Last updated October 2026
Meet the Ryze AI alternative that puts safety first
Ryze's agent runs your ads on its own and asks you to approve some of its changes. With AdKit, your Claude or ChatGPT writes drafts you can see before they go live, and you decide if it may publish. Plus competitor tracking, 1M+ ads and a creative studio, from $29.
The short version
| Dimension |   | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Ads only, and deeper: 8 platforms, competitor tracking, a 1M+ ad library, a creative studio, drafts, a dashboard. | An agent running your ads 24/7 on 12 platforms (four in chat only). SEO and Shopify CRO on separate plans. |
| Who is in control | You. Every change is a draft, and you set per agent whether it may publish. | Ryze's agent. Its changes wait in an Inbox for your approval. Requests in the in-app chat skip approval by default. |
| What you see before it goes live | The draft with its preview and every setting, in the dashboard. | A before/after row in the Inbox. Through Ryze's MCP connector, only your Claude or ChatGPT's approval prompt. |
| Competitor tracking | Any competitor by URL, tracked continuously, with new-ad alerts and a swipe file. 1M+ ads behind it. | Up to 5 competitors per workspace, refreshed once a week, email alerts off by default. |
| Platforms | 8 with write access: Meta, Google, TikTok, Reddit, LinkedIn, X, Microsoft, ChatGPT Ads. | 12, Snapchat and Pinterest among them. Four of the twelve work in the chat only. |
| Price | $29/month for one project, $49/month for unlimited. Unlimited calls and team members, 7-day trial. | $89/month for up to 3 workspaces, $279/month for unlimited client workspaces, both with monthly credits. |
or ask an AI to help you choose:
"Loving AdKit! It works flawlessly with my Claude Code setup, and the value is fantastic. I came from another tool and not only does it save me money, there's basically no trade-off for what I need, and the support is 10/10. Definitely recommend!"
Mitch Hills
CEO at Mastered Marketing
The complete comparison
Who makes the changes: Ryze, or you
Ryze's agent works 24/7 inside your live account. It proposes changes, parks them in an Inbox as before/after rows, and you approve or reject. Ask its in-app chat for a change instead, and that goes live with no approval step, by default.
In AdKit nothing moves unless you ask. Your Claude or ChatGPT proposes a change, you open the draft in the dashboard, you check the preview and the settings, you publish. For an agent you trust, give its key the right to publish and skip that step.
In Ryze, the agent runs your account and loops you in. In AdKit, you run it, and the agent does the work.
Where Ryze covers more ground
Ryze wins here. It is one agent for the whole marketing job: 12 ad platforms (four in chat only), Shopify sales next to your ad data, SEO on a separate plan from $129, UGC video.
AdKit does one job: ads. 8 platforms your agent can write to, and everything around them: competitor tracking, a 1M+ ad library, a creative studio, drafts and a dashboard. Search Console and GA4 connect for keyword and traffic data, but SEO is not what AdKit is for.
If you want one agent for ads, SEO and Shopify, Ryze covers it. If ads are the whole job, AdKit is built for exactly that.
Who's cheaper? 👀
Ryze starts at $89 a month for up to 3 workspaces, and the Agency plan is $279 for unlimited client workspaces. Each plan comes with a monthly credit balance that the in-app chat and the creatives spend, and top-ups cost extra. The $89 does include UGC video, which AdKit does not make.
AdKit is $29 a month for one project, $49 for unlimited projects and ad accounts, with unlimited team members and no credits. Connect once, and your agent sees every client's project.
An agency with more than three clients pays $279 on Ryze and $49 on AdKit.
Where your next ad comes from
Ryze works from your account data. For outside ideas it has Competitor Ads: 5 competitors per workspace, refreshed once a week, so a competitor's new ad can be a week old before you see it. Its creatives come from a prompt or an ad template.
With AdKit you follow as many competitors as you want and get an alert when one runs a new ad. Behind that, 1M+ ads from 8,000+ advertisers on Meta, Google and LinkedIn, and a swipe file. See an ad that works, clone it with your branding in the studio.
Ryze tunes the ads you already have. AdKit shows you what to make next.
"If you've ever tried any other MCP, you'll quickly realize that they might give you access to your data, but the moment you start creating campaigns, everything will break. Adkit created something that just works like magic."
Flo Pariset
Founder of Notis AI
Find what's best for you
Pick AdKit if you manage multiple ad accounts and want control.
You run several ad accounts, some for clients, and on Monday someone asks about Friday's budget change. That change went through you first.
Your agent proposes, you look at the draft, you publish. Or, for an agent you trust, you give it the right to publish on its own.
You want competitor tracking, the library and the studio next to your campaigns, so a competitor's new ad becomes your next variation without changing tabs.
You want a dashboard, not only a chat log: each draft with its preview, plus campaigns and reports for every project.
That is marketers running several accounts, founders doing their own ads, and agencies.
Pick Ryze if you trust an AI to do the job better than you.
You want the account worked on while you sleep. Approvals wait in Ryze's Inbox for when you check in.
You sell on Shopify and want sales data next to your ad data.
You want ads and SEO from one vendor, even on separate plans.
You run ads on Snapchat or Pinterest, which AdKit does not connect to.
If that is you, Ryze fits better.
"AdKit has legit sped up my workflow 5x or more. Completely worth it. Occasional bugs, but they're small and the team fixes them asap. I've only used it for Meta so far, but will do Google and TikTok soon. I'm blown away at the product. Connected with Claude, this is a legit game changer."
Gabe Salinas
Founder of Brolo
A word from the founder
Hi there 👋 I'm Nico, the founder of AdKit 😄
Before building startups, I was a media buyer. I managed over $1,000,000 in Ads, sold two startups grown with ads, and helped 1,000+ makers learn Meta Ads through my online guides.
I love ads but... it involves a lot of repetitive, boring work 😩 And I hated every second of it. So I built AdKit to fix that.
To let me and other marketers focus on the fun parts: the strategy, the thinking, the creativity. And not have to waste my time clicking around in buggy interfaces.
It's the app I always dreamed of, and I hope you'll like it too 😀
Everything side-by-side
Product category & scope
| Feature | | |
|---|---|---|
| Product type | Full ads toolbox: research, create, draft, publish, optimize | AI marketer: paid ads run 24/7, plus SEO (from $129) and Shopify CRO on other plans |
| Primary job | Competitor tracking + creative + drafts you publish from the dashboard | Run paid ads 24/7 with approvals in an Inbox |
| Target audience | Marketers, founders, agencies running several accounts | Advertisers and agencies who want the account run for them |
Company & trust
| Company location | Singapore | United States |
| Data hosted in | Europe | Unknown |
| Founder background | Nico Jeannen, ex media buyer. Managed $1M+ ad spend, sold two startups grown with ads, taught 1,000+ makers Meta Ads. | Ira Bodnar (Meow AI, LLC, San Francisco) |
| Trains AI on your data | No. | Unknown |
| Date founded | April 2025 | 2024 |
| Funding | Independent & 100% Bootstrapped | Unknown |
| Open Source | No | No |
Agent safety & architecture
| Safety model | Every change is a draft in the dashboard. You publish with one click, or an agent key you chose does. | Inbox approvals. In-app chat and optional Managed Campaigns skip approval by default; connector writes rely on your client's prompt. |
| Draft system | Yes | No |
| Agent permission levels | Read-only, Draft only, or Draft + Publish, per agent key, set by workspace admins | Three in-app chat modes: Manual approve, Approve write & delete, Skip all approvals (default) |
| What you see before it goes live | The campaign in the dashboard, the way it will go live | A before/after table (Inbox), or your own client's approval prompt (MCP) |
| Agent can touch live account | Only through a published draft: by you, or by an agent key you gave Draft + Publish | After Inbox approval; directly in the in-app chat with the default setting; directly inside an optional Managed Campaign |
| AI can act without your approval | Only if you gave its key Draft + Publish. Otherwise it drafts, you publish. | Yes, by default in the in-app chat and in optional Managed Campaigns |
MCP & platform coverage
| MCP focus | Research, create, launch and manage ads in one loop | 150+ tools. Google Ads: 8 read, 6 approval-gated write including runRawMutate. Meta: 9 read, 3 write including runGraphWrite. |
| Separate platform that runs on its own | No | Yes: 24/7 agent, Inbox, optional Managed Campaigns |
| Meta Ads | Yes | Yes |
| Google Ads | Yes | Yes |
| TikTok Ads | Yes | Yes |
| LinkedIn Ads | Full MCP + ad library | Yes |
| Reddit Ads | Yes | Yes |
| X Ads | Yes | No |
| Microsoft Ads | Yes | Yes |
| ChatGPT Ads | Yes | Yes |
| Other platforms | No | Snapchat, Pinterest, Criteo, StackAdapt, Thrad (the last four in chat only) |
| Search Console and GA4 | Yes, read through your agent | Yes, through its MCP connector |
Competitor research
| Drop-in competitor tracking by URL | Yes, any competitor, scraped continuously, no cap in plan limits | Up to 5 competitors per workspace, refreshed once a week (Google, Meta, LinkedIn) |
| Tracked ad library size | 1M+ ads from 8,000+ advertisers across Meta, Google, LinkedIn | Explore tab by industry; MCP search covers Meta only; 0.5 credits per search |
| New-ad alerts | Yes | One email per new-ad batch, off by default |
| Swipe file / saved inspiration | Yes | Unknown |
AI creative
| Static ad generation | Yes | Yes, 2.5 credits per image |
| UGC video generation | No | Yes, 10 credits per video (9:16, 5 to 12 s) |
| Ads cloning workflow | Yes | Unknown |
| Creative briefs | Yes | Unknown |
| Reference-image workflow | Yes | Ad Templates library (industry references) |
Optimization & management
| Bid optimization | Yes, via MCP | Yes, 24/7 agent with Inbox approvals, or chat |
| Budget rebalancing | Yes, via MCP | Yes, 24/7 agent with Inbox approvals, or chat |
| Pause ads | Yes, via MCP | Yes, 24/7 agent with Inbox approvals, or chat |
| Keyword management | Yes, via MCP. Keyword results include Quality Score diagnostics. | Unknown |
| 24/7 optimization on its own | No | Yes |
| Managed service | No | Optional Managed Campaigns: the agent runs its own campaigns inside a budget you set, 5% of that spend |
| Shopify sales data | No | Yes |
| SEO | Not an SEO tool. Search Console and GA4 connect for keyword and traffic data. | Yes, separate plans from $129/month |
Pricing
| Free Trial | 7 days | 7 days (3 on SEO Starter). $1 non-refundable setup fee. |
| Entry tier | $29/month (1 project, one ad account per platform, MCP included, unlimited calls) | $89/month Paid Ads (750 credits, up to 3 workspaces, unlimited ad accounts) |
| Agency tier | $49/month (unlimited projects and ad accounts, unlimited team members) | $279/month Agency (3,000 credits, unlimited client workspaces, white label) |
| Usage metering | None | Credits: 0.5 per AI step, 2.5 per image, 10 per UGC video. Top-ups $39/100. Connector free except ad-library search. |
Research, draft, publish, optimize. One tool.
Research
Find what's working right now
Browse 1M+ ads or import your competitors. Filter by vertical so you see businesses like yours.
- Competitors tracked across Meta, Google, and LinkedIn automatically
- See which ads are evergreens vs. tests your competitors already killed
- Weekly digest in your inbox. No more scrolling ad libraries.
With your agent
ClaudeWhat's the ad Notion has been running the longest?
Their Postit style ad has been live 142 days, it points to their top landing page (126 ads running to it). Want me to save the creative and LP to your swipe file?
Frequently asked questions
Ready to try it?
Track any competitor's ads, search 1M+ ads, and make creative in AdKit Studio. Your agent drafts, you look, you publish.