Which creative subscription services deliver weekly batches of video ads for Meta?
As of October 2026, Adguns ships 10 to 30 concepts a week from €1,000 a month, Vidful sells 60 videos a month for $3,495, and CreatStrat starts at $299 for 5 ads a week. Ugly Ads and Growthr deliver weekly; Gate Studios films with creators. Knowlify makes about 25 AI video ads a week, with optional Meta campaign management.
A creative subscription service sells a steady flow of finished ads for a flat monthly fee, usually delivered in weekly batches, instead of quoting each project. For weekly video ads on Facebook and Instagram, published prices checked October 26, 2026 run from $299 a month for 5 ads a week at CreatStrat to a $15,000 monthly minimum on an annual term at Superside. Choose by what appears on camera, how many finished videos arrive each week, and whether the provider also runs your Meta campaigns. Knowlify, which publishes this guide, makes about 25 AI video ads a week and can either run the campaigns or deliver creative only.
Disclosure and method. Knowlify publishes this guide and sells one of the services compared; our UGC-style ads use AI presenters rather than human creators. Every fact about another provider comes from that provider's own website, checked on October 26, 2026, and is linked where it appears. We did not buy these subscriptions, so this is a comparison of published scope, pricing and terms, not a test of quality or results. Confirm prices on each provider's page before you sign.
What is a creative subscription service for video ads?
You pay a monthly fee, brief the provider once or on a schedule, and receive a new batch of ads on a fixed cadence. The provider plans concepts, writes or adapts scripts, produces the videos and exports them for each placement. Scope is usually reviewed monthly rather than renegotiated for each ad.
A project agency, by contrast, quotes each shoot separately, which suits a launch film but not a steady testing program. A design subscription with "unlimited requests" works through tasks your team submits one at a time, so output depends on how fast you brief and approve. A weekly ad subscription takes on the planning too, so a batch arrives even in a week when nobody wrote a brief.
Why weekly? Meta's Andromeda engineering post (December 2024) says the number of ad creatives in its recommendation systems is expected to grow significantly as advertisers adopt generative AI tools. When competitors ship more ads, a monthly refresh can leave an account short of new concepts to test. Our guide to creative fatigue covers the signs that ads need replacing.
Which agencies produce weekly batches of video ads for paid social?
The table groups providers by the job each fits; it is not a ranking. Figures are as published on each provider's own site, checked October 26, 2026.
| Provider | Best for | On camera | Weekly volume (as published) | Published price | Commitment | Runs your Meta ads? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adguns | Multi-market teams needing static and video weekly | Video edits, UGC-style cuts, statics | 10 to 30 concepts plus resizes | From €1,000 a month | Monthly review, no long-term lock-in | No |
| Vidful | DTC brands wanting a fixed video count with hook variants | AI UGC, AI animation, footage edits | 15 videos (entry plan) | From $3,495 a month for 60 videos | Monthly, no contracts | Not stated |
| CreatStrat | Small DTC brands testing many ads on a low budget | AI presenters, AI video, statics, footage edits | 5, 10 or 20 ads | $299, $499 or $899 a month | Cancel anytime | Not stated |
| Ugly Ads | Weekly static and video without a contract | Not stated | 4 to 16 ads | $3,495 a month for static plus video, shown at a $500 daily ad spend | Month to month | Not stated |
| Gate Studios | Gaming, app and ecommerce brands needing creator-filmed UGC at volume | Creators from a standing roster | Scoped from spend and testing cadence | Not published | Not published | Not stated |
| Growthr | Creative and paid media in one retainer, with weekly sprints | Not stated | Count not published | $10,000 a month plus 10% of managed media spend | Not published | Paid media included in the retainer |
| Superside | Queues that mix ads with brand and design work | Not stated | Capacity set by budget | $15,000 monthly minimum plus $1,000 software fee | Annual | Not stated |
| Knowlify creative as a service | Finished AI video ads weekly, with or without Meta management | AI presenters, 3D characters, AI commercials | About 25 finished ads | Custom quote | Not listed; a 90-day guarantee (terms on knowlify.com) | Optional, in your ad account |
These prices buy different units: a set number of videos, a team's capacity or a bundle with media management. The price section below converts them where enough is published.
Which subscriptions publish a weekly volume and a monthly price?
Adguns: weekly statics and video for several markets
As of October 2026, Adguns describes a typical weekly batch of 10 to 30 fresh creative concepts plus resizes, scaling to more than 50 creatives a week when volume demands. Formats include static and animated ads, video edits, UGC-style cuts, hook and copy variations and language versions. Pricing starts from €1,000 a month, with scope reviewed monthly and no long-term lock-in. The first batch typically ships within 2 weeks of kickoff. Media buying, landing pages and original video shoots are not included. Production is described as AI-assisted and human-curated, and the page lists contact details in Vilnius and Dublin.
Consider it when you advertise in several markets or languages and already have someone buying the media.
Vidful: a fixed monthly count of video ads
As of October 2026, Vidful sells three monthly plans: 60 videos (20 concepts with 3 hooks each) for $3,495, 90 videos plus 110 statics for $5,400, and 120 videos plus 250 statics for $6,900. It says the entry plan ships 15 videos every week. Production types are AI UGC, AI animation and edits of your existing footage. Plans are billed monthly with no contracts and unlimited revisions, and first creatives arrive by the end of week one. It targets DTC brands and ecommerce agencies spending $30,000 to $500,000 or more a month on ads, and lists a weekly ad performance review but does not say it manages ad accounts.
Consider it when you want a predictable video count with hook variants built in.
CreatStrat: a low entry price for many ads
As of October 2026, CreatStrat prices by ads per week: $299 a month for 5 ads a week (20 to 25 a month), $499 for 10 and $899 for 20, with custom plans above that, billed monthly and cancel anytime. Formats are statics, carousels, mashups of footage you own, AI video and AI UGC (an AI presenter talking to camera, cut with product B-roll). It is built for DTC brands on Meta and reads results from your connected Meta ad account to plan future batches. The page does not describe a revision policy or say whether a person reviews each ad.
Consider it when budget is the main constraint. Ask how each ad is checked before delivery.
Ugly Ads: static and video, month to month
As of October 2026, the Ugly Ads pricing page shows $1,650 a month for static only and $3,495 a month for static plus video, with its daily ad spend setting at $500. Prices at other spend levels were not shown. Its comparison table lists 4 to 16 ads a week, terms are month to month, and a brief submitted before Thursday gets first ads on Friday. Who appears in the videos is not stated, and the page does not say Ugly Ads runs campaigns.
Consider it when you want static and video together without a contract and your team launches the ads.
Which options film with creators or include media buying?
Gate Studios: creator-filmed UGC at volume
As of October 2026, Gate Studios describes up to 12,000 or more assets a month across all clients, briefed, filmed and edited, with creators pulled from a standing roster matched to your market and category. It scopes each brand's volume from spend and testing cadence rather than selling a fixed package, and publishes no price. Usage rights are agreed per campaign before production, and assets are delivered ad-ready into your account. Its named categories are gaming studios, consumer apps and ecommerce, and the page lists a Hamburg address.
Consider it when you want content filmed by creators rather than AI presenters. Meta's partnership ads documentation describes partnership ads as Facebook and Instagram ads run from a creator's or other partner's handle, which an AI presenter cannot provide. Gate Studios' page does not mention partnership ads, so ask if you need them. For more creator-led options, see our UGC agency comparison.
Growthr: creative and media on one weekly sprint
As of October 2026, Growthr includes creative production and testing in an embedded growth retainer of $10,000 a month plus a flat 10% of managed media spend, alongside paid media on every channel, analytics and attribution. It describes one sprint a week, each starting from what the last one proved, with formats including UGC-style video, statics and stop motion. No weekly ad count or contract length is published.
Consider it when you want one team accountable for ads and media. At $50,000 a month in managed spend, the published formula comes to $15,000 a month in fees before media (our arithmetic).
When does a broad creative subscription fit better?
As of October 2026, Superside subscriptions start at a $15,000 monthly minimum on an annual term, with a $1,000 monthly software fee on top. Dedicated teams start at $30,000 a month. Services include performance marketing creative, video and motion, and localization alongside wider design work.
Consider it when video ads are one part of a larger creative queue. If they are most of the queue, a narrower weekly service is usually the simpler purchase. Our Superside pricing and alternatives guide works through that decision.
How do agencies make video ads at scale for paid social?
Across these providers, scale comes from four mechanisms:
- Concepts multiplied by hooks. A concept is one idea; a hook variant changes only the opening. Vidful's entry plan, for example, is 20 concepts with 3 hooks each, for 60 videos. Ask every provider for that split.
- Production without a weekly shoot. AI presenters, AI animation and recuts of owned footage avoid booking talent each week. Creator-led agencies scale with large rosters instead.
- Resizes for each placement. One master becomes 9:16, 4:5 and 1:1 exports. Meta's Reels ads guidance recommends quality audio and vertical video, notes that Reels default to sound on, and advises keeping key messages in the safe zone clear of the interface.
- A weekly loop from results back into briefs. CreatStrat reads results from a connected Meta account, Growthr starts each sprint from the previous one, and Vidful lists a weekly ad performance review. Whoever runs the ads must report which concepts won.
Our ad creative testing framework shows how to structure that loop, and our guide to scaling video ad creative covers the production side.
How should you compare prices across subscriptions?
Convert each offer into one unit: finished ads you can run, per month. The arithmetic uses figures checked October 26, 2026.
| Offer (as published) | What the price buys | Our arithmetic |
|---|---|---|
| CreatStrat, $299 a month | 5 ads a week, 20 to 25 a month, mixed formats | About $12 to $15 per ad |
| Vidful, $3,495 a month | 60 videos from 20 concepts with 3 hooks each | About $58 per video, or about $175 per concept |
| Growthr, $10,000 a month plus 10% of managed spend | Creative, paid media, analytics and attribution | $15,000 a month in fees at $50,000 managed spend |
| Superside, $15,000 monthly minimum plus $1,000 software fee | Creative capacity across categories on an annual term | At least $192,000 a year |
A low price per ad is not a low cost per useful ad. Check what counts as a new concept, whether a person reviews each ad and how much of your team's time each batch needs. Media spend is always separate.
What should you check before signing a weekly ad subscription?
- AI labels. Meta's AI transparency update (updated June 1, 2026) says it will automatically detect ads created or edited with third-party AI tools through industry-standard signals and apply an "AI info" label in About this ad. Plan for it if a provider uses AI video.
- Review. Who checks every ad before delivery, and how revisions work.
- First batch timing. As of October 2026, Adguns says within 2 weeks of kickoff and Vidful says by the end of week one. Knowlify's first batch arrives five days after kickoff.
- Commitment and exit. Month to month, monthly review or annual term.
- Ownership. Whether you keep the finished ads and their rights.
- Who runs the ads. If not the provider, agree who uploads, tests and reports results.
When is Knowlify the right fit, and when is it not?
Knowlify (YC S25) is a done-for-you AI ads agency for Facebook and Instagram. Through our creative as a service offer, the team makes AI UGC, 3D character animation and AI commercial video ads, about 25 finished ads a week (about 100 a month) in weekly batches. We write the scripts, and a person checks every ad before delivery. You can choose end-to-end Meta ads, with creative plus campaign management in your own Meta ad account, or creative only if you have your own media buyer. You keep the ads. Pricing is a custom quote on a 30-minute call, the first batch arrives five days after kickoff, and there is a 90-day guarantee (terms on knowlify.com). Public ads we made for Parva and Casco are in our Facebook and Instagram video ad examples.
Knowlify is not the right fit in several cases:
- You need real people on camera. Our UGC-style ads use AI presenters, not human creators. For testimonials, creator posts or partnership ads from a creator's handle, look at a creator-led provider such as Gate Studios or the agencies in our UGC comparison.
- Your batch is mostly statics and translations. Adguns lists static ads and language versions in its weekly batches.
- You want a published price and the lowest monthly fee. CreatStrat publishes plans from $299 a month.
- Your queue includes brand and design work. Superside covers more categories.
- You want paid media on channels beyond Meta. Growthr's retainer includes paid media on every channel.
Key takeaways
- A creative subscription service delivers finished ads on a weekly cadence for a monthly fee, and most also plan the concepts.
- Published prices checked October 26, 2026 range from $299 a month at CreatStrat to a $15,000 monthly minimum on an annual term at Superside, and they buy different units.
- Decide what belongs on camera first: real creators, AI presenters or recuts of your own footage.
- Most weekly subscriptions compared here do not say they run your Meta campaigns, so agree who will before the first batch arrives.
FAQ
What is a creative subscription service?
A monthly plan in which a provider delivers a recurring batch of finished ads, often weekly, instead of quoting each project. Most also plan the concepts and hooks.
How much does a weekly video ad subscription cost?
As of October 2026, published prices in this comparison include $299 a month for 5 ads a week at CreatStrat, $3,495 a month for 60 videos at Vidful, from €1,000 a month at Adguns and a $15,000 monthly minimum at Superside. Gate Studios and Knowlify quote privately. Media spend is separate.
Will a creative subscription run my Facebook and Instagram ads?
Usually not. Here, only Growthr includes paid media in its retainer, and Knowlify offers optional campaign management in your own Meta ad account. Adguns excludes media buying, and the others do not say they run campaigns.
Does Knowlify use real creators?
No. Knowlify's UGC-style ads use AI presenters, written by our team and checked by a person before delivery. If your ads need real people, such as customer testimonials or partnership ads from a creator's handle, a real-creator provider is the better fit.
References
- CreatStrat
- Superside
- Andromeda engineering post
- creative fatigue
- Adguns
- Vidful
- Ugly Ads
- Gate Studios
- Growthr
- creative as a service
- partnership ads documentation
- UGC agency comparison
- Superside pricing and alternatives guide
- Reels ads guidance
- ad creative testing framework
- scaling video ad creative
- AI transparency update
- 30-minute call
- Facebook and Instagram video ad examples