An agency costs $5K/month. Mani costs $49.
A creative agency delivers strategic thinking and polished campaigns - but the monthly retainer and 2-week turnaround do not scale.
What you do today with Agency
You brief your agency, wait 1-2 weeks for concepts, give rounds of feedback, approve finals. Minimum $3-5K/month retainer for ongoing work.
What Mani does instead
Mani scans your website, learns your brand DNA (colors, tone, audience), then generates ad creative grounded in what actually converts for your audience.
The 6 gaps
Brand DNA auto-extraction
Mani scans your website and builds a brand profile automatically. No manual setup.
Audience-grounded copy
Every headline and CTA is written for your specific audience.
Multi-platform adaptation
One brief generates variations for every platform.
Performance-aware generation
Mani learns from what you save and discard.
Product photo compositing
Upload product photos and Mani generates ads with your real products.
90-second first ad
Paste a URL, get your first ad in 90 seconds.
Honest take
Choose Agency when:
Choose an agency when you need full-service creative strategy, brand positioning work, or campaigns that require human strategic thinking.
Choose Mani when:
Choose Mani when you need high-volume ad creative grounded in your brand DNA - generated in seconds, not hours.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Mani | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| Brand DNA extraction | ✓ Automatic | ✗ Not available |
| AI ad generation | ✓ Purpose-built | ◐ Generic |
| Multi-platform export | ✓ All platforms | ◐ Limited |
| Audience targeting | ✓ Built-in | ✗ Manual |
| Performance learning | ✓ Swipe-to-train | ✗ No feedback |
| Product compositing | ✓ Real products | ✗ Not available |
| Email campaigns | ✓ Brand-grounded | ◐ Basic |
| Social post generation | ✓ Multi-platform | ◐ Limited |
| Ad cloning | ✓ URL → variations | ✗ Not available |
| Background generation | ✓ Automatic | ✗ Manual |
| Cost per ad | ~$0.50 | Varies |
| Time to first ad | 90 seconds | 30+ minutes |
| Brand consistency | Automatic | Manual |
| Copy generation | ✓ AI-generated | ◐ Generic |
| Layout intelligence | ✓ Platform-aware | ✗ Fixed |
| Free tier | ✓ 10 ads/month | Varies |
Process: 5 steps vs 7 steps
Mani (5 steps)
- 1 Paste URL
- 2 Brand DNA extracted
- 3 Choose format
- 4 Generate variations
- 5 Publish
Agency (7 steps)
- 1 Research competitors
- 2 Write brief
- 3 Create layout
- 4 Write copy
- 5 Design visuals
- 6 Resize per platform
- 7 Review and publish