LiveRamp
Attribution software
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Identity resolution software
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What is LiveRamp
LiveRamp is a data connectivity and identity resolution platform that helps organizations link, onboard, and activate customer and prospect data across advertising, marketing, and analytics environments. It is used by marketing operations, data/analytics teams, and agencies to create addressable audiences, support measurement workflows, and enable privacy-aware data collaboration. The product centers on persistent identity linking and data interoperability, with integrations to major cloud data platforms and media/marketing destinations. It also offers clean room capabilities and services that support partner data collaboration and attribution use cases.
Strong identity linking foundation
LiveRamp’s core capability is resolving and linking identities across online and offline data sources to support audience creation and measurement. This helps reduce fragmentation when data originates from multiple systems and channels. The platform is commonly used as an identity layer that other marketing and analytics tools depend on. It is well-suited to organizations that need consistent identifiers across activation and reporting workflows.
Broad ecosystem connectivity
The platform is designed to move data between enterprise data stores and downstream activation and measurement endpoints. It supports common marketing and advertising workflows such as onboarding first-party data and distributing segments to destinations. This connectivity can reduce custom integration work compared with point solutions that focus on a single channel. It is particularly relevant for teams operating across multiple media and analytics environments.
Privacy-oriented collaboration options
LiveRamp provides capabilities associated with data clean rooms and controlled data collaboration between parties. These workflows are used to support measurement and audience insights while limiting raw data exposure. The approach aligns with increasing restrictions on third-party identifiers and data sharing. It can be useful for brands and partners that need governed collaboration rather than direct data transfers.
Complex implementation and governance
Identity resolution and data collaboration typically require careful data preparation, consent management, and ongoing governance. Organizations often need dedicated technical resources to configure pipelines, match logic, and validation processes. Time-to-value can be longer than simpler attribution or automation tools that operate within one system. Operational ownership across marketing, data, and privacy teams can also be a prerequisite.
Less focused on ABM execution
While it can support account-based marketing by enabling audience creation and data activation, it is not primarily an ABM orchestration or sales execution system. Teams may still need separate tools for account selection, play execution, sequencing, and sales engagement workflows. As a result, ABM outcomes depend on how well LiveRamp is integrated into the broader stack. Buyers looking for an end-to-end ABM execution suite may find gaps without additional products.
Measurement depends on partner coverage
Attribution and clean-room measurement capabilities rely on the availability and quality of partner data and destination integrations. Coverage can vary by region, publisher/platform participation, and identifier availability. Changes in platform policies and identity signals can affect match rates and reporting continuity. Organizations should validate destination support and expected match performance for their specific channels and geographies.
Plan & Pricing
Pricing model: Hybrid — enterprise consumption-based (custom contract pricing; contact sales) + usage-based options for the LiveRamp Data Marketplace.
Free tier/trial: Unavailable (no evidence of a permanently free plan or time-limited trial on LiveRamp’s official site).
Pricing model details (LiveRamp official documentation):
- Programmatic Standard: Fixed CPM (cost per 1,000 impressions) used for programmatic/targeting distributions. Key note: Programmatic Standard applies when segment CPM >= $5.00.
- Programmatic Hybrid: Percentage-of-Media (PoM) billing with a CPM cap; used for certain platforms (e.g., The Trade Desk, Google RMN) when Programmatic Standard CPM < $5.00.
- Advertiser Direct: Percentage-of-Media (PoM) billing for social platforms (Facebook, X, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Snapchat, TikTok). Data sellers choose 10% or 15% for standard segments; custom segments billed at 15% (per docs).
- CPC: Cost-per-click pricing available for certain platforms (examples shown in docs; e.g., a $0.50 CPC example).
- Flat Fee Data License: Option to negotiate flat monthly fees for one or more segments (docs include a $10,000/month example and a $120,000 total example for a 12-month contract).
Billing notes & mechanics:
- Distributing Data Marketplace segments into Connect is not itself charged; charges occur when segments are activated/used at destination platforms.
- LiveRamp states it offers “consumption-based pricing” for its platform overall and requests prospective customers to contact LiveRamp for a custom quote.
Key call-to-action (official): Get a custom quote / Talk to an expert — LiveRamp does not publish standard list prices for its core platform products; pricing is contract- and usage-dependent.
(Information sourced only from LiveRamp’s official website: pricing page and product documentation.)
Seller details
LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.
San Francisco, CA, USA
2011
Public
https://liveramp.com
https://x.com/LiveRamp
https://www.linkedin.com/company/liveramp/
