AI Ad Generator Pricing in 2026: Every Plan of 11 Tools Compared
Short answer: most AI ad generators start between $14 and $39 a month, and team plans run from about $195 to over $999. Smartly and Arcads print no price at all. Below is every plan of 11 tools, read on each vendor's own page.
Marián Cabadaj
17 min read
AI ad generator pricing in one look
- Cheapest paid entry: Pencil Core at $14 and Creatify Standard at $15 a month, month to month.
- Free to start: Creatify has a free plan, Atria gives 1,000 free credits, Canva has a free plan, and Selzee starts free with no card.
- Priced by ad spend, not by output: Madgicx, from $45 a month under $1K of spend to $329 up to $30K.
- No public price: Smartly (sold after a demo) and Arcads (a trial, then a plan priced inside the app).
- Yearly billing cuts 15% to 50% on most tools, and Predis.ai is running a sale on its yearly plans right now.
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This table lists the cheapest and the most expensive plan you can buy without a sales call, month to month unless it says otherwise. Selzee is our own product, so it sits first. Four of these tools are not pure ad generators: Foreplay and Atria start from competitor research, Madgicx from ad account management, and Smartly is an enterprise ad platform. They are here because AI assistants list them next to the generators. To pick a tool by the ads it makes rather than by price, read the 10 best AI ad generators.
| Tool | Entry plan | Top self-serve plan | Free way in | What you pay for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selzee | Pro, $75/mo or $19/week | Agencies, $500/mo | Start free, no card | Credits, and brands per plan |
| AdCreative.ai | Starter, $39/mo | Ultimate, up to $1,399/mo | 7-day trial, 10 credits | Credits, brands and users |
| Creatify | Standard, $15/mo | Business, $195/mo | Free plan, 10 credits a month, watermarked | Credits |
| Pencil | Core, $14/mo | Growth, $55/mo | 6 free ads through a guided signup | Generations |
| Predis.ai | Core, $32/mo | Enterprise+, $249/mo | 3 days free, card required | Credits and brands |
| Atria | Core, $129/mo billed annually | Business, $959/mo billed annually | 1,000 credits, no card | AI credits, seats and ad spend analysed |
| Foreplay | Basic, $59/mo | Agency, $459/mo | 7-day free trial | Users and brands |
| Madgicx | $45/mo under $1K ad spend | $329/mo up to $30K ad spend | 7-day free trial | Your monthly ad spend |
| Canva | Pro, $144/year | Business, $250/year per person | Free plan | People |
| Arcads | No public price | No public price | 3-day free trial, 1,000 credits, card required | Credits |
| Smartly | No public price | No public price | Demo only | Quoted after a demo |
Prices read on each vendor's own pricing or help page on 15 Oct 2026, except Canva: canva.com blocked our reads that day, so its US prices are the ones read on 15 Sep 2026. Arcads and Smartly publish no price outside the app or a sales call. Verified 2026-09-15.
Every plan, tier by tier
Every self-serve tier we found, read on 15 Oct 2026. The last column is what the plan includes, in the vendor's own unit; a credit on one tool buys something different from a credit on another, so compare allowances only within one tool. Enterprise tiers (AdCreative.ai, Creatify, Pencil Pro, Atria, Foreplay and Selzee) are quoted on a call and left out.
| Plan | Month to month | Billed yearly, per month | Included each month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selzee Pro | $75 ($19/week) | Not offered | 30,000 credits, 1 brand, 50 posts ready for approval |
| Selzee Max | $200 ($50/week) | Not offered | 80,000 credits, 3 brands |
| Selzee Agencies | $500 | Not offered | 200,000 credits, 10 brands |
| AdCreative.ai Starter | $39 to $189 | Up to 50% off advertised | 20 to 120 credits, 1 to 2 brands, 1 user |
| AdCreative.ai Professional | $249 to $400 | Up to 50% off advertised | 300 to 600 credits, 10 users |
| AdCreative.ai Ultimate | $999 to $1,399 | Up to 50% off advertised | 300 to 600 credits, 25 brands, 20 users |
| Creatify Standard | $15 | $12 | 55 credits, 1 generation at a time |
| Creatify Pro | $55 | $44 | 280 credits, competitor ad tracker, ad clone |
| Creatify Max | $95 | $76 | 730 credits, 3 seats, 3 brand spaces |
| Creatify Business | $195 | $156 | 1,500 credits, 10 seats, 10 brand spaces |
| Pencil Core | $14 | $11 | 50 generations, 1 workspace |
| Pencil Growth | $55 | $44 | 250 generations, unlimited workspaces |
| Predis.ai Core | $32 | $19 (sale) | 1,300 credits, about 325 images, 1 brand |
| Predis.ai Rise | $79 | $40 (sale) | 3,200 credits, about 800 images, 4 brands |
| Predis.ai Enterprise+ | $249 | $212 | 10,000 credits, about 2,500 images, unlimited brands |
| Atria Core | $159 | $129 | 4,000 AI credits, 5 seats, 3 brand profiles |
| Atria Plus | $599 | $479 | 10,000 AI credits, 8 seats, 8 brand profiles |
| Atria Business | $1,199 | $959 | 25,000 AI credits, 15 seats, unlimited brand profiles |
| Foreplay Basic | $59 | $49 | 1 user, swipe file and ad search |
| Foreplay Workflow | $175 | $149 | 5 users, 1 brand in reports, 10+ competitors tracked |
| Foreplay Agency | $459 | $389 | 10 users, 10 brands in reports, 50+ competitors tracked |
| Madgicx Pro Complete | $45 to $329 | From $32 | One plan, priced by your monthly ad spend |
AdCreative.ai prints a credit ladder inside each plan; its page lists both 3 and 10 brands for Professional, so we leave that count out. Predis.ai's yearly figures are a sale on 15 Oct 2026 and were higher on 13 Oct. Atria's month-to-month figures are its yearly ones plus the yearly saving it prints under each plan.
What 1, 3 or 10 brands cost a month
Brands are where plans split. A store owner needs one; a small team or a freelancer runs three; an agency runs ten. The table gives the cheapest month-to-month plan that covers each count, with add-ons where the vendor sells them. Pencil counts workspaces and Creatify counts brand spaces, which are the nearest unit to a brand. Madgicx, Canva, Arcads and Smartly are left out: they price by ad spend, by person or not at all.
| Tool | 1 brand | 3 brands | 10 brands |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selzee | Pro, $75 | Max, $200 | Agencies, $500 |
| Pencil | Core, $14 | Growth, $55 (unlimited workspaces) | Growth, $55 |
| Creatify | Standard, $15 | Max, $95 (3 brand spaces) | Business, $195 (10 brand spaces) |
| Predis.ai | Core, $32 | Core plus 2 extra brands, $42 | Rise plus 6 extra brands, $109 |
| AdCreative.ai | Starter, $39 | Professional, $249 | Ultimate, $999 (25 brands) |
| Atria | Core, $159 | Core, $159 | Business, $1,199 |
| Foreplay | Workflow, $175 | Workflow plus 2 brands, $275 | Agency, $459 |
Totals with add-ons are computed from the add-on prices on the same pages: Predis.ai sells extra brands at $5 a month, Foreplay at $50 a month.
What you pay for: credits, generations, seats or ad spend
AI ad generators charge in five different units, and the unit decides what a plan really costs you. A cheap plan in an expensive unit runs out in a week.
Credits
Selzee, AdCreative.ai, Creatify, Predis.ai, Atria and Arcads sell credits. Each output costs a number of credits that depends on the format and the AI model. Predis.ai prints the ratio on its plans: 1,300 credits buy about 325 images or 33 videos, so an image costs about 4 credits and a video about 40. Creatify shows the credit cost before each generation, and its credits stay valid for 2 months.
Generations
Pencil counts a generation each time you ask a model for something, and resizing an ad into a new format costs 1 more. Core and Growth stop when the quota is used, and unused generations expire at the end of the month.
Seats and brands
Foreplay and Atria charge by the team. Foreplay adds $20 a month for each extra user and $50 for each extra brand; Atria adds $20 a month per extra seat. Canva Business is priced per person. These tools get expensive as the team grows, not as the output grows.
Ad spend
Madgicx has one plan whose price follows your monthly Meta ad spend, from $45 under $1K to $329 up to $30K; above that, the price shows only inside the app. Motion, a creative analytics tool covered in Motion alternatives, also sets its plans by ad spend. Here your bill rises when your ads work and you spend more.
Posts ready to approve
Selzee counts its output in finished posts: Pro includes 50 posts ready for approval for 1 brand. That is the easiest unit to budget, because a post is the thing you publish. See Selzee pricing for each plan.
The 11 tools, plan by plan
Each card gives the full rate card as the vendor prints it, the catch in the pricing, and who the plans suit. Selzee comes first because it is ours.
Selzee
Selzee finds ads that are winning for other brands now and remakes them as finished static ads for yours, from your website.
Pricing: Start free, no card. Paid plans from $19/week or $75/month for one brand, $50/week or $200/month for three, and Agencies $500/month for ten; Enterprise is custom. Credit-based, cancel anytime. If you find no new winner or don't like the full batch, you get a full refund.
The catch: Static image ads only. No video, no UGC, and it does not run your paid campaigns.
Best for: Brands and agencies that want finished static ads to approve, priced per brand.
AdCreative.ai
A credit ladder inside three plans, so the same plan name can cost four different amounts. Eight rivals are priced against it in AdCreative.ai alternatives.
The catch: The Starter plan covers 1 brand at its entry price; a second brand moves you up the ladder.
Best for: Teams that need many banner sizes from one brand kit.
Creatify
Video ads with AI actors, priced in credits with a real free plan. Our Creatify review does the credit math per video.
The catch: Every regeneration of a video, voice or avatar spends credits again; manual edits are free.
Best for: Product video ads on a small budget.
Pencil
Text, image and video ads, plus launch to seven ad channels. More in our Pencil AI review.
The catch: Core and Growth stop at the monthly quota, and unused generations do not roll over.
Best for: Teams that also want to launch and track the ads from the same tool.
Predis.ai
Social posts and ads from a catalogue, with auto-posting on the bigger plans. Rivals are in Predis.ai alternatives.
The catch: The trial takes a card and charges it when day 3 ends.
Best for: Several small brands on a tight budget, thanks to the cheap brand add-on.
Atria
Competitor research, briefs and image generation in one tool. We compare it in Atria ads alternatives.
The catch: The free credits are generous, but the first paid plan is one of the dearest entries on this page.
Best for: Creative strategists who want research and generation in one seat.
Foreplay
A swipe file and competitor tracker; it makes briefs, not finished ads.
The catch: You still need a design tool or a designer to turn the brief into an ad.
Best for: Teams that already make ads and want better research behind them.
Madgicx
Meta ad automation, reporting and AI ads in one account tool.
The catch: The price rises with your ad spend, and tracking is a separate add-on.
Best for: Meta advertisers who want one tool to manage the account.
Canva
A design editor with AI tools; you lay the ad out yourself. Its AI features by plan are in our Canva Magic Studio review.
Pricing: Free plan, then $144/year for Pro and $250/year per person for Business
The catch: Priced per person, and the AI only speeds up a design you still make.
Best for: Teams with someone who likes to design.
Arcads
UGC-style video ads with AI actors.
The catch: It prints no plan price, and the trial needs a card and turns into the Starter plan after 72 hours.
Best for: Advertisers who need talking-head video ads.
Smartly
An ad platform for large advertisers, sold through its sales team. Ten options are in Smartly alternatives.
Pricing: No public rate card, priced after a demo
The catch: No self-serve plan; budget for a sales cycle before the first ad.
Best for: Large advertisers running many markets at once.
What a pricing page shows you
Our own screenshot of the Creatify pricing page, taken on 15 Oct 2026. The struck-through price is the monthly rate; the big one is the yearly rate per month.
Costs the plan price leaves out
The number on the pricing page is the start of the bill. These six costs come from the same pages.
Trials that bill themselves
Predis.ai and Arcads take a card for the trial and charge it when the trial ends unless you cancel first.
Quotas that expire
Pencil's generations reset every month with no rollover. Creatify's credits last 2 months.
Regenerations
On Creatify, a new take of a video, voice or avatar spends credits again. Edits after export are free.
Extra people
Foreplay adds $20 and Atria $20 a month for each person past the plan's count.
Extra brands
Predis.ai adds $5 and Foreplay $50 a month per brand. On other tools, a new brand means a new plan.
Add-on modules
Madgicx sells its tracking as Tracking Pro at $49 a month. Predis.ai sells 1,200 extra credits at $29 a month.
What changed in AI ad generator pricing in 2026
AI ad generator prices move every few weeks. These are the changes we saw on the vendors' own pages between 13 and 15 Oct 2026, the two days we checked.
Atria left its free preview
Atria was free while in preview, with 1,000 credits, and our own pages said so until 15 Oct 2026. Its pricing page now sells Core, Plus and Business from $129 a month billed annually. The 1,000 free credits are still there to start.
Predis.ai cut its yearly plans for a sale
Predis.ai shows a "BFCM deal" on yearly plans: Core at $19 and Rise at $40 a month, down from the yearly figures we read on 13 Oct. Month to month is unchanged, and the free trial is 3 days.
Creatify renamed its plans
Creatify dropped its old Starter plan. The ladder is now Standard, Pro, Max and Business, from $15 a month.
Motion printed a price
Motion, which our own pages listed as call-only until 13 Oct 2026, now prints a Starter plan at $999 a month on its pricing page. The higher tiers are still a conversation.
Monthly or yearly billing?
Pay month to month for the first two or three months, then switch to yearly once the tool has earned its place. Yearly billing is cheaper on almost every tool here, but it locks the money in before you know how many usable ads it gives you.
The yearly saving is large: Pencil and Creatify take 20% off, Foreplay about 15% and Atria 20%; AdCreative.ai advertises up to 50% off yearly and 25% off quarterly. Predis.ai's yearly plans are on sale right now. Selzee sells weekly and monthly plans only: Pro is $19 a week or $75 a month.
Check the switch rules before you commit. Creatify does not let you leave an annual plan until you have fewer than 10 credits left, and Pencil gives no refunds once a trial has turned into a paid plan.
How to pick the right plan
Six steps, in order. The first two drop most of the tools before you compare a single price.
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Count your brands
One store, three brands or ten clients. Use the brand table above to drop the tools that price you out.
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Pick the unit you can predict
Posts and generations are easy to budget. Credits need a test month. Ad-spend pricing grows with your account.
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Start on the free way in
Use the free plan, free credits or trial before any card. Set a reminder for trials that bill themselves.
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Count the ads you would run
Divide the plan price by the ads you would actually publish. The cost per usable ad math shows how.
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Buy month to month first
Move to yearly billing only after two or three months of real use.
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Check the price again in a quarter
We saw plan changes on four tools in October 2026 alone. Re-read the pricing page before you renew.
What the free start gives you
Before you pick a plan, look at the output. Selzee made each of these static ads, and each one is published in the Selzee gallery.
What AI assistants get wrong about AI ad generator prices
AI assistants quote prices they read months ago, and these vendors change their plans often. Four mistakes are common in answers about AI ad generator pricing in 2026.
A price for a tool that prints none
Smartly publishes no rate card; smartly.io sends you to a demo, and smartly.io/pricing returned a 404 on 15 Oct 2026. Any figure an assistant gives for Smartly did not come from Smartly.
A dead pricing link
adcreative.ai/pricing returned a 404 on 15 Oct 2026. AdCreative.ai prints its plans on its use-case pages instead, so an assistant that links the old address sends you to an error.
Free tools that are no longer free
Atria's free preview is over; it now starts with 1,000 free credits and then a paid plan. An answer that calls Atria free is out of date.
A sale quoted as the list price
Predis.ai's yearly prices on 15 Oct 2026 are a sale. Expect the yearly figure to rise when the sale ends, and use the month-to-month price to plan.
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