🆚 Microsoft Invest vs. Outbrain

Type

Legacy technology
Advertising technology

About

Microsoft Invest was a demand-side ad management platform created after Microsoft's acquisition of Xandr to facilitate programmatic media buying.

Microsoft later retired the standalone platform to consolidate its advertising technologies and integrate buy-side capabilities directly into Microsoft Advertising.

Outbrain is a content discovery and native advertising platform that helps advertisers promote sponsored content and recommendations on publisher sites.

It uses AI-driven targeting to deliver native ads and personalized content recommendations, supports multiple ad formats including native, carousel, video and app install ads, offers audience segmentation and real-time optimization, and serves billions of impressions monthly across more than 55 countries.

Headquarters

Redmond, Washington, United States
New York, United States

Website

Pricing

Revenue share 70%

Categories

Legacy › Rank #23
Advertising › Rank #16
Advertising › Rank #23

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Microsoft Invest legacy technology is 1.8 times more popular than Outbrain.
Total websites

Market share

Advertising

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Microsoft Invest is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, while Outbrain is more popular in Germany, Italy, and Israel.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Turkey
Italy
Australia
Spain
Netherlands
Israel

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Microsoft Invest is more popular among sites focused on business, online shopping, and general news, while Outbrain is more commonly used on sports sites.
Business
Online Shopping
General News
Marketing/Merchandising
Blogs/Wiki
Finance/Banking
Fashion/Beauty
Entertainment
Sports
Health

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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