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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Nielsen Marketing Cloud

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/ANeilsen Marketing Cloud includes a Data Management Platform (DMP), Media Planning and Optimization, Data as a Service (DaaS), Multitouch Attribution Analytics, Inflight Analytics, and integrations to different digital media channels as well as to content marketing, creative testing, search, email and social media platforms. It's designed to enable marketers to plan, execute, and report on all of their marketing activities from one place.N/A

    Skai

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASkai (formerly Kenshoo) is a cross-channel advertising solution for search marketing, social media and online advertising. The product aims to give advertisers and agencies the control and automation needed to make better investment decisions across search marketing and online advertising.

    $10,000

    Starting Price

    Pricing
    Nielsen Marketing CloudSkai
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Kenshoo
    $10,000
    Starting Price
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Nielsen Marketing CloudSkai
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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    Community Pulse
    Nielsen Marketing CloudSkai
    Considered Both Products
    Nielsen
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    Skai
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    80%
    Happy with the feature set
    4 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Nielsen Marketing CloudSkai
    Data Collection
    Comparison of Data Collection features of Nielsen Marketing Cloud and Skai
    Feature
    Nielsen Marketing Cloud
    8.3
    6 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Skai
    -
    Ratings
    Collection of first-party data8.56 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collection of third-party data8.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access to Third-party Data Providers7.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Classification
    Comparison of Data Classification features of Nielsen Marketing Cloud and Skai
    Feature
    Nielsen Marketing Cloud
    8.6
    6 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Skai
    -
    Ratings
    Audience taxonomy8.26 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tag Management8.25 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Analysis Dashboard9.46 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Nielsen Marketing Cloud and Skai
    Feature
    Nielsen Marketing Cloud
    7.9
    5 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Skai
    7.1
    10 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Data Transfer7.95 Ratings8.510 Ratings
    DSP integration7.95 Ratings5.75 Ratings
    DMP Analytics
    Comparison of DMP Analytics features of Nielsen Marketing Cloud and Skai
    Feature
    Nielsen Marketing Cloud
    8.6
    6 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Skai
    -
    Ratings
    Campaign Analytics8.56 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience Analytics8.86 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Nielsen Marketing Cloud and Skai
    Feature
    Nielsen Marketing Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Skai
    6.1
    11 Ratings
    25% below category average
    Ad campaign creation00 Ratings7.611 Ratings
    Ad deployment00 Ratings7.611 Ratings
    Display advertising00 Ratings4.310 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation00 Ratings4.810 Ratings
    Sequence targeting00 Ratings6.39 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Nielsen Marketing Cloud and Skai
    Feature
    Nielsen Marketing Cloud
    -
    Ratings
    Skai
    7.3
    12 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Ad dashboards00 Ratings7.612 Ratings
    Ad performance reports00 Ratings9.812 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking00 Ratings6.712 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting00 Ratings7.611 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management00 Ratings5.910 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization00 Ratings6.211 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Nielsen Marketing CloudSkai
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    AdRoll
    Score3.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Adobe Audience Manager
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Adobe Audience Manager
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Nielsen Marketing CloudSkai
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.9
    (7 ratings)
    9.2
    (17 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.6
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Nielsen Marketing CloudSkai
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Nielsen
    Best suited for scenarios involving detailed analysis of customer data and demographics. Allows for complex investigation of customer and audience details. Less well suited for scenarios involving simultaneous collaboration on analysis. This product is not the best for collaboration and is better suited for individual work and individual forms of analysis.
    Incentivized
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    Skai
    Kenshoo would be a good tool if your client has extremely high budgets with low CPCs. For small, geo-specific accounts the capabilities have not be built out. Therefore, the tool could not budget pace our 250+ accounts. The main reason we had chosen Kenshoo was because of its budget pacing capabilities. Unfortunately, it did not save us time and created additional budget pacing issues with over pacing our accounts.
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    Pros
    Nielsen
    • I just like the manner it handles the analytical rationalization of giving a standing and updates of the inner and outside beliefs of Marketing analysis.
    • It facilitates me apprehend clients' desires and offers advice on a way to fulfill their desires.
    • When I am making plans and instinctually recognise what purchasers are going to purchase, I depend upon their real-time records to validate my assumptions and tell our media buys.
    • Automatic rewards with the media Connections. The availability of records and the alternatives to make our customer's picks understandable.
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    Skai
    • Kenshoo Search bid policies make bid optimization easy and automated. Optimizations are based off of sophisticated algorithms rather than simple bid rules (although Kenshoo Search also offers these). There are many different policies to choose from. Simply choose your type of goal (example: awareness vs. ROI), choose your metric, and assign to your campaign(s) and/or account.
    • Kenshoo Search reporting offers a large selection of reporting templates that are easily exported to Microsoft Excel. In addition, they also offer dashboard reporting with a variety of different widgets that are easily customizable. This feature makes it extremely easy to view metrics that may normally require manual excel work.
    • Kenshoo Search has a Desktop Editor tool similar to Google Adwords Editor that makes bulk optimizations easy and time efficient. This is a huge resource win for me and my team!
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    Cons
    Nielsen
    • More segments need to be created as often as possible
    • Sometimes it is hard to optimize these segments when the CTR is low - segments make it difficult to pull out zones/sites that are dragging down the CTR because they are so narrowly targeted.
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    Skai
    • When working with large accounts, such as mine, the tool can be slow. There are a lot of times where the editor tool will freeze, and I'm not sure if I need to reboot or exit the tool. I wish it was a smooth process, much like the AdWords editor tool.
    • Kenshoo support can be slow to respond at times. In the ticketing industry, things are very much based on time of day or time of the week. If the product is down or not functioning during an on-sale or a major event, it can be difficult to get tech support on the phone.
    • Their reporting really doesn't set them a part from the competition. I've used social tools such as Marin and a few others, and they're all pretty similar as far as reporting. If possible, I think you're better off using Google Analytics for reporting, just so you have a common denominator.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Nielsen
    I still use exelate every day for my media plans that are either direct response or extremely geo-targeted.
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    Skai
    We received great customer service from the Kenshoo Social team, they listen to feedback, and truly work to get things fixed. The tool works well and they are always working on ways to improve it to help improve performance for our clients
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    Usability
    Nielsen
    Very easy to utilize. Features are basic. Again just not too much in the way of involved customization
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    Skai
    Set-up like other marketing platforms. If you know Google Ads, you know Kenshoo
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    Support Rating
    Nielsen
    I am rating this as neutral due to having minimal interaction with them
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    Skai
    Very responsive and bring fast answers for problems
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    Alternatives Considered
    Nielsen
    Nielson Cloud helps businesses find, recruit, and create new advertiser client bases, as well as stand out in a crowded public space. Measure linear and digital media metrics across channels aids in giving insights in an efficient manner. Nielson Cloud also assists businesses in maximising ROI by analysing how their marketing and advertising reaches and influences audiences throughout the customer lifecycle.
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    Skai
    I think Skai beats the competitors with its advanced bidding management system, this is a unique feature of them that if you implement properly, your accounts will surely benefit from this, especially if you have tons of data that the algo can learn from and optimize accordingly. In terms of reporting, they are the best we've got so far, scheduling options are great.
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    Return on Investment
    Nielsen
    • We are using it for analytics, statistics control, and for a single pane of glass and reviews for our senior leadership. We fetch significant insights from this device which can be then provided to our stakeholders to higher understand the achievements and loopholes.
    • We can make Marketing strategies with the help of this. Also, it is benefiting financially and getting productive.
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    Skai
    • ROI is harder to track due to reporting/column & time frame default tech in my humble opinion but generally better results when compared to other products
    • Since the interface is difficult to navigate and paid search is a reactive medium, can produce barriers to change.
    Incentivized
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