Compare Amazon DSP partners
Every comparison we have published, 35 pages, grouped by the decision in front of you: what it costs, whether it is any good, how two options compare, and when switching is worth it. Each one names who the other option suits better than us.
What this looks like across the DSP book we manage
How to do it
Step by step, on real numbers, including what to do when it goes wrong. · 1 pages
- Amazon DSP Agency: How to Choose Who Buys Your DisplayWhat an Amazon DSP agency does week to week, how seats and minimums work, and the supply-source report that separates a real partner from a reporter.
Which one for me
Buyer's guides that start from the account rather than the feature grid. · 7 pages
- Amazon DSP Agency Comparison: A Scoring MethodMost Amazon DSP agency comparisons are written by an agency on the list. A scoring sheet, seven weighted dimensions, and how to run it in two weeks.
- Amazon DSP Partner Comparison: Four Routes InComparing DSP partners starts with routes, not companies: Amazon managed, self-service, an agency seat or a packaged product — and what a badge certif
- Best Amazon DSP Agency for Brands: Ownership FirstFor brand advertisers the deciding questions are whose seat it is, who owns the clean room, and what you keep on exit. A guide built around ownership.
- Best Amazon DSP Agency for Enterprise BrandsAt enterprise scale the rate card matters less than the clauses. Conflict policy, change of control, clean-room governance, and who suits better than
- Best Amazon DSP Agency for Mid-Market BrandsMid-market sits below Amazon's managed-service floor and above most boutiques. The attention arithmetic, the fee questions, and how to pick well.
- Best Amazon DSP Agency for a First DSP CampaignA first Amazon DSP flight is won before launch. What to baseline, how to design the holdout on day zero, and the 30/60/90 scorecard to hold a partner
- Best Amazon DSP Agency: A Decision Tree, Not a ListThere is no single best Amazon DSP agency. Six situations, the honest answer for each, three disqualifiers, and the evidence standard that decides it.
What it costs
Published pricing, read on the vendor's own page, with the billing basis named. · 6 pages
- Acorn Pricing: What It Costs and What to AskAcorn pricing is not published. See the fee structure behind a managed Amazon media quote, the two cost floors nobody can waive, and what to ask on th
- Criteo Pricing: The Fee Stack Inside Your BudgetCriteo publishes no rates, but its own Commerce Max terms name four stacked fees, all tied to working media spend. What to ask before you sign.
- Pacvue Pricing: No Public Number — What to AskPacvue publishes no pricing and its pricing URL 404s. What builds the quote, the contract clauses nobody checks, and how to make vendor quotes compara
- Skai Pricing: Five Published Tiers, Read CloselySkai publishes four priced annual tiers banded by media spend, plus a custom band. What each buys, and the contract questions the tiers do not answer.
- Skai Review: Why Its Pricing Feels OpaqueSkai publishes annual tiers banded by media spend, but the top band is custom. Why buyers call it opaque, what to ask, and who should license it.
- Tinuiti Pricing: How the Quote Gets BuiltTinuiti publishes no fees. The pricing models behind an enterprise quote, the clauses to read first, and how to compare big-agency proposals fairly.
Is it any good
Honest reads, with review scores printed beside their counts. · 10 pages
- Acorn Reviews: Which Acorn, and What Is ProvenAcorn reviews cover three different companies. What each Acorn is, which claims are self-published, and what to verify before you sign.
- Amazon DSP Agency Reviews: How to Read ThemDSP agency reviews are thin, solicited and rarely about display. Where they live, what each source is worth, and the reference-call script that beats
- Amazon DSP Partner Reviews: Reading the EvidenceA directory listing is not a review and an award is not an audit. How to read partner profiles and badges, and build your own evidence file in a week.
- Criteo Review: Read the Primary Sources, Not the RatingsCriteo is a listed company that publishes its network claims, fee architecture and roadmap. Those documents answer far more than any star rating can.
- Envision Horizons Review: The Evidence, and the FitA New York multichannel commerce agency with real Amazon pedigree and thin public review volume. What is verifiable, and how to test DSP depth on the
- Flywheel Digital Reviews: What They Actually MeasureMost Flywheel Digital reviews are employee reviews, not client ones. Who they are under Omnicom, why the client record is empty, and what to ask inste
- Kenshoo Review: The Name Was Retired in 2021Kenshoo became Skai in June 2021. The G2 listing under the old name holds no reviews. Where the live record sits and how to rebuild a dated shortlist.
- Orca Pacific Reviews: The Name Moved to MonksOrca Pacific joined MightyHive in 2020 and announced itself as Media.Monks; S4 simplified that to Monks in 2024. Both review profiles are empty.
- Podean Reviews: Evaluating a Partner Without StarsPodean has claimed Trustpilot and Clutch profiles with no reviews on either. What it built through three acquisitions, and how to diligence it.
- The Stable Reviews: A Retail Agency, Not a Media ShopThe Stable is a retail growth agency whose footer reads Powered by Accenture Song. Its Trustpilot profile holds no reviews. What it sells and who it f
Head to head
Direct comparisons, including who each option suits better than us. · 8 pages
- Acorn vs Flywheel vs reMKTR: Scale, Seniority, ProofThree bets: a technology-led Amazon specialist, a holding company's commerce practice, and a DSP buyer that tests its own work.
- Acorn vs Podean: Two Amazon Agencies ComparedAcorn-i and Podean both run marketplace advertising and neither publishes a rate card. What each is strong at, and six things to fix in writing.
- Acorn vs Skai: An Agency and a Licence ComparedAcorn-i sells people doing the work. Skai licenses a platform and publishes its tiers. Comparing them is really a build-or-buy decision about labour.
- Acorn vs Tinuiti: Two Kinds of Big, ComparedTinuiti is employee-owned at scale with a real measurement practice. Acorn-i sits inside a global group. What each is best at, and who they suit.
- Amazon DSP Self-Service vs Managed: Real Costs, Real Control (2026)Amazon DSP self-service means holding the seat and staffing it; managed means paying for someone else's hands. The real costs of each route, and a fit
- Amazon DSP vs Sponsored Display: Which Retargeting Actually Scales?Sponsored Display is retargeting with training wheels; Amazon DSP is the full platform. Audiences, placements, creative control and minimums compared
- Criteo vs Amazon DSP vs reMKTR: Which Demand You BuyCriteo and Amazon DSP buy different demand, and most comparisons confuse the two. Where each wins, the metric that decides it wrongly, and how to pilo
- Which Is Better, Skai or Pacvue? A Buyer's ReadSkai publishes five annual tiers; Pacvue's pricing URL returns a 404.
Looking to switch
What moving actually involves, and when it is not worth it. · 3 pages
- Acorn Alternatives: Replace the Capability, Not the LogoAcorn alternatives for Acorn-i and New Engen's Acorn, by what is failing: multi-market reach, display, analytics or creator content. Who suits which.
- Criteo Alternatives: Sorted by Why You Are LeavingSix reasons brands look for a Criteo alternative and the right answer to each. Three are migrations. The other three are cheaper to fix where you are.
- Kenshoo Alternative: Start By Noticing It Is Skai NowKenshoo rebranded to Skai in 2021 and the legal name still sits in the site footer. What that means for your shortlist, and the three real replacement
Shortlist on the job, not the feature grid. Pull your search-term report for the last 90 days and total the spend against terms that produced no orders. Then ask each vendor on your list what they would do about it in week one, and see who answers with a process rather than a screenshot.
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Part of
- Every Amazon DSP partner we have comparedIndex of the comparison set
- Every reMKTR guideStreaming TV, attribution and Amazon DSP, explained