# illumin Reviews **Vendor:** illumin **Category:** [Demand Side Platform (DSP)](https://www.g2.com/categories/demand-side-platform-dsp) **Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 134 ## About illumin illumin is evolving the digital advertising landscape by empowering marketers to achieve transformative results through its customer-centric approach. Featuring a unified canvas built around the open web, illumin lets brands and agencies seamlessly plan, build, and execute campaigns across the entire marketing funnel, connecting programmatic channels, email, and social media within a single platform. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, illumin serves clients across North America, Latin America, and Europe. For more information, visit illumin.com. ## illumin Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users find Illumin's **ease of use** invaluable, enabling intuitive management and campaign setup for effective digital marketing. (23 reviews) - Users appreciate the **flexible campaign setup** of Illumin, enabling tailored donor journeys across multiple channels easily. (21 reviews) - Users value the **intuitive campaign management** features of Illumin, enhancing strategy and engagement through its visual tools. (17 reviews) - Users commend the **exceptional customer support** of illumin, highlighting their proactive and solution-oriented approach to needs. (17 reviews) - Users value the **exceptional support** from illumin, appreciating their proactive and responsive assistance throughout the entire process. (17 reviews) - Setup Ease (14 reviews) - Intuitive (13 reviews) - Easy Setup (12 reviews) - Campaigns (11 reviews) - Helpful (11 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users find the **reporting features confusing** , making it challenging to digest and efficiently review information. (9 reviews) - Users experience a **steep learning curve** with illumin, making initial adoption and effective use challenging. (8 reviews) - Users find the **reporting features limited** , struggling with convoluted layouts and lack of intuitive interface. (8 reviews) - Users find **reporting limitations** frustrating, wishing for better integrations and more visual data representation. (8 reviews) - Users find the **reporting features confusing** and wish for improved integration and user-friendliness. (7 reviews) - Users find the **interface design poor** , as it complicates navigation and slows down campaign analysis and reporting. (6 reviews) - Campaign Management (5 reviews) - Poor Usability (5 reviews) - Time-Consuming (5 reviews) - Budget Management (4 reviews) ## illumin Reviews ### 1. Visual Illumination and Flexibility in Programmatic Advertising **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gastón B. | Advisor, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 21, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** I like that illumin is simple and has different ways of working, which allows me to manage campaigns both traditionally and through journeys, in a way that couldn't be easier to resolve. The visual clarity it offers is very useful for understanding what the team has done. Additionally, the visual way of setting up campaigns is really attractive and practical for tracking consumers. I also greatly appreciate the personalized support it offers, and the API is very functional for connecting from spreadsheets like Google Sheets, which makes it easy to have updated performance sheets. This, combined with Looker Studio, helps to compare data and overall performance. I also highlight the initial support and training meetings, which significantly shortened our learning curve. **What do you dislike about illumin?** The feeling we have is that the inventory is a bit smaller than that of DV, which we also use very frequently. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** Illumin allows scheduling campaigns that would be rejected in DV360, with personalized support and a functional API. Its visual interface facilitates the creation and tracking of complex campaigns, speeding up necessary adjustments. Connecting via API to Google Sheets improves performance tracking. ### 2. Seamless Data Management, Simple Uploads, and Helpful AI Support **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Taylor M. | Digital Marketing Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 21, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** As someone that juggles both first party and third party data, illumin creates a seamless position to manage both. The upload process is very simple and the new AI support is very helpful. The reporting is great too - but it sometimes incredibly slow to load. Above all, I appreciate the support we receive from our representative, Gursharn. He is very attentive and gives recommendations often to help our overall campaign performance. **What do you dislike about illumin?** illumin can be a bit buggy. I've experienced this personally in the Journeys, Library and Reporting. Some items will prompt an error, despite uploading properly in Journeys and Library. And the Reporting sometimes does not load at all or can be very slow to. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** illumin allows us to target those across the Internet, in addition to our first-party targeting we do through our own sites and products. Additionally, we've recently expanded to using our first party data through illumin for a broader reach. **Official Response from Leeran:** > Hi Taylor, really appreciate you sharing this. Great to hear the platform is helping streamline your data management and that the upload process and AI support have been useful. We’ll also take your feedback on performance and reporting into account as we continue to improve. ### 3. Phenomenal Support and Intuitive Reporting That Delivers Strong ROAS **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jon-Paul L. | Assoc. Director, Performance Marketing & E-commerce, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 21, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** The customer support, Joe M. has been an amazing individual and has gone above and beyond to get us the best pricing and zero in on campaigns that are going to move the needle. The team even helped to build shopping ads for display inventory and utilize our csv's from our product feeds. They are performing at 8x ROAS on a 48 hour attribution view through window which is amazing. Also, the UX / UI is very intuitive and the performance report builder is amazing. **What do you dislike about illumin?** There is not much I dislike. I think the support has been phenomenal and there is premium inventory for my vertical which has historically proved hard to market in. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** We're finally activating in programmatic display and it's scaling. **Official Response from Leeran:** > Hi Jon-Paul, thanks for the thoughtful review. Great to hear the platform and reporting are helping drive strong results, and we’re glad the support has made an impact. Appreciate you sharing your experience! ### 4. Transformational All-in-One Platform with Smart Features **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kiara M. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 22, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** I use Illumin to run programmatic campaigns for my startup media agency and I find that the platform feels smart and intuitive with a very user-friendly UI. It allows me to have a more visual way to plan and optimize campaigns along the way, making the process feel more intuitive. I really enjoy the unique key features of Illumin, such as real-time optimization and being able to insert social media into the campaign flow, which are game-changers and positively influence my time. Instead of needing to split a campaign into multiple DSP's and social media platforms, I can do it all in one place, optimizing from a core DSP. The onboarding was fantastic and as I run the company solo, having everything streamlined and easily accessible is crucial. **What do you dislike about illumin?** I haven’t found a single thing I dislike **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** I find illumin integrates social media into campaigns, enhancing real-time optimization with unique features, and offers a smart, intuitive, user-friendly interface that simplifies planning and execution. It consolidates campaign management across DSPs and social media platforms. **Official Response from Leeran:** > Hi Kiara, thanks for taking the time to share this. It's great to hear how the platform is helping streamline your workflow and bring everything into one place. Glad it’s making campaign planning and execution more intuitive for you! ### 5. Easy to Use, Cost-Effective Performance with Efficient Support for a small agency **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Maria O. | Digital Media Director, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 21, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** It’s easy to use and very practical. We can achieve good results and very solid performance across several assets. Keep a good pacing with low costs are the best. We have use Illumin with display and video and it has very optimal results. Support is very efficient. Our clients are very happy with the results of the campaigns. **What do you dislike about illumin?** Sometimes uploading the creatives can be complicated. At the beginning, things also felt a bit slow, and we occasionally had to contact support because of the pace. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** We can use programmatic with our clients in a simple, straightforward way and still achieve good results. **Official Response from Leeran:** > Hi Maria, thanks for your review. Great to hear you’re seeing strong results with illumin! ### 6. Empowers Creative Campaigns with Stellar Support **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Miranda G. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 21, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** I appreciate illumin for its programmatic capabilities and the exceptional sales team. The variety of audiences, lower costs, and creative content options are great. They really help me get my campaigns on time and allow me to bring my creative ideas to life. The sales team is always available to help with a smile and a response. The initial setup of illumin was very easy, making it smooth to get started. **What do you dislike about illumin?** Some cmps on video campaigns. More inventory and more creative options. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use illumin for more audience variety, lower costs, and creative content. It helps me stay on time with campaigns and reach my creative ideas. The sales team is always available to help with a smile and a response. **Official Response from Leeran:** > Hi Miranda, really appreciate you taking the time to share this. Great to hear the platform is helping you execute your creative ideas and stay on track with campaigns. Thanks as well for the feedback, very helpful as we keep evolving. ### 7. Exceptional User Experience with Unmatched Support **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Heather V. | Executive Director, Marketing & Strategy, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 12, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** I like illumin because it offers a great user experience and the journey is impressive, even though I haven't fully leveraged it yet. The reporting is easy to understand, and I can get to data on demand easily. The built-in views let me check multiple metrics quickly in the platform. The integration with LookerStudio is clutch since we do a lot of reporting there for our clients. The initial setup was easy because the illumin team walked us through it. They did a screenshare and helped set up everything from targeting to creative, and even launched our first campaign for us. That kind of service is so rare. **What do you dislike about illumin?** Nothing I dislike at this time! **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use illumin for managing ad campaigns and targeting audiences across channels. The reporting is intuitive, allowing quick access to data and integration with LookerStudio, which is critical for our client reporting. It's also refreshing that there is not a media minimum like there are in other platforms. **Official Response from Leeran:** > Hi Heather, thanks for your review! We're glad you're enjoying the platform and appreciate you sharing your experience. We're always here to support your team. ### 8. Intuitive, Insight-Driven Platform for Seamless Full-Funnel Measurement **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Steven C. | General Manager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 10, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** What I like most about illumin is how intuitive and insight-driven the platform feels. It makes audience discovery, journey mapping, and media activation feel connected and cohesive, rather than siloed. The UI is clean, the workflow is straightforward and logical, and the data visualizations make it easy to see how users move from awareness through to conversion. illumin also strikes a strong balance between automation and control, so I can move quickly without feeling like I’ve lost transparency into what’s happening. It’s especially well suited for teams that care about performance, incrementality, and full-funnel measurement, instead of focusing only on last-click metrics. **What do you dislike about illumin?** Nothing so far! The platform has been great and is super easy to use, and the team in charge of our account has been just as helpful. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** illumin helps solve the challenge of fragmented customer data and disconnected media execution. Before illumin, it was hard to clearly understand how audiences moved across channels and where media was truly driving incremental impact. With illumin, planning, activation, and measurement come together in one place, which makes it easier to identify high-value audiences, map real customer journeys, and optimize spend based on performance across the funnel. As a result, we can make faster, more confident decisions, reduce wasted spend, and stay better aligned across strategy, execution, and outcomes. **Official Response from Leeran:** > Hi Steven, thanks for the review! We're happy to hear you're enjoying illumin and appreciate the feedback. ### 9. Illumin’s Customer Journey Tracking Drives Smarter Targeting and Efficiency **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Clark W. | Advertising Operations Specialist, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 10, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** The real differentiator with Illumin compared to other DSPs is the Customer Journey tracking feature of the platform. In addition to providing an elevated level of execution equal to big partners like The Trade Desk or Google, we have been able to track exactly what path consumers are taking to convert. This allows you to refine targeting and increase efficiency of the dollars that you are putting into campaigns. **What do you dislike about illumin?** We haven't run into any issues so far with the platform. Setting up API connections had been the most time consuming step in setup, but once connections were made we began seeing the data come through uninterrupted. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** Illumin is solving the question, "What is the most efficient path to conversion?" and it does so by giving us insights into how each user ingests the different creative assets we are generating. In platform we can run several similar assets with different design territories all at the same time while monitoring which design path is the most successful. This results in lower creative costs when we can focus on higher performing renditions, and increased efficiency when we know creative A then creative B, performs twice as efficiently as Creative B then Creative A. **Official Response from Leeran:** > Hi Clark, thank you for taking the time to share your review. We're glad the customer journey tracking and path-to-conversion insights are helping your team optimize campaigns. We look forward to continuing to support your success! ### 10. Intuitive Journey Format and Great Support, Minor Reporting Limitations **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 30, 2025 **What do you like best about illumin?** I really like the journey format. It is vastly different from any other DSP I have ever used. It is detailed and really intuitive. We have only used Illumin for a few months, but we already feel comfortable in the platform. Our team of reps is great, they are always open to help us out with any issues we're having. There still so many features that we are yet to use/implement. We're eager to continue using the platform to its full potential. **What do you dislike about illumin?** There are not many things to dislike about Illumin. The only thing I can think about right now lies in reporting. While reports are extremely simple to create and quick to generate, I find myself wanting to include filters like, "Impressions > 1000" in the report, but I am not able to. If I want to see that type of data, I have to export the export to an excel file and filter from there. Im nitpicking here. Besides that, I dont see any downsides to the platform. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** Illumin is making our agency different from all the others. One of our problems with our previous DSP was that it was too basic, too simple, too comfortable. Our main reason for trying out Illumin was to differentiate ourselves from competitors and offer clients an exciting new way to buy/run media. Our clients have been really happy with the results so far, and we're looking to leverage the platform in order to entice new clients to sign. **Official Response from Leeran:** > Thank you for the thoughtful review. We’ve shared your feedback with the product team as they continue improving our reporting features. It’s great to hear the Canvas experience and our team’s support have made a strong impression. As you continue exploring the platform, our Knowledge Base includes guides and walkthroughs that can help you get even more out of it. Thanks again for sharing your experience, we look forward to continuing to support your team. ### 11. Hands-On Support, Intuitive Campaign Building, and Strong AI Optimization **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 05, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** The things I like most about illumin as a DSP platform is their customer service (they are very hands on and provide recommendations), plus the platform is very intuitive for launching and managing campaigns. I run several campaigns on the platform and find their AI optimization capabilities works very well and I'm able to deliver omni channel campaigns across digital OOH, OLV, display, audio, CTV and more. The platform has drag and drop features for building campaigns out makes my life easier for trafficking and building out campaigns. **What do you dislike about illumin?** I wouldn't say I dislike anything about illumin but areas for improvement include better pacing controls (currently just paces to a budget, instead of impression goals). **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** illumin makes it easy for us to deliver value to our clients - we were looking for a DSP that would be flexible and work with us to build our value prop into the platform and illumin's team is very open to product enhancements that align with our goals as a client. In comparison to other DSPs they are also very competitive on DSP fees which saves us money in addition to the time and service benefits that come with their platform. **Official Response from Leeran:** > Thanks for your review, we’re so glad to hear you’re enjoying the platform and seeing strong results with our AI optimization. It means a lot to know our team’s support has made an impact. We’re always making improvements to help you see better results and have an even smoother experience. Thanks for your partnership! ### 12. Powerful Features, Needs Streamlined Usability **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Anders A. **Reviewed Date:** February 05, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** I really appreciate illumin's Reporting API for Looker Studio. The list of fields available is fairly exhaustive, making it easier to handle our reporting needs. We've had to go to great lengths with other DSPs to either source or build our own connectors to our reporting tools, but illumin did that for us, and they did it pretty well. Even with the connectors we've sourced or built for other DSPs, there are limits to the number of fields available. illumin's API has a field for almost every field present in its internal reporting tool. It's pretty cool. **What do you dislike about illumin?** illumin has a strong visual planning concept, but in practice, the whole journey building UI can feel more cosmetic than practical. Campaign setup and optimization can often take longer than in more established DSPs. Scale and premium supply depth can also be inconsistent. The execution and trader efficiency don't always match what's promised. The initial setup was sort of clunky, and it was a lot to learn the new UI. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** illumin simplifies sourcing connectors for reports by offering an extensive field range in its API, streamlining our workflow. **Official Response from Leeran:** > Thank you for such thoughtful feedback, we really appreciate you taking the time to share with us. It’s great to hear the Reporting API and Looker Studio integration have been helpful. Making reporting easier and more flexible has been a big focus for us. On the usability side, we recently rolled out updates to the Canvas experience aimed at making setup and optimization more streamlined. We know there can be a learning curve with product changes, and we’re continuing to improve based on feedback like yours. If you’re still getting familiar with the new Canvas, our Knowledge Base has some helpful guides, and our team is always here to help. Thanks again for taking the time to share your experience. ### 13. Outstanding Customer Support with Seamless Setup **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dylan T. | President, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 06, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** I really appreciate Illumin's customer service and their get-it-done attitude. They are always willing to jump on a call and help me solve a problem or come up with a solution faster than any other vendor. Also, setting up Illumin was very easy because Derek and Lindsey helped us out a lot. Switching to Illumin from Stack Adapt was a good decision because Illumin offered far better customer service and no channel minimum spends. It’s a great platform with the kind of support that makes a big difference. **What do you dislike about illumin?** Their reporting and analytics could be better. I wish there were more direct and seamless integrations with Looker Studio and other analytics platforms. Also, it would be great if their native reporting was more visual, instead of just CSV files. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** illumin scales our paid media management operations, providing excellent customer service with a get-it-done attitude and no channel minimum spends. **Official Response from Leeran:** > Thanks for your great review! We're glad to hear our team helped make the setup smooth. We also appreciate the feedback on reporting and integrations, and we're excited for you to explore some of our newer insight features as we continue improving the platform. ### 14. Highly Recommend for Digital Advertising **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dave B. **Reviewed Date:** February 17, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** I appreciate Illumin for its ease of use and accessibility to targeted audiences. The scheduling, tracking, and reporting features are excellent, making workflow management smoother. The initial setup was very easy, and the Illumin team was very helpful in providing initial training and is always available if questions arise. I also like how it allows us to tie DSP campaigns directly into social campaigns, which we use alongside Meta's advertising services. **What do you dislike about illumin?** I'd recommend improvement of the creative asset management features. It would be nice to be able to make bulk updates to assets (urls, names, etc) after initial import. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use illumin for easy scheduling, excellent tracking, reporting, and workflow management. It offers ease of use and accessibility to targeted audiences, and it allows us to tie DSP campaigns directly into Social Campaigns alongside Meta's advertising services. **Official Response from Leeran:** > Hi Dave, thanks for the review! We're glad you're enjoying the platform and appreciate your feedback, it helps us continue improving the experience. ### 15. Streamlined Campaign Management with Room for Growth **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Daniel V. **Reviewed Date:** February 10, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** I really appreciated Illumin's journey-based approach. It was unique because instead of managing campaigns by channel or tactics, it allowed us to plan around how prospects actually move through the funnel. This helped us determine strategy and align on activations with ease, contributing to solid campaign performance. I also found the initial setup of Illumin very straightforward, with no issues in getting things set up. **What do you dislike about illumin?** While the journey focus was great, it didn't attribute to the flexibility in reporting and customizations. When digging into deeper analysis of performance, there wasn't a lot to gain from this in terms of audiences that were reached. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use illumin to plan and activate full-funnel campaigns, linking upper funnel awareness to lower funnel actions and solving channel fragmentation. It provides a journey-based view, reducing guesswork and making it easier to evaluate touchpoints. **Official Response from Leeran:** > Hi Daniel, thanks for sharing your review! We're glad to hear you're enjoying Canvas for campaign planning. We also appreciate your feedback on reporting, it helps guide future product improvements. We've recently added new reporting features you can explore in the link below. ### 16. Illumin's Comprehensive Ad Solution with Stellar Support **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Spencer B. | Director of Business Development, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 21, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** I really appreciate how illumin allows us to disseminate and display our brand more comprehensively than other platforms. I like the great customer support and the onboarding experience they provide, along with the ongoing campaign support. I enjoy the responsiveness of the communication channels with their team and the in-depth insights illumin offers. The initial setup of illumin was also easy. **What do you dislike about illumin?** pricing and cost transparency can be improved **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** Illumin allows us to disseminate and display our brand more comprehensively than other platforms. I enjoy the great customer support, onboarding, and ongoing campaign support, along with the responsiveness of communication channels and in-depth insights. **Official Response from Leeran:** > Hi Spencer, we appreciate you taking the time to share this. Great to hear the platform, onboarding, and our amazing team have been helpful in driving results. Thanks as well for the note on pricing, we will consider this as we continue to evolve the experience. ### 17. Efficient Ad Management with Powerful Targeting **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** aria l. **Reviewed Date:** February 11, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** I use illumin to run display ads to promote our website. I like that illumin allows for precise targeting of the audience. It's not just a DSP advertising platform; it also integrates social ad placements. Through illumin, I can run ads on social platforms like Facebook, which is a great feature. I find it more convenient as I can create and manage multiple ads on a single platform. Additionally, the initial setup of illumin was easy. **What do you dislike about illumin?** One thing that could be improved in illumin is the lack of specific traffic inventory details. Having access to more precise inventory information would be very helpful for ad placements. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use illumin for precise audience targeting in display ads and appreciate its integration with social platforms like Facebook. Managing multiple ads on a single platform is more convenient. **Official Response from Leeran:** > Hi Aria, thanks for the review! We're happy to hear you're finding illumin helpful for running and managing campaigns all in one platform. ### 18. Usability and Exceptional Support, Needs Better Video Inventory **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Joan Carles I. | Co-owner & Managing Director, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 25, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** I like the usability of illumin and the support from the team. Every time I've had an issue with delivery or any other question, they have helped me quickly. The initial setup was very easy, especially due to the support from the illumin team. **What do you dislike about illumin?** I would need video inventory from platforms like Netflix or Prime Video. I would like Illumin to be able to reach agreements with the main VOD platforms so as not to have to use other DSPs. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use Illumin to complement programmatic campaigns. I value its usability and the support from the team, who resolve my questions quickly. ### 19. Straightforward, Easy-to-Use Platform **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Samantha B. | VPM Lead, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 10, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** The platform is straight forward and easy to use! The team at Illumin has been very hands on and lovely to work with, it has made implementing a new platform painless! Having weekly reporting calls has given our team confidence in our partnership. **What do you dislike about illumin?** There isn't anything I have found yet not to like. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** We have been looking for a DSP that allows us to see the best optimizations across, media channel and funnel stage to be most effective with our marketing dollars while giving our team hands on experience with using a digital media platform. **Official Response from Leeran:** > Thanks for the review! We're glad to hear illumin has been easy to use and that our team has been helpful. We appreciate your partnership. ### 20. Illumin: Boosts Visibility with Exceptional Support **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Spencer B. | Manager, Business Development, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 29, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** I really like the support onboarding team and backend dashboard of illumin; they are all world-class. It's helpful to have a team on their end available when needed and throughout the journey. I also find that illumin helps my brand be visible in more places and access untapped audiences. The integration with our meta programs and internal reporting tools works well. The initial setup was easy, efficient, and timely. **What do you dislike about illumin?** I'd like more transparency around pricing and more flexible contract terms **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** illumin helps my brand be visible in more places and access untapped audiences. ### 21. Interactive, Visual Platform for Smarter Customer Journey Media Planning **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alicia G. | Senior Vice President, Media Strategy, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 05, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** An interactive, visual platform that helps me effectively plan creative and media placements across the different stages of the customer journey. **What do you dislike about illumin?** There’s a somewhat steep learning curve before you feel fully comfortable with the platform. A few of my less experienced media buyers also struggled to get the hang of it quickly. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** It gives us access to audience segments for programmatic buys at an efficient CPM (including their fees). It’s also a great tool for incorporating Facebook into the mix, so we can measure the entire campaign against a single audience segment or persona. **Official Response from Leeran:** > Thank you for taking the time to share this. It’s great to see the platform supporting your customer journey planning. Making the experience more intuitive remains a focus, and our Knowledge Base and team are always available if additional support would be useful. ### 22. Excellent optimization and easy campaign setup **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Aldo B. | Media Planner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 21, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** that the configuration is very simple, the type of segmentation you can use, and how it optimizes the campaigns over time **What do you dislike about illumin?** The reports are not so easy to produce and I think they could have more detail on the campaign results. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** that we can have better results than in DV360 ### 23. Accessible and Streamlined, But Needs Some Tweaks **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Brian T. | Programmatic Trader, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 17, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** I love how easy it is to set up a campaign with illumin. There's not too many settings that need to be adjusted, and you can apply campaign level settings to all sub-campaigns, which I also really like. **What do you dislike about illumin?** I think one of the things that could be improved is the inability to adjust bids by targeting tactic. It would be nice if you could adjust bids based on targeting type rather than the bids being set at the sub campaign level. There was definitely a learning curve because the look and feel are way different than a lot of other DSPs. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** illumin allows us to advertise in spaces accepting sensitive ad categories which many other DSPs don't support. **Official Response from Leeran:** > Hi Brian, thanks for your review! We're glad you're finding the platform easy to use and appreciate the feedback as we continue improving illumin. ### 24. Illumin Account Managers Take The Product From Good To Great **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** John S. | Director of Ad Operations, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 24, 2025 **What do you like best about illumin?** The integration feature for meta where we can push RT audiences directly into platform is something we can only do with Illumin today. They also have dedicated account managers and sales teams that support campaign ideation, set up and delivery as if they were always a part of your team to begin with. Honestly the best part of working with Illumin has been the team of Chris Carmody & Stefen Shields. I worked with them on a different campaign with a different agency and when I got the opportunity to launch something new with Illumin and Digital Ignite they immediately reached out, reconnected and supported me in the same way I had come to expect and value from my previous experience. Regardless of features or performance I'll always give those two a chance to win our business because of the level of support they provide throughout planning and execution of campaigns as well as the ongoing optimizations, customizations and extra value they provide. **What do you dislike about illumin?** The audiences & performance in general for ROAS/Revenue based campaigns is behind other programmatic channels at times. Great results from cross-channel activities for CPM control and volume of impressions, but the optimization toward a tangible business outcome like a purchase doesn't convert as well as other tactics. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** Give us access to scalable audiences across the open-web with the ability to import first-party data, RT, etc. that you'd expect from any DSP you're using. Beyond those basic features that should be standard or you should find a partner like Illumin to use instead, I love their integration with Meta. Being able to build a funnel from a programmatic ad to a specific meta ad that only goes to that already primed audience helps us manage budget flows and campaign efficiency in better ways than we can with other DSPs when we're running both programmatic and meta. **Official Response from Lyndsie Wise:** > Thanks so much for sharing this! We’re glad the Meta integration is making a difference and love hearing how Chris and Stefen feel like part of your team as that’s exactly what we aim for. Appreciate your feedback on ROAS too, it helps us keep getting better. Excited to keep building together! ### 25. Superior Flexibility and Support for Programmatic Ads **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gemma R. **Reviewed Date:** February 05, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** I really like the customer service, the flexibility on the budgets, and the support and guidance, which has been second to none. The drag and drop features and simple reporting are great, particularly when building our customer journeys, as they help us consider unique creatives, segments, and objectives. I found the initial setup easy because they offered training and support. **What do you dislike about illumin?** The wording for conversion and audiences were a little confusing. The names of the different tools could be clearer based on what we have used in the past. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** illumin helps us target audiences we might miss with other channels. Its drag and drop features and simple reporting assist in building customer journeys by considering unique creatives, segments, and objectives. **Official Response from Leeran:** > Hi Gemma, Thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re glad the platform has been working well for you, and it’s great to hear you’ve had a positive experience with our team as well. We appreciate your feedback on naming. We’re continuously working to make the experience as clear and intuitive as possible, and we’ve shared your note internally. ### 26. Smooth Workflow, Excellent Support, and an Easy-to-Navigate Illumin **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Paulo M. | Digital Campaigns and Operations Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 06, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** The workflow is smooth, and the team support is excellent. The platform is easy to navigate, and it’s consistently being improved over time. **What do you dislike about illumin?** I don’t have any complaints about Illumin. So far, everything has been great, and my experience has been consistently positive. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** Illumin turns our campaign challenges into practical solutions and delivers strong results. We’ve seen excellent engagement on campaigns run through Illumin, especially when compared with other programmatic players we’ve worked with. **Official Response from Leeran:** > Thank you for sharing this. We’re proud to see illumin driving strong engagement and delivering meaningful results for your campaigns! ### 27. Highly Usable Platform with Flexible Profit Margin Brackets Across Inventory **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Victor P. | Digital Marketing Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 06, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** Platform usability, the ability to drive impact across all inventory types, and the flexibility to establish different profit margin brackets. **What do you dislike about illumin?** Perhaps our main concern is that, in terms of market awareness within the digital ecosystem, it isn't as well-known as The Trade Desk, DV360, Amazon DSP, or Adform. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** Where Illumin is helping us most is in making our programmatic campaigns much more profitable for the business. **Official Response from Leeran:** > Thank you for sharing this, it’s great to hear the platform’s usability and margin flexibility are helping drive stronger profitability for your campaigns. We appreciate the note on market awareness as well. We’re continuing to grow our presence in the ecosystem while staying focused on performance - delivering real value for our clients. ### 28. Exceptional Service that Drives Our Campaigns **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Oscar A. | Digital Manager Sr, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 24, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** I really like the service from illumin. The people who assist us are always aware of what is needed to improve the performance of the campaigns. Additionally, the license is easy to use and delivers good results. I also found the initial setup very easy to perform. **What do you dislike about illumin?** N/A **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** illumin brings traffic to my site and takes care of quality metrics like viewability. ### 29. Manager of AdOps **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Brian L. | Manager of AdOps, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 21, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** Factual Audience building for retargeting point of interest **What do you dislike about illumin?** Not able to setup campaign based on impression delivery. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use it mostly for Factual audience campaigns. **Official Response from Leeran:** > Hi Brian, thanks for your review. Glad to hear you’re seeing value with our audience capabilities. We appreciate your feedback on campaign setup, we will consider this as we continue to improve. ### 30. Intuitive platform **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Arts and Crafts | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 21, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** The Illumin platform is intuitive and easy to use. The costs are quite affordable and the inventory is very extensive. **What do you dislike about illumin?** I would like the platform to be in different languages. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** The inventory is quite extensive and the ads can appear in different spaces, in addition to the fact that the costs are very good and there is also variety in terms of audiences. ### 31. Highly Flexible Campaign Setup with Powerful Granularity **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 05, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** How much detail you're able to put into a campaign set up, and how much flexibility you have to structure each campaign based on unique needs. The ability to carry over settings from the journey to the tactic level or keep them separated is very helpful. **What do you dislike about illumin?** The platform can be confusing, because there is so much granularity, it can be difficult to remember all the possible available steps. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** It allows us to place our own media at a very competitive CPM, resulting in better client outcomes and better use of bugets. **Official Response from Leeran:** > Thanks for your review! We are excited that you're enjoying setting up your campaigns with illumin. If you have any questions about any of our specific features, you can always visit our knowledge base, or reach out to our team for more guidance. ### 32. Intuitive Interface, Specific Audience Within Reach **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Franco R. | SEM Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 22, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** I like the illumin interface, it is quite intuitive and everything works well. I also appreciate the access it provides to specific audiences. **What do you dislike about illumin?** the reports section is a bit weak **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use illumin to run advertising campaigns and it makes it easier for me to access specific audiences. ### 33. Excellent segmentation with audiences related to the target **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Daniela A. | Media Planner at Audi de México , Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 23, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** I like how we can use different audiences related to the target. **What do you dislike about illumin?** I don't dislike anything, the results they offer are completely worth it. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** illumin has been able to help us in generating traffic to the site, achieving quality visits ### 34. Smart DSP for Journey-Based Planning — Great Once You Crack the Logic **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Parth B. | Marketing Analytics Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 18, 2025 **What do you like best about illumin?** Illumin stands out with its journey-based canvas — it's not just another DSP with levers and sliders. The visual planning tool gives a clear, strategic view of how consumers move through the funnel. It allows me to map each stage, tie specific creatives to each, and control audience movement based on behaviors like views, clicks, or conversions. It's great for storytelling with media, especially across CTV, display, and video. The support team is also proactive and responsive, which makes a big difference when working with advanced logic or campaign troubleshooting. **What do you dislike about illumin?** The initial learning curve can be steep — especially when it comes to understanding "audience out" logic, frequency cap management, and the canvas structure. If you're used to traditional DSPs, it takes a few campaigns to fully trust the flow and logic. Also, pixel tracking on dynamic or SPA websites can require extra care. Reporting is functional but could use more customization options and deeper integration with external analytics platforms. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** Illumin solves the challenge of fragmented campaign planning by letting us build full-funnel journeys in one visual canvas. It connects each stage with audience logic (views, clicks, conversions), making campaigns more strategic. This leads to smarter budget allocation, improved targeting, and better performance tracking across CTV, video, and display. **Official Response from Chris Yu:** > Hello Parth, Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with us on G2! We're thrilled to hear that you enjoy the various features and capabilities illumin has to offer, including the visual planning tool, our storytelling capabilities, and our support team's efforts. Your feedback is invaluable to us as we continue to improve our platform, pixel tracking, and reporting services. If you have any additional thoughts or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. We’re always here to help and would love to ensure your experience with us remains exceptional. Thanks again for being a part of our community! ### 35. Clear and easy metrics at your fingertips **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Food Production | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 21, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** It is a platform that easily provides you with metrics and I really like that. **What do you dislike about illumin?** That in my opinion it is a bit "complicated" to create a campaign **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** appear in different spaces ### 36. Powerful DSP and Great Rep, But Campaign Setup Has Many Steps **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ha'Londra D. | Programmatic Media Specialist, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 24, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** I like what the dsp can do and our rep is the best **What do you dislike about illumin?** There seems like there are a lot of steps to create an a campaign **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** Giving more options for campaign. Going beyond the walled gardens **Official Response from Leeran:** > Thanks for the review! We're glad you're enjoying illumin and appreciate your feedback. ### 37. Reporting Needs to Be More Digestible and Easier to Review **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Chloe E. | Marketing Specialist, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 05, 2026 **What do you like best about illumin?** I like the idea of customer journey messaging and being able to connect multiple touch points. **What do you dislike about illumin?** The reporting features are not as easily digestible and easy to review. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** Ease of reaching quality inventory **Official Response from Leeran:** > Thank you for the honest feedback, we really appreciate you sharing it. We hear you on reporting and are actively working to make insights easier to digest and review. If it’s helpful, our Knowledge Base includes guides and walkthroughs that may make navigating reporting smoother. And of course, our team is always happy to support if you have specific questions. Thanks again for taking the time to share your experience. ### 38. Impulso para la acción **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Juan Carlos P. | Leader Programmatic Data and Performance LATAM, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 30, 2025 **What do you like best about illumin?** The Illumin platform adapts very well to the client's needs, standing out because it is intuitive and drives action. The best thing about Illumin is that it presents the best strategy in a clear and graphical way, facilitating understanding and decision-making. Additionally, its customer service is exceptional, ensuring that users always receive the necessary support to maximize the use of the platform. With its intuitive and results-oriented design, Illumin becomes an essential tool for those looking to optimize their processes and achieve their goals efficiently. **What do you dislike about illumin?** Although Illumin stands out for its adaptability and graphical presentation of strategies, a possible area for improvement would be the implementation of a daily budget. Currently, the platform only works by total investment and not by impressions, which can limit users' flexibility when managing their daily campaigns. Incorporating the option of a daily budget or daily impression would allow clients to have greater control over their daily expenses, thus optimizing investment and maximizing the reach of their strategies. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** The ability to publish betting campaigns and campaigns aimed at conversion ### 39. My experience with Illumin by Acuity Ads **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rebecca J. | Digital Analyst Sr, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 29, 2025 **What do you like best about illumin?** The experience with the platform was quite intuitive. After a brief explanation from the specialists, it becomes easy to work independently and manage tasks on your own. Features like bulk creative uploads significantly simplify implementation and help optimize time. Additionally, the platform allows for a clearer flow between campaign, ad group, audience, and creative. This structure makes it easier to develop connected strategies while maintaining a personalized and more engaging message logic. Another interesting and effective aspect is the campaign setup process, which can be done by simply dragging content or with just a few clicks. It’s a new and different approach to implementation, but quite intuitive and efficient. **What do you dislike about illumin?** Viewing an overview of each campaign is not very intuitive. The interface requires multiple steps to access and fully understand the displayed information, making the analysis process more complex and time-consuming than expected. Additionally, while the platform helps save time during implementation, that efficiency is lost when trying to quickly report specific campaign data for particular time periods or specific accounts, as retrieving and filtering this information is not as straightforward as it should be. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** The platform allowed us to implement long-form video content, including materials that Google’s automatic creative approval system often rejects due to topics related to menstruation or health. This flexibility enabled us to run campaigns that would typically face restrictions, reaching audiences that are often harder to engage through traditional channels. The VTR (View-Through Rate) was positive, and we identified interesting audience segments that responded well to this type of content. **Official Response from Chris Yu:** > Hello Rebecca, Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with us on G2! We're thrilled to hear that you enjoy the various features and experiences illumin has to offer - including bulk creative uploads, the campaign setup process, and our long-form video content capabilities. Your feedback is invaluable to us as we continue to improve our platform, interface, and reporting services. If you have any additional thoughts or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. We’re always here to help and would love to ensure your experience with us remains exceptional. Thanks again for being a part of our community! ### 40. So far its been pretty enjoyable compared to some of the competitors. The simplicity is nice. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Chris M. | Account Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 28, 2025 **What do you like best about illumin?** I think that the idea of being able to move throughout the funnel is really cool, I have yet to actually utilize that feature because we havent sold much that way but its something that really sets you guys apart. I like that you can easily add optimizations all through the path with one click. **What do you dislike about illumin?** sometimes I think the domains are a little weird but I give you the benefit of the doubt just because most domains on other dsps also look a little strange. I do wish you could have settings save, like for example, save a group of geos so I don't have to type it in on the next campaign. When I first started using illumin there was a bit more bugs but now that has mostly cleared up. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** With alot of the industy moving away from CTR, Illumin still allows us to optimize towards clicks and that has been really nice. Not all advertisers can move away from clicks or have more in depth KPIs due to restrictions and Illumin allows us to keep those cleints happy. **Official Response from Chris Yu:** > Hello Chris, Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with us on G2! We're thrilled to hear that you enjoy the various features and experiences illumin has to offer -- including the funnel experience. Your feedback is invaluable to us as we continue to improve our platform, domain and reporting services. If you have any additional thoughts or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. We’re always here to help and would love to ensure your experience with us remains exceptional. Thanks again for being a part of our community! ### 41. Great DSP Platform with intuitive and short learnign curve **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Diego J. | Paid Media Supervisor and Trafficker, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2025 **What do you like best about illumin?** The fact that you can join several stages of the funnel in one big campaign to take advantage of the algorithm each using its own budget and creatives, also the fact that you can use creative pixels to capture the audience and remarket them even without a pixel on the website. Also the way is created it lends for a short learning curve and has a dashboard at hand letting you create the canvas with the elements at hand making implementation shorter and easier. Quite recommend the platform since I use it everyday, the fact that it has a dashboard regarding budget consumption and kpi goals lets you have a quick survey of your campaign and how are they faring. **What do you dislike about illumin?** One of my biggest downsides using Illumin is that within the same stage you can have several paths/campaigns with different budgets but if one is underperforming the platform won't automatically allocate the budget. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** We need a platform that allow us to create campaigns rather easily to optimize time and grant more focus on the optimization stage than the implementation. **Official Response from Chris Yu:** > Hello Diego, Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with us on G2! We're thrilled to hear that you enjoy the various features and experiences illumin has to offer -- including the creative pixels. Your feedback is invaluable to us as we continue to improve our platform, budget allocation, and reporting services. If you have any additional thoughts or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. We’re always here to help and would love to ensure your experience with us remains exceptional. Thanks again for being a part of our community! ### 42. Outstanding Partner **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 29, 2025 **What do you like best about illumin?** We’ve had an outstanding experience working with Illumin. Their programmatic expertise, proactive communication, and dedication to delivering results have been invaluable. They consistently go above and beyond to ensure campaigns run smoothly and perform at their best. It’s rare to find a partner who combines both technical excellence and genuine customer care — but Illumin does just that. Highly recommend their services to anyone looking for a reliable and results-driven partner! **What do you dislike about illumin?** I have found working with Illumin to be positive. I do not have any dislikes at this time. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are looking for solid conversions and Illumin is meeting our needs. ### 43. Outstanding Service and Results—Truly the Best **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Maria N. | digital manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 28, 2025 **What do you like best about illumin?** The service is very good, they are always willing to support in addition to the results in campaigns. **What do you dislike about illumin?** No important comments to mention, as sometimes topics arise in campaigns or moments but nothing important. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** Optimizations and reaching precise audiences, resulting in very good campaigns. ### 44. Powerful, but room for improvement **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 15, 2025 **What do you like best about illumin?** The customer journey flow to programmatic is very unique to the industry. In my client industry, we focus on the donors. So everything we build is around the donor. And Illumin allows us to build a journey within Programmatic, email & social paid media execution to introduce our client's missions to potential new donors, bring them through to engagement, and lastly, to conversion and the donation ask all within a single integrated campaign build. The setup is mostly intuitive (with some nuances). But because the actual campaign build is all drag & drop, that is fairly simple and intuitive. The team has been great to work with. We opted to take advantage of the managed-to-self-executed path. It was great as they hand-held us through our first campaign build and also there every step of the way for our second (even though we are doing the steps, they're making sure we're doing them correctly & walking us through how to fix any errors). I love this because I am a learn-by-doing kind of person. We ran one 2-month test campaign for proof of concept and are currently building out a second, much larger campaign. Even though we had issues with our first execution (no fault of Illumin - a third-party partner of ours failed to implement pixels), we see strong potential with this product for other clients. **What do you dislike about illumin?** There are some wonky technical nuances that I feel could be improved upon. Their pixel builder is not intuitive, making you bounce between parts of the widget. It would make a lot more sense to keep it all on one screen. I'm still working through reporting, but it feels a little more fractured than I'd like considering the great integration of the programmatic build itself. I know that DOOH is not yet part of the journey flows (but it can run alongside them). I would love for DOOH and geo-fencing to get more closely integrated, especially with one another. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** Our clients contract us primarily to address direct response fundraising needs. Historically we have worked in the bottom of the funnel only. But the reality is that only focusing on lower-funnel tactics is only picking off the low-hanging fruit of people who are already away of the nonprofit's mission and likely already donating or ready to donate. That pipeline eventually dries up. In order to keep the donor file fresh and active, we need to consider a more robust full-funnel approach to continuously feed into the pipeline of ready to donate... but that means we need to generate the awareness, engage with the hand-raisers and warm them up to the mission before we ask for the donation. Illumin is allowing us to do this all within one platform, across all programmatic channels. **Official Response from Chris Yu:** > Hello, Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with us on G2! We're thrilled to hear that you enjoy the various features illumin has to offer. Your feedback is invaluable to us as we continue to improve our platform, specifically our DOOH, geo-fencing and reporting services. If you have any additional thoughts or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. We’re always here to help and would love to ensure your experience with us remains exceptional. Thanks again for being a part of our community! ### 45. Unique Full-Funnel Platform & Exceptional Partner **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tammy B. | SVP, Digital, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 20, 2025 **What do you like best about illumin?** Overall, working with illumin has been a terrific experience! Their offering is unique - customizing channels, targeting, and creative to align with the customers' journey across the DSP and Meta. Their customer service is exceptional! Even with our self-serve partnership - they take the time to understand our needs. Their expert teams are strategic, solution-oriented, and collaborative. They are proactive as well as responsive – which is a great blend of strengths. The onboarding process, quarterly knowledge sharing, and ongoing customer/product support make things smooth and straightforward. **What do you dislike about illumin?** The platform hasn’t had a forecasting tool for us to gauge available audiences during the planning process (which is challenging when allocating channel budgets for niche targets). However, they are working hard to roll it out in the next quarter. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** Illumin makes it easier to set up multi-channel full funnel paid media campaigns. It has unique journey opportunities to add strategic decisioning to push relevant/responsive audiences down funnel (e.g., after 2 awareness views on CTV, serve sequential messaging via native to encourage engagement, after 2 clicks, serve conversion related display creative for lead gen). Resulting in metrics that are above average benchmarks – adding tremendous value to our clients and team. We appreciate the visual aspect of journey building and find it to be a very user-friendly interface, streamlining our campaign building timeline and helping us get to launch-ready status efficiently. **Official Response from Chris Yu:** > Hello Tammy, Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with us on G2! We're thrilled to hear that you enjoy the various features and experiences illumin has to offer, including the onboarding process, customization, targeting, and customer service. Your feedback is invaluable to us as we continue to improve our platform and reporting services. If you have any additional thoughts or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. We’re always here to help and would love to ensure your experience with us remains exceptional. Thanks again for being a part of our community! ### 46. Illumin Services **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rene R. | President, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 14, 2024 **What do you like best about illumin?** As someone relatively new to digital advertising, I’ve found Illumin to be a game-changer for my campaigns. The platform is incredibly user-friendly, even for those who might not have extensive experience in digital marketing. Their journey-based advertising approach allows me to visualize the customer’s path, ensuring that my campaigns are both strategic and effective. One of the standout features is the audience creation tool. It’s intuitive and provides detailed targeting options, which makes it easy to reach the right people with the right message. The keywords and journey settings are also robust, giving me the flexibility to experiment and optimize campaigns in real time. The level of support they provide is another major plus. Even though I missed some training sessions with their team, I’ve been able to get up to speed quickly thanks to the platform's clear instructions and helpful resources. Illumin has truly elevated my ability to deliver impactful, results-driven digital advertising campaigns, and I highly recommend it to anyone looking to take their digital marketing efforts to the next level. **What do you dislike about illumin?** While Illumin has been a great tool overall, there are a few areas that could use some improvement. The reporting features feel a bit limited—I’d like more detailed insights to really dig into campaign performance without having to export data into another tool. The platform also has some occasional hiccups where it becomes slow or unresponsive, which can be frustrating when you’re in the middle of setting up or tweaking a campaign. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** Illumin makes it so much easier to manage digital advertising campaigns. Instead of juggling multiple tools for planning, buying, and reporting, everything is in one place, which saves me a lot of time and hassle. Their audience targeting is really precise, so I know my ads are reaching the right people, and the real-time data updates allow me to adjust campaigns quickly if something isn’t working. Plus, being able to run ads across multiple channels like display, video, and connected TV from one platform has helped me create more consistent and effective campaigns. Overall, it’s helped me run smarter, more efficient campaigns that deliver better results. **Official Response from Chris Yu:** > Hi Rene, Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with us on G2! We're thrilled to hear that you enjoy the audience creation feature. Your feedback is invaluable to us as we continue to improve our platform and reporting services. If you have any additional thoughts or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. We’re always here to help and would love to ensure your experience with us remains exceptional. Thanks again for being a part of our community! ### 47. Effective and qualitative **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 14, 2025 **What do you like best about illumin?** The different tactics that can be applied within the same campaign allow for variations in CPM or fixed or variable purchase types, and based on what is considered optimal for my campaign, I can optimize accordingly. **What do you dislike about illumin?** The main part: Dashboard, I feel that it doesn't contribute much, at least to my daily management. Ideally, I should be able to set up the dashboard myself, just like a report. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** All problems or concerns have always been resolved, very satisfied with the service not only from the platform but also from the team. **Official Response from Chris Yu:** > Hello, Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with us on G2! We're thrilled to hear that you enjoy the flexibility of being able to apply your different tactics for your campaigns with CPM and purchase type variations. Your feedback is invaluable to us as we continue to improve our platform and reporting services, including our dashboard. If you have any additional thoughts or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. We’re always here to help and would love to ensure your experience with us remains exceptional. Thanks again for being a part of our community! ### 48. Unique Approach to Programmatic Advertising **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jonathan W. | Managing Partner, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 06, 2025 **What do you like best about illumin?** User journey marketing and the visual builder makes the process so much easier to manage, optimize and navigate. Being able to integrate in email and meta campaigns as a true connecrted omni channel approach is made much easier with Illumin. It's early for me but very impressed so far. The onboarding team has been exceptional as well. **What do you dislike about illumin?** Given the nature of the tool the onboarding has a bit of a steeper curb than other programmatic platforms, but from what I can tell its no fault of Illumin's. Just a more advanced tool that is nuanced, Pixel set up is not as user friendly as other tools. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** Journey marketing helps me easily set up more advanced cmapaigns in less time. More advanced campaings mean better performance. Being able to integrate email and meta has been really big for us as well. **Official Response from Chris Yu:** > Hello Jonathan, Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with us on G2! We're thrilled to hear that you enjoy the various features and experiences illumin has to offer -- including the user journey marketing and visualization features, and email and Meta campaign integration. Your feedback is invaluable to us as we continue to improve our platform, Pixel, and reporting services. If you have any additional thoughts or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. We’re always here to help and would love to ensure your experience with us remains exceptional. Thanks again for being a part of our community! ### 49. Great Solution for Programatic Marketing **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Anthony N. | Programmatic Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 23, 2025 **What do you like best about illumin?** Illumin provides a great solution for access all forms of inventory for different media types and budgets. **What do you dislike about illumin?** You can not copy journey's across clients **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** Illumin is allowing us to tap into exclusive deals in Connected TV, Digital Audio, and Online Video which might have been harder to access or devote specific budgets towards. **Official Response from Chris Yu:** > Hi Anthony, Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with us on G2! We're thrilled to hear that you enjoy the exclusive deals for CTV, audio, and video. Your feedback is invaluable to us as we continue to improve our platform and reporting services. If you have any additional thoughts or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. We’re always here to help and would love to ensure your experience with us remains exceptional. Thanks again for being a part of our community! ### 50. Review illumin **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tai-vini A. | Programmatic, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 08, 2025 **What do you like best about illumin?** The platform is very user-friendly and easy to interpret the best results. The team is excellent as they are always available to help solve any problems or questions. **What do you dislike about illumin?** Actually, it is a very good platform, I don't think I have any complaints about it. **What problems is illumin solving and how is that benefiting you?** The campaigns have had very good performance. **Official Response from Chris Yu:** > Hi Tai-vini, Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with us on G2! We're thrilled to hear that you enjoy the audience creation feature. Your feedback is invaluable to us as we continue to improve our platform and reporting services. If you have any additional thoughts or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. We’re always here to help and would love to ensure your experience with us remains exceptional. 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