Marin Software

marinsoftware.com
Marketing Automation
Weekend Project

AI-first performance marketing platform that plans, optimizes, and learns with every campaign

How to Replace Marin Software

Overview

Marin Software is a performance marketing platform that unifies data across multiple advertising channels, provides AI-powered optimization and forecasting, and automates campaign management at scale. The platform helps marketers allocate budgets efficiently, optimize bidding strategies, and measure ROI across search, social, retail, and display channels.

Features

53 features across 15 categories

AI(5)

Anomaly DetectorAIPremium

AI-powered automated alerting for any performance deviations

ForecastingAIPremium

Use predictive model to determine the right level of marketing investment

Forecasting ModelsAIPremium

Better forecasts equal better results

InsightsAIPremium

Identify opportunities with custom AI-powered insights

Marin AdvisorAIPremium

Your PPC accounts plus ChatGPT plus Marin's expertise

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Attribution(2)

Amazon Attribution

Easily monitor Search, Social spend, and Amazon conversions

Marin Attribution

Measure conversions and revenue with a first-party pixel

Audience Management(1)

Audience Hub

Create custom audiences across search and social in one place

Automation(9)

Ad Study Automation

Automated ad study management and optimization

Bulk Uploads

Bulk upload capabilities for campaign management

Campaign Creation

Automated campaign creation and management

Dynamic Campaigns

Create campaigns automatically based on a data feed

Keyword ExpansionAI

Keyword expansion for search and ecommerce

Marin Scripts

Build advanced optimizations that boost performance and save time

Multi-edit

Quickly and easily make changes across accounts and publishers

Rules & Templates

Rules and templates for Meta campaign management

Scheduled Actions

Launch and pause campaigns across publishers on your timeline

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Bidding(8)

Awareness Targeting

Automatically bid to maintain a preferred impression share or rate

Cooperative Bidding

Coordinate bidding strategies across different brands

Dynamic ActionsAI

Incorporate first-party signals and inventory levels into bidding algorithms

Dynamic Bidding GoalsAI

Automatically adjust bids to changing conversion values

Full-funnel BiddingAI

Optimize to actual business value across the complete customer journey

Inventory BiddingAI

Automatically adjust bids based on inventory levels

Marin Bidding

Improve campaign performance with independent, flexible bidding

Media Spend BiddingAI

Incorporate media spend into your bidding decisions

Also in: OpenX

Budget Management(2)

Budget Pacing

Manage budgets at scale without overspending or stress

Dynamic Spend AllocationAIPremium

Maximize ROAS with dynamic allocation of media spend

Also in: Melio, Plooto, Tipalti

Data Management(2)

Data Retention

Simplify year-over-year analysis with unlimited data retention

Intraday Data

Keep up to date with the most recent available data

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Ecommerce(1)

SmartFeed

Take control of your inventory feed for better performance

Enterprise(1)

ScalePremium

Powerful tools for large programs and agencies in one unified platform

Integration(4)

BI Connect

Connect your data to your BI platform, Excel, and Google Sheets

CRM Connect

Link your CRM conversion data to Google and Facebook

Publisher Integrations

Easily unify data across all your publishers and accounts

Revenue Connect

Integrate revenue and conversions with publisher cost data

Planning(1)

Marketing Calendar

Understand and optimize the impact of promotional events

Reporting(13)

Analytics Grid

Analyze at the speed of thought across your accounts with Analytics to Action workflow

Analytics to Action

Ask questions and make changes in the same workflow

Auto-populate Dimensions

Automatically apply dimension labels for custom reporting

Automation Impact Dashboard

Understand the benefit of Marin's automation on revenue and spend

Change Columns

Understand what's up and down with change columns

Charting

Visualize performance-intensive data sets more efficiently

Custom Metrics

Define custom metrics to match your business needs

Dimensions

Roll up and track performance and campaign data across channels

Filters

Ask questions of your data with powerful filters

Reporting

Access your data with powerful reporting options

Reporting by Device

Understand performance across different device types

Saved Views

Ensure consistent reporting across team members and accounts

Shareable Dashboards

Instant reporting with flexible, shareable dashboards

Services(2)

Managed ServicesPremium

Expand your in-house performance marketing expertise

Marin for AgenciesPremium

Give your team an unfair advantage and deliver exceptional results with fewer FTE per client

Social Media(1)

Message BoosterAI

Automatically boost your trending organic Meta posts

Tracking(1)

URL Builder

Simplify the management of URL tracking parameters

Pricing

Connect

Starting at $500/mo
  • 5 Data Sources
  • Month-to-Month Contract
  • 90 days Backfill
  • Search integrations (Google, Bing, Yahoo Japan, Apple Search Ads)
  • Social integrations (Meta, LinkedIn, Snap, Pinterest, TikTok)
  • Retail integrations (Amazon, Instacart, Criteo, CitrusAd, Walmart)
  • Display/Other integrations (Criteo, Yahoo DSP, Amazon DSP, Taboola)
  • Revenue Data with non-API publishers
  • Google Analytics
  • CRM Integrations
  • Offline Orders Upload by Order ID
  • Call Tracking
  • Returns
  • Excel / Google Sheets export
  • Analytics Grid
  • In-app Dashboards
  • Dimensions (Automated Pivot Tables)
  • Automated Alerts
  • Custom Columns
  • Unlimited Object Limits
  • 24 months Data Retention
  • Daily Data Refresh
  • Unlimited Users
  • Customer Accounts
  • User Permissioning
  • Multiple Conversion Events/Types

Ascend

Starting at $1000/mo
  • Unlimited Data Sources
  • 12 months Contract Term
  • 365 days Backfill
  • Search integrations
  • Social integrations
  • Retail integrations
  • Display/Other integrations
  • Revenue Data
  • Marin Attribution
  • Revenue Uploads
  • CRM Integrations
  • Offline Orders Upload by Order ID
  • Call Tracking
  • Returns
  • Excel / Google Sheets export
  • BI / Data Warehouse (via AWS)
  • UTM Tagging
  • Analytics Grid
  • In-app Dashboards
  • Dimensions
  • Automated Alerts
  • Custom Columns
  • White Labeling
  • Currency Conversion & Localization
  • Unlimited Object Limits
  • 36 months Data Retention
  • Intraday Data Refresh
  • Unlimited Users
  • Customer Accounts
  • User Permissioning
  • Single Sign-on
  • Multiple Conversion Events/Types
  • Bidding (Preview)
  • Automated Budget Pacing (Preview)
  • Dynamic Allocation (Preview)
  • AI-powered Forecasting (Preview)
  • Insights (Preview)
  • Dynamic Actions
  • Keyword Expansion for Search & Ecommerce
  • Ad Study Automation
  • Campaign Creation
  • Analytics to Action
  • Multi-edit and bulk sheets
  • Bulk Uploads
  • Marin Scripts
  • Dynamic Campaigns
  • Rules & Templates (Meta)
  • Message Booster

One

Starting at $2000/mo
  • Unlimited Data Sources
  • 12 months Contract Term
  • 365 days Backfill
  • Search integrations
  • Social integrations
  • Retail integrations
  • Display/Other integrations
  • Revenue Data
  • Marin Attribution
  • Revenue Uploads
  • CRM Integrations
  • Offline Orders Upload by Order ID
  • Call Tracking
  • Returns
  • Excel / Google Sheets export
  • BI / Data Warehouse (via AWS)
  • UTM Tagging
  • Analytics Grid
  • In-app Dashboards
  • Dimensions
  • Automated Alerts
  • Custom Columns
  • White Labeling
  • Currency Conversion & Localization
  • Unlimited Object Limits
  • 48 months Data Retention
  • Intraday Data Refresh
  • Unlimited Users
  • Customer Accounts
  • User Permissioning
  • Single Sign-on
  • Multiple Conversion Events/Types
  • Bidding
  • Automated Budget Pacing
  • Dynamic Allocation
  • AI-powered Forecasting
  • Insights
  • Dynamic Actions
  • Keyword Expansion for Search & Ecommerce
  • Ad Study Automation
  • Campaign Creation
  • Analytics to Action
  • Multi-edit and bulk sheets
  • Bulk Uploads
  • Marin Scripts
  • Dynamic Campaigns
  • Rules & Templates (Meta)
  • Message Booster

Cost Calculator

Keep Paying Marin Software

Monthly$500/mo
Yearly$6k/yr
5-Year Total$30k

Build It Yourself

Est. Build Time~4 hrs
Hosting$20/mo
DifficultyVery Easy

Total Cost Comparison

1 YearSave $5.8k
SaaS
$6k
DIY
$240
3 YearsSave $17.3k
SaaS
$18k
DIY
$720
5 YearsSave $28.8k
SaaS
$30k
DIY
$1.2k

DIY hosting estimate based on Vercel + Supabase free/pro tiers (~$20/mo). Build time estimated from 53 features at very easy complexity.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a Marin Software alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 53 features.

Buy Marin Software

Monthly cost$5,000/mo
3-year total$180,000
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Better Value
Development cost$36,000
Maintenance$540/mo
3-year total$55,440
Dev time~3 months

Building could save ~$124,560 over 3 years.

Estimates based on 53 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

23 known integrations

AmazonAmazon DSPApple Search AdsAWSBI PlatformsBingCitrusAdCriteoCRM PlatformsExcelGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Search AdsGoogle SheetsInstacartLinkedInMetaPinterestSnapTaboolaTikTokWalmartYahoo DSPYahoo Japan