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DT FairBid vs Nimbus Mediation

DT FairBid

digitalturbine.com

Nimbus Mediation

nimbus.co

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FigureDT FairBidNimbus Mediation
Price fromFree—
Free planYes—
Free trial——
Open source——
WebYes—
iOSYesYes
AndroidYesYes
APIYes—
Plans published11
Spec score · Game Monetization Software8.0 (#11)7.4 (#16)
PurposeDT FairBid lets publishers use DT’s mediation technology to integrate, manage, and optimize multiple mediated ad networks.Nimbus powers in-app monetization with programmatic auctions, direct deal support, and reporting.
SupportThe Trust Center directs users with questions or bugs to Contact Support, and product security details can be requested from a Digital Turbine account representative.Nimbus says its team supports publishers from integration through optimization, including performance analysis, floor strategies, demand tuning, and bad-ad investigations.

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DT FairBid

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In their own words

DT FairBid

DT FairBid is a publisher monetization service for integrating and managing multiple mediated ad networks on apps or other publisher properties. Publishers configure apps, placements, and networks in DT Console; at least one placement is required to monetize an app. For bidding networks, DT runs an auction for a placement across the networks added to it. Waterfall mediation instead offers the placement to networks in the publisher's chosen order. FairBid demonstrates banner, interstitial, rewarded-video, and MREC formats, with integration guides for networks including Meta Audience Network, Liftoff Monetize, and Amazon Publisher Services. The service supports Android, iOS, and Unity apps and provides Management, Reporting, and User Level Reporting APIs. Those APIs require authentication tokens obtained with verification keys. Privacy options include disabling collection and transmission of the Android advertising ID and flagging users as children; documentation also covers mediated-network support for child-directed flags, GDPR consent strings, and CCPA opt-out strings. DT FairBid is provided free of charge, with publishers collecting payments directly from mediated ad networks.

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Nimbus Mediation

Nimbus Mediation helps mobile app publishers monetize in-app inventory through programmatic auctions, direct deals and reporting. It connects publishers to more than 60 demand sources across iOS and Android apps. Nimbus describes its unified auction as zero-bias, with the highest bid winning, and supports floor controls by geography, ad type and size, including dynamic floors that respond to market conditions. The Deal Activation System runs publisher-sourced campaigns beside open-market demand without extra setup or integration. Performance Insights includes advertiser-level views, average winning bids, exchange benchmarks and direct-versus-open-market comparisons. Prebid Server demand competes server-to-server without a new SDK, while Google Partner Bidding can be activated after an SDK update. Listed demand partnerships include Amazon Publisher Services TAM, Meta Audience Network and Google AdMob Partner Bidding. Nimbus says support covers integration, optimization, floor strategies, demand tuning and bad-ad investigation. It reports encryption in transit and at rest, AICPA SOC-1 Type II certification, and GDPR, CCPA and IAB TCF readiness.

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