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Ad Management Software Comparison Chart
[Editor's note: this article was written by Charlie Morris in August of 1998. As such, we cannot insure that information enclosed is up to date as of the time you are reading it. Please contact the vendors discussed for updated information on their individual offerings.]
| Product | Company | Phone | Web Site | Operating Systems | Web Servers | Network Delivery | Multiple Ads on Same Page | "Rich" Banner Support | ALT support | TARGET support | Even Delivery | Page Targeting | Day/Time Targeting | IP/Registration Targeting | Online Reports | Email Reports | Cache Defeating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AdJuggler 3.1 | Digital Nation | 703-642-2800 | http://www.adjuggler.com/ | aj-sales@dn.net | Solaris, BSDi, NT | Netscape, IIS, Apache, NCSA | no | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes, but lame | |
| AdManager 4.0 | Accipiter, Inc. | 919-872-7755 | http://www.accipiter.com/ | sales@accipiter.com | Solaris, NT | Netscape, IIS, Apache | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Open Ad Stream | RealMedia | 215-654-8376 | http://www.realmedia.com/software/indexs.html | rmsales@realmedia.com | Solaris, SGI Irix, IBM AIX, P Unix, BSDi, Free BSD, Linux, DEC Alpha Unix, Windows NT | Netscape, IIS, Apache, NCSA | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes |
| Dynamo Ad Station 3.0 | Art Technology Group | 617-859-1212 | http://www.atg.com/develop/products/ad/ | sales@atg.com | Solaris 2.5, 2.6;Windows NT 4.0 | Netscape Enterprise Server 2.0, 3.0, 3.5.1;Netscape FastTrack Server 2.0.1;Microsoft IIS 3.0, 4.0;Apache Server 1.2.6, 1.3 | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | sort-of | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes |
| Central Ad PRO 3.0J | Central Ad Software, Inc. | not available | http://www.CentralAd.com/home.htm | support@centralAd.com | NT/95 and UNIX | "Just about any." C code can be locally compiled. | no | yes | "Yes -- but not as easily as GIFs and JPEGS." | yes | yes | sort-of | yes | yes | no | yes | no | some |
| Advantage | CyberOps, Inc. | 954-370-0025 | http://www.cyberops.net/ADvan11.htm | info@cyberops.net | NT 4.0 | IIS 3.0 or 4.0 | virtual servers, but must be on the same server | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | no | none | ||
| AdServer 3.1 | NetGravity | 650-655-4777 | http://www.netgravity.com/products/ | info@netgravity.com | Solaris;Windows NT;SGI Irix;DEC Alpha UNIX | Netscape Enterprise Server;Microsoft IIS;Apache available with NetGravity consulting | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes |
| Radiation AMS Ad Management System 2.1 | GlobalMedia Design | 407-657-8990 | http://www.radiation.com/ams/ | orders@radiation.com | NT/95 and UNIX | Any POSIX Compliant Unix platform compatible with BSD Unix. (Tested platforms include BSDi, IRIX, SunOS, Solaris and Linux) --or-- Windows NT/95 with a perl-friendly webserver. | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | sort-of | yes | no | yes | no | ||
| AO-Network 3.0 | W3.com | 415-969-6760 | http://www.w3.com | info@w3.com | Solaris 2.4,2.5;Sun OS;SGI Irix 5.3;BSDi,Linux | yes | yes | sort-of | yes | yes | yes | no | ||||||
| Adfinity | Intelligent Interactions Corporation | 703-706-9500 | http://www.adfinity.com/ | sales@ipe.com | Sun Solaris 2.5, IRIX 5.3 and higher, NT 4.0,LINUX 2.0 | Any CGI compliant Web Server (ie: Netscape, Apache) | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | none |
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Created: Aug. 19, 1998
Revised: Aug. 25, 1998
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