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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Simpli.fi

    Score10 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Simpli.fi is the epoymous flagship product from the company headquartered in Fort Worth, for programmatic media buying, display advertising, and streaming / OTT monetization. It is a data management and demand-side buying hybrid platform (DMP / DSP).N/A

    AdButler

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AAdButler is an advertisement serving and retargeting software solution offered by Sparklit.N/A
    Pricing
    Simpli.fiAdButler
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Simpli.fiAdButler
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Simpli.fiAdButler
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Simpli.fi and AdButler
    Feature
    Simpli.fi
    5.8
    2 Ratings
    24% below category average
    AdButler
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Data Transfer3.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    DSP integration8.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Simpli.fi and AdButler
    Feature
    Simpli.fi
    -
    Ratings
    AdButler
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Ad campaign creation00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Ad deployment00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Display advertising00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Simpli.fi and AdButler
    Feature
    Simpli.fi
    -
    Ratings
    AdButler
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Ad dashboards00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Ad performance reports00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    AdRoll
    Score3.7 out of 10
    AdRoll
    Score3.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
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    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Simpli.fiAdButler
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.9
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Simpli.fiAdButler
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Simpli.fi
    If you don't care where your campaigns are running, if you don't care about your clients then feel free to do business with them. I would not recommend them to other agencies or business if they have a lot of particular advertisers and clients that they work with. It is too much work for them. If you want to do a self-service model with Simpli.fi, then I could recommend working with them. As long as I don't have to deal with their customer service daily, and my company has the control of the campaigns, I can feel more comfortable working with them. But even still, there are a lot of red flags that have been raised over the last few years and I am skeptical.
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    Sparklit
    AdButler is suitable for any company size but I would said that it is better for small to medium-sized agencies. AdButler is highly scalable but the control panel/dashboard could be challenging to manage if you have many campaigns or many users. It's also a good alternative for ad networks, which would like to manage multiple relationships with publishers.
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    Pros
    Simpli.fi
    • Simpli.fi's Geo-Fencing capabilities are top notch! The ability to include an unlimited number of geo-fences within a campaign is invaluable, as is the ability to measure the effectiveness of a geo-fencing campaign in driving foot traffic to our clients' physical locations.
    • Our organization appreciates the knowledge, experience and responsiveness of Simpli.fi's customer support staff.
    • One of the things Simpli.fi does particularly well is the education of its users and re-sellers. From monthly webinars, to its Bullseye learning courses, they have a way to make the complex understandable to even the most green digital sellers!
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    Sparklit
    • Organize your online publishers
    • Organize your campaigns
    • Reports are very simple and easy to read
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    Cons
    Simpli.fi
    • The approaches are not easily understood by our sales reps.
    • The reporting platform is pretty basic. The new platform is still in beta version.
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    Sparklit
    • Assigning multiple video publishers to a single campaign is something that they need to improve
    • The publisher dashboard is a little complicated to understand
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    Alternatives Considered
    Simpli.fi
    We have done a lot of research on many other vendors that offer the same or even more as Simpli.fi and have found a great fit for our business. There are many other options out there for programmatic buying! My advice to you is do your research. Don't just jump into bed with one without knowing all of the facts. Ask questions. Do some digging. And NEVER take anything they say at face value. They are there to sell you the product and if you move forward, you will for sure be disappointed
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    Sparklit
    AdButler is very convenient and very cost effective. Additionally, when you change a setup at the ad level, the server shows the change immediately; there's no delay. Ad Manager is better when you manage a significant amount of campaigns and users, but it's not that cheap in the end and you always have to wait for any change. EPOM is also a good solution, but the look and feel are old and it's complicated for some users to manage properly.
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    Return on Investment
    Simpli.fi
    • We have been able to leverage Simpli.fi's geo-fencing tools to pry business away from larger competitors.
    • The lack of a customer-facing dashboard is a weakness.
    • Simpli.fi's low barrier of entry has allowed us to scale at our pace without the threat of being cut off in the face of high minimum spends.
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    Sparklit
    • AdButler is very affordable and your ROI would be good always
    • It's also highly scalable
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