).N/A
TransUnion TruAudience
Score 7.0 out of 10
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TruAudience from TransUnion, which contains technology from Signal Tag Management and Neustar Marketing, is a solution that aims to help marketers, web analysts and agencies establish autonomy from IT development cycles, accelerate the launch of new data-driven initiatives and campaigns while significantly improving website performance.N/A
Pricing
LotameTransUnion TruAudience
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LotameTransUnion TruAudience
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
LotameTransUnion TruAudience
Features
LotameTransUnion TruAudience
Data Collection
Comparison of Data Collection features of Product A and Product B
Lotame
6.3
8 Ratings
26% below category average
TransUnion TruAudience
-
Ratings
Collection of first-party data6.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Collection of third-party data9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Access to Third-party Data Providers4.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Classification
Comparison of Data Classification features of Product A and Product B
Lotame
7.7
8 Ratings
7% below category average
TransUnion TruAudience
-
Ratings
Audience taxonomy7.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Tag Management8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Analysis Dashboard8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad Network Integration
Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Product A and Product B
Lotame
6.0
7 Ratings
28% below category average
TransUnion TruAudience
-
Ratings
Data Transfer5.06 Ratings00 Ratings
DSP integration7.07 Ratings00 Ratings
DMP Analytics
Comparison of DMP Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Lotame
6.5
8 Ratings
19% below category average
TransUnion TruAudience
-
Ratings
Campaign Analytics6.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Audience Analytics7.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Lotame
-
Ratings
TransUnion TruAudience
9.0
2 Ratings
10% above category average
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Tag Management
Comparison of Tag Management features of Product A and Product B
Lotame
-
Ratings
TransUnion TruAudience
8.4
2 Ratings
4% above category average
Tag library00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Tag variable mapping00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Ease of writing custom tags00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Rules-driven tag execution00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Tag performance monitoring00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Page load times00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Mobile app tagging00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Library of JavaScript extensions00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Data Management & Integrity
Comparison of Data Management & Integrity features of Product A and Product B
Lotame
-
Ratings
TransUnion TruAudience
9.0
2 Ratings
11% above category average
Event tracking00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Mobile event tracking00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Data distribution management00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Universal data layer00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Automated error checking00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
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User Ratings
LotameTransUnion TruAudience
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(8 ratings)
7.0
(7 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(4 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
LotameTransUnion TruAudience
Likelihood to Recommend
Lotame Solutions
Well suited for advertising business. Has a lot of links to all relevant technologies. It is also a great platform if you want to buy or sell data and look for quality here. But you need a team which knows how to handle data. Less appropriate when you expect a fully managed service.
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TransUnion
Well suited to campaigns and smaller task teams of less than 100. For these sizes, the group conversations work well, and the ability to search conversations and multimedia is perfect for finding previous information. For larger groups, information could very easily get lost, and requires a break-up into groups that would defeat the purpose of such a group chat.
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Pros
Lotame Solutions
  • Its ability to show different affinities of audience segments
  • Creating and customizing audience segments
  • Great reporting features to help learn more about audience segments and media performance
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TransUnion
  • Populating your library with new tags is simple whether you're duplicating an existing tag or creating an entirely new one.
  • Creating the firing conditions for a tag.
  • Adding users to different groups with limited or full admin permissions.
  • If you know JavaScript, you shouldn't have an issue with assigning values to the proper variables once your data layer is set up for each page and/or action.
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Cons
Lotame Solutions
  • So far we haven't encountered too many "needs improvement" pain points with Lotame - if we've had a problem so far it's been more a matter of needing to learn that particular action than any fault of Lotame.
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TransUnion
  • Placing quotes around variable names in the Tag Attributes, but not in the Event Handlers has caused me to mess up more than once.
  • Being able to search the account for all instances of certain text would be very helpful (e.g., search for s.eVar30 to find all places where I set that SiteCatalyst variable).
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Likelihood to Renew
Lotame Solutions
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TransUnion
Because of all of the previous benefits that I mentioned, GM has mandated that any DSP that we use for their campaigns must be integrated with BrightTag. Therefore we will have to use BrightTag for all future GM business
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Usability
Lotame Solutions
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TransUnion
Based on the features and current usage. It shows some buggy pages plus the service and support is really very slow. The updates are not regular and company needs to work on that. The usability is good and reporting of tags is accurate which is the best part. The pricing of the product is good and can be used by organizations of all sizes.
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Support Rating
Lotame Solutions
Lotame has been an excellent partner with MMP
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TransUnion
Support is really slow and it takes days to resolve an issue. Plus we have to inquire regularly for the status of resolution. Company should definitely work towards that
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Alternatives Considered
Lotame Solutions
There are alternatives in the market - Visual DNA, Bluekai/Oracle/ Adobe Audience Manager, Krux. They all offer a similar offering, however, I prefer the easy UI which is very intuitive even for beginners to the DMP world.
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TransUnion
Most of the tag solutions I've worked with were not nearly as robust. Most systems will let you load another tag not directly placed on the site, but none provide all the different firing levers that BT does
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Return on Investment
Lotame Solutions
  • Helped us increase data revenue via their unbranded exchange.
  • Campaign and audience reporting is used to sales discussions to justify increased spend post trial campaigns.
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TransUnion
  • Wonderful for ensuring we meet our logistical and record-keeping requirements
  • Negative at being the best at quality-of-life options, like specific muting
  • Great at allowing a casual work environment in having chats for memes, pets, etc.
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