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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

    Starting Price

    vidIQ

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AvidIQ is a YouTube audience development and management suite that helps brands and agencies grow their views and subscribers, from the company of the same name in San Franciso. vidIQ's solution assists YouTube Marketers through their workflows, including uploading their videos at the best time of day, connecting brands with their top influencers, YouTube SEO, monitoring viewer and engagement analytics across Twitter and Facebook, bulk description editing, comment moderation, and Facebook fan…

    $19.95

    per month

    Pricing
    SkaividIQ
    Editions & Modules
    Kenshoo
    $10,000
    Starting Price
    Boost
    $19
    per month
    Boost - Annual
    $199
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SkaividIQ
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
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    Features
    SkaividIQ
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Skai and vidIQ
    Feature
    Skai
    7.1
    10 Ratings
    3% below category average
    vidIQ
    -
    Ratings
    Data Transfer8.510 Ratings00 Ratings
    DSP integration5.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Skai and vidIQ
    Feature
    Skai
    6.1
    11 Ratings
    25% below category average
    vidIQ
    -
    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 vidIQ
    Feature
    Skai
    7.3
    12 Ratings
    6% below category average
    vidIQ
    -
    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
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    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SkaividIQ
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (17 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    3.6
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SkaividIQ
    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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    vidIQ
    It is amazing to see the power of using keywords suggestions from VideoIQ. Our team had a great experience using it and wil definitely recommend it to those who really believe in keywords targeting & optimization
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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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    vidIQ
    • Youtube Videos Potential reach
    • Videos viewability & SEO
    • Share of voice
    • hashtags tracking
    • keyword tracking & performance evaluation
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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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    vidIQ
    • Sometimes it stuck while using it and there should be more adjustments and custom reports when it comes to reporting the results
    • Chrome extension is not somehow working properly. happened to me twice and then it was resolved. Annoying when you have to wait
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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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    vidIQ
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Skai
    Set-up like other marketing platforms. If you know Google Ads, you know Kenshoo
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    vidIQ
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Skai
    Very responsive and bring fast answers for problems
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    vidIQ
    No answers on this topic
    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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    vidIQ
    I was told that it will really help you optimizing the video views so i tried it. Results were amazing. I would definitely encourage people who are on brands & media side to really look into it and get benefit out of it
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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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    vidIQ
    • Video views increased organically by using the relevant keywords targeted for relevant audience
    • By using competitors keywords & hashtags, one can really benefit from it.
    Incentivized
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