AppNexus vs. Bizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AppNexus
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
AppNexus AppNexus offers online auction infrastructure and technology for data management, optimization, financial clearing and support for directly negotiated advertising campaigns. It integrates with advertising sources including Google's DoubleClick, Microsoft's AdECN, and aggregators.[3]N/A
Bizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued)
Score 10.0 out of 10
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The former LinkedIn Lead Accelerator was based on the technology acquired with Bizo in 2014. Bizo no longer exists as a separate entity, and LinkedIn Lead Accelerator has since been discontinued. Linkedin now offers LinkedIn Marketing Solutions, an advertising driven solution.N/A
Pricing
AppNexusBizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued)
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AppNexusBizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (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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Community Pulse
AppNexusBizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued)
Considered Both Products
AppNexus
Chose AppNexus
Appnexus is less retargeting-focused than Criteo. Their solutions are more focused on building awareness and not so much on the bottom of the funnel and on conversions. Regarding Mopub, their focus is on mobile, and Appnexus, even though it has a very strong mobile set of …
Chose AppNexus
The TTD platform seems to have better CTV/OLV inventory, so that is typically preferred over AppNexus (APN). Usually, if clients have an internal desk, they will use TTD, which can often lead to us bidding against them, which is also another benefit of running campaigns within …
Chose AppNexus
We use AppNexus as a part of a full advertising stack which includes the other platforms listed below. AppNexus is similar in it's offering and also offers unique header bidding options which help it stand out slightly against the other options in the demand side platform …
Chose AppNexus
AppNexus is a different kind of DSP. They put a lot of focus on taking care of their ecosystem, they are very restrictive in which kind of ads you can serve there. They audit all of the creatives, and that's why they never have issues with fraud and are good for branding …
Chose AppNexus
AppNexus has more advanced targeting options as well as better publishers than The Trade Desk. Even if the system is harder to use and less intuitive they have a lot of CTV inventory and are at the forefront of the industry. They should expand on other markets to improve their …
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Qlikview's dashboard is hard to configure. Also, it is unable to report on metrics by section or DMA. It does not update data that have been corrected. There is no visualization with Qlikview.
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Appnexus reporting was significantly more granular than Rubicon. It's reporting also was better organized and felt more trustworthy when pulling historical data.
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Before using AppNexus we have used Ad Juggler and compared to Ad Juggler, AppNexus is sophisticated ad server and the UI is awesome.
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Chose AppNexus
Appnexus is the only one that i have used but I don't see why I would use anything else. It fits all of my needs, has extra things that I never got a chance to use and I look forward to learning and playing more with the data tools. I also like knowing that our user data is …
Chose AppNexus
Adobe Photoshop,Basecamp,DoubleClick,GoToMeeting,McAfee,Synthesio,WebEx Meetings
Chose AppNexus
AppNexus stacks up very well and works to mend across similar products, and to our proprietary technologies. They've created a platform that's close to a one-stop shop that spawns across a number of technologies and services, which is great from an advertising or publishing …
Chose AppNexus
Google Marketing Platform is the platform we used prior to AppNexus, while Google Marketing works innately with so many other platforms and does a wonderful job of streamlining everything we thought the vast features that AppNexus brings to the table would assist us better. …
Bizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued)
Chose Bizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued)
JobDiva only updates what you put in, Lead Accelerator is up to date
Chose Bizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued)
As I described above, LinkedIn Lead Accelerator does a much better job on professional targeting. Neither Twitter Ads nor Adwords offers such a good segmentation when it comes to particular industry, company type, job position or level of job experience. We are still using …
Chose Bizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued)
There are many including Facebook, Twitter, Adwords however LinkedIn has been the foremost professional social media platform with great filtering and as a result is low cost per click compared to the others.
Chose Bizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued)
We worked with many data providers, in both B2B and B2C. While each has its strengths and weaknesses, it really comes down to identifying scenarios there there is a good fit. Bizo stood above everyone related to both the breadth, accuracy, and performance of their B2B data asset.
Chose Bizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued)
They (Bizo) were able to reach actual business prospects as opposed to others that reached more consumer prospects. As a result, our ROI is much better.
Chose Bizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued)
Have only used Bizo. No plans to switch. Great product. have been a big advocate for it internally and with peers who need this type of service. Love it a ton.
Features
AppNexusBizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued)
Ad Network Integration
Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Product A and Product B
AppNexus
8.5
Ratings
14% above category average
Bizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued)
8.4
Ratings
13% above category average
Data Transfer8.00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
DSP integration9.00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Ad Campaigns
Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Product A and Product B
AppNexus
8.0
Ratings
3% above category average
Bizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued)
8.6
Ratings
10% above category average
Ad campaign creation8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Ad deployment9.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Display advertising7.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Ad display and retargeting segmentation8.00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Sequence targeting8.00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Ad Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
AppNexus
8.2
Ratings
6% above category average
Bizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued)
7.9
Ratings
2% above category average
Ad dashboards9.00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Ad performance reports7.00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Ad conversion tracking8.00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Ad attribution reporting8.00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Cross-channel ad management9.00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Ad forecasting and optimization8.00 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Best Alternatives
AppNexusBizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued)
Small Businesses
Google Ad Manager
Google Ad Manager
Score 8.5 out of 10
Google Ad Manager
Google Ad Manager
Score 8.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
The Trade Desk
The Trade Desk
Score 9.0 out of 10
The Trade Desk
The Trade Desk
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
Score 9.0 out of 10
LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
LinkedIn Marketing Solutions
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
AppNexusBizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
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8.1
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Likelihood to Renew
4.0
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9.5
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Usability
5.0
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8.0
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Availability
10.0
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Performance
10.0
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Support Rating
6.0
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Online Training
2.0
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Implementation Rating
5.0
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Configurability
5.0
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Ease of integration
5.0
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Product Scalability
5.0
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Vendor post-sale
6.0
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Vendor pre-sale
4.0
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User Testimonials
AppNexusBizo / LinkedIn Lead Accelerator (Discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
AppNexus is well suited to use for programmatic campaigns that we have to launch for clients. Everything from standard display, native, high-impact, and video can run within the platform. Our trading team is well experienced within AppNexus (APN), and it's typically the first DSP they learn when starting.
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It is well suited in generating a significant number of inbound leads. However, it is less appropriate for smaller firms who are cost conscious.
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Pros
  • As per my experience they have strong support personnel. Solving the issues as and when required.
  • We can solve certain issues like campaign performance, inventory optimization and more with the help of AppNexus wiki. We get all the required information in the Wiki itself.
  • They have given the right platform to both buyers and sellers to workout and meet their digital marketing needs and goals.
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  • Helps retarget our content to the right target.
  • Helps gen leads
  • Helps us build relationships with the prospects we want to connect with
  • Easy to use tool
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Cons
  • Better visualization and dashboard will make it a perfect product.
  • The product concept is hard to master. More video training in addition to the interactive training may help.
  • More report templates will make my life easier since it takes time to build one.
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  • As an integration partner the only challenge we faced was coordinating our strategic services teams to provide a single recommendation/plan to mutual clients. This was easily addressed through a communication plan agreed to by both parties.
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Likelihood to Renew
I love almost everything about AppNexus because I feel like the user data is easy to track because of the identifiers, you can see which adverts got clicked and which were ignored. We can track the location of the ad on the page fold and this makes it so much easier for future campaigns. The only thing I don't like is that the data is only kept for a year, and I'd like it for a longer period of time
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I am using them as a customer rather than a partner at my new company, Poppin. We are are marketing to B2B prospects and customers and see Bizo as a key partner.
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Usability
Because I think the interface is kind of confusing at the beginning and it confuses you a lot.
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Reliability and Availability
I've never had any problems with appnexus - the software is always available
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Performance
Yes, everything works great in that sense
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Support Rating
Because the support team does give you support, they take 24hrs to get back to you but once they open a ticket they focus on resolving the issue for you. My only problem is that you don't have a specific account representative assigned to you.
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Online Training
Online training are not user friendly and not easy to understand
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Alternatives Considered
Appnexus is less retargeting-focused than Criteo. Their solutions are more focused on building awareness and not so much on the bottom of the funnel and on conversions. Regarding MoPub, their focus is on mobile, and Appnexus, even though it has a very strong mobile set of solutions, is specialized on CTV and other media channels.
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As I described above, LinkedIn Lead Accelerator does a much better job on professional targeting. Neither Twitter Ads nor AdWords offers such a good segmentation when it comes to particular industry, company type, job position or level of job experience. We are still using Twitter Ads and AdWords to run campaigns there, but LinkedIn Lead Accelerator works much better to target professionals.
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Scalability
Because it's a great DSP but not the best
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Return on Investment
  • After using AppNexus for our banner ads, which used to be a simple task became a complex one and we lost time building it out.
  • After realizing there is no dedicated way to contact AppNexus for troubleshooting and exchanging many emails going into long threads we lost even more time.
  • Our return on investment was poor with AppNexus due to the vastness of the platform and poor support experience limiting what we could do and losing time.
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  • With LinkedIn Lead Accelerator we've found a pretty good amount of qualified leads
  • It saves a lot of time when you can do such a detailed targeting
  • Although the LinkedIn Lead Accelerator prices are quite high, we had a positive ROI
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