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    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

    Zedo

    Score6 out of 10
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    $15

    Starting Price Per Month

    Pricing
    The Trade DeskZedo
    Editions & Modules
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    Subscription
    $15.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    The Trade DeskZedo
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    The Trade DeskZedo
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of The Trade Desk and Zedo
    Feature
    The Trade Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Zedo
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Ad campaign creation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ad deployment00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Display advertising00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of The Trade Desk and Zedo
    Feature
    The Trade Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Zedo
    9.6
    1 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Ad dashboards00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Ad performance reports00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    The Trade DeskZedo
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    The Trade DeskZedo
    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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    Zedo
    The vendor needs to fit the client so the reason I worked with them was that they were not too big or too small for our organization. Also, they were more likely to adapt to our workflow which is great as some vendors in this space wanted us to conform to their processes, which was not wanted.
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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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    Zedo
    • Campaign set up in our ad server at the time, 27/7 Real Media's OAS platform.
    • Post-campaign reporting.
    • Our main point of contact, I believe her name was Nafisa, was extremely friendly and became an extension of the team. She really was fun to work with and professional.
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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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    Zedo
    • They had their own ad server and there were regular efforts to get us to move to that ad server which was not industry standard at the time. We already an agreement in place with OAS and also used DFP via agency access but they pushed to use this server and it was not something I really needed to keep discussing with them.
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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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    Zedo
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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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    Zedo
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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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    Zedo
    I worked with a company called Asentech whose core competence at the time was not campaign management. Zedo replaced them and did a great job. I have since evaluated Theorem, OAO and YourBow and Zedo offers as much if not more than those companies.
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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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    Zedo
    • At the beginning of the month, we had a crush of new campaigns to launch and they stepped up their game to get this accomplished. Also, reporting was done very quickly with a lot of insight into campaign optimization.
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