Smaato vs. Sojern RevDirect

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Smaato
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Smaato is a supply-side publisher platform (SSP) from the Verve Group since the 2021 acquisition.N/A
Sojern RevDirect
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Sojern’s RevDirect™is a risk-free, pay-for-performance direct demand marketing solution for independent hotel marketers. Engaging with prospective guests as they quickly navigate across websites, digital channels, and devices to plan and book their travel is an increasingly complex challenge, which Sojern is aiming to solve with its RevDirect solution. You can customize your display campaign to include Facebook, Instagram, Search, and more, and place your property in front of in-market…N/A
Pricing
SmaatoSojern RevDirect
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
SmaatoSojern RevDirect
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
SmaatoSojern RevDirect
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
SmaatoSojern RevDirect
Ad Campaigns
Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Product A and Product B
Smaato
-
Ratings
Sojern RevDirect
8.3
1 Ratings
7% above category average
Ad campaign creation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Ad deployment00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Display advertising00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Ad display and retargeting segmentation00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Ad Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Smaato
-
Ratings
Sojern RevDirect
10.0
1 Ratings
26% above category average
Ad dashboards00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Ad performance reports00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Best Alternatives
SmaatoSojern RevDirect
Small Businesses
Google Ad Manager
Google Ad Manager
Score 8.4 out of 10
Google Ad Manager
Google Ad Manager
Score 8.4 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
The Trade Desk
The Trade Desk
Score 7.0 out of 10
The Trade Desk
The Trade Desk
Score 7.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Adobe Advertising Cloud
Adobe Advertising Cloud
Score 8.9 out of 10
Adobe Advertising Cloud
Adobe Advertising Cloud
Score 8.9 out of 10
All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
User Ratings
SmaatoSojern RevDirect
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
SmaatoSojern RevDirect
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
Read full review
Sojern
Sojern is well suited for those who are measuring ROI and are looking to have more direct bookings to the website. Google has made it increasingly more difficult to book directly on a website. I believe it takes about three clicks to get to a website through Google listings and Sojern has made it easier for us to make our websites more visible in rankings. The same goes for OTAs, with Sojern we have a better means of combating pesky OTAs.
Read full review
Pros
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.
Read full review
Sojern
  • Drives booking to our websites.
  • Helps us to better understand traveler profiles.
Read full review
Cons
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.
Read full review
Sojern
  • For those who don't analyze data on a daily basis it would be beneficial to have simple descriptions of the collected data.
Read full review
Usability
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.
Read full review
Sojern
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
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.
Read full review
Sojern
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Verve Group
With over 20 demand partners in our stack, Smaato is in the top 5
Read full review
Sojern
Sojern combines all of these platforms into one and makes information more accessible and easier to read among analysts. With Sojern we can easily make changes to ads created in order to boost ROI. Our company selected Sojern as a means to better our quality production and to lessen the time spent on adjusting content and analyzing data.
Read full review
Return on Investment
Verve Group
  • Increased overall revenue
  • Strong demand pool
  • Easy reporting
Read full review
Sojern
  • Sojern has had a positive impact on our impression share.
  • Sojern has had a positive impact on our ROI across the board.
Read full review
ScreenShots