AdCreative.ai for ads
Verdict on AdCreative.ai
AdCreative.ai fits a team that downloads 10 to 50 static ads a month and needs no written ownership of them. Each download spends a credit, so Starter at $39 a month is $3.90 a download if every credit is used (pricing, ). But only the Enterprise terms say Projects “based on the Contents provided by the Client will be owned by the Client” (7.1).
AdCreative.ai
- Best for
- Small teams resizing static banners for Meta and Google Display from one brand kit, within 10 to 50 downloads a month.
- Not for
- Anyone needing written ownership of outputs without an Enterprise contract, or more than 10 downloads a month on Starter’s base tier.
| Made by | AdCreative.ai (ADYOUNEED SAS), part of Appier Group, founded 2021 |
|---|---|
| Category | Static and image ads, Ad copy, Creative research |
| Makes | Ad banners in platform sizes; ad copy; product and fashion photoshoots; product and stock video; predicted click-through and brand recall scores; competitor ad insights |
| Entry price | From $39 a month |
| Cost per output | $3.90 per image at list price, if every credit is used. Method |
| Use in ads | The clauses, quoted and dated: What AdCreative.ai’s terms allow, and who owns the ads. |
| Free plan | No |
| Free trial | 7 days with 10 credits, per the homepage (7 day free trial. Cancel anytime.); the subscriber terms (19 December 2025) do not mention a trial. |
| Languages | Not published |
| API | Yes |
| Status | Acquired by Appier, announced 12 Feb 2025 |
What AdCreative.ai makes for ads
AdCreative.ai’s homepage offers “studio-style UGC videos from product photos”. Creative Scoring AI promises to “Score your ad creatives before advertising”; the homepage does not say how.
Designs may repeat across accounts: terms 3.2 say “other users may receive similar results from the Services”.
What an AdCreative.ai ad costs, per download
AdCreative.ai’s FAQ says “credits are only consumed when you download them”. Its terms are wider: “Generating or downloading a Project may requires the consumption of a Credit or some Credits” (terms 1.3).
Whether unused credits carry over is unclear: a plan-card tooltip says “Unused downloads roll over to the next month”, while terms 4.6 say “The Credit not used during the applicable month will not be transferred to the following month”.
If they lapse, the fewer you download, the more each costs: 4 downloads on Starter at $39 a month cost $9.75 each (pricing).
More credits do not always cost less per download. Starter’s 15-credit tier, with a second brand, is $89 a month: $5.93 a download if every credit is used (pricing, ).
| Plan | Monthly price (USD) | Cost per image (USD) | Paid ads | Billed yearly, per month (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $39 | $3.90 | Allowed with conditions | $20 |
| Professional | $249 | $4.98 | Allowed with conditions | $125 |
| Ultimate | $999 | Not computed | Allowed with conditions | $500 |
| Enterprise | Not published | Not computed: no price | Allowed | Not published |
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- Starter
- What you get: 10 credits a month, 1 brand, 1 user, unlimited generations; one credit is used per downloaded creative
- Notes: Same plan with more credits: 15 credits and 2 brands $89, 30 credits $139, 50 credits $189 a month. Quarterly billing shows $29 a month. The yearly $20 sits under a banner advertising 50 per cent off yearly plans that was still titled as a Father’s Day sale on 23 September 2026.
- Professional
- What you get: 50 credits a month, 10 brands, 10 users
- Notes: 75 credits $339, 100 credits $400 a month. Quarterly $185 a month. The same card also shows
Brand Limit: 3
, which contradicts the 10 brands in its own tier list. - Ultimate
- What you get: 100 credits a month, 25 brands, 20 users
- Notes: 150 credits $1,099, 200 credits $1,399 a month. Quarterly $749 a month. Card copy also mentions
$599 a month
, and the yearly card lists 25 users and a brand limit of 5. - Enterprise
- What you get: Custom credits,
Commercially Safe AI Models
,Complete Asset IP Rights
, Digital Asset Management API, dedicated account manager - Notes: Contact sales
Source: adcreative.ai
$3.90 per image at list price on Starter at $39 a month, if every credit is used. Starter monthly: $39 / 10 credits = $3.90 per downloaded creative. The pricing FAQ says credits are only consumed when you download them
; terms 1.3 say generating may
also use credits. At the $20 yearly rate: $20 / 10 = $2.00. Pro monthly: $249 / 50 = $4.98. Starter’s larger tiers, if every credit is used: 15 credits at $89 = $5.93, 30 at $139 = $4.63, 50 at $189 = $3.78.
What AdCreative.ai’s terms allow, and who owns the ads
AdCreative.ai’s subscriber terms grant no ownership of your downloads (7.1); on our reading, 7.3 makes AdCreative.ai “and/or its licensor” owner of “any work derived from the use of this Services”. Enterprise 7.1 gives the client Projects “based on the Contents provided by the Client”.
| Clause | What it says |
|---|---|
| 2.1 subscriber terms | “a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and use the Services and applicable documentation solely for Customer’s internal business purposes” |
| 7.1 subscriber terms | Elements “provided through the Services, including […] lay-out […] graphics and/or animation, except for elements provided by third parties (i.e., images from iStock)”, “shall remain the sole and exclusive property of AdCreative.ai” |
| 7.1 Enterprise terms | “However, the Projects generated by the Services based on the Contents provided by the Client will be owned by the Client.” |
| 10.1 subscriber terms | You permit use of account “Ad Data” “exclusively for the purpose of the Services (including but not limited to […] training, developing, and improving our artificial intelligence systems and solutions)” |
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On our reading, 2.1’s “internal business purposes” leaves client work unclear; the AI commercial use table marks it unclear on every self-serve plan.
Clause 2.2(f) bars using the service “for any competitive or benchmark purposes”, “except to the limited extent applicable laws specifically prohibit such restriction”.
What AdCreative.ai’s documents say on renewal and refunds after a trial
AdCreative.ai’s homepage offers a “7 day free trial” with 10 credits and says “Cancel anytime in 2 clicks”. Its terms never mention a free trial, and neither document says whether the trial needs a card.
Plans renew “under the exact same conditions” unless cancelled. The “cancellation timeframe is within seven (7) days before the end date of your monthly cycle” on monthly plans, and “within thirty (30) days before the anniversary date of your Subscription” on annual ones (4.2). Whether that means at least that long before, or only during it, is unclear.
Refunds are discretionary: AdCreative.ai “may decide to grant refunds to the Customer who subscribed but did not use the Service” (4.7). The request must be written, emailed to contact@AdCreative.ai and received “Within seven (7) days of the Subscription date” on monthly plans, or thirty on annual ones.
The FAQ also takes refund requests by live chat, which 4.7 does not list. It counts “generating creatives” as use, so on our reading, generating during the trial can already cost you the refund.
Is AdCreative.ai legit?
AdCreative.ai is provided by ADYOUNEED SAS, in Appier’s group (terms); 4 of its latest 20 Trustpilot reviews report post-trial charges.
Appier announced on 12 February 2025 an agreement to buy AdCreative.ai “for a total of 38.7 million USD, including a 27.3 million USD base” (PR Newswire). For US customers, 4.4.3 names Woopra Inc., an ADYOUNEED SAS affiliate, as a possible payment collection agent.
Trustpilot displayed 4,544 reviews and a TrustScore of 3.4 on 25 September 2026, 55 per cent of them five-star and 33 per cent one-star. Review 14 calls the cancellation page “deliberately misleading”.
| Main point | Reviews | Reviews linked |
|---|---|---|
| Thank support, issue not named | 6 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| Thank support for a refund or billing fix (review 10: after a trial) | 5 | 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 |
| Charged after a free trial, refund refused or fought for | 3 | 12, 13, 14 |
| Praise the product and support | 3 | 15, 16, 17 |
| Approved refund unpaid after a month | 2 | 18, 19 |
| Partner programme onboarding | 1 | 20 |
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AdCreative.ai replied to all five one-star reviews (12 to 14, 18 and 19), saying in four that the refund was processed. Twenty reviews are too few to show a trend.
Pros and cons on paper
Pros
- “Unlimited Generations” on every priced plan; the FAQ spends credits on downloads only (terms 1.3: generating “may” use one)
Cons
- No written ownership of outputs outside Enterprise, subscriber terms 7.1 and 7.3
- Unclear whether unused credits roll over: terms 4.6 say no, a plan-card tooltip says yes
- Account “Ad Data” can train its AI, terms 10.1
- Your “trademarks, logos and company name” usable in its marketing unless agreed otherwise in writing, terms 12.2
From AdCreative.ai’s official pages and terms, checked .
How The Brief, Predis.ai and Pencil (trypencil.com) bill, and who owns the ads
Without an Enterprise contract, The Brief is the one of these three whose self-serve terms give written ownership. Its AI Supplementary Terms say “you retain all right, title, and interest in your Input and Output”. Its plans are flat, with no credits; Pro lists AI use as “included for normal use”.
Predis.ai prices images in credits; its Core card reads “About 325 images” for 1,300 credits, and the pricing page no longer publishes a rate per image. Its terms have no clause on who owns generated images.
Pencil counts generations. On Core it “retains sole ownership” of the Outputs and grants a licence “to use the Outputs as part of Customer’s ordinary commercial operations” (Core terms 3.1 and 3.2).
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Static and image adsThe Brief (formerly Creatopy)
Ad design and ad-serving platform, formerly Creatopy, with AI image, video and copy on flat plans without credits.
From $39 a month · checked
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Static and image adsPredis.ai
Generates social posts, image ads, short videos and captions from a prompt or product URL, then schedules them.
From $32 a month · checked
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Static and image adsPencil
Agent-based ad platform that generates copy, images and video with third-party models, scores ads and launches them.
From $14 a month · checked
AdCreative.ai alternatives and the price tracker set more tools side by side; AI static ad generators lists every static ad tool we track.
Sources
- AdCreative.ai: AdCreative.ai homepage, plans and FAQ, plan cards (monthly, quarterly and yearly) and Starter’s credit tiers, the sale banner, the 7-day trial with 10 credits, the
Cancel anytime in 2 clicks
and trial reminder lines, the FAQ on credits, refunds and live chat. Re-read on 25 September 2026, plans and banner unchanged, with the plan-card tooltip on unused downloads. Checked - AdCreative.ai: Terms of Service for Online Subscribers, updated 19 December 2025; the preamble and clauses 1.3, 2.1, 2.2(f), 3.2, 4.2, 4.4.2, 4.4.3, 4.6, 4.7, 7.1, 7.3 (re-read 26 September 2026), 10.1 and 12.2. Checked
- AdCreative.ai: Terms and Service for Enterprises, updated 19 December 2025; clause 7.1, the ownership sentence. Checked
- PR Newswire: Appier Announces Acquisition Agreement with AdCreative.ai, 12 February 2025; the total and base sums. Checked
- Trustpilot: AdCreative.ai reviews, review total, TrustScore and star split as displayed; the 20 most recent reviews read one by one through WebFetch, since direct loading returned 403. Checked
- The Brief: The Brief pricing, Pro plan price, AI use included for normal use. Checked
- The Brief: AI Supplementary Terms, last updated 1 October 2025; ownership of Input and Output. Checked
- Pencil: Pencil pricing, Core plan price and its 50 generations a month. Checked
- Pencil: Pencil Core terms and conditions, updated 22 April 2026; clauses 3.1 and 3.2 on Outputs. Checked
- Predis.ai: Predis.ai pricing, Core plan price and its card’s
About 325 images
for 1,300 credits; the FAQ no longer gives a credit rate per image. Checked - EZML Technologies: Predis.ai terms and conditions, no clause on ownership of generated posts, images or videos. Checked
What changed on this page
- Cut repeats: the Trustpilot sentence restating the opener’s 4 of the latest 20 reviews, and the pros line restating the trial section. The meta description gives the price check date the page prints: “Prices checked 23 September 2026”.
- The Not for line in the verdict is shorter and names the 10 downloads a month on Starter’s base tier. The terms section now quotes subscriber clause 7.3.
- Page written.
Alexandre Souriau
Alexandre Souriau is a creative strategist and copywriter with ten years in content and SEO. He writes and edits short-form ads, works in English and French, and reads the pricing and terms pages behind every tool on this site before anything is written about it.
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