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Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (discontinued)

Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (discontinued)

Overview

What is Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (discontinued)?

Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (DTM) was a tool used by marketers to manage tags, and for collecting and distributing data across digital marketing systems. Adobe DTM is a legacy, and it will not receive feature updates. Adobe invites users to…

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Recent Reviews

Does what it says on the Tin!

6 out of 10
September 02, 2015
It does one thing extremely well and efficiently: manage Adobe tags. I have used it at several clients now to deploy Adobe Analytics …
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Popular Features

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  • Role-based user permissions (5)
    10.0
    100%
  • Ease of writing custom tags (5)
    10.0
    100%
  • Tag variable mapping (5)
    10.0
    100%
  • Rules-driven tag execution (5)
    9.0
    90%
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What is Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (discontinued)?

Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (DTM) was a tool used by marketers to manage tags, and for collecting and distributing data across digital marketing systems. Adobe DTM is a legacy, and it will not receive feature updates. Adobe invites users to upgrade to Launch on the Adobe Experience Platform.

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Features

Security

This component helps a company minimize the security risks by controlling access to the software and its data, and encouraging best practices among users.

10
Avg 8.6

Tag Management

Features related to tag management

9.4
Avg 8.0

Data Management & Integrity

Features related to data management and integrity

7.6
Avg 8.3
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Product Details

What is Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (discontinued)?

Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (DTM) was a tool used by marketers to manage tags, and for collecting and distributing data across digital marketing systems. Dynamic Tag Management enabled delivery of user-specific content, providing control to companies seeking to thrive in digital marketplaces.

Adobe DTM is a legacy, and it will not receive feature updates. Adobe invites users to upgrade to Launch on the Adobe Experience Platform.

Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (discontinued) Technical Details

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Frequently Asked Questions

Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (DTM) was a tool used by marketers to manage tags, and for collecting and distributing data across digital marketing systems. Adobe DTM is a legacy, and it will not receive feature updates. Adobe invites users to upgrade to Launch on the Adobe Experience Platform.

Ensighten Manage, Google Tag Manager, and Commanders Act TagCommander are common alternatives for Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (discontinued).

Reviewers rate Role-based user permissions and Tag variable mapping and Ease of writing custom tags highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Adobe Dynamic Tag Management (discontinued) are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Dynamic Tag Management is used to set up and deploy many tags across our website both for tracking as well as in conjunction with Adobe Target. One of the main benefits is that you can update your library and other implementation details without doing a code release. This frees up developer resources and allows Marketing to manage many of their tracking/Target testing activities with minimal implementation time.
  • Code releases are not needed to update analytics, media, and other tags on your site.
  • It reduces your dependency on web developers to deploy tracking code.
  • You can add, remove or modify tags without knowing any coding knowledge.
  • If your site has multiple domains and sub-domains, then you can easily manage them all without involving web developers.
  • It is only available with Adobe Marketing Cloud so you can't buy it as an independent product.
  • It is easier to use than Google Tag Manager, but not nearly as popular.
  • Whereas Google Tag Manager is free, Dynamic Tag Management must be purchased as part of Adobe Marketing Cloud.
Dynamic Tag Management allows you to tag any data elements on a page in order to track every aspect of your customer's journey. Its ease of use and the ability to deploy tags without having to involve a web developer leaves marketing to iterate without the lag time of a code release. I haven't found any areas where improvement is needed.
Tag Management (8)
85%
8.5
Tag library
90%
9.0
Tag variable mapping
100%
10.0
Ease of writing custom tags
100%
10.0
Rules-driven tag execution
90%
9.0
Tag performance monitoring
100%
10.0
Page load times
100%
10.0
Mobile app tagging
100%
10.0
Library of JavaScript extensions
N/A
N/A
Tag Load Rules
N/A
N/A
Data Management & Integrity (5)
60%
6.0
Event tracking
100%
10.0
Mobile event tracking
100%
10.0
Data distribution management
N/A
N/A
Universal data layer
100%
10.0
Automated error checking
N/A
N/A
TMS Architecture
N/A
N/A
Security (1)
100%
10.0
Role-based user permissions
100%
10.0
  • As you may know, Dynamic Tag Management is being discontinued partly because of its focus on Adobe only products, which made it difficult to implement third party software with it, and because it wasn't an open platform that allowed a community to build into it.
  • Being able to quickly deploy tags without involving a web developer saves money and time.
  • Tag Iterations can be done quickly and easily using different tagging templates that DTM can deploy without a code release.
Google Tag Manager is free software from Google that allows you to deploy many different types of tags quickly and easily without utilizing web developers. Dynamic Tag Management, on the other hand, can only be acquired if you purchase an adobe solution. It too allows you to deploy tags quickly and easily and use rules and conditions to control when event tags should be fired. Google Tag Manager has a Preview mode that allows you to test your tags before deploying them to production. This is very handy since it can uncover situations where your desired results turn out to be anything but.
Gitai Ben-Ammi | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
This is our primary tag management system. It is implemented on all marketing properties across our company. In addition to using this to deploy Adobe Marketing products such as Adobe Analytics, Adobe Target, and Adobe Media Optimizer, we use this tool to deploy pixels and other scripts. The ease of Adobe implementation is a huge factor, but as with all tag management systems, it's incredibly valuable to be able to deploy pixels and scripts without requiring developer assistance.
  • Rules: There are a wide variety of native triggers that are included for both plain vanilla HTML and single page applications that allow for many specific combinations of triggers.
  • QA: The plugin that allows for QA within the console makes it easy to tell if a rule is firing or not without the creation of a separate environment.
  • Version Control: It is mercifully simple to roll back to an earlier version if something goes awry. Remember, no matter how good your QA, something will eventually slip through. It's much better to be able to roll back with a couple clicks.
  • Single Page Applications: While it's greatly improved over the years, being able to accurately target certain actions on single page applications. In particular, applications built on React are difficult. The addition of a hash change trigger was quite useful, but more is definitely needed.
  • Data Elements: Great new tool, but I need it to be easier to create. I'm not an inherently technical individual, and the main benefit of tag management is reducing the need for technical people.
If you're on the Adobe stack at all, you absolutely need DTM. It will make your life infinitely easier. It's so simple to update your Adobe Analytics code and have version control, and when we implemented Adobe Target, it took literally less than 15 minutes for me to do. I also think it's significantly simpler than Google Tag Manager. I went through all manner of difficulty when implementing tags on that and have not had similar problems on DTM. If you're frequently placing pixels, it's a great tool that will speed their deployment.

The only situation in which I think a tag manager is not appropriate is if you have a dev with too much time on their hands. Otherwise, get a TMS and get DTM.
Tag Management (6)
78.33333333333333%
7.8
Tag variable mapping
100%
10.0
Ease of writing custom tags
100%
10.0
Rules-driven tag execution
90%
9.0
Tag performance monitoring
90%
9.0
Page load times
90%
9.0
Mobile app tagging
N/A
N/A
Tag Load Rules
N/A
N/A
Data Management & Integrity (5)
N/A
N/A
Event tracking
N/A
N/A
Mobile event tracking
N/A
N/A
Data distribution management
N/A
N/A
Universal data layer
N/A
N/A
Automated error checking
N/A
N/A
TMS Architecture
N/A
N/A
Security (1)
100%
10.0
Role-based user permissions
100%
10.0
  • The key factor is that my devs are not tied up with petty things like adding JS or advertising pixels. Simple work like that can be handled by me while they work on feature development.
  • Release cycle is much shorter when a dev is needed, say for a direct call rule that involves JS being written. We don't have to go through the normal release cycle and can do it on an ad hoc basis without all the rigmarole of a hot fix.
The one thing GTM has over DTM is that there are a bunch of hosted pixels by companies like Facebook. Otherwise, it's incredibly inferior. The DTM UI is easier, more intuitive, and more comprehensible. Debugging is easier as well, and the triggers are better defined in DTM. Version control is far superior and it's so easy to tell what tags are firing and when. I went from DTM to GTM when switching jobs and was so relieved when my new company made the switch to DTM. I'm much happier and it's much easier now.
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