Adform FLOW vs. Google Ads

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adform FLOW
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
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
Google Ads
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Google Ads (formerly AdWords) is Google's pay-per-click online advertising program. With Google Ads users set their budget and choose where their ads appear in search listings, and on partner websites. Google Ads uses cost-per-click (CPC) bidding.
$500
in Ads credit in the first 60 days
Pricing
Adform FLOWGoogle Ads
Editions & Modules
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Offer A
$500
in Ads credit in the first 60 days
Offer B
$1500
in Ads credit in the first 60 days
Offer C
$3000
in Ads credit in the first 60 days
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Adform FLOWGoogle Ads
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 FLOWGoogle Ads
Features
Adform FLOWGoogle Ads
Ad Network Integration
Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Product A and Product B
Adform FLOW
8.4
Ratings
13% above category average
Google Ads
-
Ratings
Data Transfer8.80 Ratings00 Ratings
DSP integration8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad Campaigns
Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Product A and Product B
Adform FLOW
8.0
Ratings
3% above category average
Google Ads
3.8
Ratings
5% below category average
Ad campaign creation7.50 Ratings2.30 Ratings
Ad deployment7.70 Ratings2.30 Ratings
Display advertising9.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Ad display and retargeting segmentation8.00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Sequence targeting8.00 Ratings1.00 Ratings
Contextual advertising00 Ratings2.20 Ratings
Social advertising00 Ratings1.00 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
Google Ads
6.3
Ratings
19% above category average
Ad dashboards9.00 Ratings2.30 Ratings
Ad performance reports8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Ad conversion tracking7.50 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Ad attribution reporting7.50 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Cross-channel ad management8.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad forecasting and optimization7.50 Ratings2.30 Ratings
Ad Auctions
Comparison of Ad Auctions features of Product A and Product B
Adform FLOW
-
Ratings
Google Ads
7.0
Ratings
3% above category average
Ad bidding00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Adform FLOWGoogle Ads
Likelihood to Recommend
7.7
(0 ratings)
5.7
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(0 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.0
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Adform FLOWGoogle Ads
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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Clients who are selling products such as dresses, clothes, jewelry, beauty products, etc., generally work well. Also, in some cases, it doesn't fetch a good ROAS for very small business owners. If a client is already doing well in SEO, the probability for it to perform well over Google Ads is always enhanced, and if it doesn't have a good organic reach, Google Ads also suffers.
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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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  • Keyword Research - Google Ads has a handy built in tool that helps determine important keywords to target both for Ads & SEO
  • Intuitive Analytics Dashboad - Google Ads makes it fairly simple to see and analyze important metrics on how your ads are running week after week
  • Intuitive Setup - Google Ads makes it easy to figure out how to run ads with little to no training (although training is highly recommended to run effective ads), as their interface is clean and easy to figure out (unlike competing products).
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Cons
  • Customer service
  • Integration & deployment with existing infrastructure
  • Upgrades to the platform
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  • Google's heavy dependence on AI makes many of the campaign behavior inscrutable and, often, it performs poorly as a result.
  • Their responsive ads, for example, which are heavily recommended by them, often perform significantly worse than normal text ads.
  • Their support, while relatively quick, becomes useless if you need any deep insight/help.
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Likelihood to Renew
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As of today Google AdWords leads approximately 90% of paid searches globally. There is practically is no other network that can offer such a relevant and engaging audience at the price. The PPC model is also unique in that no media dollars are wasted, since PPC models ensure brand interaction versus traditional media which has heavy ad avoidance and clutter but still charges a hefty amount for ads.
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Usability
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This is more of a subjective rating, because I think it can be increased with how much our ad spend is. The more of an ad spend, the more visibility we can get, and therefore all features can climb. With an overall larger presence the usability is that where we can get messages out quick, and that's the main thing we try to do with our campaigns.
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Support Rating
Reasons are already given in past. They are really slow in support service.
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We have not yet had an account rep who hasn't tried to bully me or other employees to raise our budgets. At the same time, several years ago, one attempted to help refine our ads and ended up changing the ads to be something we were not affiliated with
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Online Training
No answers on this topic
Daily use with advanced account structures. Familiarity with reporting/api and complex setups.
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Alternatives Considered
Adform was in some usecases similar to Xaxis, however, client preferred to use Adform.
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Google Ads remains at the top advertising channel within our business for both lead volume and revenue generation, whilst maintaining a reasonable cost per lead (CPL). Both Meta Ads and Microsoft Ads have a much lower CPL, those channels don't contribute as much revenue and lead generation.
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Return on Investment
  • CPA reduction 20% in some clients
  • ROAS driven decisions
  • DSP Cost reduction
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  • Once we got the hang of it and had everything setup, it was a great monthly expense that we could count on ROI from. Either by obtaining new customers or literally staying above our competition in search rankings.
  • We also started consulting on ads for customers and helping them set things up, which created a new revenue stream for us.
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