Google Ads vs. Sidecar
| Product | Rating | Most Used By | Product Summary | Starting Price |
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 Google Ads | Score8.3 out of 10 | N/A | Google Ads (formerly AdWords) is Google's pay-per-click online advertising program. With Google Ads users set their budget and choose where their ads appear in search listings, and on partner websites. Google Ads uses cost-per-click (CPC) bidding. | $500 in Ads credit in the first 60 days |
 Sidecar | Score9 out of 10 | N/A | Sidecar from the relatively new company (2010) of the same name in Philadelphia helps eCommerce merchants and advertisers appear in Google Shopping and Bing product listings. Essentially, Sidecar automates comparative shopping engine (CSE) paid search advertising, for users with products to sell. Multiple investors support the private company to the tune of approximately $8.2 million, and Sidecar is used by a few big name sellers (Tigerdirect.com, Newegg.com, and others). | N/A |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 5.6 | - |
| Likelihood to Renew | 9.6 | - |
| Usability | 1.0 | - |
| Performance | 9.0 | - |
| Support Rating | 9.0 | - |
| Online Training | 9.0 | - |
| Vendor post-sale | 1.0 | - |
| Vendor pre-sale | 10.0 | - |