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10-15-2014 04:45 PM #1 amaranthe (Member)
Imobitrax vs Thrive Tracker vs Cpvlab

Hello all !

Im just beginning in mobile and decided to go either with Imobitrax / Thrive / CPVlab.

Since Im just getting used to know how it all works, anyone can shed some lights if any of them is better than the other ? It would be best I think to go with one and stick with it instead of changing tracker all the time especially when getting started asap and just learn optimization etc..

So far I see that Thrive is pretty new and a nice UI with graphics however there is not cloaking right now or IP block..

Any help to decide would be greatly appreciated

10-15-2014 05:39 PM #2 ThrvTrkr (Member)

Hi there,

First of all, we are building a complete cloaking module now and Imobi/CPVlab doesn't have that at all.

Second of all, you CAN cloak already. It's just not in a separate module right now. You CAN cloak by IPs and IP ranges by creating redirect rules that redirect visitors to different landing pages.

THRIVE is literally generations ahead of those trackers that you mention. It's my opinion that the quality of those products are very very poor, which prompted us to build THRIVE. There are a MYRIAD of features that THRIVE has at its current infancy that should make those trackers obsolete.

But, without going into all the specific features, think about this as an example. Landing pages are a basic and essential component of any tracking platform. In those products, you must enter in raw URLs in each campaign, even if you are using some of the same landing pages.

This goes directly against basic engineering concepts of object oriented programming. Any comp sci kid straight out of college would look at CPVLab and ask, "Who would build this with landing pages not as discrete unique objects?" Something simple like that just exposes the poor quality of the product that it was not built by experienced developers but hacked together. When you navigate to an iMobiTrax landing page directly, you can't even see the page because it doesn't have a sub ID. You'd be surprised how many clicks you've lost over the years by sending to landing pages that don't work unless they came through a campaign link.

And what about viewing stats for a landing page across campaigns? An extremely rudimentary concept for any data analysis. And have you opened up an iMobiTrax install with 1000s of campaigns? The interface seems like it's running on wooden cogs. I could write an essay on all the very obvious flaws with the current tracking platforms, which should tell you that we have taken great care in trying to perfect every aspect of our product, and THRIVE is just beginning.

Some of the other things:
1) THRIVE has multi-variate drill down reports. I don't think any tracker has this. iMobiTrax has a baby version of this, but it's limited to 1 campaign. THRIVE you can do over any number of campaigns.
2) Batch offer/lander inserts, including swapping out offers/landers en-mass, matching offers/landers across the board to split test a new offer/lander. Automation is in our DNA
3) THRIVE has simple manual cost-updates as well as a way to batch update costs via uploading a CSV
4) Fire unlimited 3rd party post-backs through the post-back app
5) Entire cloaking module that we'll be launching soon that brings cloaking and tracking under 1 roof
6) Actually SCALABLE. CPVLab works for a few million clicks, then it's dead and you have to clean your database
7) At this point I think I'm just rattling off Thrive features...

Lastly, Thrive is just WAY easier, faster, more efficient, and more pleasant to use.

Even if there's something that I haven't mentioned, our team is dedicated to making this the best tracker available, and if you have a great idea on how to make THRIVE even better, we'd be clamoring over here to hear it. I think that's the more important thing . People who have experienced our support will tell you. iMobitrax has literally stopped development. And we work fast.

At the very least, if you're on iMobiTrax, at the intro price of $99/mo, you can save almost 50% per month. You get 30 days no obligation trial, so I hope you'll give it a shot. You'll see that it's world's apart, with it being a lot less expensive. I have no doubt.

10-15-2014 06:13 PM #3 amaranthe (Member)

Thanks for your quick reply!

I assume Thrive also make regular updates for ISP, carriers and devices ? If so how frequent are they ?

Last question, is it possible to transfer the license from a domain where its already installed to a new one ?

10-15-2014 06:16 PM #4 amaranthe (Member)

I re-read myself and wanted to add this:

Imobitrax has a huge list of search engine Ips and more so that it filters automatically a big list of bots, does Thrive has that ?

10-15-2014 07:23 PM #5 ThrvTrkr (Member)

Yes, we make updates pretty soon after a new update comes out. Sometimes e.g. WURFL won't have an update for over a month, and that's when we do the update. We try to keep the DBs up to date at no cost to you. When you purchase a license, you can switch the domain on that license. However, if we notice that you're switching domains back and forth, then you're clearly trying to game the system by purchasing just 1 domain but using multiple ones right . We don't want to be nazis about licensing, which is why we allow unlimited installs per domain, but if it gets out of hand, then we'll have to tighten the licensing. As I mentioned, we're building a specific cloaking module now and bot reports is coming too. I guarantee you our other features, fast redirects, and scale easily beat out the other trackers and we have a team in active development. Give it a shot!

10-15-2014 07:39 PM #6 amaranthe (Member)

Great stuff, what does unlimited installs per domain means exactly ?

Do you mean we can install the tracker in multiple subdomains or multiple folders only ?

10-15-2014 08:22 PM #7 zeno (Administrator)

Multiple folders I believe. E.g.

www.domain.com/thrivetracker1/
www.domain.com/thrivetracker2/

Their pricing is pretty generous for extra licenses - $99 base +$39 for extras. Compare that to say iMobiTrax...

10-15-2014 08:26 PM #8 iAmAttila (Veteran Member)

Thrive rocks. The best support team ever

10-15-2014 09:32 PM #9 amaranthe (Member)

Awesome, I'll check it out !

10-15-2014 09:40 PM #10 jonemd (Member)

I've been using Thrive along side iMobitrax pretty much since it became available and I have to concur with Tom. I only ported 1 medium volume campaign to begin with to see how it all worked and I'm now in the process of migrating everything over.

On the first day I installed it there were a couple of issues (albeit minor ones) but as soon as they were reported to support they were rectified extremely quickly. Several times since then Tom has hit me up on Skype to check in to see how it's going and if there is anything he can do to help. The support is genuinely fantastic!

The other thing I absolutely love is the fact that the Thrive team actually listen. There we a couple of requests / suggestions I made that were acted upon and I saw the features were included when it next updated. That's the other thing, the update process is absolutely idiot proof.

For the price that they are charging compared to iMobi it's an absolute no-brainer

10-15-2014 11:51 PM #11 amaranthe (Member)

Great to hear, also I read on a forum a user complained about imobitrax because he locked in at the 129$ price and when he asked them to have a second license he had to pay the new price of 179$ lmao! thats a bit much..

10-16-2014 05:33 AM #12 iAmAttila (Veteran Member)

Quote Originally Posted by amaranthe View Post
Great to hear, also I read on a forum a user complained about imobitrax because he locked in at the 129$ price and when he asked them to have a second license he had to pay the new price of 179$ lmao! thats a bit much..
Thats what they call ruckism.

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