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    AppNexus

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AAppNexus 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
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    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
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    Chose AppNexus
    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 …
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    The TTD platform seems to have better CTV/OLV inventory, so that is typically preferred over AppNexus (APN). Usually, if clients have an internal desk, they will use TTD, which can often lead to us bidding against them, which is also another benefit of running campaigns within …
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    Chose AppNexus
    We use AppNexus as a part of a full advertising stack which includes the other platforms listed below. AppNexus is similar in it's offering and also offers unique header bidding options which help it stand out slightly against the other options in the demand side platform …
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    AppNexus is a different kind of DSP. They put a lot of focus on taking care of their ecosystem, they are very restrictive in which kind of ads you can serve there. They audit all of the creatives, and that's why they never have issues with fraud and are good for branding …
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    AppNexus has more advanced targeting options as well as better publishers than The Trade Desk. Even if the system is harder to use and less intuitive they have a lot of CTV inventory and are at the forefront of the industry. They should expand on other markets to improve their …
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    QlikView's dashboard is hard to configure. Also, it is unable to report on metrics by section or DMA. It does not update data that have been corrected. There is no visualization with QlikView.
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    Appnexus reporting was significantly more granular than Rubicon. It's reporting also was better organized and felt more trustworthy when pulling historical data.
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    Before using AppNexus we have used Ad Juggler and compared to Ad Juggler, AppNexus is sophisticated ad server and the UI is awesome.
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    Appnexus is the only one that i have used but I don't see why I would use anything else. It fits all of my needs, has extra things that I never got a chance to use and I look forward to learning and playing more with the data tools. I also like knowing that our user data is …
    Chose AppNexus
    AppNexus stacks up very well and works to mend across similar products, and to our proprietary technologies. They've created a platform that's close to a one-stop shop that spawns across a number of technologies and services, which is great from an advertising or publishing …
    Chose AppNexus
    Google Marketing Platform is the platform we used prior to AppNexus, while Google Marketing works innately with so many other platforms and does a wonderful job of streamlining everything we thought the vast features that AppNexus brings to the table would assist us better. …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    AppNexus
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of AppNexus
    Feature
    AppNexus
    8.5
    8 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Data Transfer8.06 Ratings
    DSP integration9.08 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of AppNexus
    Feature
    AppNexus
    8.0
    8 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Ad campaign creation8.08 Ratings
    Ad deployment9.07 Ratings
    Display advertising7.07 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation8.07 Ratings
    Sequence targeting8.07 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of AppNexus
    Feature
    AppNexus
    8.2
    9 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Ad dashboards9.09 Ratings
    Ad performance reports7.09 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking8.08 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting8.08 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management9.08 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization8.08 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    AdRoll
    Score3.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Google Campaign Manager 360
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Adobe Advertising Cloud
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AppNexus
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (16 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    4.0
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    5.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    4.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AppNexus
    Likelihood to Recommend
    AppNexus
    Appnexus is specifically well suited for CTV campaigns. They have the full technology stack to help you scale campaigns in any format, whether you need a lot of volume in traditional formats like banners and interstitials or if you need high-impact formats like video and other alternatives. Appnexus has a very strong set of unique publishers which makes it a great DSP for branding campaigns.
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    Pros
    AppNexus
    • 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
    AppNexus
    • The platform is incredibly complex and requires a great deal of understanding of how the platform works that caught us by surprise.
    • The wiki is not enough and when we resorted to reaching out to AppNexus it was a nuisance of having several emails going back and forth.
    • No phone support is offered which would have made several things easier than exchanging confusing emails.
    • Video inventory is still not implemented.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    AppNexus
    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
    AppNexus
    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
    AppNexus
    I've never had any problems with appnexus - the software is always available
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    Performance
    AppNexus
    Yes, everything works great in that sense
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    Support Rating
    AppNexus
    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
    AppNexus
    Online training are not user friendly and not easy to understand
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    Alternatives Considered
    AppNexus
    The TTD platform seems to have better CTV/OLV inventory, so that is typically preferred over AppNexus (APN). Usually, if clients have an internal desk, they will use TTD, which can often lead to us bidding against them, which is also another benefit of running campaigns within AppNexus (APN). Google DSP is typically used to increase the scale for display and build larger re-messaging pools.
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    Scalability
    AppNexus
    Because it's a great DSP but not the best
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    Return on Investment
    AppNexus
    • The 1 USD audit fee makes it very hard to A/B test creatives and improve performance, hurting ROI.
    • We have been able to reach some users that we weren't able to get before, increasing spending, which is good for ROI.
    • We can run campaigns on TV, which is a big boost for the business, and very ROI positive.
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