# ironSource Reviews **Vendor:** Unity **Category:** [App Monetization Platforms](https://www.g2.com/categories/app-monetization-platforms) **Average Rating:** 3.9/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 10 ## About ironSource ironSource offers mobile mediation and app marketing solutions. ## ironSource Reviews ### 1. IronSource - impressions "disappearing" overnight. Very suspicious behaviour. **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Entertainment | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 13, 2023 **What do you like best about ironSource?** While ironSource has been a go-to platform for mobile advertising, a recent, unexpected decrease in interstitial ad impressions warrants scrutiny. The volume halved overnight across 2 accounts under my management, a significant concern given the direct impact on revenue. This abrupt change, inconsistent with normal market fluctuations ( traffic was the same when it came to quantity and quality ), raises questions about the reliability of ironSource's system. Overall, the experience has been unsettling, necessitating cautious reliance on the platform until a thorough explanation or rectification is provided. **What do you dislike about ironSource?** Equally disconcerting is my interaction with their support team. While they are generally responsive and eager to assist, there are instances where the relevance of their responses is questionable. It feels as though the crux of the communicated issue sometimes misses the mark, leading to inefficient resolution times and lingering concerns. **What problems is ironSource solving and how is that benefiting you?** Ironsource addresses several critical needs in the realm of app monetization, providing developers like me with an end-to-end solution that is both comprehensive and easy to navigate ### 2. Best mediation partner if you want to monetize games **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Games | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 02, 2022 **What do you like best about ironSource?** Higher ecpm, more campaigns, intuitive mediation... I've tried several mediation tools and ironsource is the one i like the most. I always try to convince developers to move to ironsource **What do you dislike about ironSource?** You cannot have a network in bidding and waterfall as other tools have. There is duplicity in this mediation. Sometimes we have issues with the reporting with other networks. **What problems is ironSource solving and how is that benefiting you?** The posibility of having mediation in our games and not working only with just one network. Having this, we can reach higher eCPM, have more competition between networks etc... ### 3. Grear tool to monetize mobile games **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Games | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 30, 2022 **What do you like best about ironSource?** I really like the user interface of Ironsource. In comparisson to other software tools, Ironsource si very intuitive. Finding things I dont remember where they were located never its too dificult. **What do you dislike about ironSource?** Not having a record of the changes I have done in the bidding or waterfalls is something I am missing. It would be so much easier to track if we are implementing them right if we could see the latest changes. **What problems is ironSource solving and how is that benefiting you?** In our business we use ironsource everyday in order to work with ad networks that fill the ad placements in our games. Its also very usefull to see the data related to how users interact with those placements. ### 4. The most user-friendly and efficient mediator **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tania Daniela P. | Marketing & Monetization, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 02, 2022 **What do you like best about ironSource?** It is very simple to use, easy to configure and data with little delay in reporting. It also fulfills perfectly its function as a mediator since it does not self-benefit its own network. **What do you dislike about ironSource?** Does not allow cross-promotion between your applications, usually increases ANRs in your application and only allows to mediate iOS and Android, it should start accepting apps from different stores. **What problems is ironSource solving and how is that benefiting you?** IronSource allows me to clearly see my media optimizations and what each ad source pays me for my impressions in one place, I can have perfect control of my inventory, optimize it by specific groups depending on my impressions and see the reality of my ad revenue in one place without the need to be jumping between all the ad sources you use, it is a hybrid tool that accepts the classic waterfall and bidding. ### 5. IS is in the top 5 network for User acquisition and ad monetization company. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Doruk K. | Growth manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 14, 2022 **What do you like best about ironSource?** Easy to set up the campaigns, immediate contact support. **What do you dislike about ironSource?** User management in the dashboard may occur an error sometimes **What problems is ironSource solving and how is that benefiting you?** get more users to your app through the ironsource network ### 6. Easy to use and great mediation service. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sanchit S. | Unity Developer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 13, 2022 **What do you like best about ironSource?** * It has easy to use interface and SDK integration is also very easy. * Ad reporting and fill rates are very good. * eCPM is at par with the market, mediations helps a lot. **What do you dislike about ironSource?** Only available for select and popular platforms like Android Studio, Unity,etc Limited on features on some aspects like cross app advertising limited customer support. **What problems is ironSource solving and how is that benefiting you?** We have used ironsource mobile advertising for our games at All Star Games, it is currently live for our cricket game, All-Star Cricket and for Zenpuzzle. We are happy using it for our apps as it solves our problem. ### 7. Easy to use and great reporting **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alejandro R. | Marketing, Computer Games, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 01, 2022 **What do you like best about ironSource?** Easy to configure and manage networks. Also, reports are great and offer a lot of useful info. **What do you dislike about ironSource?** It would be useful to add a more detailed onboarding, maybe with links to academy for a better understanding. **What problems is ironSource solving and how is that benefiting you?** A powerful tool for mediation, where we can work both bidding and waterfall optimization. ### 8. Worst **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User **Reviewed Date:** January 13, 2023 **What do you like best about ironSource?** What is there to like about a business model meant to cheat people. **What do you dislike about ironSource?** Everything and everyone who are shameless to lie. **What problems is ironSource solving and how is that benefiting you?** No help whatsoever. ### 9. I've been using his mediation platform for years **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 28, 2022 **What do you like best about ironSource?** The Overall experience working with IronSource is great. Very easy to set up. Great compatibility with lots of ad sources **What do you dislike about ironSource?** Customer support if you don´t have a huge amount of impressions **What problems is ironSource solving and how is that benefiting you?** We improved our ad revenues through using his mediation platform. ### 10. Great Monetization Tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 24, 2021 **What do you like best about ironSource?** The easiness with which I can manage my monetization and my apps, its amazing how easy it is to segment users by country and type. I love the SOV tool on the mediation page and how clear the graphics are. **What do you dislike about ironSource?** I don't like very much that sometimes we have discrepancies on impressions, as any other second party tool it has its defects and this one is kind of major. It is important to rely clearly on this kind of platform and if things don't match it's not 100% helpful. **What problems is ironSource solving and how is that benefiting you?** currently, we are solving a couple of problems, first as mentioned discrepancies between our sources and Iron source, this needs to be exact. And secondly, we are solving a problem regarding requests, we make more requests than the ones iron source is allowing on the platform, hence fewer impressions and less money ## ironSource Discussions - [What is ironSource Mobile used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-ironsource-mobile-used-for) - [View ironSource pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/ironsource/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-13+21%3A45%3A09+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=815e35a0-fa14-460c-893a-0eb2686dd6fc&secure%5Btoken%5D=4307275ab72aa83330b2b173b965ee16bfeada824564a814431e80b15a087a66&format=llm_user) ## ironSource Features **Platform Interoperability** - Close Ecosystem API **Platform - App Monetization Platforms** - Automated Tools - Campaign Management - Audience Targeting - In-App Purchases - Reporting & Dashboards - A/B Testing - AI Algorithms - Integration APIs - Fraud Prevention - Cross-Platform Support - Payment Integration - User Data Analysis - Subscription Management - Performance Analytics - Multiple Monetization Models **Advertising - App Monetization Platforms** - Ad Exchange - Offerwall - Bidding - Ad Mediation - Ad Formats - Ad Optimization **Mobile Functionality** - Mobile Functionality **Agentic AI - Mobile Advertising** - Autonomous Task Execution - Multi-step Planning - Cross-system Integration - Adaptive Learning - Proactive Assistance - Decision Making **Campaign Management** - Campaign Dashboard - Campaign Optimization - Reach - Bulk Editing - Batch Uploading - Brand Safety - Fraud Protection - Frequency Capping - Budget Pacing - Creative Optimization - Rich Media Capabilties - In-App Ads - Mobile Rich Media Capabilities **Targeting** - Targeting - Retargeting - Geo-Targeting - Contextual Targeting **Mobile** - Mobile Tracking - In-App Ads - Mobile Rich Media Capabilities **Platform** - API / Integrations - Custom Reports - User, Role, and Access Management - Performance and Reliability - Enterprise Scalability - Customization - Workflow Capability - Internationalization - Notifications ## Top ironSource Alternatives - [Celtra](https://www.g2.com/products/celtra/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (357 reviews) - [AdRoll](https://www.g2.com/products/adroll/reviews) - 4.1/5.0 (753 reviews) - [Marin Software](https://www.g2.com/products/marin-software/reviews) - 3.8/5.0 (442 reviews)