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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Skai

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASkai (formerly Kenshoo) is a cross-channel advertising solution for search marketing, social media and online advertising. The product aims to give advertisers and agencies the control and automation needed to make better investment decisions across search marketing and online advertising.

    $10,000

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    AdButler

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AAdButler is an advertisement serving and retargeting software solution offered by Sparklit.N/A
    Pricing
    SkaiAdButler
    Editions & Modules
    Kenshoo
    $10,000
    Starting Price
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SkaiAdButler
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
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    Features
    SkaiAdButler
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Skai and AdButler
    Feature
    Skai
    7.1
    10 Ratings
    3% below category average
    AdButler
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Data Transfer8.510 Ratings00 Ratings
    DSP integration5.75 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Skai and AdButler
    Feature
    Skai
    6.1
    11 Ratings
    25% below category average
    AdButler
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Ad campaign creation7.611 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Ad deployment7.611 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Display advertising4.310 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation4.810 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Sequence targeting6.39 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Skai and AdButler
    Feature
    Skai
    7.3
    12 Ratings
    6% below category average
    AdButler
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Ad dashboards7.612 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Ad performance reports9.812 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking6.712 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting7.611 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management5.910 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization6.211 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    SkaiAdButler
    Small Businesses
    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
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SkaiAdButler
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (17 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    3.6
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SkaiAdButler
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Skai
    Kenshoo would be a good tool if your client has extremely high budgets with low CPCs. For small, geo-specific accounts the capabilities have not be built out. Therefore, the tool could not budget pace our 250+ accounts. The main reason we had chosen Kenshoo was because of its budget pacing capabilities. Unfortunately, it did not save us time and created additional budget pacing issues with over pacing our accounts.
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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
    Skai
    • Kenshoo Search bid policies make bid optimization easy and automated. Optimizations are based off of sophisticated algorithms rather than simple bid rules (although Kenshoo Search also offers these). There are many different policies to choose from. Simply choose your type of goal (example: awareness vs. ROI), choose your metric, and assign to your campaign(s) and/or account.
    • Kenshoo Search reporting offers a large selection of reporting templates that are easily exported to Microsoft Excel. In addition, they also offer dashboard reporting with a variety of different widgets that are easily customizable. This feature makes it extremely easy to view metrics that may normally require manual excel work.
    • Kenshoo Search has a Desktop Editor tool similar to Google Adwords Editor that makes bulk optimizations easy and time efficient. This is a huge resource win for me and my team!
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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
    Skai
    • When working with large accounts, such as mine, the tool can be slow. There are a lot of times where the editor tool will freeze, and I'm not sure if I need to reboot or exit the tool. I wish it was a smooth process, much like the AdWords editor tool.
    • Kenshoo support can be slow to respond at times. In the ticketing industry, things are very much based on time of day or time of the week. If the product is down or not functioning during an on-sale or a major event, it can be difficult to get tech support on the phone.
    • Their reporting really doesn't set them a part from the competition. I've used social tools such as Marin and a few others, and they're all pretty similar as far as reporting. If possible, I think you're better off using Google Analytics for reporting, just so you have a common denominator.
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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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    Likelihood to Renew
    Skai
    We received great customer service from the Kenshoo Social team, they listen to feedback, and truly work to get things fixed. The tool works well and they are always working on ways to improve it to help improve performance for our clients
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    Sparklit
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    Usability
    Skai
    Set-up like other marketing platforms. If you know Google Ads, you know Kenshoo
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    Sparklit
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    Support Rating
    Skai
    Very responsive and bring fast answers for problems
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    Sparklit
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    Alternatives Considered
    Skai
    I think Skai beats the competitors with its advanced bidding management system, this is a unique feature of them that if you implement properly, your accounts will surely benefit from this, especially if you have tons of data that the algo can learn from and optimize accordingly. In terms of reporting, they are the best we've got so far, scheduling options are great.
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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
    Skai
    • ROI is harder to track due to reporting/column & time frame default tech in my humble opinion but generally better results when compared to other products
    • Since the interface is difficult to navigate and paid search is a reactive medium, can produce barriers to change.
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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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