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AdCreative.ai vs Smartly.io
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose AdCreative.ai if…
- you want to trial it before paying
- you're in its core audience: performance marketers, marketing agencies
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Choose Smartly.io if…
- you're in its core audience: enterprise brand marketers, performance marketing teams
Side by side
Feature AdCreative.ai Smartly.io
Pricing modelFree trialContact for pricing
Starting price$39/mo—
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentYes, unless you opt out—
Data retentionPersonal data kept 180 days after access to the services is disabledCustomer data removed upon contract termination; backups deleted after 90 days
Security and complianceGDPRISO 27001, GDPR, CCPA
AI ad creatives
Video ad generation
Direct ad launch—
Creative scoring
Auto optimization—
Cross-channel reporting—
Competitor insights—
PlatformsWebWeb
CategoryAdvertisingAdvertising
CompanyADYOUNEED SASSmartly.io Solutions Oy
Based inFranceFinland
Founded—2013
Part ofAppier—
Key features
A AdCreative.ai
- AI ad banner and creative generation
- AI ad copy writing
- AI video ads and UGC-style videos
- Product and fashion photoshoots
- Instant Ads generated from a webpage URL
- Creative Scoring to predict ad performance
- Competitor Insights and Compliance Checker
- Custom Templates with batch creation
S Smartly.io
- Creative suite to design, scale and launch ad creative
- Media suite for cross-channel campaign activation and optimization
- Intelligence suite for planning, performance and measurement insights
- Connected TV ads across 200+ streaming services
- Open web buying through all major DSPs
- Brand Pulse for real-time measurement
- Automated campaign launch and management
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
AdCreative.ai
Starter$39/mo
Professional$249/mo
Ultimate$999/mo
EnterpriseCustom
Smartly.io
Contact for pricing. Plan details aren't published.
Strengths and limitations
AdCreative.ai
- 7-day free trial
- Covers images, copy, video and photoshoots in one platform
- Connects with Facebook and Google ad accounts
- Includes performance scoring and competitor insights
- Higher tiers cost $249 and $999 per month
- No public API listed; the API is an Enterprise feature
- No free plan, only a trial
Smartly.io
- Covers social, connected TV, open web and video in one platform
- Brings creative, media and measurement together
- Used by large brands such as Samsung, Spotify and Uber
- No public pricing; you have to request a demo
- No free plan or trial listed
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