Outbrain

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Outbrain
Score 4.9 out of 10
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Outbrain, headquartered in New York with offices globally, is an internationally known native advertising platform for curating and publishing content across a variety of channels and media spaces, containing editorial controls, analytics for judging impact, and related features.N/A
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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I used Plista in the past, we never had such problems either with the website and the customer support
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Here at AdRizer my personal ad sources primarily revolve around Google Ads & Outbrain. Taboola is extremely similar to Outbrain minus the fact that strategies are dictated on the account level unlike by campaign with Outbrain
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We've also used Taboola. Overall, comparing the traffic 1:1, the Outbrain traffic tended to perform better onsite by a slim margin.
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Outbrain has an edge over others because of its ease to set up campaigns, better algorithm to drive conversions and optimize on more than a goal and good reporting. Furthermore, this has by far the biggest inventory of the network of publishers and many premium inventories. …
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This is the only website we have used, so far, so good and we are very happy with it. Our team also.
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Outbrain is easier to use than Taboola and a lot more straight forward. With Taboola, I have found that you never really know what impact is being had outside of the data they provide. I have never had this concern with Outbrain because I have seen the ads placed on sites I …
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So we had demos and trial versions for Taboola, AdRoll, ContentStudio. All aim to help businesses find more customers on the web and help them grow. What stood apart for us was Outbrain's automation in lead discover, verification and personalized content for us and thus …
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When we're recommending a Native campaign, Outbrain is our platform of choice. Taboola is pretty comparable, but the setup with Outbrain is a little easier, difficult to comment on the quality of traffic they drive, but know that Outbrain is acceptable. Yahoo Gemini does a few …
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Initially, we used Outbrain because we felt that Taboola was getting too expensive. However, after a month trial and a rather disappointing result, we are going back with Taboola. Still happy with Taboola (I wrote about this at length in a separate review). Outbrain is good, …
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Compared to Taboola, Outbrain had more editorial guidelines, provided more potential impressions, and cost slightly less. However, keeping up with meeting the constant editorial guidelines (despite writing very high-quality, original content) was overwhelming and cost our team …
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outbrain and Taboola both offer similar services. Outbrain had a larger network of quality sites where higher quality backend users were expected.
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Outbrain's reporting is not as robust as Taboola's. I have also seen better conversion results through Taboola. Though I believe it depends on the vertical you are advertising for.
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Outbrain has a higher caliber of publishing partners for targeting as well as the additional articles by other providers in the article grouping than, say Taboola.
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Outbrain is the most visible player in regards to third party content distribution.
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Outbrain used to have the best reporting / performance out of all the native suppliers that we've used however now I feel that it is lagging behind and lacks optimisations which means we've started looking around for a better platform.

It may be that these features are available …
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Outbrain is really the leader in the field so we did not consider other products. Other products are more likely to promote "sketchy" content that we would not want our content to appear next to. It will be interesting to see what other players enter this market in the near …
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User Ratings
Outbrain
Likelihood to Recommend
1.5
(17 ratings)
Usability
7.8
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
7.5
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Outbrain
If your client or organization is running a high volume awareness campaign, Outbrain would be a platform to diversify your mix with. Pretty low maintenance and easy to set up, you can get ads running in a few minutes. If your primary goal is conversions, there are probably better channels you can use where the targeting is a little more transparent and would likely see a higher avg conversion rate.
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Pros
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  • Website network: Outbrain provides high-quality websites in its network so that you can get a quality audience.
  • Affordable pricing: The CPC offered by Outbrain is relatively cheaper than other alternatives.
  • Content dashboard: The dashboard allows you to edit the content before publishing it on Outbrain's platform.
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Cons
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  • Customer Service - Speaking to a human is nearly impossible, there is no "chat" function, and no phone number immediately available. Ultimately, I've had to email a generic CS contact and wait several days before heading back.
  • High Number of Guidelines - The number of guidelines one must meet before using Outbrain is much higher than any other ad platform I've used. Most of them are highly specific and not necessarily items that a website would have out-of-the-box.
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Usability
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The use case is very obvious, brand awareness and low cost conversions because of its reach in billions. The platform is easy to use, well sorted and defined with good click optimized algorithms and brands can use it without hesitation. If monitored well and optimized accordingly, this can prove to be one of the best advertising channels.
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Support Rating
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We had an account manager assigned to us, but they really didn't offer too much help outside of the financial side of things. We used the self-serve platform with mild suggestions every few weeks from our reps amounting to "spend a bit more here."
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Alternatives Considered
Outbrain
Here at AdRizer my personal ad sources primarily revolve around Google Ads & Outbrain. Taboola is extremely similar to Outbrain minus the fact that strategies are dictated on the account level unlike by campaign with Outbrain
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Return on Investment
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  • None. My perspective is that further testing is needed as well as additional tracking capabilities applied to be able to assess value. However, it's a CPC model and relatively inexpensive in regards to additional reach, especially if it's packaged in with an Earned media push into the marketplace.
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