The Trade Desk Features
Channel Functionality (1)
Display Functionality
75 reviewers of The Trade Desk have provided feedback on this feature.
Overall product functionality for display advertising.
Video Functionality (1)
Video Functionality
55 reviewers of The Trade Desk have provided feedback on this feature.
Overall product functionality for video advertising.
Mobile Functionality (1)
Mobile Functionality
This feature was mentioned in 49 The Trade Desk reviews.
Overall product functionality for mobile advertising.
Campaign Management (13)
Campaign Dashboard
Based on 98 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Overview of all media purchases and campaigns in a single interface.
Campaign Optimization
Based on 96 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Enables marketer to set metrics by which their campaigns are automatically optimized.
Reach
Based on 95 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Amount and quality of inventory partner sites on which ads can be placed.
Bulk Editing
Based on 94 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Enables marketers to edit campaigns in bulk as opposed to one piece at a time.
Batch Uploading
Based on 94 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Allows marketer to upload campaign inventory in a single batch instead of one piece at a time.
Brand Safety
Based on 80 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Ensures marketer's ads are placed on respectable websites that won't damage brand image or reputation.
Fraud Protection
Based on 80 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Ensures marketer's ad reach and performance is not inflated by bots or spam websites.
Frequency Capping
Based on 83 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Allows marketer to set a limit on how many times a consumer sees their ad.
Budget Pacing
Based on 95 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Allows marketer to set a daily or weekly campaign budget that the ad sever uses to make appropriate bids.
Creative Optimization
Based on 78 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Tools offered for creating and optimizing creative components of campaigns.
Rich Media Capabilties
Based on 83 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Supports rich media display and video ads that involve user interaction.
In-App Ads
Based on 83 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Allows for ads to be placed in mobile apps.
Mobile Rich Media Capabilities
Based on 84 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Supports rich media mobile ads that involve user interaction.
Targeting (4)
Targeting
Based on 94 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Able to target desired audiences based on demographics and behavior variables.
Retargeting
Based on 91 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Able to retarget previous impressions to your site across the web to increase conversion rates.
Geo-Targeting
Based on 90 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Able to tailor ads based on consumer general region, state or designated market area (DMA).
Contextual Targeting
Based on 78 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Able to match the marketer's ad with specific content on a site or page.
Mobile (3)
Mobile Tracking
This feature was mentioned in 45 The Trade Desk reviews.
Able to track consumers on their mobile devices where cookies do not apply.
In-App Ads
Based on 83 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Allows for ads to be placed in mobile apps.
Mobile Rich Media Capabilities
Based on 84 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Supports rich media mobile ads that involve user interaction.
Demand Side Platforms (4)
Machine Learning Optimization
Based on 78 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
DSP learns from previous ad buys and optimizes bidding to increase marketer's ROI
Estimate and Projections
Based on 77 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
DSP pulls accurate estimates of available impressions and their cost.
Cross-Device Capabilities
Based on 75 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Able to use functions such as targeting, frequency capping, budget pacing, creative optimization, etc. across mobile devices
Cross Channel Capabilities
Based on 58 The Trade Desk reviews.
DSP has the ability to place ads accross multiple mediums; such as display, video, audio, mobile, etc.
Platform (12)
API / Integrations
Based on 73 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Application Programming Interface - Specification for how the application communicates with other software such as other ad servers, DSPs, DMPs, etc.
Custom Reports
Based on 88 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Able to create custom reports to cater to specific metrics and key performance indicators.
User, Role, and Access Management
As reported in 87 The Trade Desk reviews.
Grant access to select data, features, objects, etc. based on the users, user role, groups, etc.
Performance and Reliability
Based on 89 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Software is consistently available (uptime) and allows users to complete tasks quickly because they are not waiting for the software to respond to an action they took.
Enterprise Scalability
Based on 83 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Provides features to allow scaling for large organizations.
Customization
Based on 84 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Allows administrators to customize to accommodate their unique process. Includes ability to create custom objects, fields, rules, calculations, and views.
Workflow Capability
Based on 76 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Automates a process that requires a series of steps that typically require intervention by a several different users. Administrators can write rules to determine who and when a user needs to complete a step. Also includes notification of users when they need to take action.
Internationalization
Based on 77 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Enables users to create and manage campaigns with the same content in multiple languages and currencies. Marketer can place ads on websites from around the world.
Notifications
Based on 82 The Trade Desk reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team.
Alerts marketer of the performance of particular campaigns.
Optimization
Optimizes marketing campaigns for mobile devices.
Integrations - Mobile Marketing
Integrates advertising/campaigns into mobile applications, games, and mobile browsers.
Internationalization
Facilitates global text message and mobile marketing campaigns.
Analysis (4)
Application Attribution
Attributes app installs to the marketing campaigns and media sources that drove it.
Campaign Analysis
Measures impact and effectiveness of mobile marketing campaigns.
Uninstall Tracking
Measures user-level uninstall insights.
Custom Dashboards
Creates custom data views to suit every team member's needs.
Campaigns (3)
Proximity Marketing
Collects geo-location data on mobile users to customize relevant campaigns.
Email Campaigns
Personalizes and optimizes email mobile marketing campaigns.
Audience Segmentation
Identifies the most granular audience segments based on actions, inactions, and user properties.
Engagement (1)
Coupons and Promotions
Sends out coupons and promotions to reward and entice mobile device users.
Platform Interoperability (3)
Close Ecosystem API
As reported in 43 The Trade Desk reviews.
Has an official API marketing partner status with at least three closed ecosystems (i.e. Amazon, Facebook, Google, etc.) to provide access to advertising inventory that is not available through open publisher networks and exchanges.
Close Ecosystem API
This feature was mentioned in 26 The Trade Desk reviews.
Has an official API marketing partner status with at least three closed ecosystems (i.e. Amazon, Facebook, Google, etc.) to provide access to advertising inventory that is not available through open publisher networks and exchanges.
Close Ecosystem API
As reported in 38 The Trade Desk reviews.
Has an official API marketing partner status with at least three closed ecosystems (i.e. Amazon, Facebook, Google, etc.) to provide access to advertising inventory that is not available through open publisher networks and exchanges.
Platform Basics (8)
Cross-Device Advertising
As reported in 10 The Trade Desk reviews.
Provides the ability to stream audio ads on a variety of devices like desktop, mobile phones, over-the-top televisions, and smart speakers.
Audio Ad Formats
Based on 10 The Trade Desk reviews.
Ability to create a variety of audio ad formats, including standard ad spots, dynamic audio ads, podcast ads, companion ads, etc.
Programmatic Audio
Ability to serve audio ads programmatically by connecting to a demand-side platform that supports audio formats.
Audience Targeting
Provides the ability to target listeners by age, gender, location, language, and even music or talk genre.
Ad Serving Rules
Ability to control how many ads and ad types are served to each retailer page.
Sponsored Product Listing Ads
Ability to deliver sponsored product ads that seamlessly blend in with organic content.
Banner Ads
Ability to deliver banner ad that can be configured based on each individual retailers needs.
Display Ads
Ability to deliver display ads that can be personalized based on consumer's online shopping and browsing behavior.
Platform Reporting (3)
Performance Monitoring
Provides reporting on performance metrics such as daily impressions, daily unique listeners reached, and daily number of clicks.
Reporting Dashboards
Provides a reporting dashboard to showcase overall campaign progress and mettrics like total spend, total impressions, and total listeners.
Dashboard Exports
Ability to export dashboard reports on audio ad campaign performance.
Platform Data (3)
Reporting Performance Metrics
Provides data for campaigns, products, keywords and teams to help users understand performance across websites and which suppliers are active.
Data Filtering
Ability to filter data by specific performance data based on preset and customizable timeframes.
Reporting Dashboards
Provides the ability to create a reporting dashboard to give brands insights into key performance indicators (KPIs), like ad impressions, click-through-rate, can campaign-level reports.
Platform Additional Functionality (4)
Offline Ads
Ability to serve ads to bring targeted audiences back to partner retailer sites.
Video Ads
Ability to create and launch video ads on retail media networks.
Team Collaboration
Provides capabilities for team collaboration to manage spend limits and billing control for retail media ads.
Integrations
Ability to integrate with data management platforms (DMPs).
Platform - Connected TV (CTV) Advertising Platforms (4)
Personalized Segmentation
This feature was mentioned in 12 The Trade Desk reviews.
Allow for segmentation of audiences based on a variety of factors like age, gender, location, etc.
Ad Serving
As reported in 12 The Trade Desk reviews.
Compatible to serve and publish ads within the software.
Streaming Capabilites
As reported in 12 The Trade Desk reviews.
Able to implement ads on all types streaming platforms that are able to serve ads.
Performance Analytics
As reported in 12 The Trade Desk reviews.
Offer analysis of campaigns and various metrics.
Campaign Management - Connected TV (CTV) Advertising Platforms (2)
Creative Assets
12 reviewers of The Trade Desk have provided feedback on this feature.
Contains features where creative assets can be stored and uploaded to various campaigns.
Campaign Dashboard
This feature was mentioned in 12 The Trade Desk reviews.
Ability to operate multiple campaigns across segments.
Agentic AI - Mobile Marketing (6)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Multi-step Planning
Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Adaptive Learning
Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Proactive Assistance
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives
Agentic AI - Display Advertising (6)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Multi-step Planning
Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Adaptive Learning
Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Proactive Assistance
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives
Agentic AI - Mobile Advertising (6)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Multi-step Planning
Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Adaptive Learning
Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Proactive Assistance
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives
Agentic AI - Video Advertising (6)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Multi-step Planning
Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Adaptive Learning
Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Proactive Assistance
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives
Agentic AI - Digital Audio Advertising (6)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Multi-step Planning
Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Adaptive Learning
Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Proactive Assistance
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives
Agentic AI - Retail Media Advertising Platforms (6)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Multi-step Planning
Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Adaptive Learning
Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Proactive Assistance
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives
Agentic AI - Connected TV (CTV) Advertising Platforms (6)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Multi-step Planning
Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Adaptive Learning
Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Proactive Assistance
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives
Agentic AI - Demand Side Platform (DSP) (6)
Autonomous Task Execution
Based on 10 The Trade Desk reviews.
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Multi-step Planning
As reported in 10 The Trade Desk reviews.
Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes
Cross-system Integration
This feature was mentioned in 10 The Trade Desk reviews.
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Adaptive Learning
Based on 10 The Trade Desk reviews.
Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Proactive Assistance
As reported in 10 The Trade Desk reviews.
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Decision Making
10 reviewers of The Trade Desk have provided feedback on this feature.
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives
Agentic AI - Cross-Channel Advertising (6)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Multi-step Planning
Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Adaptive Learning
Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Proactive Assistance
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives
Agentic AI - Native Advertising (6)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Multi-step Planning
Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Adaptive Learning
Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Proactive Assistance
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives





