AdSkate vs Motion (2026): which should you pick?

Pick AdSkate if

• Fits if you spend enough on ads to want creative tested before launch
• Works for agencies reporting on which visuals and words perform

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a price before talking to anyone, as none is published
• Not for you if you want a free plan or a trial, as neither is described
• Watch out: the homepage says AdSkate has joined Brunner, so packaging and ownership may change
• Too light for running campaigns, because it only analyses creative

Pick Motion if

• Fits if you spend close to $50K a month on Meta and TikTok and brief editors on which ads to make next
• Works for agencies sending clients ad reports they can open without a login

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you spend well under $50K a month on ads, as $999 is the only published price
• Not for you if you want the tool to make the ads, as it only analyzes them
• Skip it if you were after the Motion calendar and task app, which is a different product
• Watch out: GA4 and Northbeam attribution need Pro, and Pro and Growth are priced through sales
• Watch out: Starter's billing term isn't stated, going over the spend limit brings a sales contact, and it's web only

AdSkate

• No prices are published: the FAQ says pricing is a subscription with tiers and to contact the vendor.
• The homepage banner says AdSkate has joined Brunner, so the product's ownership and packaging may change.
• Access is through a demo or sales contact; no self-serve sign-up or free plan is described.

Motion

• Not the Motion planner: this is a separate product from a different company, for analyzing ad creative.
• Only Starter has a published price; Pro and Growth, for over $50K and $125K of monthly ad spend, are priced through sales.
• Plan limits follow average monthly ad spend over the last 3 months; going over brings a sales contact, not a cutoff.
• It analyzes ads and suggests briefs but does not make the videos or images itself.

AdSkate

Creative analysis

Analyzes images, videos, GIFs and text from ads and ties creative attributes to results such as click-through rate.

Pre-campaign testing

Pre-campaign analysis uses synthetic audiences to test creative before it goes live.

AdSkate GPT

A chat interface for asking plain-language questions about which creative attributes perform best.

Generated creative ideas

Uses generative AI to build ad concepts that combine the highest-performing attributes found in a campaign.

Platform integrations

Lists integrations with Google Ads, Meta Ads, TikTok Ads, WhatsApp, a demand-side platform and a Model Context Protocol connection.

Motion

Visual creative reports

Top performer, comparison and launch reports put each ad's image or video next to its numbers, grouped by creative, and update themselves.

AI tags

Tags every ad by asset type, visual format, hook and angle, so results can be compared by element and gaps in creative variety stand out.

AI tasks and chat

One-click tasks analyze a report, review creative variety or find ads to iterate on, with follow-up chat and a recommended next brief.

Inspo competitor feed

Follow other advertisers to see their newly launched ads in a feed, save ads to boards, and run AI analyses on what rival brands are doing.

Snapshots for sharing

Share live or frozen reports and AI outputs by link with teammates, clients or agencies, who need no Motion login, and hide sensitive data.

Attribution data

Brings Google Analytics 4 and Northbeam attribution and custom conversions into reports, from the Pro plan up.

AdSkate

Pricing could not be confirmed. See adskate.com.

Motion

• Starter$999

  per month for up to $50K ad spend a month; billing term not stated

  Unlimited seats and ad accounts, AI tags and tasks, ad leaderboard, creative analytics, competitor inspiration, benchmarks, MCP access and Slack requests.

• ProCustom

  For brands spending over $50K a month: adds unlimited view-only guests, Northbeam and Google Analytics attribution, video QA in Slack and onboarding.

• GrowthCustom

  For brands spending over $125K a month: adds a dedicated customer success manager, solutions engineering, advanced security and private Slack support.