AdRoll vs The Trade Desk

AdRoll brings social media and programmatic advertising together for cross-channel campaign management. Campaigns can reach the open web and Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, and Pinterest in display, native, video, and social formats. Automation Builder coordinates campaigns across channels, while BidIQ applies AI to real-time bid optimization. AdRoll says it connects digital identities across browsers and devices without collecting explicit personal information such as names, phone numbers, addresses, or dates of birth. Its product page says competitor targeting and website-level audiences are not offered. Integrations listed include Shopify, WooCommerce, Wix, BigCommerce, Klaviyo, AppsFlyer, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, Google Ads, Salesforce, HubSpot, and Google Analytics. Reporting includes real-time campaign metrics, exportable reports, and reporting APIs. Support options include written and video resources and live agent help by email and phone. Social Ads is self-service only, without onboarding, account management, or optimization team support. AdRoll is a NextRoll division headquartered in San Francisco. Account-Based Retargeting has no fee to get started; the listed plan charges for media. Other listed plans either use annual commitment, pay-as-you-go, or request-sales pricing.

The Trade Desk is a demand-side platform for planning, executing and measuring data-driven programmatic advertising campaigns. Its self-serve experience lets advertisers use first- and third-party data and the platform's identity framework to identify and reach audiences. Campaigns can run across audio, connected TV, digital out-of-home, mobile, display, native and video. The company says its AI analyzes up to 15 million ad opportunities each second to help optimize campaigns in real time. Measurement spans marketing impact from awareness to conversion, with a marketplace of measurement partners. A partner directory lists data and inventory providers and can be filtered by partner type and region. The company says advertisers can select marketplace solutions and control campaign data and ad placement. It presents the platform for data-driven marketers and offers tailored solutions for advertisers, publishers and partners. Prospective customers are asked to contact the company to discuss access and suitable solutions; pricing is on request. The platform is available through web and API. The company says its security program protects the confidentiality, integrity and availability of its products and services, and that it undergoes independent third-party audits.