forming 8 vendors · 4 documents

Closed-Loop Attribution

Connecting ad exposure to a downstream conversion through a deterministic or modeled path, proving the ad caused the outcome.

Reviewed 2026-09-01 by M. Foremski

Vendor rankings

8 vendors scored
#1
Adelphic (Viant) 8/33 pts
24%
#2
LangChain 7/33 pts
21%
#3
Delta Projects 6/33 pts
18%
#4
Kayzen 5/33 pts
15%
#5
BidSwitch 4/33 pts
12%
#6
AdKernel 4/33 pts
12%
#7
Smadex 3/33 pts
9%
#8
CrewAI 2/33 pts
6%

Scored on 5 universal + 6 category criteria. Evidenced = 3 pts, asserted = 1 pt, no claim = 0.

Claims matrix

Vendor Score Pricing transparencyIntegration breadthData portabilityCompliance postureDocumentation quality Identity graph coverageLatency to attributionIncrementality methodologyPrivacy compliance postureCross-channel supportOutput portability
Adelphic (Viant) 24%
LangChain 21%
Delta Projects 18%
Kayzen 15%
BidSwitch 12%
AdKernel 12%
Smadex 9%
CrewAI 6%
evidenced (3 pts)   asserted (1 pt)   — no claim (0)   |   Universal criteria apply to all categories

Documents

4

Criteria

Criterion What it separates Evidence
Identity graph coverage Deterministic vs. probabilistic match rate across channels doc · tested
Latency to attribution Hours or days from conversion event to attributed report doc · tested
Incrementality methodology Ghost bids, PSA holdouts, geo-experiments, or self-reported lift doc · doc
Privacy compliance posture Clean-room vs. raw-log join, and which regulations the method survives contract · doc
Cross-channel support Display, video, CTV, audio, social — which paths are covered integration list · doc
Output portability Can the attributed data leave the platform and feed another system doc · doc

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