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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

    Sendible

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/ASendible is a social media marketing platform that allows users to engage with their audience and track results across multiple social media channels at any time.

    $29

    per month 1 user and 6 profiles

    Pricing
    Microsoft AdvertisingSendible
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Creator
    $29
    per month 1 user and 6 profiles
    Traction
    $89
    per month 4 users and 24 profiles
    Scale
    $199
    per month 7 users and 49 profiles
    Advanced
    $299
    per month 20 users and 100 profiles
    Enterprise
    $750
    per month 80 users and 400 profiles
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft AdvertisingSendible
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—15% discount if paying annually. 15% monthly discount or 25% annual discount offered to non-profits.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Microsoft AdvertisingSendible
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Sendible
    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
    6 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
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    67%
    Implementation went as expected
    20 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft AdvertisingSendible
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Microsoft Advertising and Sendible
    Feature
    Microsoft Advertising
    6.5
    6 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Sendible
    -
    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 Sendible
    Feature
    Microsoft Advertising
    6.6
    8 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Sendible
    -
    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 Sendible
    Feature
    Microsoft Advertising
    7.3
    7 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Sendible
    -
    Ratings
    Ad bidding7.37 Ratings00 Ratings
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Microsoft Advertising and Sendible
    Feature
    Microsoft Advertising
    -
    Ratings
    Sendible
    6.4
    9 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings6.06 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis00 Ratings6.56 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage00 Ratings7.08 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Microsoft Advertising and Sendible
    Feature
    Microsoft Advertising
    -
    Ratings
    Sendible
    8.3
    15 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings10.015 Ratings
    Audience targeting00 Ratings7.013 Ratings
    Content optimization00 Ratings7.713 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings8.414 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Microsoft Advertising and Sendible
    Feature
    Microsoft Advertising
    -
    Ratings
    Sendible
    7.7
    12 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings7.511 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories00 Ratings5.59 Ratings
    Bulk actions00 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Microsoft Advertising and Sendible
    Feature
    Microsoft Advertising
    -
    Ratings
    Sendible
    7.0
    9 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Lead generation00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Content marketing00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Paid media management00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Microsoft Advertising and Sendible
    Feature
    Microsoft Advertising
    -
    Ratings
    Sendible
    9.1
    15 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Twitter00 Ratings10.013 Ratings
    Facebook00 Ratings10.015 Ratings
    LinkedIn00 Ratings10.014 Ratings
    Google+00 Ratings10.08 Ratings
    Instagram00 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    Pinterest00 Ratings5.56 Ratings
    YouTube00 Ratings8.410 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Microsoft Advertising and Sendible
    Feature
    Microsoft Advertising
    -
    Ratings
    Sendible
    7.0
    11 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Campaign success analytics00 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Real-time tracking00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
    Competitor analysis00 Ratings7.05 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Microsoft Advertising and Sendible
    Feature
    Microsoft Advertising
    -
    Ratings
    Sendible
    5.9
    14 Ratings
    29% below category average
    Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings9.714 Ratings
    Mobile access00 Ratings2.110 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Microsoft AdvertisingSendible
    Small Businesses
    WordStream
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Publer
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    WordStream
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft AdvertisingSendible
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.4
    (70 ratings)
    9.3
    (19 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    7.9
    (4 ratings)
    8.7
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft AdvertisingSendible
    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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    Sendible
    I have a fairly straightforward use case for Sendible and it meets almost all of my needs. If you are a small company that needs a collaborative solution to social media content creation, and likely has a small team (or no team) to manage social media postings, I think Sendible is likely a great tool to schedule posts and largely automate social media marketing. A larger company or more involved marketing team could still use Sendible to schedule and collaborate on posts. However, there may be additional features they may want or need (like the ability to promote posts) that may not be available with Sendible.
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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
    Incentivized
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    Sendible
    • Easy to schedule and post to all of your social media platforms.
    • Customer support is very accommodating and always there to help. I have never had an issue with reaching someone whether it was for a quick question or to demo other features.
    • They have an awesome affiliate program (example: I earned over $600 from one company clicking through an signing up from my affiliate link - yay!)
    • Compared to other social media platforms, Sendible has been the most robust with features and ease of use.
    • They are always making advances and upgrades to their service offerings to better meet the needs of their customers.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Sendible
    • Inbox. The inbox of incoming messages/posts is very clunky. Threads are separated into individual messages, making it difficult to follow conversations.
    • Reporting. The included reporting features are limited and don't allow for enough customization to be worth using.
    • Hashtags. When discussing the 10 most common mistakes (or whatever the title might be), we are unable to say "You won't believe #3" because the system reads this as a hashtag to link rather than just a number. It adds on editing time when approving posts.
    • Default settings. As a Social Media Manager, it is annoying to have myself set as default when looking at the content calendar. I don't write the posts, just approved and schedule them, so manually entering in my writers' names in the filters could be made easier by making this an editable feature.
    • Instagram. You cannot post multiple images in a single Instagram post from Sendible.
    • Service Lists. They are supposed to be helpful in grouping your services (we do this by brand), however, these lists don't pull the information you put on individual services. So if I have a list with Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest for Brand A, you can't just add the Brand A Service List filter onto the calendar and see all of those posts that are scheduled. They don't seem to have much purpose at all.
    Incentivized
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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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    Sendible
    If I am given a larger budget to work with then I'd like a program that tracks and collects my PR hits, as well as sends me important info to respond to. I realy like the way New Brand Analytics tracks my Trip Advisor,etc ratings
    Incentivized
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    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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    Sendible
    Sendible is 100% web based so managing social media platforms can be done from anywhere with internet connectivity. During registration, Sendible takes its users on a tour of its main features. The sleek design was engineered by professionals who have great interest in social media marketing. There is ample support in case users get lost and there is no learning curve.
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Sendible
    Sendible has a great resource center which I have used multiple times throughout my year using the platform. There are plenty of troubleshooting articles and guides that make it easy to uncover the root of any small issues I may have.
    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
    Incentivized
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    Sendible
    While lacking in some features compared to those big alternatives, Sendible doesn't stop releasing new features every few months and doesn't cost nearly as much monthly as they do for the amount of profiles they allow to manage. Overall I'd say it's a solid competitor if they keep the updates coming and optimize the platform a little
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Sendible
    • It helps my business, to manage my clients social media.
    • However I was hoping to capture more people who want to use the tool as DIY which has not happened.
    • I do not want to let it go but it is currently more of an expense then bringing in a return.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

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    Screenshot of StreamsScreenshot of Monitoring KeywordsScreenshot of ReportingScreenshot of Content SuggestionsScreenshot of Compose BoxScreenshot of Bulk Importer