MediaMath vs. SmartyAds DSP

The pricing model of MediaMath with respect to agencies should be a little different, since you have to consider that agencies have various sets of clients with different needs. Not all agency clients have equal budgets to spend. So the platform fee should not be flat rather there should be a formula with respect to spend level and use for each client at agency level.

SmartyAds DSP works well when you want to impact the user in all of their journeys across different formats. As it works on CTV, mobile, and desktop, you can try sequential ads between different platforms, which is quite interesting and is a very strong advantage over more focused DSPs like MoPub or Smaato.

Incentivized

• Good operating system with a constant effort to integrate all the latest technology needed to perform well in digital media buying.
• Really attentive and well-trained platform specialists to answer all the questions a media trader can ask about media buying on the platform.

Incentivized

• Easy-to-use, friendly interface.
• Interesting integrations.

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• Inventory: a low in-app inventory
• You can't see the results of your campaigns in the same day, you need to wait until next day to see impressions and clicks and general results of your campaigns.

Incentivized

• Support team is not very good.
• Not a lot of direct traffic, mostly reseller traffic.

Incentivized

At this point, I know there are better options out there for OUR use case. This is not true of everyone, so I don't want to give them a zero because I don't like their tool or value proposition. They are a great tool, for what they do, and have a great group of people running things and providing support.

The main DSP I've used beyond TerminalOne MOS is DoubleClick Bid Manager. DBM has stronger 3rd party data from a deterministic standpoint as one can target Google users based on age and gender. Additionally, DBM provides access to YouTube inventory, which is a major plus given it is the primary place users consume video content.

Incentivized

SmartyAds is more related to Cheetah than to MoPub or Smaato because these last two put a lot of focus on having direct unfiltered access to the publishers. At the same time, Cheetah and SmartyAds are mostly resellers. I believe that if you need a vast amount of traffic, you can use them, but you need to ix in some direct publishers to improve the quality of the campaigns.

Incentivized

• Although Display is not an end-of-funnel tactic/ conversion-driven, it's great for brand awareness.
• MediaMath has allowed us to reach niche audiences with their targeting capabilities

Incentivized

• More inventory, more spend, ore budget, better ROI.
• Fraud issues and refunds, decreasing ROI.

Incentivized