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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

    Tracx

    Score7 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Tracx is a social media analytics platform that is designed to help enterprises to build their brand, attract new customers, service existing ones and connect with other key audiences in the social-enabled world. According to the vendor, the solution analyzes and refines mass amounts of geographic, demographic and psychographic data from across the social web to deliver deep insights into customers, competitors and influencers. It then makes those insights actionable through its contextually…N/A
    Pricing
    Microsoft AdvertisingTracx
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft AdvertisingTracx
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Microsoft AdvertisingTracx
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Tracx
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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 AdvertisingTracx
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Microsoft Advertising and Tracx
    Feature
    Microsoft Advertising
    6.5
    6 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Tracx
    -
    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 Tracx
    Feature
    Microsoft Advertising
    6.6
    8 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Tracx
    -
    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 Tracx
    Feature
    Microsoft Advertising
    7.3
    7 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Tracx
    -
    Ratings
    Ad bidding7.37 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Microsoft AdvertisingTracx
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    WordStream
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Talkwalker by Hootsuite
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    WordStream
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Talkwalker by Hootsuite
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    1-Social
    Score5.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft AdvertisingTracx
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.4
    (70 ratings)
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.3
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    7.9
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft AdvertisingTracx
    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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    Tracx
    Tracx is best for influencer marketing tracking, where you need to track specific mentions of a keyword from specific people. Not sure it's the 100% solution for other social media aspects, but I have not explored many of those aspects, so I cannot be the end-all-be-all person to say when it isn't well suited
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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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    Tracx
    • Tracx is very user friendly. There is a bit of a learning curve but once that is established there are many opportunities to use Tracx to your brands benefit.
    • There customer service team is exceptional. If I ever have a question regarding the platform I am able to reach out to our account manager and receive a reply the same day.
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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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    Tracx
    • Tracx is a little slow to pull in data. It could be a lot better although I understand it's pulling in a lot of metadata which other platforms don't pull.
    • Tracx is not "real time", some of the sources take a little more time to get pulled in although I understand this is probably an API issue on the social network side.
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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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    Tracx
    Tracx is a solid software for identifying customer sentiment that would otherwise go unheard and undocumented by our company. We're able to report to our CEO the good and the bad with actual data and do so on an attractive interface. It is also essential in helping us prepare queries well in advance.
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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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    Tracx
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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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    Tracx
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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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    Tracx
    I like the attention that we have from our team at Tracx. I like that unlike other tools we have tried Tracx allows us to publishing, listen, receive automated reports and track our competition in real time.
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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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    Tracx
    • We are able to see what people are saying about our brand on social media in real time and respond to it in a timely fashion.
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    ScreenShots

    Tracx Screenshots

    Screenshot of KNOW WHO YOUR INFLUENCERS ARE
Stitch together an individual's social media profiles to understand their true sphere of influence.
KNOW WHY THEY HAVE INFLUENCE
Put the whole profile in perspective with metrics such as volume, reach, and impact to get the most out of each investment.Screenshot of HOTSPOT IDENTIFICATION
Better measure and target your campaigns and initiatives by viewing hotspots of social media activity geographically.
HYPER LOCAL TARGETING
Get granular at the post and street levels for deeper engagement with your target audience.Screenshot of KNOW WHAT TO POST
Enhance marketing management by receiving recommendations for trending content that your unique audience will love.
KEEP THE CONTENT FLOWING
Establish a consistent cadence of engagement with your community by scheduling posts ahead of time and organizing your content so that your teams can collaborate.
CROSS-ORGANIZATIONAL COLLABORATION
Create and implement workflows and approval processes to optimize your team's efficiency. Easily measure your team's compliance to your overarching engagement strategy.Screenshot of Measure your team's performance. Manage internal KPIs by benchmarking individual or team activity by social media campaign or initiative. Keep tabs on the amount of time taken to identify, respond and close social cases.