Virool
by Virool · Programmatic native video advertising for brands and agencies
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Overview
Virool is a native video advertising platform for brands and agencies. Advertisers target audiences using a proprietary DMP of 450 million unique profiles, place creatives in native and outstream inline units on publisher sites, and track results in a dashboard showing real-time, site-level performance. An eIQ feature reports viewer reactions such as laughs and shares.
- Best for
- Brands and agencies buying programmatic video ad placements with audience-level targeting
- Pricing
- No plan prices or media rates are published; the site says an account is free to create and a campaign can be launched for as little as $100.
- Runs on
- Web
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Proprietary DMP of 450MM profiles for granular targeting
- Dashboard shows real-time, site-level performance transparency
- eIQ feature reports viewer reactions such as laughs and shares
- Campaigns can be launched from as little as $100
Trade-offs
- No rate card, CPM or platform fee is published anywhere on the site
- Homepage performance chart is dated December 2013 to January 2014
- Covers video advertising only; no other channels or formats described
- Named case studies are all large brands, with no figures for smaller spends
How Virool markets itself
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Homepage capture
“A NATIVE VIDEO ADVERTISING PLATFORM”
- Angle: Outcome / benefit-led
- Hero: Background video
Pricing
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How this score is made up
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MCP support
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Documentation
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Agent friendliness
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Changelog
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Marketing site structure
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Operational trust
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Openness
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