AdStellar, founded in 2025, does a media buyer's job on Meta. Its AI Campaign Builder reads your account's history, picks winning creatives and audiences, writes copy, splits the budget and launches, giving a reason for each choice. Bulk launch turns 10 images, 5 headlines and 3 audiences into 150 ads in one go, and its Agent watches live ad sets, pausing what misses your CPA and scaling what beats your ROAS. Image, video and UGC avatar ads come out of the same credits.
What a take costs in AdMakeAI, shown before it renders
“Exposed my morning secret because strangers keep stopping me on the street.”
Hook-first angle, a first take at Sharp: 12 seconds, 15 credits ($1.17), priced before it rendered.
“Look at my skin right now.”
Before-and-after angle from the same request, same photo, same price.
“My wife thinks I learned to cook. Three weeks now.”
Our top tier (Max), from a hand-written brief: 18 seconds for 50 credits, $3.90.
AdStellar vs AdMakeAI: who wins each row
Entry price
One image ad
30 s of video
Price known before you run it
Launching
Managing live ads
Competitor ads
Ad networks
Seats and ad accounts
Unused credits
Running out mid-month
Free start
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| Feature | AdMakeAI | AdStellar |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $39 a month for 500 credits | $100 a month for 50,000 credits, $2 per 1,000 |
| One image ad | $0.16 Fast or $0.62 Sharp | $0.20 at default quality, $0.38 premium, $0.75 in 4K |
| 30 s of video | $2.65 at Sharp: a person holding your product, 720p, 9:16 | From $5.25 at 720p (2,626 credits), double at 1080p; its terms list $16.80 |
| Price known before you run it | A fixed price per image and clip; talking to the agent is free | Exact cost shown before every paid action; Agent replies up to 200, 700 or 1,700 credits |
| Launching | Paused draft in your Meta ad set (3 credits) | AI Campaign Builder and bulk launch of every creative, copy and audience mix; 100 credits an AI launch, manual builds free |
| Managing live ads | No; agents can read your Meta campaign analytics | Rules that pause losers and scale winners, budget edits, hourly Meta sync |
| Competitor ads | Meta Ad Library tracking by brand and keyword | Ad Clone opens a Page's live ads and rebuilds a video around your product |
| Ad networks | Meta | Meta only, by its own AI info page |
| Seats and ad accounts | Single-user accounts | Unlimited on every plan |
| Unused credits | Monthly credits reset each cycle; top-up packs never expire | Plan credits last 60 days; bonus credits never expire |
| Running out mid-month | Top-up packs from $19 | AI features pause until you move to a bigger plan or the next grant |
| Free start | 30 free credits on your own brand, no card | 7 days with $100 in credits, $0 due today; the plan you pick starts when it ends |
AdStellar facts from its pricing page, billing guide, terms, AI info page and AI media buyer and Ad Clone pages, at $2 per 1,000 credits. We didn't buy an AdStellar plan.
AdStellar pricing in 2026: what $100 buys
AdStellar $100
One image ad: $0.20, 500 a month
- Price a month
- $100
- Credits a month
- 50,000
- 30 seconds of video
- From $5.25, 19 a month
AdStellar $200
One image ad: $0.20, 1,000 a month
- Price a month
- $200
- Credits a month
- 100,000
- 30 seconds of video
- From $5.25, 38 a month
AdStellar $500 (its most popular)
One image ad: $0.20, 2,500 a month
- Price a month
- $500
- Credits a month
- 250,000
- 30 seconds of video
- From $5.25, 95 a month
AdMakeAI Starter (ours)
One image ad: $0.62 Sharp or $0.16 Fast, 62 or 250 a month
- Price a month
- $39 ($27.30 yearly)
- Credits a month
- 500
- 30 seconds of video
- $2.65 with your product in hand, 14 a month
AdMakeAI Professional (ours)
One image ad: $0.42 Sharp or $0.11 Fast, 187 or 750 a month
- Price a month
- $79 ($63.20 yearly)
- Credits a month
- 1,500
- 30 seconds of video
- $1.79, 44 a month
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| Plan | Price a month | Credits a month | 30 seconds of video | One image ad |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AdStellar $100 | $100 | 50,000 | From $5.25, 19 a month | $0.20, 500 a month |
| AdStellar $200 | $200 | 100,000 | From $5.25, 38 a month | $0.20, 1,000 a month |
| AdStellar $500 (its most popular) | $500 | 250,000 | From $5.25, 95 a month | $0.20, 2,500 a month |
| AdMakeAI Starter (ours) | $39 ($27.30 yearly) | 500 | $2.65 with your product in hand, 14 a month | $0.62 Sharp or $0.16 Fast, 62 or 250 a month |
| AdMakeAI Professional (ours) | $79 ($63.20 yearly) | 1,500 | $1.79, 44 a month | $0.42 Sharp or $0.11 Fast, 187 or 750 a month |
AdStellar volumes from its pricing page (14 steps up to $10,000 a month) and rates from its billing guide, checked November 9, 2026. Video is the guide's 720p rate with lip-sync included; its terms list 8,400 credits ($16.80) for 30 seconds. AdMakeAI: one 30-second ad is two Sharp clips plus their two start-frame stills, 34 credits.
The rates are fair for what they buy, and AdStellar shows each one before it charges. The floor is the difference: $100 a month before you make anything, against our $39. Its monthly credits last 60 days, so a quiet month carries over, which our monthly credits don't (our top-up packs from $19 never expire). If you run out, AI features pause until you move to a higher volume, prorated, or the next grant arrives.
AdStellar reviews
AdStellar has no Trustpilot page yet, so this page quotes no customers. Everything here comes from its own site, which publishes a full credit rate card in its billing guide and a plain list of limits on its AI info page: Meta only, no mobile app, and creative that needs your product images or reference assets as inputs.
What $39 makes in AdMakeAI
Starter is $39 a month for 500 credits on our pricing page. That buys 14 thirty-second ads at Sharp, $2.65 each, or 33 twelve-second takes like the serum ones above, $1.17 each. Every take starts from your own product photo, composited into the person's first frame, and you approve a 2-credit still and a free voiceover preview before paying for motion.
The script can start from competitor ads you track in the Meta Ad Library, by brand and keyword. The same credits make static ad sets in Ad Set Studio ($0.16 a Fast image, $0.62 Sharp), and finished ads go to the Meta ad set you pick as paused drafts. Where AdStellar stays ahead: it builds, launches and manages the campaign around the ad, in bulk, for a team. AdMakeAI stops at the draft.
Other AdStellar alternatives
Canva Grow: best if you design in Canva and run ads beyond Meta
It comes with every Canva plan, Free included, publishes to Meta, TikTok and LinkedIn, and scores your ads, though Canva doesn't say how many AI ads its allowance makes. Canva Grow alternatives.
Madgicx: best if you want Meta campaign automation priced by spend
A Meta ads manager with an AI ad generator, priced by your monthly ad spend. Madgicx alternatives.
Pencil: best if you run ads on seven networks
Launches and tracks ads on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Google Display, DV360 and LinkedIn, from $14 a month. What a Pencil credit buys.
Seven AI UGC tools priced per finished ad are in our AI UGC video tools comparison.
Stay with AdStellar or switch
Stay with AdStellar if you
- Want an AI to build, launch and manage Meta campaigns, not just make ads
- Launch in bulk: every mix of creatives, copy and audiences at once
- Want rules that pause losers and scale winners while you're away
- Run several ad accounts or a team: seats and ad accounts are unlimited
- Want Cometly attribution or your Shopify catalog behind campaign decisions
Switch to AdMakeAI if you
- Want to start at $39 rather than $100 a month
- Mostly need creative: 30-second UGC ads at $2.65, about half AdStellar's 720p rate
- Want your product in the person's hand in video
- Want scripts from competitor ads you track by brand and keyword in the Meta Ad Library
- Would rather top up from $19 than move to a bigger plan
AdStellar alternatives: questions people ask
Is AdStellar worth it?
If you spend enough on Meta to want an AI media buyer, it can be: $100 a month covers campaign building, bulk launches, rules that pause and scale, insights and creative, with unlimited seats. If you mainly need ads to test, $100 is a high floor: it buys 500 image ads or 19 thirty-second 720p videos.
How much does AdStellar cost?
One plan, priced by monthly credits: $100 for 50,000 up to $10,000 for 5,000,000, always $2 per 1,000. Billing is monthly with no annual contract, and its terms say fees are non-refundable except where the law requires.
How much does an ad cost on AdStellar?
An image is 100 credits ($0.20) at default quality, about 188 ($0.38) at premium and 375 ($0.75) in 4K. Its billing guide prices 720p video at 876 credits up to 10 seconds and 2,626 up to 30 ($5.25), double at 1080p; its terms and pricing page put video at about 2,800 credits per 10 seconds. An AI campaign launch is 100 credits, and a manual build is free.
Does AdStellar have a free trial?
Yes: 7 days with $100 in credits (50,000) and $0 due today. You pick the plan you'll continue on, and it starts when the trial ends unless you cancel. Starting the plan straight away instead adds 100,000 bonus credits that never expire.
Does AdStellar work with TikTok or Google Ads?
Not yet. Its own AI info page says it supports Meta (Facebook and Instagram) only, with Google Ads, TikTok Ads and LinkedIn Ads not yet supported. AdMakeAI is Meta-only too.
What is a cheaper AdStellar alternative for ad creative?
AdMakeAI: $39 for 500 credits, $0.16 a Fast image, $2.65 a 30-second UGC ad with your product in hand, and paused drafts in your Meta ad set. If you want to publish to TikTok and LinkedIn as well, Canva Grow comes with every Canva plan.
Is there a free AdStellar alternative?
AdMakeAI gives you 30 free credits with no card, enough to try 15 Fast ads on your own brand. Running them in campaigns needs a paid plan, as does video.
Make a 30-second ad with your product in it, for $2.65
Approve a 2-credit still and a free voice preview, then render, and send it to your Meta ad set as a paused draft. Starter is $39 for 500 credits, and 30 free credits let you try static ads on your own brand first.