Simpli.fi vs. SmartyAds DSP

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Simpli.fi
Score 10.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Simpli.fi is the epoymous flagship product from the company headquartered in Fort Worth, for programmatic media buying, display advertising, and streaming / OTT monetization. It is a data management and demand-side buying hybrid platform (DMP / DSP).N/A
SmartyAds DSP
Score 4.0 out of 10
N/A
SmartyAds DSP is a demand-side platform for ad serving.N/A
Pricing
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Ad Network Integration
Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Product A and Product B
Simpli.fi
5.8
Ratings
24% below category average
SmartyAds DSP
-
Ratings
Data Transfer3.70 Ratings00 Ratings
DSP integration8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
1.9
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6.0
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User Testimonials
Simpli.fiSmartyAds DSP
Likelihood to Recommend
Simpli.fi, in my opinion, is the leader in programmatic branding campaigns for small to medium sized businesses. Large national brands with six figure brands can afford to look elsewhere, even though Simpli.fi is adept and conducting campaigns for big business as well. Simpli.fi does LOCAL very well.
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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.
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Pros
  • Their geo-fencing capabilities are by far one of the best in the market. The reporting capabilities on the back end for geo-fencing is great & the way they can get down to a pinpoint location is great.
  • Having access to the amount of exchanges that they partner with is great for a small agency that wouldn't normally have that reach.
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  • Easy-to-use, friendly interface.
  • Interesting integrations.
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Cons
  • Perhaps the biggest weakness Simpli.fi has is in reporting. Although near real time campaign data is available at any time, they lack a forward facing dashboard we can share with our clients. The lack of a customization on customer campaign dashboards has more than once become a negative factor in winning a sale against a competitor.
  • When we first started working with Simpli.fi, we could add Facebook to campaigns and use the Simpli.fi reporting tool to measure results. That capability disappeared shortly after implementation. It would be nice to use Simpli.fi tools to integrate display and social campaigns into a single dashboard.
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  • Support team is not very good.
  • Not a lot of direct traffic, mostly reseller traffic.
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Alternatives Considered
We have done a lot of research on many other vendors that offer the same or even more as Simpli.fi and have found a great fit for our business. There are many other options out there for programmatic buying! My advice to you is do your research. Don't just jump into bed with one without knowing all of the facts. Ask questions. Do some digging. And NEVER take anything they say at face value. They are there to sell you the product and if you move forward, you will for sure be disappointed
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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.
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Return on Investment
  • Very good on ROI
  • Our campaign performance is normally very good.
  • Customer support is very responsive.
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  • More inventory, more spend, ore budget, better ROI.
  • Fraud issues and refunds, decreasing ROI.
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