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Google Marketing Platform
Formerly DoubleClick

Overview

What is Google Marketing Platform?

Google Marketing Platform (a combination of former DoubleClick advertiser tools and Google Analytics 360 Suite) is a set of tools for marketers to manage their advertising campaigns. DoubleClick was acquired by Google in 2008. It focuses on uploading ads and…

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Recent Reviews

DoubleClick

8 out of 10
September 03, 2021
Incentivized
DoubleClick is being used as a platform that firstly, brings together data from multiple advertising engines, such as AdWords (Google), …
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Easiest to Use

9 out of 10
January 16, 2020
Incentivized
Google Marketing Platform (GMP) is the main platform used by my agency across the whole organization - by multiple departments. We use it …
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Google Marketing Review

3 out of 10
October 07, 2019
Incentivized
Our media division uses DCM to produce ad tags for our partners/publishers and to measure conversions via floodlight. We're also connected …
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Awards

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Popular Features

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  • Ad campaign creation (32)
    8.4
    84%
  • Ad deployment (32)
    8.4
    84%
  • Ad conversion tracking (31)
    7.3
    73%
  • Ad performance reports (32)
    7.3
    73%
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Pricing

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What is Google Marketing Platform?

Google Marketing Platform (a combination of former DoubleClick advertiser tools and Google Analytics 360 Suite) is a set of tools for marketers to manage their advertising campaigns. DoubleClick was acquired by Google in 2008. It focuses on uploading ads and reporting their performance and also…

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  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Product Demos

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Google Marketing Platform Essentials: Search Ads 360 demo

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Google Marketing Platform Essentials: Campaign Manager 360 demo

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Google Marketing Platform Essentials: Display & Video 360 demo

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Google Marketing Platform Essentials: Tag Manager demo

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Google Marketing Platform Essentials: Google Marketing Platform demo

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Features

Ad Network Integration

Integration with main ad networks, and exchanges to make accurate media buys.

9.5
Avg 7.4

Ad Campaigns

Features related to creating and deploying ad campaigns.

7.9
Avg 7.8

Ad Reporting & Analytics

Features related to reporting on and analyzing advertisements.

7.2
Avg 7.8
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Product Details

Google Marketing Platform Integrations

Google Marketing Platform Technical Details

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Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Google Marketing Platform (a combination of former DoubleClick advertiser tools and Google Analytics 360 Suite) is a set of tools for marketers to manage their advertising campaigns. DoubleClick was acquired by Google in 2008. It focuses on uploading ads and reporting their performance and also provides forecasting tools to help predict future campaign needs. Bid optimization tools help manage pay-per-click (PPC) campaigns across search engines (e.g. Bing, Google, Yahoo!).

Adobe Advertising Cloud, AppNexus, and OpenX are common alternatives for Google Marketing Platform.

Reviewers rate Data Transfer highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Google Marketing Platform are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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September 03, 2021

DoubleClick

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
DoubleClick is slightly better to manage, especially in the sense of its user interface, which isn't super easy to navigate, but compared to Marin, is a lot easier. It also has a much easier process in terms of uploading ads to engines such as AdWords and Bing. I also find it easier to investigate the attribution tools in DoubleClick compared to Marin.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Google Marketing Platform had greater reach, was easily added to our other Google platforms and had a great support system. Our staff was more familiar with the platform as it has similarities to other Google products, hence it was easier to use. Whilst the other platforms had some merits GMP gave us the most cost-effective inventory and was the most popular with our Ad Ops Team.
January 16, 2020

Easiest to Use

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Adform has the worst support service I have ever encountered. I had to wait days for an answer, and would usually just be given a link to their support documentation which didn't provide the answer I needed. The interface is extremely confusing, and requires far too many steps to carry out a task. Sizmek is still Flash based, and I was continually not seeing features in the UI because Flash was blocked. This made it incredibly confusing. GMP is easy to use, support is easily contactable - either through email or live chat, and intuitive.
Collin Berg | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I've used Sizmek as an alternative and the UI/UX was extremely dated and slow. Updating creative isn't intuitive and requires learning the system so that you can do basic things like update jpgs correctly.
Ouali Benmeziane | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use all Google solutions, but we've tried to use other solutions to display ads, manage, and optimize our services. Google offers a complete suite of solutions and great and smooth integration.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
JWPlayer is great to upload videos and pulling video-metrics. We can easily copy a link to connect JWPlayer videos into Google Marketing Platform but you cannot solely use JW to run ads—just our videos and separate video reporting.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Having gone through a trial of Kenshoo in a previous role. The interface seemed less responsive, there was less coordination with releases by Google/Microsoft and there wasn't a financial benefit to swapping. We decided to stay with DoubleClick.
March 07, 2018

DoubleClick

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Flashtalking and Atlas by Facebook
I believe that DoubeClick is the best third-party ad server that I've used in the trafficking space. Although I did have a few years of experience using Flashtalking and Atlas, I'd prefer DCM. In my opinion the custom conversion and attribution models in DCM allow you to provide more granular media metrics in reporting.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Marin takes a lot more time for everything, mainly for the campaigns setup. This also leads to many mistakes, which impact the performance. I've used Marin on a couple of previous clients and we've had many problems with it, mainly with correct conversion tracking and account optimizations. Besides, Marin is behind all the new features available on AdWords, which makes the tracking also not very flexible.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I feel that both MediaMath and TradeDesk, while not as pretty or user intuitive as DoubleClick just out perform Bid Manager in terms of performance, driving low CPA's and overall better support.
Stephanie Pan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
DoubleClick is definitely more efficient than Kenshoo, particularly when it comes to reporting. It's great to be able to pull YoY data quickly, whereas Kenshoo only allows three month increments on most levels and monthly increments at the keyword level.
Dana Berardi | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
In the past we have tested Marin and Adobe AdLens for automated keyword bidding. Both have not worked well for our business as lead generation comes with a lot of challenges (i.e. verification process, daily and monthly lead caps etc.). AdLens recommends to add as many keywords as possible with the same target into one portfolio. However, with that strategy we saw a lot of cannibalization within campaigns. While some campaigns were growing, others saw a large drop in volume and it's is important for us to maximize volume for all of our campaigns. Overall we saw larger revenue volume, but a significant decrease in profit and therefore determined that both were not a good fit for us.
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