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    Outbrain

    Score5 out of 10
    N/AOutbrain, 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

    Piano Audience

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/APiano DMP presents customer data as immediately available for segmentation and targeting. It combines first-, second-, and third-party data with volunteered zero-party data, allowing administrators to develop user profiles and audience segments and put the data to work across sites and multi-channel campaigns. Integrate zero-party data to ensure data reliability, transparency, and consent.N/A
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    86%
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    Happy with the feature set
    88%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    OutbrainPiano Audience
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.5
    (17 ratings)
    8.3
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (5 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    7.5
    (6 ratings)
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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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    Piano Software
    Depending on the user segment created, it allows us for example to use the recommendation engine pop-up feature among other alternatives, it can also take effective action for media sites, such as in-site migration promotion and member registration/campaign recommendation. According to the user access record measured by Cxense tag measurement.
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    Pros
    Outbrain
    • 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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    Piano Software
    • Provides a better understanding of customers
    • It is based on highly impressions data from online advertising channels
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    Cons
    Outbrain
    • 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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    Piano Software
    • Data may be collected incorrectly.
    • Some of the derivations of user behavior may not be exact.
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    Usability
    Outbrain
    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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    Piano Software
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    Support Rating
    Outbrain
    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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    Piano Software
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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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    Piano Software
    It allows users to manage and analyze large volumes of information, The learning technology is automatic, the types of audiences can be classified. it is a very good business solution for our marketing department, The DMP acts as a true management center, we have obtained a good Simplification and unification of data
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    Return on Investment
    Outbrain
    • 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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    Piano Software
    • With the recommendation engine feature, we were able to improve the way related articles are displayed at the end of articles on media sites.
    • The CTR increased from 4-5% to 5-6%, and since it was originally a large-scale site, even a 1% improvement resulted in a large increase in PV.
    • In some cases, the pop-up feature was able to increase the number of members acquired through the campaign by approximately 15% compared to the previous campaign.
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