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8 tools that solve a similar problem. Compare what each costs and what it covers.
Ads without tracking, for developer sites
EthicalAds shows ads with no tracking at all on developer and open-source sites, free to join, the pick for a privacy-minded audience over a general one.
Display ads with no traffic minimum to join
Infolinks has no traffic minimum to join and is free the same way AdSense is, worth running instead of or alongside it on a very new site.
Ad server you download and run yourself
Revive Adserver is free to download and run yourself, so you sell the space and keep all of it rather than taking a share from a network.
Ad management for sites past 25,000 pageviews
Raptive takes over once a site passes 25,000 monthly pageviews, free to join, and negotiates a higher rate than AdSense's open network.
Ad serving that starts free and bills by impression
AdPlugg serves ads you sell yourself and bills by impression, starting free and rising from $10 a month, instead of running Google's matched network.
Run your own ad server and keep the whole sale
AdButler lets you run your own ad server and keep the whole sale instead of splitting it with Google's network, from $179 a month with no free tier.
An ad manager built for small local publishers
Broadstreet manages direct-sold ads for a small local publisher rather than matching network ads, at $299 a month with no free tier.
Hosted ad serving from under ten dollars
AdSpeed serves ads you sell yourself instead of Google's automated network, hosted from $9.95 a month with no free tier, a fit once you have direct advertisers to serve.