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MAI gives media teams controlled account execution and measurement workflows. Choose Adsmith when the starting job is developing the next website-led persona and creative experiment, then managing it across Google PMax and Meta. Compare finished output and review effort alongside the quality of the buying decisions.
No credit card required for your first drafts.
When MAI fits: you want configurable media-buying rules, account investigations and a credit-based workspace with an optional managed tier.
| Work | Adsmith | MAI |
|---|---|---|
| Campaigns and channels | Google PMax and Meta in self-service. Google Search and LinkedIn are available through White Glove. | Google, Meta and Microsoft; documentation names Search, Shopping, Demand Gen and Meta specialists. |
| Research and creative | Website research, personas, copy, images and video feed a campaign experiment. | Assets are organized against results; pricing also describes generating or resizing variations. Check supported formats. |
| Approvals and ongoing work | Review creative, settings and budget before publishing unless you explicitly enable auto-publish. | Automatic, manual-review and paused action types, with logged changes. Plan restrictions apply. |
| Buying model | Weekly blended campaign-spend fee plus generated creative; optional White Glove human management. | MAI OS uses monthly credits; MAI PLUS includes custom-scoped managed optimization. |
| Your team’s work | Supply business context, connect an existing ad account, review accuracy and creative fit, and choose the budget. | Set goals, business context, budgets and rules. Supply or create the assets supported by your selected workflow. |
Enter your website and let Adsmith research your business, develop personas, and create your first ad drafts. See whether the ideas fit your offer before you add payment details. There is no obligation to continue.
Add payment to launch or generate additional drafts. Publishing requires your existing Google or Meta ad account. Plan your first campaign
See your first ads freeMAI advertises $99 in trial credits, valid for 60 days, without a credit card. Self-service plans list up to two ad accounts per platform.
Compare what you can actually review: the creative, the campaign setup, and the work you would still need to do.
| Cost | Adsmith | MAI |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly fee | No fixed platform subscription. A weekly blended campaign-spend fee applies while campaigns run; see current Adsmith pricing. | MAI OS lists credit packages from $99 to $999/month, with $199 for 30,000 credits shown as the recommended option. MAI PLUS is custom-priced. Usage varies by task; unlimited autonomous execution is listed under PLUS. See published offer. |
| Creative | $5 for a bundle with keywords, captions, and images; $10 when the bundle includes video. | MAI describes planning, monitoring, tuning, allocation and reporting across Google, Meta and Microsoft, with action-specific operating rules. |
| Management | Campaign management across Google PMax and Meta, with results feeding the next experiment. | MAI describes planning, monitoring, tuning, allocation and reporting across Google, Meta and Microsoft, with action-specific operating rules. |
Ask both products to respond to an underperforming offer with a new creative experiment and a controlled budget change.
Yes. Sign in with email or Google and add your website. Adsmith researches your business and creates your first ad drafts without payment details. You pay when you launch campaigns or generate additional drafts.
Provide your website and business context, check accuracy and creative fit, connect an existing Google or Meta ad account, choose your budget, and review campaign settings and results. Adsmith handles business research, personas, creative generation, and supported campaign management. You approve publishing unless you explicitly enable auto-publish.
Connect your existing Google or Meta ad account, add payment, and review the creative, settings, and budget. You approve publishing unless you enable auto-publish. Adsmith does not create new ad accounts, and each platform still reviews ads under its own rules.
You can stop any campaign at any time. Adsmith’s agent fee applies only while it is running, so we do not continue charging for that campaign after it stops.
Confirm current pricing, what you can review before payment, which ad accounts it connects to, and which work would still belong to your team.
That would overstate the distinction. MAI’s pricing describes generating or resizing asset variations, while its documentation also covers supplied creative. Compare the formats and plan access you need.
Source review: . Written by Adsmith from published product information; not a hands-on performance benchmark. Plans and features can change.