What are the best Creatify alternatives for a small store?

Five tools are compared below, and they split into two groups: tools that only make creative, and tools that also put the ads into your Meta account. ScaleShot makes image and video ads and launches them on Meta; Arcads is an AI-actor video ad maker, AdCreative.ai is an ad creative generator, Zeely is a Meta ad app and Madgicx is a Meta ad management and analytics tool. Prices below are each vendor's own published price. Where a vendor does not publish a price, the table says so.

Creatify makes AI-avatar video ads and has a free plan that gives 10 monthly credits, up to 2 video or 20 image ads, with a watermark.

We built ScaleShot to learn a store from its website or Shopify link, logo, colours, fonts and voice. Its Ads Agent writes a 30-day plan, makes image ads and short video ads (AI UGC creator videos or animated styles, 4-10 seconds), and launches Facebook/Instagram campaigns from a connected Meta ad account. It asks before it changes anything.

Pricing

Our plans are subscription plus credits: $19.95 for the first 2 weeks, then $42 every 2 weeks, with 500 credits per period. Image ads cost 10 credits (Fast) or 20 (HQ), and video costs 10 credits per second. There is a 14-day money-back guarantee and you can cancel any time in Settings -> Billing.

Where it falls short

• It runs Meta only, not Google or TikTok; it does not guarantee sales or ROAS; and Meta bills ad spend separately.
• It has no human creators or agency service, and we have not verified a Shopify App Store listing.

Arcads makes video ads with AI actors and UGC tools, and lists "1,000+ Captivating AI Actors" on its homepage. Our full Arcads comparison covers Arcads in more detail.

Pricing

Arcads does not show plan prices on its homepage, so we are not quoting any.

Where it falls short

• Prices are not visible before you sign up, so you cannot budget from the public page.
• The homepage does not say it launches campaigns to Meta, so you would upload the videos yourself.

Zeely makes video and image ads and sets up Meta campaigns from the same app, with dashboards that rank ads by spend, CTR, CPA and ROAS. Our guide to Zeely alternatives covers Zeely in more detail.

Pricing

Zeely's pricing page lists Starter at $29.95 a month (struck-through regular price $49.95) with 2,500 credits, Plus at $49.95 with 5,000, and Growth at $79.95 with 10,000. It has no free plan.

Where it falls short

• Its pricing FAQ says Facebook and Instagram ad management involves additional charges of up to 12%.
• The $29.95 price is shown against a higher regular price, so check what you will pay at renewal.

AdCreative.ai sells credits for ad creatives and includes creative scoring and competitor insights. Our comparison of AdCreative.ai alternatives covers AdCreative.ai in more detail.

Pricing

Starter is $39 a month for 10 credits and 1 brand, Professional is $249 for 50 credits and 10 brands, and Ultimate is $999 for 100 credits and 25 brands; yearly billing is 50% off and quarterly 25% off.

Where it falls short

• The pricing page lists "Ad Platform Integrations" but does not say it launches campaigns in Meta.
• Credit counts are low on Starter, at 10 per month.

Madgicx is built around managing and optimising Meta ads, with automation, targeting and analytics. Our guide to Madgicx alternatives covers Madgicx in more detail.

Pricing

Madgicx does not publish a price on its pricing page; the price is shown inside the app by ad-spend tier, from under $1K up to $30K+, and there is a 7-day free trial.

Where it falls short

• You cannot see the price before starting the trial.
• Its tiers are based on ad spend, which is a lot of structure for a store spending very little.

Start with what you are missing. If it is the creative, ScaleShot makes the image and video ads from your store link. If it is the launch step, ScaleShot launches to Facebook/Instagram. For TikTok or AppLovin, which ScaleShot doesn't run, Creatify's Ad Launcher covers them on the $99 Pro plan.

Then check billing. Trustpilot showed Creatify at 3.8 out of 5 from 834 reviews, with 17% one-star; billing and refund disputes were the most common complaint theme. That is one platform's reviews on one day, so read our Creatify review and a few recent reviews yourself. Our roundup of the best AI ad generators covers more AI ad generators.