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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Meta Business Manager

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/AMeta Business Manager (formerly Facebook Business Manager, or Pages Manager) is a mobile app that supports management of up to 50 Facebook pages from a smart phone or tablet, allowing social media managers to see activity, post updates, and respond immediately to customers.N/A

    Microsoft Advertising

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Advertising (formerly Bing Ads) contains Microsoft's advertising solutions. Advertising formats include search (Microsoft Search ads), Display and Native ads, Retail Media, and Video and Connected TV (CTV) ads. Services include Performance Max, the company's conversion optimization AI assistant and guide.N/A
    Pricing
    Meta Business ManagerMicrosoft Advertising
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Meta Business ManagerMicrosoft Advertising
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Meta Business ManagerMicrosoft Advertising
    Considered Both Products
    Meta Platforms Inc
    Chose Meta Business Manager
    When it comes to B2C marketing, we don't see any alternative as present in India to Meta Business Manager. However, we use youtube Ads to an extent yet we will stack Meta Business Manager higher. When it comes to B2B marketing, we feel Meta Business Manager lacks a bit and we …
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    77%
    Would buy again
    20 Answers
    68%
    Would buy again
    21 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    83%
    Delivers good value for the price
    19 Answers
    70%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    77%
    Happy with the feature set
    20 Answers
    65%
    Happy with the feature set
    20 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    76%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    16 Answers
    59%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    17 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    73%
    Implementation went as expected
    16 Answers
    67%
    Implementation went as expected
    20 Answers
    Features
    Meta Business ManagerMicrosoft Advertising
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Meta Business Manager and Microsoft Advertising
    Feature
    Meta Business Manager
    5.7
    44 Ratings
    29% below category average
    Microsoft Advertising
    -
    Ratings
    Boolean keyword searches5.427 Ratings00 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam4.134 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis5.829 Ratings00 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage7.432 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Meta Business Manager and Microsoft Advertising
    Feature
    Meta Business Manager
    7.0
    60 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Microsoft Advertising
    -
    Ratings
    Content planning and scheduling7.860 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience targeting7.957 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content optimization6.855 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management5.645 Ratings00 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Meta Business Manager and Microsoft Advertising
    Feature
    Meta Business Manager
    7.1
    52 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Microsoft Advertising
    -
    Ratings
    Automated routing and prioritization7.242 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories7.547 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk actions6.734 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Meta Business Manager and Microsoft Advertising
    Feature
    Meta Business Manager
    7.7
    57 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Microsoft Advertising
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    Lead generation7.748 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content marketing7.752 Ratings00 Ratings
    Paid media management7.949 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions7.653 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Meta Business Manager and Microsoft Advertising
    Feature
    Meta Business Manager
    5.8
    60 Ratings
    36% below category average
    Microsoft Advertising
    -
    Ratings
    Twitter5.512 Ratings00 Ratings
    Facebook8.359 Ratings00 Ratings
    LinkedIn5.512 Ratings00 Ratings
    Google+5.57 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instagram7.945 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pinterest1.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    YouTube6.514 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Meta Business Manager and Microsoft Advertising
    Feature
    Meta Business Manager
    6.9
    58 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Microsoft Advertising
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    Campaign success analytics7.757 Ratings00 Ratings
    Real-time tracking7.353 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitor analysis5.736 Ratings00 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Meta Business Manager and Microsoft Advertising
    Feature
    Meta Business Manager
    7.9
    59 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Microsoft Advertising
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions & privileges7.656 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile access8.356 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Meta Business Manager and Microsoft Advertising
    Feature
    Meta Business Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Advertising
    6.5
    6 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Ad campaign creation00 Ratings8.06 Ratings
    Ad deployment00 Ratings8.36 Ratings
    Display advertising00 Ratings6.46 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation00 Ratings6.46 Ratings
    Sequence targeting00 Ratings5.85 Ratings
    Contextual advertising00 Ratings5.56 Ratings
    Social advertising00 Ratings4.95 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Meta Business Manager and Microsoft Advertising
    Feature
    Meta Business Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Advertising
    6.6
    8 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Ad dashboards00 Ratings6.28 Ratings
    Ad performance reports00 Ratings6.87 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking00 Ratings7.36 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting00 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization00 Ratings5.85 Ratings
    Ad Auctions
    Comparison of Ad Auctions features of Meta Business Manager and Microsoft Advertising
    Feature
    Meta Business Manager
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Advertising
    7.3
    7 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Ad bidding00 Ratings7.37 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Meta Business ManagerMicrosoft Advertising
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.2
    (60 ratings)
    7.4
    (70 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    6.1
    (26 ratings)
    7.9
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.1
    (14 ratings)
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Meta Business ManagerMicrosoft Advertising
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Meta Platforms Inc
    Meta Business Manger is well suited for large/medium and small organisations with single or multiple stake holders and products. It works very efficiently. Cases where app events are defined for android and iOS, it work wonders for campaign measurement and campaign level targeting. Meta Business Manager is very appropriate for running financial, educational, real estate, e-commerce related ads. Meta Business Manager is not appropriate if you have are into enterprise sales.
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    Microsoft
    Despite using our account for advertising with every other social media company, Microsoft flagged ours as fraudulent. After dealing with them for weeks, we finally got to a manager, who said that they didn’t know anything, couldn’t provide any information, and was unable to do anything about it. It seems odd, but it would flagger account every time we try to upload the campaigns from Google directly into their ad manager. I would suggest if you try and use their platform, don’t tell them you’re using Google cause they seem to have a thing against it. Once your account is flagged, they have no reasonable way of resolving it, nor they are able to offer any support. You’re better off to just try a different way. Ultimately, just don’t use Microsoft advertising if you can possibly avoid it. Hopefully soon DuckDuckGo will have their own advertising platform and we can eliminate Microsoft given the terrible time we have working with this one of many, social media platforms.
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    Pros
    Meta Platforms Inc
    • Helps drive more efficient CPCs and CPMs than other social channels
    • Targets users outside of working hours
    • Helps grow Retargeting pools to use on other channels
    • Meta Business Manager's AI does a great job in identifying our ICP based off intent signals
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    Microsoft
    • Familiar interface, offers editor for bulk changes, adding negative keywords is much easier than in Google Ads
    • Nice reporting tools within the interface, detailed reports can be made fairly easily
    • Had very nice tools to help import/export ads directly from Google Ads, which saves a ton of time
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    Cons
    Meta Platforms Inc
    • You have to look in multiple places for a full range of analytics
    • The way it handles ad spend can be unpredictable, so if you're on a budget, you have to make sure you're really watching your ad spend
    • For as much as Meta Business Manager pushes stories, reels, etc., the editing tools for this kind of content are limited or nonexistent.
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    Microsoft
    • Bing's ad platform could definitely use some improvements - it hasn't been updated in a long time, and it feels very outdated.
    • We feel that the optimization algorithms don't always perform as well for Bing Ads as they do in Google Ads (optimize for conversions, etc.).
    • It would be great to have even more integrations with LinkedIn audience targeting offered - right now, you can just make some bid optimizations in a couple of areas; we'd really like to get more robust options there, and maybe even things like cross-platform tracking.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Meta Platforms Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    We have had good success with it over all of our clients. We continually recommend bing to reach "the rest of the searchers".
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    Usability
    Meta Platforms Inc
    The UI is easy and intuitive for any beginner, but it also has a lot of depth for more advanced users. There have been very few cases where I could not do something I wanted to do regarding media buying. However, there are big limitations regarding account management, admin settings, and user appeals.
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    Microsoft
    It's very easy to use overall. It has an import from Google Ads to make things simpler. Overall, I would say you can get up and running very quickly. It's similar to other platforms, so if you have used them, it's intuitive.
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    Support Rating
    Meta Platforms Inc
    Facebook is notoriously difficult to access for help and FBM is no exception. Only the chat feature will get someone in touch with you and then there is very limited help. The most they do is send links from their 'help section' without really offering much help at all. Business owners and directors need a person on the phone that can understand the problem and help fix it, not 'helpful links that have already been tried.
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    Microsoft
    Our Bing Ads reps are very good and attentive. They've offered good recommendations and are quick to resolve unexpected issues and problems. Occasionally they have roped in technical support folks that have been friendly and helpful too. The general helpline for Bing Ads is also very good, especially when compared to Google's customer support.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Meta Platforms Inc
    Facebook is a well-known platform that has to be utilized. It allows us to reach so many new customers and potential patients for our clients. As well as allows us to interact with them consistently and keep them informed or advertise to a new niche of people. The best part about Facebook Business Manager is its usability and reach!
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    Microsoft
    Obviously Google is a huge competitor. Typically Google is top of the game for many advertising solutions including search. Microsoft ads has a lower scale and reach compared to Google. However, Microsoft ads audience does not overlap much with Googles, providing incremental reach. Although Microsoft ads lags a bit behind in adapting the new updates that Google comes out with, their customer service is very good and they are likely to go out of their way to adapt their platform to your needs whereas their competitor does not
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    Return on Investment
    Meta Platforms Inc
    • Pro: It gives me a central place to manage my Page.
    • Pro: There are a lot of options to take advantage of, like Ads, available, which I hope to use more in the future.
    • Pro: The pixel has allowed me to connect Facebook data with my website, and has been a good referral source.
    • Con: There is so much I don't use because it is so complicated. I know I could get more use of it, but it's not going to happen anytime soon, and probably without help.
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    Microsoft
    • We've had a very hard time spending our budgets on Bing which has caused us a lot of extra work on our end. We've essentially had to move that money back to Google or other platforms.
    • It does have an easy import from Google so you're not doubling efforts.
    • The CPCs tend to be less expensive than Google - which is always good for business owners.
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