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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

    SpinCar (Pulsar AI)

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/ASpinCar headquartered in New York, with the acquired Pulsar AI, offers automotive dealers, wholesalers and OEMs their eponymous digital automotive merchandising platform. The company’s 360° WalkArounds® and Feature Tour® solutions aim to build trust between buyers and sellers by bringing a personalized physical showroom experience to car shoppers wherever and whenever they want. SpinCar’s proprietary shopper behavioral data and VINtelligent® Retargeting solution enable vehicle sellers to deliver…N/A
    Pricing
    Microsoft AdvertisingSpinCar (Pulsar AI)
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    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft AdvertisingSpinCar (Pulsar AI)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft AdvertisingSpinCar (Pulsar AI)
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Spincar
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    68%
    Would buy again
    21 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    70%
    Delivers good value for the price
    21 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    65%
    Happy with the feature set
    20 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    59%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    17 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    67%
    Implementation went as expected
    20 Answers
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    Features
    Microsoft AdvertisingSpinCar (Pulsar AI)
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Microsoft Advertising and SpinCar (Pulsar AI)
    Feature
    Microsoft Advertising
    6.5
    6 Ratings
    0% above category average
    SpinCar (Pulsar AI)
    -
    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 targeting5.85 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 SpinCar (Pulsar AI)
    Feature
    Microsoft Advertising
    6.6
    8 Ratings
    4% below category average
    SpinCar (Pulsar AI)
    -
    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 SpinCar (Pulsar AI)
    Feature
    Microsoft Advertising
    7.3
    7 Ratings
    14% below category average
    SpinCar (Pulsar AI)
    -
    Ratings
    Ad bidding7.37 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Microsoft AdvertisingSpinCar (Pulsar AI)
    Small Businesses
    WordStream
    Score6.9 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    WordStream
    Score6.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft AdvertisingSpinCar (Pulsar AI)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.4
    (70 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.9
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Microsoft AdvertisingSpinCar (Pulsar AI)
    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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    Spincar
    When we have turnover in our photo taker role, this app makes training very easy. We have had trouble in the past with staff just not catching on with what features to take the photos of and what order to put them in, and the app walks them through how to do so. Our old 360 software was also a little difficult to use, and this app makes it very easy to use. Now we don't have to use several different apps to take our photos and do 360s
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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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    Spincar
    • 360 Photos
    • Photo background removal
    • Photo taking direction
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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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    Spincar
    • The hotspots aren't always in the correct space
    • The integration on our website take a minute to load correctly
    • They default setup is only around 20 photos, most third parties want you to have at least 35 photos of your vehicle.
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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".
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    Spincar
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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.
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    Spincar
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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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    Spincar
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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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    Spincar
    vAuto Provision is very basic for photo taking. It doesn't walk you through what photos to take and when. It also doesn't allow for 360 photo taking. You have to buy a seperate cox auto product to do this. It also doesn't allow for photo background removal, you have to buy another product to do that if you chose to do so
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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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    Spincar
    • More website conversions
    • Website load time has declined
    • Ease of use and less time consuming for our staff
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