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    Smaato

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ASmaato is a supply-side publisher platform (SSP) from the Verve Group since the 2021 acquisition.N/A

    Sojern RevDirect

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASojern’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
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    SmaatoSojern RevDirect
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    SmaatoSojern RevDirect
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Smaato and Sojern RevDirect
    Feature
    Smaato
    -
    Ratings
    Sojern RevDirect
    8.3
    1 Ratings
    6% 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 Smaato and Sojern RevDirect
    Feature
    Smaato
    -
    Ratings
    Sojern RevDirect
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Ad dashboards00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ad performance reports00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
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    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    7.0
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Sojern
    • Drives booking to our websites.
    • Helps us to better understand traveler profiles.
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    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.
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    Sojern
    • For those who don't analyze data on a daily basis it would be beneficial to have simple descriptions of the collected data.
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    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.
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    Sojern
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    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.
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    Sojern
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    Alternatives Considered
    Verve Group
    With over 20 demand partners in our stack, Smaato is in the top 5
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    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.
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    Return on Investment
    Verve Group
    • Increased overall revenue
    • Strong demand pool
    • Easy reporting
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    Sojern
    • Sojern has had a positive impact on our impression share.
    • Sojern has had a positive impact on our ROI across the board.
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