Ad Exchange Dossier

An introduction to all Ad Exchanges accessible through Kayzen.

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Written by Tomás Yacachury
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Last Updated: December, 2023

Kayzen is integrated with multiple Ad Exchanges, each of them adding value to our overall supply offering. Some of these ad exchange may be more known to you than other, so in order to ensure you don't miss on any opportunities, the following article will provide a brief introduction to each ad exchange currently integrated with Kayzen.

For each ad exchange, we will cover the following:

Website - Company's Website

In-App Inventory - Does the ad exchange provide access to in-app inventory?

MWeb Inventory - Does the ad exchange provide access to mobile web inventory

Ad formats - Which ad formats are accessible through the ad exchange?

Mediation Platform - Does the ad exchange have an associated Ad Mediation platform?

Ad Network - Does the ad exchange have an associated Ad Network?

Publisher Connection Type - How is the ad exchange connected to its publishers?

Resold inventory - Does the ad exchange provide resold inventory? (not necessarily 100%)

Deals - Does the Ad Exchange support Preferred Deals and/or PMPs?

If you want to dig deeper into more advanced differences between these ad exchanges, we recommend you to explore the following articles:


Summary


Ad Exchanges

Adjoe Exchange

As part of the Applike Group, Adjoe Exchange provides direct, fee-free access to games from their publishers Sunday Games and JustDice, such as Cat Escape or Cash Empire.

Mobile In-App Inventory: Yes

Mobile Web Inventory: No

Ad formats: Banner, Interstitial, Rewarded

Mediation Platform: -

Ad Network: Adjoe

Publisher Connection Type: SDK

Resold inventory: No

Deals - No


AdSolut Exchange

An Indian based supply side platform, AdSolut Exchange provides direct, efficient access to top mobile OTT apps in the APAC market.

Mobile In-App Inventory: Yes

Mobile Web Inventory: No

Ad formats: Banner, Interstitial, Rewarded

Mediation Platform: -

Ad Network: -

Publisher Connection Type: SDK

Resold inventory: No

Deals - Yes


Amazon Exchange

Amazon Publisher Services provides direct access to top app publishers, with a 10% supply side fee (industry average estimated at 20%), providing a very efficient supply path to many publishers.

Mobile In-App Inventory: Yes

Mobile Web Inventory: Yes

Ad formats: Banner, Interstitial, Rewarded

Mediation Platform: -

Ad Network: -

Publisher Connection Type: SDK

Resold inventory: No

Deals - No


AppLovin Exchange

With AppLovin MAX being the largest adopted mediation platform in the market today, AppLovin Exchange guarantees direct, SDK based access to all impression opportunities on most app publishers.

Mobile In-App Inventory: Yes

Mobile Web Inventory: No

Ad formats: Banner, Native, Interstitial, Rewarded

Mediation Platform: MAX

Ad Network: AppLovin Network

Publisher Connection Type: SDK

Resold inventory: No

Deals - Yes


Awmani Exchange

Singapore based Awmani Exchange provides access to top mobile inventory globally.

Mobile In-App Inventory: Yes

Mobile Web Inventory: No

Ad formats: Banner, Interstitial, Rewarded

Mediation Platform: -

Ad Network: -

Publisher Connection Type: S2S

Resold inventory: Yes

Deals - No


BidMachine (Appodeal)

BidMachine, the programmatic ad exchange of Stack Appodeal, provides an in-app bidding solution for publishers, reflecting as direct SDK-based supply for advertisers.

Mobile In-App Inventory: Yes

Mobile Web Inventory: No

Ad formats: Banner, Native, Interstitial, Rewarded

Mediation Platform: Appodeal Mediation

Ad Network: -

Publisher Connection Type: SDK

Resold inventory: No

Deals - No


BidSwitch

BidSwitch is not an ad exchange per se, but rather acts as an aggregator of ad exchanges. A platform designed to facilitate tapping into multiple ad exchanges without necessarily integrating directly with each of them, in exchange for an 8% supply side fee.

Kayzen leverages BidSwitch to integrate with multiple ad exchanges without needing to go through a direct integration, such as PubMatic, The Media Grid, Outbrain, Taboola or Triplelift. To learn more about the Ad Exchanges integrated through BidSwitch, check out the BidSwitch Exchanges section at the bottom of the articles.

Mobile In-App Inventory: Yes

Mobile Web Inventory: Yes

Ad formats: Banner, Native, Interstitial, Rewarded

Mediation Platform: -

Ad Network: -

Publisher Connection Type: -

Resold inventory: Yes (100%)

Deals - Yes


Chartboost Exchange

Acquired by Zynga, Chartboost exchange is gradually becoming the premium way to access Zynga's and eventually all of Take Two's supply, while als3o providing direct SDK access to premium gaming publishers.

Mobile In-App Inventory: Yes

Mobile Web Inventory: No

Ad formats: Banner, Interstitial, Rewarded

Mediation Platform: Chartboost Mediation

Ad Network: Chartboost

Publisher Connection Type: SDK

Resold inventory: No

Deals - Yes


Digital Turbine Exchange (Fyber)

Digital Turbine Exchange remains as one of the few SDK-based mobile platforms that is exclusively an Ad Exchange, i.e. not having an associated Ad Network, providing a higher level of neutrality than other players in the industry. Provides direct-SDK access to top multiple app publishers.

Mobile In-App Inventory: Yes

Mobile Web Inventory: No

Ad formats: Banner, Native, Interstitial, Rewarded

Mediation Platform: DT Fairbid

Ad Network: -

Publisher Connection Type: SDK

Resold inventory: No

Deals - No


Google Ad Exchange

The largest ad exchange in the programmatic space, Google Ad Exchange provides direct SDK access to inventory across multiple countries, formats and platforms. 

Mobile In-App Inventory: Yes

Mobile Web Inventory: Yes

Ad formats: Banner, Native, Interstitial, Rewarded

Mediation Platform: Google AdMob

Ad Network: -

Publisher Connection Type: SDK

Resold inventory: No

Deals - Yes


InMobi Exchange

Indian based InMobi Exchange provides direct-SDK access to top publishers across the globe, with a particular strong footprint in the APAC region.

Mobile In-App Inventory: Yes

Mobile Web Inventory: No

Ad formats: Banner, Native, Interstitial, Rewarded

Mediation Platform: -

Ad Network: InMobi

Publisher Connection Type: SDK

Resold inventory: No

Deals - Yes


IronSource Exchange

In a similar manner to AppLovin, IronSource exchange guarantees full direct-SDK access to all impression opportunities for publishers leveraging Unity LevelPlay as their mediation platform.

Mobile In-App Inventory: Yes

Mobile Web Inventory: No

Ad formats: Banner, Interstitial, Rewarded

Mediation Platform: Unity LevelPlay

Ad Network: IronSource

Publisher Connection Type: SDK

Resold inventory: No

Deals - Yes


Magnite DV+ (Rubicon)

Previously known as Rubicon, Magnite DV+ is Magnite's programmatic exchange. Magnite provides ease of access to multiple ad exchanges and publishers, with a robust deal setup functionality.

Mobile In-App Inventory: Yes

Mobile Web Inventory: Yes

Ad formats: Banner, Native, Interstitial, Rewarded

Mediation Platform: -

Ad Network: -

Publisher Connection Type: S2S

Resold inventory: Yes

Deals - Yes


MobilityWare Exchange

MobilityWare is one of the top Core and Casual Games app publishers. Their propietary ad exchange provides full direct-SDK, fee-free access to all their games, such as Solitaire, Spider Solitaire and Freecel Solitaire.

Mobile In-App Inventory: Yes

Mobile Web Inventory: No

Ad formats: Banner, Interstitial, Rewarded

Mediation Platform: MobilityWare Mediation

Ad Network: -

Publisher Connection Type: SDK

Resold inventory: No

Deals - No


Nimbus Exchange

Nimbus exchange is a unique exchange which sits outside of traditional mediation platforms, providing full SDK-based access to all impression opportunities on top publishers such as Rovio, Scopely and Big Fish Games, with supply side fees between 2%-5%, the most competitive in the market.

Mobile In-App Inventory: Yes

Mobile Web Inventory: No

Ad formats: Banner, Native, Interstitial, Rewarded

Mediation Platform: -

Ad Network: -

Publisher Connection Type: SDK

Resold inventory: No

Deals - No


Smaato Exchange

Combining both SDK-based and S2S-based connections to publishers, Smaato provides access to multiple app publishers, specially on formats such as Banner and Native.

Smaato is part of Verve Group.

Mobile In-App Inventory: Yes

Mobile Web Inventory: Yes

Ad formats: Banner, Native, Interstitial, Rewarded

Mediation Platform: -

Ad Network: -

Publisher Connection Type: SDK / S2S

Resold inventory: Yes

Deals - Yes


Unity Exchange

After Unity's acquisition of IronSource, Unity exchange also guarantees full direct-SDK access to all impression opportunities for publishers leveraging Unity LevelPlay as their mediation platform.

Also, as one of the top game development engines, Unity Exchange provides access to a long tail of games developed with the Unity Engine.

Mobile In-App Inventory: Yes

Mobile Web Inventory: No

Ad formats: Banner, Interstitial, Rewarded

Mediation Platform: Unity LevelPlay

Ad Network: Unity Ads

Publisher Connection Type: SDK

Resold inventory: No

Deals - No


Verve Group (PubNative)

Combining SDK-based and S2S-based direct connections to publishers, as well as resold inventory, Verve Group provides access to multiple app publishers.

Mobile In-App Inventory: Yes

Mobile Web Inventory: Yes

Ad formats: Banner, Native, Interstitial, Rewarded

Mediation Platform: -

Ad Network: -

Publisher Connection Type: SDK / S2S

Resold inventory: Yes

Deals - No


Vungle Exchange

Vungle is Liftoff's programmatic exchange, providing direct-SDK access to multiple apps globally.

Mobile In-App Inventory: Yes

Mobile Web Inventory: No

Ad formats: Banner, Interstitial, Rewarded

Mediation Platform: -

Ad Network: Liftoff Direct

Publisher Connection Type: SDK

Resold inventory: No

Deals - No


BidSwitch Exchanges

The following are some of the ad exchanges available by targeting BidSwitch as an ad exchange in the Kayzen platform:

  • The Media Grid

  • Outbrain

  • Triplelift

  • Emodo

  • LoopMe

  • YieldMo

  • Index Exchange

  • + 50 more!

While there are multiple Ad Exchanges integrated through BidSwitch, some of these have been split into separate exchanges within the Kayzen platform for more specific targeting:

  • PubMatic (BidSwitch)

  • Improve Digital (BidSwitch)

  • SmartAdServer (BidSwitch)

  • AdMixer (BidSwitch)

  • Taboola (BidSwitch)

  • MobFox (BidSwitch)

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