Broadlume vs. WordStream Advisor

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Broadlume
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Built by 2 ex-Googlers, Broadlume (formerly AdHawk) promises to provide an easy way to manage the user's Google AdWords & Facebook Ad campaigns. The founders say that, after years of manually analyzing & optimizing Ad Accounts for thousands of businesses, they feel confident saying software automation makes the work of an advertiser incredibly efficient. The platform aims to help leverage data science and machine learning to optimize campaigns and help increase ROI.N/A
WordStream Advisor
Score 7.0 out of 10
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Wordstream, the eponymous offering from the company in Boston, MA, provides a free tool for analyzing performance "grading" an Adwords campaign, beyond which, Wordstream Advisor provides (for a fee, though a free trial is available) recommendations to optimize a paid advertising campaign on Google, Bing, and Yahoo! search engines, and place ads. Beyond the platform, Wordstream also offers full account management services, for outsourcing one's campaign, and white labeling for…N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Ad Network Integration
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Broadlume
10.0
1 Ratings
30% above category average
WordStream Advisor
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Data Transfer10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Broadlume
10.0
1 Ratings
25% above category average
WordStream Advisor
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Ad dashboards10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad conversion tracking10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Cross-channel ad management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad forecasting and optimization10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
BroadlumeWordStream Advisor
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(23 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
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(0 ratings)
9.0
(3 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
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Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(5 ratings)
User Testimonials
BroadlumeWordStream Advisor
Likelihood to Recommend
Broadlume
Despite its shortcomings, AdHawk is a neat, useful tool that provides tactical information for developing solid Facebook ad campaigns. AdHawk is great for managing smaller Facebook Ad budgets. You're able to select a truly actionable guideline in an easy to view format for decision-making. You can really optimize an ad to perform best using the data AdHawk generates
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WordStream
Do you currently use Google AdWords to drive new business for your website? Then you need WordStream. The best scenario where it has helped me is time. I used to spend easily 20 hours a week analyzing data, making minor changes, adjusting budgets, trying to just master Google AdWords! But now I'm able to spend maybe 2-3 hours a week on Google AdWords and put the rest of my attention on other responsibilities. WordStream has mastered making my time more efficient.
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Pros
Broadlume
  • Great UI
  • Accurate reporting
  • Strong data points
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WordStream
  • Definitely go with a consultant. It amazed me how quickly our consultant was able to understand our business and what we sell. He was the best resource for our newly-digitized marketing team.
  • The negative keywords section was a hugely helpful tool. It saved us from so much unnecessary spend while making it easy to add negatives.
  • How quickly changes implemented were updated on AdWords was amazing. It's live, so no lag and unnecessary spend.
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Cons
Broadlume
  • Ability to look at two campaigns at once (comparative stats)
  • Only available for Facebook or G+
  • No export feature for reporting
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WordStream
  • While the basic tools are pretty simple to use, the platform is actually pretty expansive and I don't feel like I've taken advantage of it (yet) as much as I could. It does require some training to get up to speed.
  • Support for Display ad campaigns is limited - this is mainly used as a way to optimize Search campaigns.
  • Reporting. I find the reporting setup to be a bit confusing and still rely on other sources for building out reports on our Adwords performance (Adwords itself and Google Analytics).
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Likelihood to Renew
Broadlume
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WordStream
Affordable, useful, informative, easy to use, continually updating and staying current
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Usability
Broadlume
AdHawk is extremely easy to use. Not many buttons to click to get to any area of importance. It's also very clean and sophisticated in design which makes for a pleasant experience. The optimization features even explain to you the value of going with the suggested strategy. Overall, AdHawk is a great software for managing Facebook and Google Ads
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WordStream
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Support Rating
Broadlume
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WordStream
I have not had any experience with the customer support team for platform issues, but the account representative checks in with us often and is always available to answer questions. We will usually get on quarterly review calls so that she can share any new updates to the platform and answer questions.
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Alternatives Considered
Broadlume
AdHawk is far better than the other products regarding how simplified the reporting of ad results are. AdHawk is cleaner and easier to understand. Allows for easy comparing of conversion points within a campaign. Other products are simply not as easy to use. Also, optimization is not a feature available with many services
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WordStream
WordStream is a little different from the competition. There are much more expensive solutions that manage the account for you with more features (Kenshoo, Marin, etc) and there are cheaper solutions out there that offer some of the features that WordStream provides; however, if a marketer wants to personally manage an account with some aided help than WordStream provides a great, cost-effective solution
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Return on Investment
Broadlume
  • Ad optimization data
  • Simplified ad management
  • Audience understanding
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WordStream
  • I've already noted the time savings that WordStream has provided - at leats 5 hours a week (and I like to think that my time is pretty expensive/worth it).
  • Wordstream has paid for itself already, simply in removing junk from our AdWords account - junk keywords, junk AdWords groups, junk matching.
  • I think we'll find, over more time, that Wordstream will continue to provide outstanding value in dropping our CPA - once Google register sthe lack of junk, our CPC will continue to go down.
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