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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

    Zedo

    Score6 out of 10
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    $15

    Starting Price Per Month

    Pricing
    OutbrainZedo
    Editions & Modules
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    Subscription
    $15.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    OutbrainZedo
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
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    Outbrain
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    OutbrainZedo
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Outbrain and Zedo
    Feature
    Outbrain
    -
    Ratings
    Zedo
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Ad campaign creation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ad deployment00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Display advertising00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Outbrain and Zedo
    Feature
    Outbrain
    -
    Ratings
    Zedo
    9.6
    1 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Ad dashboards00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Ad performance reports00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    OutbrainZedo
    Small Businesses
    Amazon Advertising Sponsored Products
    Score5.5 out of 10
    AdRoll
    Score3.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Amazon Advertising Sponsored Products
    Score5.5 out of 10
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    AdSense
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    OutbrainZedo
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.5
    (17 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.5
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    OutbrainZedo
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Zedo
    The vendor needs to fit the client so the reason I worked with them was that they were not too big or too small for our organization. Also, they were more likely to adapt to our workflow which is great as some vendors in this space wanted us to conform to their processes, which was not wanted.
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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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    Zedo
    • Campaign set up in our ad server at the time, 27/7 Real Media's OAS platform.
    • Post-campaign reporting.
    • Our main point of contact, I believe her name was Nafisa, was extremely friendly and became an extension of the team. She really was fun to work with and professional.
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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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    Zedo
    • They had their own ad server and there were regular efforts to get us to move to that ad server which was not industry standard at the time. We already an agreement in place with OAS and also used DFP via agency access but they pushed to use this server and it was not something I really needed to keep discussing with them.
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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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    Zedo
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Zedo
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Zedo
    I worked with a company called Asentech whose core competence at the time was not campaign management. Zedo replaced them and did a great job. I have since evaluated Theorem, OAO and YourBow and Zedo offers as much if not more than those companies.
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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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    Zedo
    • At the beginning of the month, we had a crush of new campaigns to launch and they stepped up their game to get this accomplished. Also, reporting was done very quickly with a lot of insight into campaign optimization.
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