Digital advertising intelligence software monitors competitors’ advertising campaigns and optimizes ad spend by providing ad revenue data. Companies use ad intelligence software to evaluate where competitors are advertising, the ad creatives their competitors are running, and how much their competitors are spending on their ads. Competitive intelligence is a main component of this type of software, as it can help businesses identify which ad creatives are performing best for their competitors (i.e., types of messaging, CTAs, ad sizes and images, etc.). Digital advertising intelligence software can also track competitors’ key performance indicators, like cost per impression (CPI) and click-through rate (CTR).
Marketers and digital advertisers use this type of software to evaluate direct or indirect (programmatic) purchasing channels to determine where ad spend should be allocated. Companies then leverage this information to test out what has already been proven to work for their competitors. For advertisers, ad intelligence software can help inform strategy, ad execution, and reporting. For publishers, this type of software can assist with prospecting for advertisers and pitching for new business. Based on this, digital ad intelligence software fits into the advertiser campaign management software and publisher ad management software technology stack.
To qualify for inclusion in the Digital Advertising Intelligence category, a product must:
Collect digital ad competitive intelligence around ad creatives, ad buying strategies, and ad spend
Track where advertisers are spending the most and to which websites and channels they are allocating their advertising budget
Provide reporting capabilities to aggregate ad intelligence data
