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Custom retail media stack. Integrated self-serve advertiser panel in your merchant portal.

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Simplify media buying for your advertisers with a unified dashboard for omnichannel campaign management

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You decide the look and feel of your platform- ad formats, dimensions and placement included

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A Quick 1:1 Comparison

Omnichannel Retail Media Enablement

Onsite, Offsite & In-store Activation

Supported

Supported

Unified Self-serve Dashboard For Online & Offline Media Buying

Supported

Not Supported

Online-to-Offline Analytics

Supported

Supported

Advertiser Experience Management

Customizable Feature Access
(Retailer’ ability to control advertisers’ access to their retail media platform’s features)

Supported

Supported

Self-Serve Advertiser Portal Branding

White Labeled

Criteo Branding

Advertiser Comms

Automated daily budget cap notification

Custom engagement campaigns for retailer-owned advertiser network

Automated daily budget cap notification

Custom engagement campaigns for retailer-owned advertiser network

Onsite Ad Format Availability

Product Ads

Supported

Supported

Banner Ads

Supported

Supported

Product Display Ads

Supported

Supported

Video Ads

Supported

Not Supported

Shoppable Videos

Supported

Not Supported

Gamified Ads

Supported

Not Supported

Story Ads

Supported

Not Supported

Interactive Cube

Supported

Not Supported

Custom Ad Format Builder
(Build your own ad format with custom dimension, media and elements)

Supported

Not Supported

Product Ads Campaign Set-up

Media Planning & Campaign Result Forecast

Supported

Not Supported

Customizable Attribution Window

Yes, window decided by the retailer

Yes, window decided by the advertiser

Keyword Targeting- Automatic

Uses AI & NLP to understand shopper intent, doesn't require advertisers to submit a list of keywords for matching with search query

Suggests top 100 keywords for a given product, still relies on legacy tech of search query-keyword matching

Keyword Targeting- Manual

Exact match

Phrase Match

Broad Match

Keyword Suggestions

Exact match

Phrase Match

Broad Match

Auction Model

First Price Auction

Second Price Auction

First Price Auction

Second Price Auction

Bid Multiplier

Supported

Supported

Inventory Synced Ad Serving

Supported

Supported

Display Ads Campaign Set Up

Media Planning & Campaign Result Forecast

Supported

Supported

First Party Audience Targeting

Attribute Based Targeting

On-platform Activity Based Targeting

CRM Connected Audience

Attribute Based Targeting

On-platform Activity Based Targeting

CRM Connected Audience

Geo Location Based Targeting

State, city, zip and store level

Not Supported

Campaign Creative Generation

Digital Asset Library

Pre-approved templates for multi-size asset creation

Digital Asset Library

Can't build campaign assets in multiple sizes in one go

Buying Model

Guaranteed Buying

Auction Buying

Guaranteed Buying

Auction Buying

Frequency Capping

Supported

Supported

A/B Testing

Supported

Supported

Campaign Approval Workflows

Supported

Supported

Inventory Synced Ad Serving

Supported

Supported

Offsite Retail Media Capabilities

Unified Dashboard For Onsite & Offsite

Supported

Supported

Retailer’s Channel Network
(Google Ads, GDN, Google Shopping, Meta Ads, Tradedesk etc.)

Retailer chooses the channels they want to make available to advertisers

Advertisers can choose from the channels made available by the retailer

Criteo owns the offsite channel network

Individual Channel Level Attribution
(Advertisers know clicks and orders attributed to Google Shopping, Instagram, Tradedesk etc.)

Supported

Not Supported

Campaign Types Enabled

Product Ads

Display Ads

Video Ads

Display Ads

Video Ads

Product Ads

Retailer Analytics Dashboards

Live Program Insights

Supported

Not Supported

Advertiser Performance

Supported

Supported

Campaign Performance

Supported

Supported

Advertiser Funnel Report
(For each category, number of merchants yet to advertise, yet to create a campaign, yet to top up wallet, wallet about to exhaust, about to churn, churned)

Supported

Partial, only gives merchants not advertising currently

Demand Supply Gap Analytics

Supported

Partial, only analyzes response rate for each category, bot budget utilization

Demand Planner

Supported

Not Supported

Ad Server Analytics
(Response Rate and Relevance Measurement)

Response Rate

Relevance

Response Rate

Relevance

Growth Consulting

Advertiser Demand Generation

Supported

Not Supported

Ad Inventory Management

Supported

Not Supported

Omnichannel Retail Media Enablement

Onsite, Offsite & In-store Activation

Supported

Supported

Unified Self-serve Dashboard For Online & Offline Media Buying

Supported

Not Supported

Supported

Online-to-Offline Analytics

Supported

Supported

Advertiser Experience Management

Customizable Feature Access
(Retailer’ ability to control advertisers’ access to their retail media platform’s features)

Supported

Supported

Self-Serve Advertiser Portal Branding

White Labeled

Criteo Branding

Supported

Advertiser Comms

Automated daily budget cap notification

Custom engagement campaigns for retailer-owned advertiser network

Automated daily budget cap notification

Custom engagement campaigns for retailer-owned advertiser network

Onsite Ad Format Availability

Product Ads

Supported

Supported

Banner Ads

Supported

Supported

Supported

Product Display Ads

Supported

Supported

Video Ads

Supported

Not Supported

Supported

Shoppable Videos

Supported

Not Supported

Gamified Ads

Supported

Not Supported

Supported

Story Ads

Supported

Not Supported

Custom Ad Format Builder
(Build your own ad format with custom dimension, media and elements)

Supported

Not Supported

Supported

Product Ads Campaign Set-up

Media Planning & Campaign Result Forecast

Supported

Not Supported

Customizable Attribution Window

Yes, window decided by the retailer

Yes, window decided by the retailer

Supported

Keyword Targeting- Automatic

Uses AI & NLP to understand shopper intent, doesn't require advertisers to submit a list of keywords for matching with search query

Suggests top 100 keywords for a given product, still relies on legacy tech of search query-keyword matching

Keyword Targeting- Manual

Exact match

Phrase Match

Broad Match

Keyword Suggestions

Exact match

Phrase Match

Broad Match

Supported

Auction Model

First Price Auction

Second Price Auction

First Price Auction

Second Price Auction

Bid Multiplier

Supported

Supported

Supported

Inventory Synced Ad Serving

Supported

Supported

Display Ads Campaign Set Up

Media Planning & Campaign Result Forecast

Supported

Supported

First Party Audience Targeting

Attribute Based Targeting

On-platform Activity Based Targeting

CRM Connected Audience

Attribute Based Targeting

On-platform Activity Based Targeting

CRM Connected Audience

Supported

Geo Location Based Targeting

State, city, zip and store level

Not Supported

Campaign Creative Generation

Digital Asset Library

Pre-approved templates for multi-size asset creation

Digital Asset Library

Can't build campaign assets in multiple sizes in one go

Supported

Buying Model

Guaranteed Buying

Auction Buying

Guaranteed Buying

Auction Buying

Frequency Capping

Supported

Supported

Supported

A/B Testing

Supported

Supported

Campaign Approval Workflows

Supported

Supported

Supported

Inventory Synced Ad Serving

Supported

Supported

Offsite Retail Media Capabilities

Unified Dashboard For Onsite & Offsite

Supported

Supported

Retailer’s Channel Network (Google Ads, GDN, Google Shopping, Meta Ads, Tradedesk etc.)

Retailer chooses the channels they want to make available to advertisers

Advertisers can choose from the channels made available by the retailer

Criteo owns the offsite channel network

Supported

Individual Channel Level Attribution (Advertisers know clicks and orders attributed to Google Shopping, Instagram, Tradedesk etc.)

Supported

Not Supported

Campaign Types Enabled

Product Ads

Display Ads

Video Ads

Display Ads

Video Ads

Product Ads

Supported

Retailer Analytics Dashboards

Live Program Insights

Supported

Not Supported

Advertiser Performance

Supported

Supported

Supported

Campaign Performance

Supported

Supported

Advertiser Funnel Report (For each category, number of merchants yet to advertise, yet to create a campaign, yet to top up wallet, wallet about to exhaust, about to churn, churned)

Supported

Partial, only gives merchants not advertising currently

Supported

Demand Supply Gap Analytics

Supported

Partial, only analyzes response rate for each category, bot budget utilization

Demand Planner

Supported

Not Supported

Supported

Ad Server Analytics (Response Rate and Relevance Measuremen

Response Rate

Relevance

Response Rate

Relevance

Growth Consulting

Advertiser Demand Generation

Supported

Not Supported

Ad Inventory Management

Supported

Not Supported

Supported

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An In-Depth Comparison In Approach

Approach To the Retailer-Advertiser-Tech Ecosystem:

Criteo’s Approach:

Criteo places itself at the center of the ecosystem, hence has the most power of all the stakeholders involved. The working model is such that advertisers use Criteo’s dashboard to place ads on retailers’ platforms and retailers have to adhere to ad format and dimension norms set by Criteo.

Retailers have limited control over the ad inventory and almost no means to build a relationship with advertisers- Criteo’s business model is designed to ensure this.

Osmos’ Approach

Osmos on the other hand, places the retailer at the center. Retailers have complete control over ad inventory, format and dimensions. Also, the advertiser facing portal has retailers’ branding- hence the advertiser has no clue that Osmos is providing the tech.

Also, not only does Osmos never interfere with the retailer-advertiser relationship, in case the retailer needs help with generating advertiser demand, Osmos runs drip campaigns for the retailer without coming to the forefront.

Why you should opt for the Osmos approach

Because Osmos ensures that you own a proper retailer media network you can call your own. Unlike Criteo, we don’t have a conflict of interest, as we don’t own an ads business ourselves.

Approach To Centralized Retail Media Operations:

Criteo’s Approach:

Criteo has a very fragmented approach. Criteo has expanded by acquiring different retail media tech companies. It acquired Mabaya and named it Commerce Yield (helps retailers build their own retail media platform, just for online ad inventory barring display ads), acquired BrandCrush (for in-store retail media) and named it Commerce Yield In-store, hence segregating media buying for online and offline channels.

Osmos’ Approach

Osmos has a one portal for all media buying policy. There’s one unified dashboard for advertisers to manage online, offsite and in-store ads. The same dashboard consists of all the analytics they need. 

The retailer also has one single dashboard to manage onsite and in-store inventory, measure retail media program performance, carry out bulk operations and manage advertiser experience.

Why you should opt for the Osmos approach

Because it simplifies the campaign management process for advertisers- they don’t have to jump between platforms and centralizes media operations on the retailer’s end as well.

Approach To Contextual Advertising:

Criteo’s Approach:

Although Criteo has automated keywords, it still relies on the archaic search query-keyword matching approach to show ads. Relying on this method leads to low response rate, as it’s impossible to match 100% search queries with a list of keywords- even 100 keywords is not close to being enough.

Osmos’ Approach

Osmos on the other hand, doesn’t even need advertisers to submit a list of keywords to target. It uses NLP to contextualize shoppers’ search queries to understand what they are looking for and leverages product descriptions to serve the right ad.

Also, Osmos ad servers account for shoppers’ behavior in past sessions and the current session and on the basis of their brand and price affinity, page context and 50+ other signals it serves contextually relevant ads

Why you should opt for the Osmos approach

Because contextual ad serving can show results for new and unique search queries, as it’s decoding intent instead of search query-keyword. Hence, it leads to higher response rates.

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