Singular vs. Smaato

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Singular
Score 9.2 out of 10
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Singular, headquartered in San Francisco, offers their mobile marketing and analytics platform of the same name. The company Singular merged with Apsalar in 2017, and combined technologies to offer a single platform under the Singular brand.N/A
Smaato
Score 8.9 out of 10
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Smaato is a supply-side publisher platform (SSP) from the Verve Group since the 2021 acquisition.N/A
Pricing
SingularSmaato
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SingularSmaato
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
SingularSmaato
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(3 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(2 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
SingularSmaato
Likelihood to Recommend
Singular
Singular is perfect for companies that have limited BI developer resources. If you work with more than a few media partners, Singular aggregates all pre-install metrics and automatically connects it to your BI data / MMP provider. This use is perfect for executives/directors that want to have a quick snapshot of their marketing spend. Singular also works well for media buyers that want to export Singular report as a base for creating optimization reports.
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Verve Group
Smaato is very well suited for user acquisition and retargeting companies. Their overlap in terms of audiences and publishers with other exchanges is very limited, which makes it a great alternative when you need to scale a campaign and want to maintain your frequency cap. They work very well in branding campaigns as well as performance campaigns.
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Pros
Singular
  • Creative reporting is one of the features of Singular (formerly Apsalar), which I love the most.
  • Tracking the user journey right from the click to purchase.
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Verve Group
  • Fill - the ad requests we send to Smaato have seen a great requests-to-impression ration.
  • Revenue - We've seen a lift in overall revenue thanks to the high CPM bids we get from Smaato.
  • Payments are always on time and they have a responsive financial team that is helpful in answering any questions.
  • Customer service - They are very fast to respond to any issues. The set up was streamlined thanks to their professional customer service.
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Cons
Singular
  • Providing a clear solution to cross-device attribution and measurement: no vendor does this well currently.
  • Ability to toggle advanced attribution models: first-last touch, time decay, etc.
  • Comprehensive deep linking solution (similar to Branch).
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Verve Group
  • Inventory can be a bit pricey in competitive markets like the US.
  • Reporting dashboard is limited, needs work.
  • They don't offer a lof of transparency about margins over media cost.
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Usability
Singular
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Verve Group
Smaato has a UI where you can control your line items on the traffic you want to receive. That is a key unique selling point that other SSPs don't offer. Most of the items that you will need like reporting can be done on a self serve manner and that is a big plus, specifically for changes that need to happen really fast and you don't need to deal with account managers that may take some time to answer emails.
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Support Rating
Singular
When we report about a bug or a problem the support usually responds quickly and try to provide a solution/fix in a timely manner. I wish that they had a monitoring tool to notify me about bugs before I spot them myself.
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Verve Group
Smaato's account management team is very professional. They are quite fast in terms of customer support, which is very helpful. One item that stands out is that they are willing to understand what you need for each campaign and what is the best way to move forward. They don't just jump quickly into trying to upsell more of Smaato's products (audiences, data) like other SSPs do.
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Alternatives Considered
Singular
As this is my first job after completing my graduation, therefore I do not have any prior experience of working with corporates and organizations. Hence I have only used Singular (formerly Apsalar).
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Verve Group
With over 20 demand partners in our stack, Smaato is in the top 5
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Return on Investment
Singular
  • Reduced time to manage reporting on a daily basis—going from weekly reporting to daily cadence.
  • Ability to manage and optimize creative performance, allowing us to test and react to performance quickly.
  • Reduced error rate (and therefore troubleshooting) of reporting.
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Verve Group
  • Increased overall revenue
  • Strong demand pool
  • Easy reporting
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