Improvado

AI-powered marketing intelligence that connects 500+ data sources, harmonises your pipeline, and turns raw ad data into decisions.

Business & Finance Enterprise Has API
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RECATOOLS Score
7.4 / 10
Capability
8.5
Value for money
6
Ease of use
6.5
ASEAN readiness
5
API quality
7.5
Founded
2015
HQ
San Francisco, California, USA
Users
Hundreds of enterprise brands and agencies globally; ~100 employees
Launched
2015; Series A closed May 2022
Developer
Daniel Kravtsov (CEO), Dmitry Nasikanov (CTO)

Overview

Improvado is an enterprise-grade AI marketing intelligence platform that automates the full data pipeline — from extraction across 500+ advertising, CRM, and analytics sources through normalisation, transformation, and visualisation — without requiring engineering resources. Founded in 2015 in San Francisco, the platform is used by Fortune 500 brands and global agencies to eliminate manual reporting, reduce data fragmentation, and surface cross-channel insights at scale.

The platform's AI Agent allows marketers to query unified data in natural language, generate presentation-ready reports on a schedule, and activate insights directly into downstream tools. Three pricing tiers (Growth, Advanced, Enterprise) are scoped to data volume rather than seat count, with enterprise deals including dedicated customer success management, SOC 2 Type II and GDPR-compliant governance, and white-glove onboarding. Improvado is not self-serve; all plans require a sales engagement and custom quote.

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Pricing

Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 11 Jul 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.

Growth
Custom
For scaling teams; up to 200M rows/year.
  • 500+ data sources
  • 2x daily sync
  • 1 dashboard template
Enterprise
Custom
For complex, high-volume deployments.
  • Up to 1B rows/year
  • 24/7 support add-on
  • Managed services

Use cases

Centralising paid media data from Google, Meta, LinkedIn, and programmatic DSPs into a single governed data warehouse Automating weekly and monthly agency performance reports across dozens of client accounts Building cross-channel attribution models by unifying CRM, web analytics, and ad platform data Reducing manual ETL work for enterprise marketing operations teams that previously relied on spreadsheets or custom scripts Feeding normalised marketing data into Tableau, Looker, or Power BI for executive dashboards

What you can produce with Improvado

  • Unified marketing data warehouse fed from 500+ sources with no-code pipeline configuration
  • Automated client-ready performance reports generated on daily, weekly, or monthly schedules
  • AI Agent that answers cross-channel marketing questions in natural language without SQL
  • Pre-built and customisable dashboard templates covering paid search, social, programmatic, and CRM data
  • SOC 2 Type II and GDPR-compliant data governance layer with audit trails
  • Dedicated customer success manager and professional onboarding for enterprise tiers
  • Custom connector development at no additional charge for sources not in the standard library
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ASEAN Perspective

Improvado in Southeast Asia

Improvado's connector library is heavily weighted towards Western ad platforms (Google, Meta, The Trade Desk, Salesforce) with no documented integrations for major ASEAN channels such as Shopee Ads, Lazada Ads, LINE Ads, or Grab Advertising as of mid-2026. The platform operates across 14 time zones and offers EU data residency, but has no stated APAC office or regional support team, which may introduce response-time friction for Southeast Asian enterprise buyers. Large ASEAN conglomerates or regional agencies with significant spend on global platforms could still extract value, but teams running campaigns predominantly on local Southeast Asian networks will find meaningful connector gaps. Prospects in Singapore, Malaysia, or Indonesia should request an explicit connector audit against their channel list before signing.

RECATOOLS Verdict

Improvado earns its place at the top of the enterprise marketing data stack for organisations that run complex multi-channel campaigns across dozens of ad platforms and need a single governed data layer feeding their BI tools. The breadth of connectors (500+), strong data transformation capabilities, SOC 2 Type II security posture, and a genuinely useful AI Agent for natural-language querying make it a credible alternative to building a bespoke ETL pipeline. Customer support ratings are consistently high (Capterra 4.8/5) and the platform's October 2025 native-dashboard upgrade meaningfully closes the gap with all-in-one rivals.

The caveats are real, however. Improvado is expensive — annual contracts routinely run into five to six figures — and the roughly two-month onboarding timeline before value is realised will deter lean or mid-market teams. The platform is explicitly not self-serve, meaning every change goes through a sales or support touchpoint. Dashboard aesthetics remain utilitarian compared to Whatagraph or Looker Studio, and APAC-specific integrations (local ad networks, regional DSPs, Southeast Asian e-commerce platforms) are not a documented priority. Teams outside North America and Europe should validate connector coverage for their specific channel mix before committing.

Independent AI-assisted assessment by RECATOOLS.

What people say

4.4 out of 5 on G2 from 80 reviews, 4.5 out of 5 on Capterra from 22 — small samples for an enterprise-grade platform, but consistent ones. The praise clusters tightly: support that actually responds (Capterra rates it 4.8/5), the sheer number of fields pulled in from each of the 500-plus connected sources, and enough customization to build the report a specific stakeholder wants rather than settling for a template.

The complaints cluster just as tightly. Price comes up in nearly every negative review — annual contracts run into five and six figures, and there's no self-serve tier at all; every plan change goes through a sales or support ticket. Data pushed to a destination is owned by Improvado's pipeline, so tweaking it yourself isn't really an option — you file a request and wait. Onboarding runs roughly two months before the platform starts paying for itself, which rules it out for teams that need results this quarter.

The October 2025 Native Dashboards launch closed a real gap: natural-language queries now generate presentation-ready visualizations without exporting to Looker or Tableau first, and the 2026 AI Agent update lets teams pick their model (OpenAI for speed, Claude for reasoning, Gemini as a middle ground) and query connected warehouses like Snowflake and BigQuery directly. None of that changes who this is for — technical marketing-ops teams at mid-size-to-large companies running enough ad spend that a governed data layer pays for itself. Lean teams and anyone outside North America or Europe should confirm connector coverage before signing.

Summary of public user & expert reviews, compiled by RECATOOLS.

Notable facts

  • Improvado's CEO has noted that the average enterprise marketing department uses approximately 92 separate vendors — a fragmentation problem the platform was built to solve.
  • ASUS reported saving 90 hours per week on data analysis after adopting Improvado across its regional marketing operations.
  • The company raised its $22M Series A in May 2022 with backing from Updata Partners, alongside angel investors who are CEOs of BlueKai, LiveRamp, and PubMatic.
  • In October 2025 Improvado announced native AI-powered dashboards that let marketers describe a visualisation in plain English and have it generated automatically from their unified data warehouse.

Frequently asked questions

Does Improvado offer a free trial or self-serve sign-up?
No. Improvado is explicitly not a self-serve platform. Free trials are offered selectively and only after a demo call with their sales team; all plans require a custom quote.
How many data sources does Improvado connect to?
Improvado advertises 500+ marketing and sales connectors, with the homepage citing 1,000+ data sources when including raw API endpoints and custom integrations built at no additional charge for qualifying plans.
Is Improvado suitable for small or mid-market marketing teams?
The platform is designed and priced for mid-to-large enterprises and multi-client agencies. Annual contract values typically start in the tens of thousands of dollars, and the roughly two-month implementation timeline makes it impractical for small teams or solo marketers.

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