The Trade Desk Review 2026
An objectively better way to advertise
What is The Trade Desk?
The Trade Desk is an advertising platform that helps advertisers find new audiences and grow their brands across channels including audio, connected TV, digital out-of-home, mobile, display, native, and video. It offers a marketplace of objective measurement partners.
Best for
Enterprise
Use cases
- Programmatic advertising
- Brand growth
- Cross-channel campaigns
Key features
Omnichannel ad buying (CTV, audio, DOOH, etc.)
Demand-side platform
Objective measurement marketplace
Audience targeting
Pricing
Model
contact-sales
Price range
Contact to get started; enterprise DSP
Free tier
No
Market position
Market score
24
Share of voice
Category rank
#71 of 140
Traditional SaaS Going Headless
60-day move
+6
Places moved
Notable customers
WalmartUnileverSpotifyModernaMcDonald's CanadaVolkswagenHershey'sJack Daniel'sTripadvisorGeneral Mills
Market data from Adam's GTM Report.
Companies hiring for The Trade Desk experience
View all 101 →- New YorkDirect Sales$77K – 141K
- ChicagoAccount Management$72K – 132K
- New YorkAccount Management$93K – 170K
- Los AngelesAccount Management$44K – 81K
- New YorkDirect Sales$77K – 141K
- New YorkDirect Sales$134K – 245K
- HamburgAccount Management
- Los AngelesAccount Management$93K – 170K
- New York; San FranciscoSales Operations
- New YorkDirect Sales$101K – 184K
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