CJ Affiliate vs. Impact

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CJ Affiliate
Score 4.3 out of 10
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CJ Affiliate, formerly known as Commission Junction, is an affiliate network and online advertising agency headquartered in Santa Barbara and owned by the Publicis Groupe, a French PR and advertising company. CJ Affiliate's technology offers affiliate personalization, cross-device customer journey campaign management, and a content monetization suite of products for publishers.N/A
Impact
Score 6.9 out of 10
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Impact Radius is a partner management platform from the company of the same name in Santa Barbara, California. The platform touts tag management without technical assistance for marketers, tracking of all media channels for multi-channel and mobile marketing, call tracking for inbound calls, and affiliate / partner program management capabilities. Central to the platform is the Partner Manager, with its pay-for-performance affiliate management capabilities.N/A
Pricing
CJ AffiliateImpact
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CJ AffiliateImpact
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Reporting & Analytics
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CJ Affiliate
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Ratings
Impact
7.0
Ratings
1% above category average
Dashboards00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Standard reports00 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Custom reports00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Partner performance analytics00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Content Management Capabilties
Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Product A and Product B
CJ Affiliate
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Ratings
Impact
6.6
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0% below category average
Content management00 Ratings5.90 Ratings
Content sharing00 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Partner collaboration tools00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Partner Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Partner Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
CJ Affiliate
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Ratings
Impact
6.4
Ratings
0% above category average
Lead distribution00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Co-op advertising00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Partner discovery and onboarding00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Referral tracking00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Journey builder00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
User Ratings
CJ AffiliateImpact
Likelihood to Recommend
7.3
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6.9
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Usability
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7.0
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Support Rating
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1.0
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User Testimonials
CJ AffiliateImpact
Likelihood to Recommend
it is a great option for any company that is trying to keep track of multiple accounts that they are maintaining. It probably would not be the best option for smaller newer companies that do not have that many links that they need to keep track of. searching for new companies could be easier.
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Impact is well-suited for those trying to upgrade their affiliate program and get more partners. It's one of the best solutions out there for advertisers looking to make a huge push. It's less appropriate for very small businesses that may not be able to afford the high monthly minimum of $1,000 or more.
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Pros
  • Great pool of publishers
  • Pays publishers reliably
  • Server side tracking
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  • There are no hidden charges and tracking is instant and automated.
  • As an affiliate, Finding relevant offers and managing the programs is quite easy.
  • It has a great user interface which is quite easy to use and manage.
  • There is nearly zero downtime, which makes it much more efficient and reliable.
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Cons
  • promoting new options that are similar to what we have would be helpful
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  • User interface could be improved a little, as it is a quite difficult task to find the content or links
  • Approval from the advertisers sometimes takes a huge amount of time. If they can somehow reduce the response time, it will be great
  • New affiliates might find the onboarding process a little difficult
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Usability
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Impact has had a major impact on our business. It is pretty easy to use if you don't have multiple accounts with them, so be sure you keep things streamlined. Otherwise, it can be confusing if you have to bounce between different accounts you've applied to. While they are managed under a single login, they can be difficult to distinguish between when trying to see how successful your campaigns are.
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Support Rating
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We've been reaching out requesting support for two months and no one has responded. They completely ghosted us. We've emailed the original sales rep, our account manager, our sales rep and account manager's bosses, and others. Still no response, though I can see the emails have been opened multiple times. I've never experienced worse support.
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Alternatives Considered
CJ definitely has the largest pool of publishers and is well built out in terms of features. However, it does appear that they have a lot of dead weight in their pool which is something that their competitors claim they have solved. We ultimately selected CJ because we had previous experience with the platform and wanted to tap into their affiliate pool.
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Everflow had ok tracking but didn't have a great payment process and their marketplace was geared towards larger marketing conglomerates that we would have had to sign other contracts with. CJ is very comparable in terms of features their marketplace is bigger but the quality isn't always as high. The impact has the best tracking and SEM policy monitoring of the bunch.
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Return on Investment
  • Drive more traffic to our Website.
  • It helps to earn money from products and services.
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  • By using Impact we were able to increase the number of advertisers on our platform.
  • Delayed payments on the part of advertisers or Impact creates so many execution issues.
  • Multi regional campaigns helped us to increase our presens in the market.
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