Adform FLOW vs. AppNexus

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adform FLOW
Score 8.1 out of 10
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Adform, headquartered in Copenhagen, offers an independent and integrated advertising platform built for modern marketing. Its enterprise technology – Adform FLOW – harnesses user experience and a scalable, modular and open architecture, to enable management of the whole campaign life cycle. It aims to provide clients with enhanced control and transparency across advertising operations, including ownership of all data from their campaigns.N/A
AppNexus
Score 9.0 out of 10
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AppNexus AppNexus offers online auction infrastructure and technology for data management, optimization, financial clearing and support for directly negotiated advertising campaigns. It integrates with advertising sources including Google's DoubleClick, Microsoft's AdECN, and aggregators.[3]N/A
Pricing
Adform FLOWAppNexus
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Adform FLOWAppNexus
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Adform FLOWAppNexus
Features
Adform FLOWAppNexus
Ad Network Integration
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Adform FLOW
8.4
Ratings
13% above category average
AppNexus
8.5
Ratings
14% above category average
Data Transfer8.80 Ratings8.00 Ratings
DSP integration8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Ad Campaigns
Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Product A and Product B
Adform FLOW
8.0
Ratings
3% above category average
AppNexus
8.0
Ratings
3% above category average
Ad campaign creation7.50 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Ad deployment7.70 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Display advertising9.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Ad display and retargeting segmentation8.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Sequence targeting8.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Ad Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Adform FLOW
8.0
Ratings
4% above category average
AppNexus
8.2
Ratings
6% above category average
Ad dashboards9.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Ad performance reports8.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Ad conversion tracking7.50 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Ad attribution reporting7.50 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Cross-channel ad management8.70 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Ad forecasting and optimization7.50 Ratings8.00 Ratings
User Ratings
Adform FLOWAppNexus
Likelihood to Recommend
7.7
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8.0
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Likelihood to Renew
-
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4.0
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Usability
-
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5.0
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Availability
-
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10.0
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Performance
-
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10.0
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Support Rating
6.0
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6.0
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Online Training
-
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2.0
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Implementation Rating
-
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5.0
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Configurability
-
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5.0
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Ease of integration
-
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5.0
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Product Scalability
-
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5.0
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Vendor post-sale
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6.0
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Vendor pre-sale
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4.0
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User Testimonials
Adform FLOWAppNexus
Likelihood to Recommend
It is well suited for organisations which have big customer base and huge databases. It integrates well with the existing database and the reporting is amazing. The whole team reports can be generated using admin dashboard. Plus the campaign reports are also generated accurately giving all related details. It might not be suitable for small scale companies as that won't be cost efficient.
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AppNexus is well suited to use for programmatic campaigns that we have to launch for clients. Everything from standard display, native, high-impact, and video can run within the platform. Our trading team is well experienced within AppNexus (APN), and it's typically the first DSP they learn when starting.
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Pros
  • targeting options
  • ease of use
  • nice reporting options
  • Adform flow User ID - postcookie targeting option in particular.
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  • As per my experience they have strong support personnel. Solving the issues as and when required.
  • We can solve certain issues like campaign performance, inventory optimization and more with the help of AppNexus wiki. We get all the required information in the Wiki itself.
  • They have given the right platform to both buyers and sellers to workout and meet their digital marketing needs and goals.
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Cons
  • Customer service
  • Integration & deployment with existing infrastructure
  • Upgrades to the platform
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  • Better visualization and dashboard will make it a perfect product.
  • The product concept is hard to master. More video training in addition to the interactive training may help.
  • More report templates will make my life easier since it takes time to build one.
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Likelihood to Renew
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I love almost everything about AppNexus because I feel like the user data is easy to track because of the identifiers, you can see which adverts got clicked and which were ignored. We can track the location of the ad on the page fold and this makes it so much easier for future campaigns. The only thing I don't like is that the data is only kept for a year, and I'd like it for a longer period of time
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Usability
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Because I think the interface is kind of confusing at the beginning and it confuses you a lot.
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Reliability and Availability
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I've never had any problems with appnexus - the software is always available
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Performance
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Yes, everything works great in that sense
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Support Rating
Reasons are already given in past. They are really slow in support service.
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Because the support team does give you support, they take 24hrs to get back to you but once they open a ticket they focus on resolving the issue for you. My only problem is that you don't have a specific account representative assigned to you.
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Online Training
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Online training are not user friendly and not easy to understand
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Alternatives Considered
Adform was in some usecases similar to Xaxis, however, client preferred to use Adform.
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Appnexus is less retargeting-focused than Criteo. Their solutions are more focused on building awareness and not so much on the bottom of the funnel and on conversions. Regarding MoPub, their focus is on mobile, and Appnexus, even though it has a very strong mobile set of solutions, is specialized on CTV and other media channels.
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Scalability
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Because it's a great DSP but not the best
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Return on Investment
  • CPA reduction 20% in some clients
  • ROAS driven decisions
  • DSP Cost reduction
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  • After using AppNexus for our banner ads, which used to be a simple task became a complex one and we lost time building it out.
  • After realizing there is no dedicated way to contact AppNexus for troubleshooting and exchanging many emails going into long threads we lost even more time.
  • Our return on investment was poor with AppNexus due to the vastness of the platform and poor support experience limiting what we could do and losing time.
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