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Who runs Microsoft, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest digital advertising technology alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
–
Closest alternative
Magnite

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Microsoft

Microsoft xandr.com

Microsoft Advertising is building a new world of advertising possibilities to empower growth for all.

Wikidata: advertising and analytics subsidiary of Microsoft

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What Microsoft tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

tracker that follows visitors

1 of the 19 alternatives below have fewer, 13 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found
US company
1 tool
  • Marketing and email tracking

    Links visits to email campaigns and customer profiles.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Microsoft

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Microsoft, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Fewer trackers than MicrosoftNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English
  1. 01
    Magnite magnite.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    Magnite - The Largest Independent Sell-Side Advertising Company

    The world's top publishers trust Magnite to help them drive more advertising revenue across every channel and format, including CTV.

    Compare Magnite with Microsoft →
  2. 02
    Equativ equativ.com English 1 tracker

    Equativ — The Global End-to-End Media Platform

    From signal to outcomes, at scale. Equativ brings together advanced technology, consumer research, and data intelligence to foster improved user experiences and deliver enhanced results.

    Compare Equativ with Microsoft →
  3. 03
    Nexxen unruly.co Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Nexxen

    Nexxen's advertising technology platform delivers performance powered by unique data and media, to help advertisers and publishers achieve their full-funnel goals.

    Compare Nexxen with Microsoft →
  4. 04
    Criteo criteo.com Top 1K English 1 tracker

    The Global Commerce Intelligence Platform

    Make every shopping moment smarter with ads powered by commerce AI fueled by the world’s largest set of commerce data

    Compare Criteo with Microsoft →
  5. 05
    FreeWheel freewheel.com English 3 trackers

    Direct Connections to Streaming Video Inventory | FreeWheel

    Directly access streaming video inventory from the world’s leading publishers, boosting your working media by reducing middlemen.

    Compare FreeWheel with Microsoft →
  6. 06
    Sovrn sovrn.com English 2 trackers

    The Publisher Technology Platform | Sovrn

    Thousands of the world’s top publishers trust the Sovrn Platform, a complete set of data and monetization tools, to thrive on the open web.

    Compare Sovrn with Microsoft →
  7. 07
    33Across 33across.com Top 1K English

    Publisher monetization company

    Compare 33Across with Microsoft →
  8. 08
    Admixer admixer.net Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Admixer | Full-Stack Programmatic AdTech Solutions

    Admixer is a global AdTech vendor that provides digital advertising products and services for Publishers, Brands and Advertising Agencies

    Compare Admixer with Microsoft →
  9. 09
    OpenX openx.com English 3 trackers

    Programmatic Advertising | Supply-Side Platform - OpenX

    Discover the world of programmatic advertising and how it revolutionizes digital marketing. Explore strategies to maximize your ad spend with OpenX.

    Compare OpenX with Microsoft →
  10. 10
    Sonobi sonobi.com Top 10K English 4 trackers

    Sonobi • Leading the Way in Audience-First Innovations

    Innovating Advertising Solutions for a Connected World. Explore our cutting-edge Ad technologies now!

    Compare Sonobi with Microsoft →
  11. 11
    TripleLift triplelift.com English 3 trackers

    Creative SSP for the Orchestration Era | TripleLift

    Turn fragmented media into a coordinated system. TripleLift connects data, creative, and supply to drive measurable advertising outcomes.

    Compare TripleLift with Microsoft →
  12. 12
    Teads teads.com English 2 trackers

    Teads - The omnichannel outcomes platform

    Outbrain and Teads have merged to create the omnichannel outcomes platform for the open internet.

    Compare Teads with Microsoft →
  13. 13
    SmartyAds smartyads.com English 3 trackers

    Full-Stack Programmatic Ad Tech Company - SmartyAds

    SmartyAds is a full-stack programmatic ad tech company which offers the best-in-class profitable ad monetization and media buying solutions for advertisers and publishers in the digital marketing industry

    Compare SmartyAds with Microsoft →
  14. 14
    AdMatic admatic.de Top 10K English 2 trackers

    AdMatic GmbH – AI-Driven Advertising | Human-Centric Results

    Compare AdMatic with Microsoft →
  15. 15
    Verve verve.com English 3 trackers

    Verve | Let's make media better.

    Verve is a global omnichannel advertising platform powered by premium direct supply. We illuminate, connect and activate high-fidelity signals to drive performance for brands and publishers.

    Compare Verve with Microsoft →
  16. 16
    Media.net media.net Top 1K English 1 tracker

    Media.net | The Sell Side Platform for Greater Outcomes

    We help brands and publishers leverage the best of programmatic, to achieve their goals across every screen.

    Compare Media.net with Microsoft →
  17. 17
    Innovid innovid.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    The premier global independent, omnichannel advertising platform | Innovid

    Innovid empowers advertisers and publishers to create, deliver, measure, and optimize their ad and social experiences that drive consumer connections and business growth.

    Compare Innovid with Microsoft →
  18. 18
    trustedstack.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Advertising Technology Company

    Advertising Technology Company

    Compare trustedstack.com with Microsoft →
  19. 19
    Adtelligent adtelligent.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    Adtelligent | Advertising Technology Company

    Adtelligent Inc. is an advertising technology company providing solutions for publishers and advertisers: SSP / DSP / Ad Network / Header Bidding / Video player

    Compare Adtelligent with Microsoft →
  20. 20
    Kueez kueezrtb.com Top 10K English 4 trackers

    Kueez | The Growth Platform for Modern Publishers

    Kueez helps the world's leading publishers build new revenue streams, grow audiences and maximize monetization.

    Compare Kueez with Microsoft →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Microsoft’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Microsoft uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Microsoft adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 9 technologies
Neighbours
k = 20
Sites searched
9,192
Vector
384-d
Query
27 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Microsoft’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

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