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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    OneSignal

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AOneSignal’s omnichannel customer engagement platform offers push notifications, email, in-app messages, and SMS. OneSignal’s automated customer Journeys and one-off campaigns allow users to create messaging strategies that convert, inform, and retain audiences, with little to no coding required for setup.

    $19

    per month

    Pricing
    Microsoft AdvertisingOneSignal
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Growth
    19+
    per month
    Professional
    999+
    per month
    Free
    Free
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft AdvertisingOneSignal
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft AdvertisingOneSignal
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    OneSignal
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    68%
    Would buy again
    21 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    70%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    65%
    Happy with the feature set
    20 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    59%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    17 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    67%
    Implementation went as expected
    20 Answers
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft AdvertisingOneSignal
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Microsoft Advertising and OneSignal
    Feature
    Microsoft Advertising
    6.5
    6 Ratings
    0% above category average
    OneSignal
    -
    Ratings
    Ad campaign creation8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad deployment8.36 Ratings00 Ratings
    Display advertising6.46 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation6.46 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sequence targeting5.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contextual advertising5.56 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social advertising4.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Microsoft Advertising and OneSignal
    Feature
    Microsoft Advertising
    6.6
    8 Ratings
    4% below category average
    OneSignal
    -
    Ratings
    Ad dashboards6.28 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad performance reports6.87 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking7.36 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting7.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization5.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Auctions
    Comparison of Ad Auctions features of Microsoft Advertising and OneSignal
    Feature
    Microsoft Advertising
    7.3
    7 Ratings
    14% below category average
    OneSignal
    -
    Ratings
    Ad bidding7.37 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Microsoft AdvertisingOneSignal
    Small Businesses
    WordStream
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Vbout
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    WordStream
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Bloomreach
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    Iterable
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft AdvertisingOneSignal
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.4
    (70 ratings)
    10.0
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.9
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    7.1
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft AdvertisingOneSignal
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    OneSignal
    I think One Signal is very well suited for mobile app owners who want to be in touch with their user base more easily by sending push notifications and in-app messages. I'm not sure how well that works for SMS messaging as I haven't yet tried it. I wouldn't necessarily recommend it if your in-apps are very rare.
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    Pros
    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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    OneSignal
    • Send instant notifications without any delay.
    • Provide all the necessary features for testing.
    • Highly cost effective.
    • Great system to handle huge volume.
    • Great customer support.
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    Cons
    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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    OneSignal
    • Is still in development: we know OneSignal is still in development and sometimes it takes longer to create or fulfill certain features.
    • Payment: payment menu is not at the glance, [and] is just difficult sometimes to find -it is a minor issue.
    • Send to certain custom segments through specific OneSignal IDs; you can do it though API doing a GET call with tools like Postman. If this can be done from OneSignal it would be great.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    We have had good success with it over all of our clients. We continually recommend bing to reach "the rest of the searchers".
    Incentivized
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    OneSignal
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    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.
    Incentivized
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    OneSignal
    I give an 8 in this question mainly for 2 reasons: the products even if they look like complete and are highly customizable and usable, they are still missing some logical features. For example, send messages to a list of users - now days you can do it with postman and get calls. A second example is App messaging that is still in development and has many opportunities.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    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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    OneSignal
    Their customer support has been top-notch. They are able to assist you in getting through any problems that you may have and respond in a very timely manner. I've dealt with them on 4-5 instances over the years and my issues were always resolved within a matter of a few business days.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    OneSignal
    In my opinion, OneSignal documentation / API is more friendly [than] Firebase. Maybe because Firebase is already "too big," but OneSignal is focused on one solution that giving our notification through to our customer. In that case, OneSignal is chosen by our company. Several years after that, Firebase announced it supported [the] iOs platform too but our company already using OneSignal to our notification provider.
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    Return on Investment
    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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    OneSignal
    • OneSignal has allowed us to grow number of subscribers in a short time.
    • We are able to send our news and offers easily and instantly.
    • We have become able to drive more website traffic and increase in sales.
    Incentivized
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