LinkedIn Advertising Parity

Updated 

Learn about Sprinklr's capabilities on LinkedIn advertising that are at par and even better than you can get on the native platform.

Last reviewed: 19th April 2024

Last updated: 19th April 2024

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Feature

Sprinklr

Native

API Limitation

Objectives

Brand Awareness

Yes

Yes

N/A

Website Visits

Yes

Yes

N/A

Engagement

Yes

Yes

N/A

Video Views

Yes

Yes

N/A

Lead Generation

Yes

Yes

N/A

Website Conversions

Yes

Yes

N/A

Job Applicants

Yes

Yes

N/A

Talent Leads

No

Yes

N/A

Overall

Campaign Group

Yes

Yes

N/A

Lead Gen Form

Yes

Yes

N/A

Dynamic Group Budget

No

Yes

API Limitation

A/B Testing

No

Yes

N/A

Brand Lift Test

No

Yes

N/A

Ad Types

Job Ad

No

(Reporting only)

Yes

N/A

Single Job Ad

No

(Reporting only)

Yes

N/A

Spotlight Ad

Yes

Yes

N/A

Conversation Ads

Yes

Yes

N/A

Follower Ad

Yes

Yes

N/A

Event Ad

No

(Reporting only)

Yes

API Limitation

Talent Leads

No

(Reporting only)

Yes

N/A

Article Ad

No

(Reporting only)

Yes

N/A

Document Ads

Yes

Yes

N/A

Message Ads

Yes

No

N/A

Targeting

Forecasts

No

Yes

N/A

Locations

Yes

Yes

N/A

Languages

Yes

Yes

N/A

Audience Attributes (Company, Demographics, Education, Job Experience, Industry, Interests and Traits)

Yes

Yes

N/A

Audience Expansion

Yes

Yes

N/A

LinkedIn Audience Network

Yes

Yes

N/A

Exclude categories from LinkedIn Audience Network

Yes

Yes

N/A

Block Lists

Yes

Yes

N/A

Flexible Targeting (AND / OR)

Yes

Yes

N/A

Video Retargeting Audience

Yes

Yes

N/A

Website Retargeting Audience

Yes

Yes

N/A

Lead Form Re-targeting Audience

Yes

Yes

N/A

Lookalike Audience Creation

Yes

(Creation is not supported)

Yes

(Creation is not supported)

N/A

Retargeting Audiences for Company Pages

Yes

Yes

N/A

Retargeting Audiences for Company Events

Yes

(Creation is not supported)

Yes

API Limitation

Retargeting Audiences for CRM Lists

Yes

Yes

N/A

Retargeting Audiences for Link Clicks

No

Yes

N/A

Retargeting Audiences for Live Video

No

Yes

N/A

Creative Options

Add Caption Files (Video Ads)

Yes

Yes

N/A

CTA in Image Ads

Yes

Yes

N/A

Document

Yes

Yes

N/A

Others

Create Video Thumbnails

No

Yes

N/A

Target Cost Bidding

Yes

Yes

N/A

Square/Vertical Video Ads

Yes

Yes

N/A

Stories Ads

No

Yes (Beta)

N/A

Ability to initiate test Inmail

Yes

Yes

N/A

Ability to use the company as a sender for InMail ads

(Note for users looking to send Inmail via a company and haven't previously done so: The Company sender type is only available for those who have their company sender set up by their LinkedIn representatives. For more information on the sender permissions, see Sponsored Messaging Sender Permissions.)

Yes

(If members have opted to block third-party API access in their LinkedIn Profiles (controlled within <Privacy Settings>: Settings > Privacy > Visibility > Profile visibility off LinkedIn), these private members will show up as a blank option in Sprinklr as we do not receive any details (first/last name) via the API.)

Yes

N/A

Add Private Inmail Senders

No

Yes

API Limitation

Ability to promote LinkedIn Organic Video Posts

Yes

Yes

N/A

Ability to edit existing image/video posts

Yes (Text, URL)

Yes

N/A

Reporting on Custom Conversions

Yes

Yes

N/A

LAN Block List Support

Yes

Yes

N/A

Ability to set only Lifetime Budgets

Yes

Yes

N/A

Ability to enable/disable comments on threads

No

Yes

N/A

Ability to specify synchronous upload when creating a post with an image

No

Yes

N/A

Ad Images/GIFs Alt Text

Yes

Yes

N/A

Create and Manage Conversions

No

Yes

N/A

Awareness

Ad Types

Link Post

Yes

Yes

N/A

Image Post

Yes

Yes

N/A

Video Post

Yes

Yes

N/A

Carousel

Yes

Yes

N/A

Text Ad

Yes

Yes

N/A

Event Ad

No

(Reporting only)

Yes

N/A

Spotlight Ad

Yes

Yes

N/A

Follower Ad

Yes

Yes

N/A

Conversation Ads

Yes

Yes

N/A

Document Ads

Yes

Yes

N/A

Bidding Option

Maximum Delivery

Yes

Yes

N/A

Target Cost

Yes

Yes

N/A

Manual Bidding

Yes

Yes

N/A

Manual Bidding (Enhanced)

Yes

Yes

N/A

Consideration

Ad Types

Link Post

Yes

Yes

N/A

Image Post

Yes

Yes

N/A

Video Post

Yes

Yes

N/A

Carousel

Yes

Yes

N/A

Text Ad

Yes

Yes

N/A

Event Ad

No

(Reporting only)

Yes

N/A

Message Ad (InMail)

Yes

Yes

N/A

Spotlight Ad

Yes

Yes

N/A

Follower Ad

No

(Reporting only)

Yes

N/A

Conversation Ads

Yes

Yes

N/A

Bidding Option

Maximum Delivery

Yes

Yes

N/A

Target Cost

Yes

Yes

N/A

Manual Bidding

Yes

Yes

N/A

Manual Bidding (Enhanced)

Yes

Yes

N/A

Ad Types

Link Post

Yes

Yes

N/A

Image Post

Yes

Yes

N/A

Video Post

Yes

Yes

N/A

Carousel

Yes

Yes

N/A

Event Ad

No

(Reporting only)

Yes

N/A

Spotlight Ad

No

(Reporting only)

Yes

N/A

Follower Ad

Yes

Yes

N/A

Conversation Ads

Yes

Yes

N/A

Document Ads

Yes

Yes

API Limitation (API expected in H1 2023)

Bidding Option

Maximum Delivery

Yes

Yes

N/A

Target Cost

Yes

Yes

N/A

Manual Bidding

Yes

Yes

N/A

Manual Bidding (Enhanced)

Yes

Yes

N/A

Ad Types

Video Post

Yes

Yes

N/A

Bidding Option

Maximum Delivery

Yes

Yes

N/A

Target Cost

Yes

Yes

N/A

Manual Bidding

Yes

Yes

N/A

Other

Organic Video Posts

Yes

Yes

N/A

Conversions

Ad Types

Image/Link Post

Yes

Yes

N/A

Carousel

Yes

Yes

N/A

Video Ad

Yes

Yes

N/A

Message Ad (InMail)

Yes

Yes

N/A

Conversation Ads

Yes

Yes

N/A

Document Ads

Yes

Yes

N/A

Creative Destination

Website URL

Yes

Yes

N/A

Previews

Lead Form Preview

Yes

Yes

N/A

Bidding Option

Maximum Delivery

Yes

Yes

N/A

Manual Bidding

Yes

Yes

N/A

Other

Select Existing Creative

Yes

Yes

N/A

Lead Form Creation

Yes

Yes

N/A

Ad Types

Link Post

Yes

Yes

N/A

Image Post

Yes

Yes

N/A

Video Post

Yes

Yes

N/A

Carousel

Yes

Yes

N/A

Text Ad

Yes

Yes

N/A

Message Ad (InMail)

Yes

Yes

N/A

Spotlight Ad

Yes

Yes

N/A

Conversation Ads

Yes

Yes

N/A

Bidding Option

Maximum Delivery

Yes

Yes

N/A

Manual Bidding

Yes

Yes

N/A

Ad Types

Link Post

Yes

Yes

N/A

Image Post

Yes

Yes

N/A

Job Ad

No

(Reporting only)

Yes

N/A

Spotlight Ad

Yes

Yes

N/A

Single Job Ad

No

(Reporting only)

Yes

N/A

Bidding Option

Maximum Delivery

Yes

Yes

N/A

Manual Bidding

Yes

Yes

N/A

Optimization Goal

Website Visit

Yes

No

N/A

Awareness

Yes

No

N/A

Website Conversions

Yes

No

N/A

Bidding Option

Automatic Bid

Yes

No

N/A

Maximum CPM Bid

Yes

No

N/A

Maximum CPC Bid

Yes

No

N/A

Creative Destination

Website URL

Yes

No

N/A

Page

Yes

No

N/A

Optimization Goal

Clicks

Yes

No

N/A

Impressions

Yes

No

N/A

Bidding Option

Maximum CPC Bid

Yes

No

N/A

Maximum CPM Bid

Yes

No

N/A

Other

Select Existing Post

Yes

No

N/A