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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    The Trade Desk

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AThe Trade Desk is the eponymous flagship product from the company headquartered in Ventura California, a demand-side / data management hybrid platform (DSP / DMP).N/A

    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
    The Trade DeskTubeMogul (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    The Trade DeskTubeMogul (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Features
    The Trade DeskTubeMogul (discontinued)
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of The Trade Desk and TubeMogul (discontinued)
    Feature
    The Trade Desk
    -
    Ratings
    TubeMogul (discontinued)
    6.8
    6 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Data Transfer00 Ratings6.45 Ratings
    DSP integration00 Ratings7.16 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of The Trade Desk and TubeMogul (discontinued)
    Feature
    The Trade Desk
    -
    Ratings
    TubeMogul (discontinued)
    6.7
    6 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Ad campaign creation00 Ratings6.56 Ratings
    Ad deployment00 Ratings6.66 Ratings
    Display advertising00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation00 Ratings6.04 Ratings
    Sequence targeting00 Ratings6.92 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of The Trade Desk and TubeMogul (discontinued)
    Feature
    The Trade Desk
    -
    Ratings
    TubeMogul (discontinued)
    5.7
    7 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Ad dashboards00 Ratings7.37 Ratings
    Ad performance reports00 Ratings6.77 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking00 Ratings5.22 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting00 Ratings3.12 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management00 Ratings6.45 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization00 Ratings5.56 Ratings
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    The Trade DeskTubeMogul (discontinued)
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    Basis DSP
    Score9 out of 10
    AdRoll
    Score3.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    StackAdapt
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Google Campaign Manager 360
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Yahoo DSP
    Score6.4 out of 10
    Adobe Advertising Cloud
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    The Trade DeskTubeMogul (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    7.0
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    The Trade DeskTubeMogul (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    The Trade Desk
    After extensive research of DSP and DMP platforms in the market, our agency made the wise decision to license TTD's platform and develop a long-term partnership. TTD continues to innovate and offer cutting-edge media buying solutions, access to more audience data segments, and access to new and emerging media channels like CTV/OTT and digital-out-of-home. We couldn't be happier with TTD's technology and is one of the most advanced agency users of TTD is a key differentiator for our agency.
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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
    The Trade Desk
    • User engagement - Cookie matching provides better engagement and effectiveness
    • Reporting of campaigns - Great reporting on display advertising & platforms
    • Dashboard reporting - Scalable to global deployment & campaigns
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    • 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.
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    Cons
    The Trade Desk
    • Reporting platform leaves a lot to be desired. Requires a lot of trial/error to pull exactly what you need to drive optimizations/learnings.
    • The "stop"/"continue bidding" feature for sitelists, devices, player sizes, etc is awful. When you set something up specifically, you should not have the AUTOMATIC option to serve beyond those parameters.
    • Trafficking video (VAST/VPAID) tags requires a manual insertion of a click URL. Completely redundant ask and is not provided by advertisers as that URL lives within the ad tag. Should not require multiple actions traffic a video tag.
    • Creative approval process (manual) doesn't seem necessary and is not a part of peers' platforms. There is no "pause/deactivate" feature for creative, you remove them or adjust the end date.
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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
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    Likelihood to Renew
    The Trade Desk
    No answers on this topic
    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
    The Trade Desk
    easy to understand dashboards and the self started ability to get going on your own terms. It's great to target niche groups across the world while still being able to report at a high level to C-suite. Wish it drove more conversions, but display can be a struggle there. Overall, would use it again.
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    Discontinued Products
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    Support Rating
    The Trade Desk
    We noted no issues with our limited interaction with support. The software operated just as expected and we found that we were able to navigate needs on our own. We understand that The Trade Desk offers excellent support, so we believe it will be a good resource to us in the future.
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    Discontinued Products
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    Alternatives Considered
    The Trade Desk
    The Trade Desk is a much better product than AppNexus. Even though both products showed promise awhile back, AppNexus stopped innovating and The Trade Desk became specialists on data, cross site tracking and CTV inventory thus having a better and more unique product that actually adds value to your advertising efforts.
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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
    The Trade Desk
    • The good thing about having an agency account is The Trade Desk lets you add your markups to the client billing.
    • We had a very positive response from clients regarding their perceived ROI on their ad spend through The Trade Desk.
    • We did not have many national clients, mostly local dealerships, so it was difficult for them to allocate a lot of funds to display advertising, even though the ROI yield was acceptable.
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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.
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