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Performance Marketing

Performance marketing platforms enable advertisers to pay for measurable business outcomes like sales, leads, or customer acquisitions rather than impressions or clicks alone. Brands, retailers, and e-commerce companies use these solutions to optimize advertising spend across multiple channels including social media, search, affiliate networks, and partnerships. The category encompasses platforms that track conversions, manage affiliate and influencer partnerships, facilitate direct response campaigns, and connect advertisers with publishers who drive qualified customer actions. These tools provide transparency into which marketing activities generate actual revenue or customer value, allowing businesses to scale campaigns that demonstrate clear return on investment.

Companies

352

Tier distribution

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352 Performance Marketing companies tracked by ATDb — 101 leaders, 16 recent deals.

Avg Completeness
79%
News (30d)
390
Deals (90d)
16
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AdAction

AdAction

Mobile App Marketing / Performance Marketing

AdAction is a performance-based mobile app marketing company that has, since 2013, helped brands, merchants, and app developers drive scalable growth through user acquisition and monetization strategies across iOS, Android, and web.

Denver, Colorado
Adobe Advertising Search, Social & Commerce

Adobe Advertising Search, Social & Commerce

Search & Social Advertising Technology

Adobe Advertising Search, Social & Commerce (formerly Adobe Advertising Cloud Search) is a component of Adobe's broader enterprise programmatic advertising suite, sitting alongside the Adobe Advertising DSP within the consolidated Adobe Advertising platform.

San Jose, California
Amazon Fire TV

Amazon Fire TV

Connected TV / Streaming Media Advertising

Amazon Fire TV is a connected TV platform — the second most popular in the United States — that serves as a streaming gateway for millions of Amazon Prime members and leverages Amazon's proprietary purchase data to power its advertising ecosystem.

Seattle, Washington
Bing Ads

Bing Ads

Rebranded

Search Advertising

Bing Ads, now known as Microsoft Advertising, was an online advertising platform developed by Microsoft in which advertisers bid to display advertisements to web users.

Redmond, Washington
ByteDance

ByteDance

Social Media & Digital Advertising

ByteDance is a Chinese internet technology company, founded in 2012, that builds platforms and products designed to enrich people's lives through content discovery and creation.

Beijing, Beijing
C

Click-to-WhatsApp Ads

Social Media Advertising / Conversational Marketing

Click-to-WhatsApp Ads is a Meta-native ad format that enables users to initiate a WhatsApp conversation with a business directly from a Facebook or Instagram ad, bypassing traditional website or lead-form destinations.

Menlo Park, California
Criteo

Criteo

Commerce Media / AdTech / Retail Media

Criteo is a digital advertising company that enables businesses to target and retarget potential customers through personalized display advertisements.

Paris, Île-de-France
Criteo Dynamic Retargeting

Criteo Dynamic Retargeting

AdTech — Retargeting and Commerce Media

Criteo Dynamic Retargeting is a digital advertising technology focused on increasing customer engagement and conversion rates through personalized ad displays, with a primary emphasis on reconnecting with users who have previously interacted with a brand's website or mobile app.

Paris, Île-de-France
ESPN

ESPN

Sports Media & Advertising

ESPN is a sports media company whose advertising division, led by a senior vice president of Platform Ad Sales Strategy and Global Operations, is focused on establishing and executing a go-to-market strategy for its digital advertising business to enhance the overall ESPN Platform.

Bristol, Connecticut
(61)
3

360i

Rebranded

Digital Marketing & Advertising Agency

360i, now operating under the Dentsu Creative banner, was a New York City-based digital agency founded in 1998 in Atlanta as a search engine marketing and technology company.

New York, New York
Adikteev

Adikteev

Mobile App Retargeting & User Retention

Adikteev is an ad tech company specializing in app retargeting, operating a demand-side platform (DSP) built exclusively to re-engage existing users efficiently and without the overhead of user acquisition services.

Paris, Île-de-France
Adnami

Adnami

High-Impact Display Advertising / Rich Media AdTech

Adnami is an attention-first AdTech company whose technology stack combines high-impact display and video formats, predictive attention measurement through its Sonar product, and agentic optimization to help advertisers, agencies, and publishers maximize media effectiveness across the open internet.

Copenhagen, Capital Region
Affise

Affise

Performance Marketing / Affiliate Marketing Technology

Affise is a cloud-based SaaS partner marketing platform founded in 2017 to simplify partnerships among brands, agencies, and publishers.

Vilnius, Vilnius County
Awin

Awin

Co-owned

Affiliate & Partner Marketing

Awin is a marketing technology platform that provides an open marketplace enabling businesses to form a wide variety of acquisition partnerships.

Berlin, Berlin
Baidu Ads

Baidu Ads

Search & Display Advertising

Baidu Ads is the advertising arm of Baidu, China's dominant search engine holding over 75% market share, processing 5 billion queries every day with approximately 667 million monthly active users on its app alone.

Beijing, Beijing
CAKE

CAKE

Acquired

Performance Marketing & Affiliate Tracking

CAKE is a digital marketing technology company that helps organizations measure the impact of their marketing efforts and maximize the value of their digital spend.

Calabasas, California
Cardlytics

Cardlytics

Purchase-Based Marketing & Data-Driven Advertising

Cardlytics is a data-driven advertising platform that leverages visibility into roughly $5.8 trillion in annual consumer spending — drawn from nearly 215 million customers and approximately half of all card-based transactions in the U.S. — to help advertisers target, engage, and measure relevant shoppers at scale, and to deliver personalized cash-back offers based on individual spending history.

Atlanta, Georgia
Catalina

Catalina

Shopper Marketing & Retail Media

Catalina is a shopper intelligence company that personalizes the shopper journey through targeted in-store and digital media, helping retailers, CPG brands, and agencies optimize media planning, execution, and measurement.

St. Petersburg, Florida
(98)
3

3Q Digital

Acquired

Performance Marketing / Digital Advertising Agency

3Q Digital is a performance-driven digital marketing agency specializing in paid search, social, and programmatic advertising for high-growth brands and enterprises.

San Francisco, California
8

8th Wall

Acquired

WebAR/Immersive Advertising Technology

8th Wall is a leading WebAR platform enabling brands and developers to create augmented reality experiences that run directly in mobile web browsers without requiring app downloads.

San Francisco, California
Aarki

Aarki

Mobile Advertising DSP

San Francisco, California
Acceleration Partners

Acceleration Partners

Partnership/Affiliate Marketing

A global partnership marketing agency specializing in affiliate marketing, influencer partnerships, and strategic partner programs for premium brands.

Needham, Massachusetts
Adlucent

Adlucent

Acquired

Performance Marketing / Paid Search Optimization

Adlucent was a digital marketing technology company specializing in predictive marketing and paid search optimization for retailers and brands.

Austin, Texas
Admitad

Admitad

Affiliate Marketing / Performance Marketing

Admitad is a global affiliate marketing and performance-based advertising network that connects advertisers with publishers. The company provides technology solutions for e-commerce, content monetization, and affiliate marketing, serving both advertisers and publishers worldwide.

Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg
A

Adtraction

Affiliate and Partner Marketing

Adtraction is a Swedish-founded partner/affiliate marketing network operating across Europe; acquired UK-based Affiliate Future from GlobalData in October 2025.

Stockholm, Stockholm
Alibaba Group

Alibaba Group

AdTech / MarTech / E-commerce Technology

Alibaba Group is a multinational technology conglomerate and one of the world's largest e-commerce and digital commerce companies, headquartered in Hangzhou, China. Founded in 1999 by Jack Ma and a group of co-founders, Alibaba has evolved from a B2B marketplace into a comprehensive digital ecosystem encompassing e-commerce, cloud computing, digital media, entertainment, and advanced advertising technology. The company operates multiple platforms including Taobao, Tmall, Alibaba.com, and AliE...

Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, Zhejiang
A

Amazon Performance+

Programmatic Advertising / Performance Marketing

AI-driven campaign type within Amazon DSP for off-Amazon performance. Launched March 2024; globally available since Oct 2024. Reports 30-90% lower CPAs vs traditional campaigns.

Seattle, Washington
(89)
3

360 Search Ads

Search Advertising

360 Search Ads is the search advertising platform operated by Qihoo 360, one of China's leading internet security and search engine companies.

Beijing
Adglow

Adglow

Social Media Advertising Technology

Adglow is a Madrid-headquartered global social media advertising technology company and official marketing partner of major platforms including TikTok, Twitter/X, Pinterest, and Snapchat. It provides campaign management, creative services, and performance optimization for brands and agencies running social media advertising across multiple platforms simultaneously.

Madrid, Madrid
AdsBridge

AdsBridge

Performance Marketing Tracking & Analytics

AdsBridge is an advanced tracking platform designed for affiliate marketers and media buyers. It provides comprehensive tools for managing, optimizing, and analyzing advertising campaigns, including traffic distribution, A/B testing, and detailed analytics to maximize ROI.

AdWallet

AdWallet

Consumer Rewards & Attention-Based Advertising

AdWallet is a mobile app platform that pays users to watch advertisements and engage with brands. The company enables advertisers to reach verified consumers while ensuring users are compensated for their attention and data sharing.

Los Angeles, California
Affiliate Future

Affiliate Future

Affiliate Marketing Networks

Affiliate Future is a UK-based affiliate marketing network connecting advertisers with publishers through performance-based marketing solutions.

London, England
Affiliate Pro

Affiliate Pro

Marketing Technology - Affiliate Marketing Software

Affiliate Pro is a specialized software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider focused on delivering comprehensive affiliate marketing technology solutions for businesses of all sizes. The platform serves as a centralized hub for building, managing, and optimizing affiliate programs, offering integrated real-time tracking technology, automated commission processing, comprehensive reporting dashboards, and partner management tools. By addressing critical challenges in partner relationship management, pe...

AffiliateManager.com

AffiliateManager.com

Digital Marketing Services - Affiliate Marketing Management

AffiliateManager.com is a specialized full-service affiliate program management agency that serves as a strategic outsourcing partner for brands seeking to establish, scale, and optimize their affiliate marketing initiatives. The company provides comprehensive end-to-end management services that eliminate the need for brands to build in-house affiliate marketing expertise, offering dedicated account management, affiliate recruitment and vetting, performance optimization, compliance monitoring...

Orlando
AffiliateWP

AffiliateWP

Affiliate Marketing Software

AffiliateWP is a WordPress plugin that enables website owners to create and manage their own affiliate marketing programs directly from their WordPress sites.

West Palm Beach, Florida
Affiliatly

Affiliatly

Marketing Technology (MarTech) - Affiliate Marketing Software

Affiliatly is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform specializing in affiliate marketing management solutions designed specifically for small and medium-sized e-commerce businesses. The company's core mission focuses on democratizing affiliate marketing by providing merchants with accessible, comprehensive tools to create, manage, and scale branded affiliate programs without requiring extensive technical expertise or development resources. By automating critical workflows including affiliate...

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AdRoll

AdRoll

Connected Advertising Platform

AdRoll is the AI-powered connected advertising platform of NextRoll, Inc. and the company's single customer-facing brand.

San Francisco, California
Affilorama

Affilorama

Online Education / E-Learning / Affiliate Marketing Training

Affilorama is an established online education platform specializing in comprehensive affiliate marketing training and professional development. Founded as a resource for aspiring digital entrepreneurs, the company has positioned itself as a leading authority in performance marketing education, serving a diverse audience from complete beginners to intermediate practitioners. The platform delivers end-to-end training across the full spectrum of affiliate marketing disciplines, including niche r...

Amazon A9

Amazon A9

Search Technology & Advertising Infrastructure

Amazon's subsidiary that powers product search and advertising technology across Amazon's e-commerce platform and advertising services.

Palo Alto, California
Booking.com

Booking.com

Travel/Hospitality Marketing Technology

Leading global online travel platform specializing in accommodation bookings, offering millions of properties worldwide with a commission-based marketplace model.

Amsterdam, North Holland
DiscoverOrg

DiscoverOrg

Acquired

B2B Sales Intelligence & Data

DiscoverOrg (now ZoomInfo) was a leading B2B sales intelligence platform providing accurate contact and account data to help sales and marketing teams identify and reach key decision-makers.

Vancouver, Washington
eBay Advertising

eBay Advertising

Retail Media

eBay's retail media advertising platform enabling brands and sellers to reach high-intent shoppers across eBay's global marketplace through sponsored listings and display advertising.

San Jose, California
Expedia

Expedia

Travel Advertising & Media

Leading online travel marketplace offering flights, hotels, car rentals, vacation packages, and activities to consumers worldwide.

Seattle, Washington
Facebook for Business

Facebook for Business

Rebranded

Social Media Advertising / Paid Social

Meta's advertising platform enabling businesses to create, manage, and optimize ad campaigns across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and Audience Network.

Menlo Park, California
Gadsme

Gadsme

Mobile In-Game Advertising

Tallinn, Harju County
Unranked(41)
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Agoda

Travel & Hospitality Marketing

Leading online travel agency specializing in hotel and accommodation bookings across Asia-Pacific and globally, operating as a subsidiary of Booking Holdings.

Singapore
A

Alibaba Audience Network

Mobile Advertising & App Monetization

Alibaba's mobile advertising network enabling app developers and publishers to monetize traffic through Alibaba's vast e-commerce and retail data ecosystem.

Hangzhou, Zhejiang
B

Bing

Search Advertising

Microsoft's search engine and second-largest search advertising platform, offering robust paid search and audience targeting capabilities to advertisers worldwide.

Redmond, Washington
B

Bully Pulpit Interactive

Political & Advocacy Advertising / Digital Media Agency

Bully Pulpit Interactive (BPI) is a leading Democratic-leaning digital agency specializing in political campaigns, advocacy, and public affairs advertising with deep expertise in data-driven persuasion.

Washington, District of Columbia
B

ByteDance Ocean Engine

Programmatic Advertising & Performance Marketing

ByteDance's integrated advertising platform powering performance and brand campaigns across TikTok, Douyin, Toutiao, and the broader ByteDance app ecosystem in China and globally.

Beijing, Beijing
Collab

Collab

Influencer Marketing / Creator Economy

Collab is a creator economy platform that connects brands with TikTok creators for performance-driven influencer marketing campaigns.

Los Angeles, California
D

Dealfront

B2B Sales Intelligence & Intent Data

Dealfront — recorded in ATDb as the acquirer/parent of one or more AdTech companies (s375 lineage backfill).

Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg
E

Epocrates

Healthcare Vertical AdTech

A mobile medical reference and clinical decision support platform for healthcare professionals, now operating as part of athenahealth's physician engagement solutions.

San Francisco, California
F

FP1 Strategies

Political Advertising & Consulting

FP1 Strategies is a Republican political consulting and digital advertising firm specializing in data-driven campaign strategy, voter outreach, and digital media for conservative candidates and causes.

Alexandria, Virginia