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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Ads

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AGoogle 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

    TubeMogul (discontinued)

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/ATubeMogul was an advertising management platform acquired by Adobe in December 2016. It is no longer available, however its functionality is supplied by Adobe Advertising Cloud.N/A
    Pricing
    Google AdsTubeMogul (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    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
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google AdsTubeMogul (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Google AdsTubeMogul (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Chose TubeMogul (discontinued)
    Like I said previously, it's much easier to have video advertising consolidated with other ad mediums. It keeps consistency in targeting and reporting as well.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
    39 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    74%
    Delivers good value for the price
    34 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    78%
    Happy with the feature set
    38 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    67%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    31 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    68%
    Implementation went as expected
    32 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Google AdsTubeMogul (discontinued)
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Google Ads and TubeMogul (discontinued)
    Feature
    Google Ads
    3.8
    2 Ratings
    5% below category average
    TubeMogul (discontinued)
    6.7
    6 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Ad campaign creation2.32 Ratings6.56 Ratings
    Ad deployment2.32 Ratings6.66 Ratings
    Display advertising9.02 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation8.82 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Sequence targeting1.01 Ratings6.92 Ratings
    Contextual advertising2.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social advertising1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Google Ads and TubeMogul (discontinued)
    Feature
    Google Ads
    6.3
    2 Ratings
    19% above category average
    TubeMogul (discontinued)
    5.7
    7 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Ad dashboards2.32 Ratings7.37 Ratings
    Ad performance reports9.02 Ratings6.77 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking9.02 Ratings5.22 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting9.02 Ratings3.12 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization2.32 Ratings5.56 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management00 Ratings6.45 Ratings
    Ad Auctions
    Comparison of Ad Auctions features of Google Ads and TubeMogul (discontinued)
    Feature
    Google Ads
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    TubeMogul (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Ad bidding7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Google Ads and TubeMogul (discontinued)
    Feature
    Google Ads
    -
    Ratings
    TubeMogul (discontinued)
    6.8
    6 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Data Transfer00 Ratings6.45 Ratings
    DSP integration00 Ratings7.16 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Google AdsTubeMogul (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    WordStream
    Score6.9 out of 10
    AdRoll
    Score3.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    WordStream
    Score6.9 out of 10
    Google Campaign Manager 360
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    Adobe Advertising Cloud
    Score8.6 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    Google AdsTubeMogul (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.7
    (117 ratings)
    7.0
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.6
    (21 ratings)
    4.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    1.0
    (8 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google AdsTubeMogul (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    Google Ads is a useful advertising tool to build brand exposure and generate lead volumes for your chosen product. Whilst it can be costly at times due to competitor bidding strategies and requires constant monitoring to ensure campaigns perform as expected, it typically provides the desired quality and quantity of leads for custom budgets.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Of the DSPs in which I am familiar, TubeMogul's platform is the easiest to obtain premium publisher inventory... something they definitely push on their clients; but it is something they should be bragging about. It consolidates your deals into one easy interface from which you can either conduct an "on demand deal" or do a direct reservation. Their on demand deal is super easy since TubeMogul buys the publishers' inventory beforehand for its clients to then use. All you have to do to get access to this inventory is click a button. So simple
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    Pros
    Google
    • Automated targeting via Smart Shopping campaign. It's one of the best campaign types in Google Ads. In the beginning, you may see lower revenue and ROAS, but once you give some meaningful time to your campaign, it is most likely to perform well.
    • Smart bidding strategies: Google Ads has developed some really great bidding strategies such as maximizing conversion and maximizing conversion with ROAS settings. Based on one's requirement and their goal with revenue and target ROAS, they can choose the appropriate bidding strategy.
    • Reporting: A business owner and advertising must know about their audiences, how their campaigns have been performing, what's working and what's not, and for that reason, powerful, effective reporting is needed, and Google Ads provides rich details reporting that covers almost every aspect of a business.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • TubeMogul is great at managing publisher relationships. We have global demand and are currently working with several different teams at TubeMogul to monetize the different regions.
    • Managing our block list has been effective as well.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Google
    • If you don't know what you're doing, it will be a costly mistake. You need to target ads, and it is difficult the first time to do that.
    • There isn't a feature to run an add for a couple set date spans, just hours you want to run them or a single date span.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Setting up PMP deals needs to be more seamless
    • Missing functionality with reporting
    • Easier view in platform to see which placements have spent
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Google
    I think Google Ads is good for getting your company out there and becoming more visible to potential customers in general. However, for specific product launches, social media advertising might be a better fit. Also, our user base is younger so social media is a better channel for our target audience.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    I am not aware of the reasons to cancel a certain platform, but if we were i'd assume it's because of the missing features, lack of quality inventory and brand safety measures. I assume the contact would be renewed if above-mentioned reasons changed
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    Usability
    Google
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Google
    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
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Google
    Daily use with advanced account structures. Familiarity with reporting/api and complex setups.
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    Our agency invests heavily in Google Ads (particularly paid search advertising) on behalf of our clients relative to competitors like Microsoft and Yahoo because Google is the top search engine in the world. Google collects the most search data which enables the company to improve its AI to drive better performance for agencies and brands. As such, our paid search and app install campaigns always start with Google. If a client has a large budget, we will allocate media dollars to other search engines, but in some cases, the entire search budget goes to Google because we see the best returns.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    TubeMogul is comparable to other DSPs. I would say it lacks in simplicity. Too many platforms, TubeMogul included, try to be too technical with many bells and whistles, while some do help campaign optimization, many are unnecessary. We select TubeMogul when we are looking for other sources of inventory that we can scale against using our fist party data.
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    Return on Investment
    Google
    • Google Ads is often one of our highest ROI channels, especially when you factor in branded ads.
    • Depending on the stage your business is in, search ads can be really powerful from an ROI perspective, providing an investment with a very high spend cap.
    • If you do not manage the campaigns well though, you can quickly spend a lot of money on nothing. So make sure someone is keeping an eye on your account.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Real time optimizations to campaign. By having access to a dashboard we are able to pivot to stronger performance and pivot away from weaker performance.
    Incentivized
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