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Mediaocean LLC

Mediaocean

Composite Score

7.9 /10

CX Score

8.1 /10

181 Reviews Write a Review

What is Mediaocean?

Mediaocean is powering the future of the advertising ecosystem with technology that empowers brands and agencies to deliver impactful omnichannel marketing experiences. With over $200 billion in annualized ad spend running through its software products, Mediaocean deploys AI and automation to optimize investments and outcomes. The company’s advertising infrastructure and ad tech tools are used by more than 100,000 people across the globe. Mediaocean owns and operates Prisma, the industry’s trusted system of record for media management and finance, Innovid, the leading independent ad server, and Protected by Mediaocean, an integrated solution for ad verification and brand safety.

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Awards & Recognition

Mediaocean won the following awards in the Ad Tech category

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0 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2025

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025

Contract Negotiation

2025

3 Top Rated Capabilities

13 Top Rated Features

2024

Service Experience
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2024

2 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

2023

Mediaocean Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

82 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

75 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+73 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Mediaocean?

8% Negative

19% Neutral

73% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Trustworthy
Fair
Transparent

Feature Ratings

Average 76

Media Planning

Ad Serving

Financial Accounting

Role-Based Access Controls

Advertisement Placement

Advertisement Reporting

Ad Verification

Data Management Platform Capabilities

Walled Garden Placement

Asset Classification

Audience Identification

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 73

Business Value Created

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Mediaocean Downloads

Mediaocean 2025 Advertising Outlook Report

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Mediaocean Reviews

David H.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Media
Involvement: Vendor Selection and Purchasing

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Submitted Aug 2025

Slow bloated vaperware

Likeliness to Recommend

4 /10

What differentiates Mediaocean from other similar products?

Nothing. It is SBMS with an annoying interface.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Absolutely nothing.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It is unreliable. Slow. Annoying to use. Was not designed for people who do media planning or buying. It slows down productivity.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Just use Excel. It will save you time and a headache. SBMS is better, easier to use and does not consistently freezes when you try to do anything. Mediaocean is not a final product, it is not even in beta, and barely would qualify as an alpha build.

Cons

Inhibits Innovation
Slower Product Innovation
Less Reliable

Debi W.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Media
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2025

Great use of finance system for the industry

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Mediaocean from other similar products?

It's the only finance product i've used in my industry

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

breakdown of costs available

What do you dislike most about this product?

flexibility in adding new breakdowns

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

get ample training to make the best out of it

Pros

Respectful
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable

Cons

Less Efficient Service

Nolan B.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Finance
Involvement: Vendor Management and Renewal

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2025

It does its job

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Mediaocean from other similar products?

The ease of inputs and review.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The ease of uploading data to remove manual labor

What do you dislike most about this product?

It is very linear at times and too strict with inputs.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Make sure to check out some of the learning guides on the products to get a good sense of the product and what it entails.

Pros

Trustworthy
Respectful
Fair
Continually Improving Product

Cons

Less Productive
Commodity Features
Less Effective Service

How We Deliver

Events

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Mediaocean Ratings

82 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

75 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+73 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Mediaocean?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Media Planning The solution provides bespoke tools to create and manage media plans, budgets, allocations, and authorizations across various channels.

Ad Serving The solution provides third-party ad serving for display, audio, and video advertisements across various channels.

Financial Accounting The solution provides a complete financial accounting system including billing, invoice creation, reconciliation, and direct payment across various channels.

Role-Based Access Controls The solution provides differential controls for managing platform capabilities.

Advertisement Placement The solution provides the ability to place advertisements via either a proprietary ad network, or via integration with popular advertisement networks.

Advertisement Reporting The solution provides the ability to report on ad placements and uptake (conversions).

Ad Verification The solution provides in-house capabilities to verify that advertisements were delivered in a brand safe, viewable, and fraud-free context various channels.

Data Management Platform Capabilities The ability to ingest attributes on unknown or known prospects/customers and manage this data at scale to derive insights for campaign activation.

Walled Garden Placement The solution integrates with walled gardens to management ad placement on multiple social, search, or retail media platforms.

Asset Classification The solution uses artificial intelligence to automatically detect content and classify into taxonomies for optimization.

Audience Identification The solution provides the ability to identify and target audiences from either proprietary or client-owned data.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

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Mediaocean Reviews

David H.

Slow bloated vaperware

Likeliness to Recommend

Cons

Debi W.

Great use of finance system for the industry

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Nolan B.

It does its job

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

Media Planning

Ad Serving

Financial Accounting

Role-Based Access Controls

Advertisement Placement

Advertisement Reporting

Ad Verification

Data Management Platform Capabilities

Walled Garden Placement

Asset Classification

Audience Identification

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization