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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Broadlume

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ABuilt by 2 ex-Googlers, Broadlume (formerly AdHawk) promises to provide an easy way to manage the user's Google AdWords & Facebook Ad campaigns. The founders say that, after years of manually analyzing & optimizing Ad Accounts for thousands of businesses, they feel confident saying software automation makes the work of an advertiser incredibly efficient. The platform aims to help leverage data science and machine learning to optimize campaigns and help increase ROI.N/A

    Skai

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ASkai (formerly Kenshoo) is a cross-channel advertising solution for search marketing, social media and online advertising. The product aims to give advertisers and agencies the control and automation needed to make better investment decisions across search marketing and online advertising.

    $10,000

    Starting Price

    Pricing
    BroadlumeSkai
    Editions & Modules
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    Kenshoo
    $10,000
    Starting Price
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BroadlumeSkai
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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    Features
    BroadlumeSkai
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Broadlume and Skai
    Feature
    Broadlume
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    30% above category average
    Skai
    7.1
    10 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Data Transfer10.01 Ratings8.510 Ratings
    DSP integration00 Ratings5.75 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Broadlume and Skai
    Feature
    Broadlume
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Skai
    7.3
    12 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Ad dashboards10.01 Ratings7.612 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking10.01 Ratings6.712 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management10.01 Ratings5.910 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization10.01 Ratings6.211 Ratings
    Ad performance reports00 Ratings9.812 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting00 Ratings7.611 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Broadlume and Skai
    Feature
    Broadlume
    -
    Ratings
    Skai
    6.1
    11 Ratings
    24% below category average
    Ad campaign creation00 Ratings7.611 Ratings
    Ad deployment00 Ratings7.611 Ratings
    Display advertising00 Ratings4.310 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation00 Ratings4.810 Ratings
    Sequence targeting00 Ratings6.39 Ratings
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    BroadlumeSkai
    Small Businesses
    AdRoll
    Score3.7 out of 10
    AdRoll
    Score3.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Google Campaign Manager 360
    Score9 out of 10
    Google Campaign Manager 360
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Adobe Advertising Cloud
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Adobe Advertising Cloud
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BroadlumeSkai
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.2
    (17 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.6
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BroadlumeSkai
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Broadlume
    Despite its shortcomings, AdHawk is a neat, useful tool that provides tactical information for developing solid Facebook ad campaigns. AdHawk is great for managing smaller Facebook Ad budgets. You're able to select a truly actionable guideline in an easy to view format for decision-making. You can really optimize an ad to perform best using the data AdHawk generates
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    Skai
    Kenshoo would be a good tool if your client has extremely high budgets with low CPCs. For small, geo-specific accounts the capabilities have not be built out. Therefore, the tool could not budget pace our 250+ accounts. The main reason we had chosen Kenshoo was because of its budget pacing capabilities. Unfortunately, it did not save us time and created additional budget pacing issues with over pacing our accounts.
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    Pros
    Broadlume
    • Great UI
    • Accurate reporting
    • Strong data points
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    Skai
    • Kenshoo Search bid policies make bid optimization easy and automated. Optimizations are based off of sophisticated algorithms rather than simple bid rules (although Kenshoo Search also offers these). There are many different policies to choose from. Simply choose your type of goal (example: awareness vs. ROI), choose your metric, and assign to your campaign(s) and/or account.
    • Kenshoo Search reporting offers a large selection of reporting templates that are easily exported to Microsoft Excel. In addition, they also offer dashboard reporting with a variety of different widgets that are easily customizable. This feature makes it extremely easy to view metrics that may normally require manual excel work.
    • Kenshoo Search has a Desktop Editor tool similar to Google Adwords Editor that makes bulk optimizations easy and time efficient. This is a huge resource win for me and my team!
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    Cons
    Broadlume
    • Ability to look at two campaigns at once (comparative stats)
    • Only available for Facebook or G+
    • No export feature for reporting
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    Skai
    • When working with large accounts, such as mine, the tool can be slow. There are a lot of times where the editor tool will freeze, and I'm not sure if I need to reboot or exit the tool. I wish it was a smooth process, much like the AdWords editor tool.
    • Kenshoo support can be slow to respond at times. In the ticketing industry, things are very much based on time of day or time of the week. If the product is down or not functioning during an on-sale or a major event, it can be difficult to get tech support on the phone.
    • Their reporting really doesn't set them a part from the competition. I've used social tools such as Marin and a few others, and they're all pretty similar as far as reporting. If possible, I think you're better off using Google Analytics for reporting, just so you have a common denominator.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Broadlume
    No answers on this topic
    Skai
    We received great customer service from the Kenshoo Social team, they listen to feedback, and truly work to get things fixed. The tool works well and they are always working on ways to improve it to help improve performance for our clients
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    Usability
    Broadlume
    AdHawk is extremely easy to use. Not many buttons to click to get to any area of importance. It's also very clean and sophisticated in design which makes for a pleasant experience. The optimization features even explain to you the value of going with the suggested strategy. Overall, AdHawk is a great software for managing Facebook and Google Ads
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    Skai
    Set-up like other marketing platforms. If you know Google Ads, you know Kenshoo
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    Support Rating
    Broadlume
    No answers on this topic
    Skai
    Very responsive and bring fast answers for problems
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    Alternatives Considered
    Broadlume
    AdHawk is far better than the other products regarding how simplified the reporting of ad results are. AdHawk is cleaner and easier to understand. Allows for easy comparing of conversion points within a campaign. Other products are simply not as easy to use. Also, optimization is not a feature available with many services
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    Skai
    I think Skai beats the competitors with its advanced bidding management system, this is a unique feature of them that if you implement properly, your accounts will surely benefit from this, especially if you have tons of data that the algo can learn from and optimize accordingly. In terms of reporting, they are the best we've got so far, scheduling options are great.
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    Return on Investment
    Broadlume
    • Ad optimization data
    • Simplified ad management
    • Audience understanding
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    Skai
    • ROI is harder to track due to reporting/column & time frame default tech in my humble opinion but generally better results when compared to other products
    • Since the interface is difficult to navigate and paid search is a reactive medium, can produce barriers to change.
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