BannerFlow vs. Basis DSP

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BannerFlow
Score 6.0 out of 10
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BannerFlow provides the ability to build ad campaigns without design help in seconds, not weeks. BannerFlow removes the ad production process. Customers create one single initial banner and the tool will create the sizes for them in a few seconds. Changes can be done in real-time simultaneously and remotely on the fly on all campaign ads.N/A
Basis DSP
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Basis from Basis Global Technologies (formerly Centro) is a programmatic ad buying platform supporting digital advertising buying and placement across varying channels. Since the acquisition of SiteScout the platform also contains technology from the SiteScout AdServer.N/A
Pricing
BannerFlowBasis DSP
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BannerFlowBasis DSP
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAfter a consultation, we will set up a demo of the platform to showcase the features that suit your needs best. We do not have standard pricing packages as our offers are customised to you and your company's needs.
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Community Pulse
BannerFlowBasis DSP
Considered Both Products
BannerFlow
Chose BannerFlow
Bannerflow has an intuitive UI and faster integrations with internal tools. It is easy to upload multiple files and just get started with creative editing and experimentation by experimenting with sizes, content, colors and multiple other factors- which is not as extensive …
Chose BannerFlow
BannerFlow is much better than handling everything in-house (i.e. creating advertisements yourself and manually adding them to each social media platform). It doesn't require the same bandwidth and time requirement as creating everything in-house, along with analyzing …
Basis DSP
Chose Basis DSP
Advangelist, StackAdapt, Simplifi, Trade Desk, Media Math - overall most of the other platforms we reviewed were perfectly fine and can get the job done quite well. We have mostly stuck with basis because of the relationship that we have, the fact that they have continued to …
Chose Basis DSP
Basis [DSP] has much better fraud control than SmartyAds DSP. Even though they do not have the amount of supply inventory as Smarty, they have much more controls for invalid traffic and bots which is very important to minimize discrepancies and issues with clients.
Compared to …
Chose Basis DSP
Compared to these 3 alternatives, Basis DSP is the easiest to use. Applovin is more complex but it is very messy and the learning curve is pretty steep. Applovin is focused mostly on big clients and not suitable for agencies of any size. OpenX would be the closest competitor …
Chose Basis DSP
Basis is able to reach ad exchanges that these platforms can not. Basis serves as a one-stop shop whereas these platforms require 3rd party integrations.
Chose Basis DSP
We've previously tested Pocketmath and evaluated Beeswax.

Pocketmath and Basis are roughly the same in terms of cost and inventory. However, Pocketmath's interface, while very attractive, is very difficult to use to deploy large scale campaigns quickly. It is definitely …
Chose Basis DSP
The primary reason for an agency or an SMB to use Basis is cost -- unlike other platforms which are full service or enterprise platforms with aggressively high minimums, Basis is well suited for proofs of concept and smaller campaigns. It can scale up, but the entry-level …
Chose Basis DSP
Basis DSP is much more user-friendly than DoubleClick and allows us to host our ads within their platform, rather than having to use DCM and DBM. Although DBM has more third party targeting options, the overall user experience of Basis DSP is far superior to DoubleClick.
Chose Basis DSP
SiteScout has much more control over our ads than other comparable platforms offer. We spend a bit of time configuring everything, but we're able to perform many A/B tests and really optimize our campaigns to a very detailed level.
Features
BannerFlowBasis DSP
Ad Network Integration
Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Product A and Product B
BannerFlow
7.5
Ratings
2% above category average
Basis DSP
-
Ratings
Data Transfer7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
DSP integration7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad Campaigns
Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Product A and Product B
BannerFlow
8.6
Ratings
10% above category average
Basis DSP
-
Ratings
Ad campaign creation8.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad deployment8.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Display advertising9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad display and retargeting segmentation8.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Sequence targeting7.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
BannerFlow
8.4
Ratings
8% above category average
Basis DSP
-
Ratings
Ad dashboards8.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad performance reports8.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad conversion tracking9.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad attribution reporting7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Cross-channel ad management8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad forecasting and optimization7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
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The Trade Desk
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User Ratings
BannerFlowBasis DSP
Likelihood to Recommend
7.5
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9.0
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Likelihood to Renew
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10.0
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Usability
-
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9.0
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Support Rating
-
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10.0
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Implementation Rating
-
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9.0
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User Testimonials
BannerFlowBasis DSP
Likelihood to Recommend
BannerFlow is perfect for smaller companies without the bandwidth or team of a full graphic design department. It simplifies the creation of banners significantly as there are widgets, templates, and other intuitive tools to create engaging dynamic advertisements. The analytics of advertisements helps too, it is easy to adjust your ads accordingly in minimal time.
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Basis DSP is well suited to every type of campaign imaginable. My firm specializes in outreach and education campaigns and we use Basis DSP in order to turn people out to events and to take specific actions. Basis has changed how we do business for the better. The hyperlocal campaigns, native campaigns, and audio campaigns have all added excellent additional capabilities to our tool box and have allowed us to complete very compelling campaigns for our clients.
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Pros
  • Designs can be easily copied and adapted to different sizes to save time
  • Extensive processes for collaboration and approvals within the tool
  • allows you to share direct links to advertiser
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  • Customer Service and Support is fantastic. Always willing to educate our team and help us get the most value out of the platform.
  • The ad fraud features are great. Through DV360 we need to use a third-party which comes with additional costs.
  • Easy to use platform.
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Cons
  • It can be a bit slow at times.
  • More flexibility in design templates.
  • Occasional bugs.
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  • Managed service is a little pricey and tends to have slightly lower performance
  • interface is very 90's, could use a real facelift purely from an aesthetic perspective
  • Reports are continually being updated but could use some refinement in output for client-facing reports
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Usability
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It's pretty basic, nothing is hidden and nothing ever moves so you can count on finding what you are looking for each day
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Support Rating
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We have a dedicated account rep. She makes it seem like we are her only client, she is very responsive, helps each time we have a question and understands our campaign goals. Anytime we need support, our rep is available either email or call and if she is not going to be available, she will let us know ahead of time to provide back up and inform them of our current campaigns so they can better assist us.
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Implementation Rating
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There are a ton of tactics and strategy to implement in the DSP platform. There isn't really a selection of the different types of campaigns or tactics to choose from, you just have to learn as you go. Once you figure out the strategy and goal of the campaign it is very easy to implement the tactic and to achieve its goals.
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Alternatives Considered
Bannerflow has an intuitive UI and faster integrations with internal tools. It is easy to upload multiple files and just get started with creative editing and experimentation by experimenting with sizes, content, colors and multiple other factors- which is not as extensive across other software. Bannerflow offers better pricing compared to Celtra and the likes
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Basis [DSP] has much better fraud control than SmartyAds DSP. Even though they do not have the amount of supply inventory as Smarty, they have much more controls for invalid traffic and bots which is very important to minimize discrepancies and issues with clients. Compared to other DSPs though, it lags on performance solutions.
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Return on Investment
  • Saved us many man hours in redesign
  • Helped us launch campaigns faster
  • Saved us collaboration costs for marketing agencies
  • Helped maintain brand guideline consistency
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  • Basis DSP allows us to reach users in many different places while controlling costs - access to major exchanges at a competitive bid rate allows us to provide a lot of added-value to clients without dramatically increasing the cost they incur.
  • The team is friendly, helpful, and responsive, so we don't have a lot of situations where we're locked in campaign downtime due to a customer service issue with negative downstream impacts to the bottom line.
  • Periodic reporting outages have resulted in campaigns that overpace and incur needless costs (however, this is certainly an exception, not the rule).
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