🆚 Google Ad Manager vs. Google Ads

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Advertising technology
Advertising technology

About

Google Ad Manager is an ad management and ad exchange platform for large publishers who have significant direct sales, that enables them to serve and sell advertising inventory across websites and mobile apps.

It requires a valid Google AdSense account, offers unified ad serving with real time bidding across multiple demand sources, and supports multiple ad exchanges and networks including Google Display Network, Ad Exchange, and other third-party options.

Google Ads is a pay-per-click advertising platform owned by Google that allows businesses to display ads across Google Search, YouTube, Maps, and a large network of third-party partner sites including ones monetizing through Google AdSense.

It supports keyword-based search campaigns, audience and demographic targeting, automated bidding, responsive display and video formats, and conversion tracking.

Headquarters

Mountain View, California, United States
Mountain View, California, United States

Website

Categories

Advertising › Rank #7
Advertising › Rank #2
Ad Tracking › Rank #2

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Google Ads advertising technology is 5 times more popular than Google Ad Manager.
Total websites

Market share

Advertising

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Google Ads is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan, while Google Ad Manager is more popular in Albania and Honduras.
United States
United Kingdom
Japan
Germany
India
Brazil
Australia
Spain
France
Poland

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Google Ads is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, business, and marketing and merchandising, while Google Ad Manager is more commonly used on general news, entertainment, and blogs and wiki sites.
Online Shopping
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
General News
Entertainment
Internet Services
Education/Reference
Blogs/Wiki
Travel
Fashion/Beauty

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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