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    Overview
    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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    TransUnion TruAudience

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ATruAudience from TransUnion, which contains technology from Signal Tag Management and Neustar Marketing, is a solution that aims to help marketers, web analysts and agencies establish autonomy from IT development cycles, accelerate the launch of new data-driven initiatives and campaigns while significantly improving website performance.N/A
    Pricing
    SkaiTransUnion TruAudience
    Editions & Modules
    Kenshoo
    $10,000
    Starting Price
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    Pricing Offerings
    SkaiTransUnion TruAudience
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
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    Features
    SkaiTransUnion TruAudience
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Skai and TransUnion TruAudience
    Feature
    Skai
    7.1
    10 Ratings
    4% below category average
    TransUnion TruAudience
    -
    Ratings
    Data Transfer8.510 Ratings00 Ratings
    DSP integration5.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Skai and TransUnion TruAudience
    Feature
    Skai
    6.1
    11 Ratings
    25% below category average
    TransUnion TruAudience
    -
    Ratings
    Ad campaign creation7.611 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad deployment7.611 Ratings00 Ratings
    Display advertising4.310 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation4.810 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sequence targeting6.39 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Skai and TransUnion TruAudience
    Feature
    Skai
    7.3
    12 Ratings
    6% below category average
    TransUnion TruAudience
    -
    Ratings
    Ad dashboards7.612 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad performance reports9.812 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking6.712 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting7.611 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management5.910 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization6.211 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Skai and TransUnion TruAudience
    Feature
    Skai
    -
    Ratings
    TransUnion TruAudience
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Tag Management
    Comparison of Tag Management features of Skai and TransUnion TruAudience
    Feature
    Skai
    -
    Ratings
    TransUnion TruAudience
    8.4
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Tag library00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Tag variable mapping00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Ease of writing custom tags00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Rules-driven tag execution00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Tag performance monitoring00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Page load times00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Mobile app tagging00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Library of JavaScript extensions00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Data Management & Integrity
    Comparison of Data Management & Integrity features of Skai and TransUnion TruAudience
    Feature
    Skai
    -
    Ratings
    TransUnion TruAudience
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Event tracking00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Mobile event tracking00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Data distribution management00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Universal data layer00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Automated error checking00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
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    Score3.7 out of 10
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    Score8 out of 10
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    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score8 out of 10
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    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SkaiTransUnion TruAudience
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (17 ratings)
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    3.6
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SkaiTransUnion TruAudience
    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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    TransUnion
    Well suited to campaigns and smaller task teams of less than 100. For these sizes, the group conversations work well, and the ability to search conversations and multimedia is perfect for finding previous information. For larger groups, information could very easily get lost, and requires a break-up into groups that would defeat the purpose of such a group chat.
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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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    TransUnion
    • Populating your library with new tags is simple whether you're duplicating an existing tag or creating an entirely new one.
    • Creating the firing conditions for a tag.
    • Adding users to different groups with limited or full admin permissions.
    • If you know JavaScript, you shouldn't have an issue with assigning values to the proper variables once your data layer is set up for each page and/or action.
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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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    TransUnion
    • Placing quotes around variable names in the Tag Attributes, but not in the Event Handlers has caused me to mess up more than once.
    • Being able to search the account for all instances of certain text would be very helpful (e.g., search for s.eVar30 to find all places where I set that SiteCatalyst variable).
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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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    TransUnion
    Because of all of the previous benefits that I mentioned, GM has mandated that any DSP that we use for their campaigns must be integrated with BrightTag. Therefore we will have to use BrightTag for all future GM business
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    Usability
    Skai
    Set-up like other marketing platforms. If you know Google Ads, you know Kenshoo
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    TransUnion
    Based on the features and current usage. It shows some buggy pages plus the service and support is really very slow. The updates are not regular and company needs to work on that. The usability is good and reporting of tags is accurate which is the best part. The pricing of the product is good and can be used by organizations of all sizes.
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    Support Rating
    Skai
    Very responsive and bring fast answers for problems
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    TransUnion
    Support is really slow and it takes days to resolve an issue. Plus we have to inquire regularly for the status of resolution. Company should definitely work towards that
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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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    TransUnion
    Most of the tag solutions I've worked with were not nearly as robust. Most systems will let you load another tag not directly placed on the site, but none provide all the different firing levers that BT does
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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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    TransUnion
    • Wonderful for ensuring we meet our logistical and record-keeping requirements
    • Negative at being the best at quality-of-life options, like specific muting
    • Great at allowing a casual work environment in having chats for memes, pets, etc.
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