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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

    Terminus ABM Platform

    Score8 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Supporting B2B strategies, the Terminus platform offers tactical playbooks that help teams meet accounts throughout their entire lifecycle. It is a platform rooted in first-party data that surrounds buyers with engaging digital experiences from account acquisition to expansion and renewal. The Terminus engine is built to drive ROI, minimize fraud, prioritize brand safety, and turn intent into relevant, actionable insight for GTM teams. Key benefits of Terminus: - Relevant…N/A
    Pricing
    Microsoft AdvertisingTerminus ABM Platform
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft AdvertisingTerminus ABM Platform
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft AdvertisingTerminus ABM Platform
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Terminus
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    68%
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    70%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    65%
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    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
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    67%
    Implementation went as expected
    20 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft AdvertisingTerminus ABM Platform
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Microsoft Advertising and Terminus ABM Platform
    Feature
    Microsoft Advertising
    6.5
    6 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Terminus ABM Platform
    -
    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 Terminus ABM Platform
    Feature
    Microsoft Advertising
    6.6
    8 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Terminus ABM Platform
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    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 Terminus ABM Platform
    Feature
    Microsoft Advertising
    7.3
    7 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Terminus ABM Platform
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    Ratings
    Ad bidding7.37 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Microsoft AdvertisingTerminus ABM Platform
    Small Businesses
    WordStream
    Score6.9 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    WordStream
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Foundry ABM
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    6sense
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft AdvertisingTerminus ABM Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.4
    (70 ratings)
    8.1
    (30 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 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 AdvertisingTerminus ABM Platform
    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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    Terminus
    Terminus ABM Platform is well suited for organizations beginning their ABM journey. It is easy to implement and there is a great team to help you do so. Ongoing customer success teams ensure you are taking full advantage of the platform and work to help you develop an ABM strategy that fits your business needs.
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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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    Terminus
    • Serving account targeted ads across a wide range of display ad providers
    • Matching account based browsing data to target lists
    • Identifying need and interest in particular accounts with intent data
    • Identifying anonymous web traffic on our site from target accounts
    • Reporting on ABM activity and metrics
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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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    Terminus
    • Support times are iffy. We've had slower replies and resolutions to issues since they acquired Sigstr and now support both products.
    • Display advertising generally has low ROI, in part due to "banner blindness". If you're not continuously developing engaging creatives, you're going to see very little return with this platform.
    • Their UI needs serious work. Some options are locked after you move to the next screen in their campaign wizard (nothing should ever be locked in draft) and unless they've recently changed it, you can't delete dead draft campaigns - just archive them.
    • There are a few serious discrepancies in the analytics when it comes to identifying which end companies have people who have viewed your ads (i.e. Microsoft has huge numbers because Azure is their product).
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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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    Terminus
    Terminus is a turn-key partner in the B2B Account-Based Marketing space. Their model is flexible and efficient which in turn provides effective results. Their sales staff is great and never tries to up-sell, but rather coach and educate our teams to be better at our jobs. It has been great to collaborate
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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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    Terminus
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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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    Terminus
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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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    Terminus
    Drift has banners available in their email tool, furthermore, we are able to mimic a Sigstr banner in HubSpot when we build emails by placing the banner image with a link in the bottom of an email, it's just a more manual process. I can't recommend any other solution over Sigstr, they own what they do and don't try to reach in their product marketing and I respect their product for that.
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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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    Terminus
    • Combining chat, advertising experiences & a very tight contact list - we saw a 684% increase in on-site engagement.
    • 900% increase in deal size after using chat with our advertising campaigns
    • 50% higher attendance for our events when leveraging our intent data for targeting
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    ScreenShots

    Terminus ABM Platform Screenshots

    Screenshot of The Tactic Details page shows how efforts are engaging targeted accounts. Users can view clicks, views, spend, etc. to more thoroughly understand advertising efforts.Screenshot of The Account Hub leverages Terminus' B2B Account Graph to automatically ingest first and third-party account data to deliver a complete picture of target accounts, and use that data to create and manage target account audiences for all account-based marketing and sales programs.Screenshot of Account-Based Analytics helps measure an account-based marketing program. The ABM Scorecard is used to surface executive-level revenue reporting metrics.Screenshot of Configurable dashboards track engagement milestones and revenue progress by account segment or business type.Screenshot of Precision display and LinkedIn advertising, to get in front of the right people in the right companies earlier, and deliver the right message every step of the way.Screenshot of Account Insights to help sales teams set more qualified meetings with ABM.