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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Acquisio

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AAcquisio is a performance marketing solution that enables digital marketers to manage, report, and optimize on all digital advertising initiatives in one easy-to-use dashboard, across search, social, and display. According to the vendor, this solution provides the most powerful optimization algorithm on the market which enables users to set more accurate bids and deliver more clicks at a lower cost per click. The vendor’s value proposition is that this unique high frequency, predictive…N/A

    Marin Software

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AMarin Software is a cloud-based cross-channel advertising campaign management platform which integrates many tools and functions, and it is the name of the company in San Francisco that issues the software. Marin touts cross-display (including mobile-optimized) advertisement retargeting, social marketing management, and many other tools to manage complex marketing and paid-advertising (PPC) efforts. A free trial of this extensive platform is available. Marin Software maintains a client list…N/A
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    AcquisioMarin Software
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    AcquisioMarin Software
    Free Trial
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    AcquisioMarin Software
    Considered Both Products
    Newfold Digital (Endurance + Web.com)
    Chose Acquisio
    Marin is great for smaller teams, but lacks in the sexy reporting. Kenshoo is the closest rival and a little more difficult to set up, but once you get it running it's great.
    Incentivized
    Chose Acquisio
    Marin and Acquisio both have their advantages. Marin has an easier editor platform to make quick bid and budget changes along with a reporting system that has the ability to do web queries for excel reporting, but the platform lacks intuitive or helpful automation. Whereas, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Acquisio
    Not quite as seamless as Marin whose editing tool seemed better but also not as expensive and fit better into our agency's budget.
    Incentivized
    Chose Acquisio
    We looked at other players like Marin and Kenshoo but found them to be overpriced and service to be lacking. Acquisio is very customer responsive, and the product is priced right.
    Incentivized
    Marin Software
    Chose Marin Software
    At the time of reviewing, acquisio offered limited support on shopping campaigns and social networks, where as Marin is able to manage these.
    Incentivized
    Chose Marin Software
    Both platforms have their advantages. Marin was chosen due to price point, bid management and reporting.
    Chose Marin Software
    I evaluated Kenshoo, Acquisio, and Efficient Frontier at the same time as Marin Software. While all platforms had unique capabilities and areas where their functionality purportedly outperformed the others - Marin seemed to achieve the right balance for all of our needs (i.e. …
    Chose Marin Software
    Marin Software stacks the highest against all the above listed products. It provides significant amounts of data for the account all in an easy to use user interface. While Acquisio provides a better KPI tool Marin provides more details at a faster rate. When using multiple …
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    User Ratings
    AcquisioMarin Software
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (15 ratings)
    10.0
    (32 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.4
    (6 ratings)
    7.6
    (23 ratings)
    Usability
    6.0
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    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
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    9.0
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    Support Rating
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
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    Online Training
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    9.0
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    Implementation Rating
    8.0
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    9.8
    (5 ratings)