# StackAdapt review (2026): is it worth it? > Programmatic advertising platform across CTV, display, native and more Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. StackAdapt is a platform for buying programmatic advertising across connected TV, video, display, native, audio, digital out-of-home, email and direct mail. It adds an AI workspace called Ivy Studio, measurement and forecasting tools, and creative services. Plans range from self-serve to managed. - **Category:** Ad Creative & Reporting - **Made by:** StackAdapt Inc. - **Website:** https://www.stackadapt.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want posted prices, since none are shown. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing StackAdapt's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Key features - **Multi-channel buying:** Launches campaigns across connected TV, video, display, native, audio, digital out-of-home, email and direct mail from one platform. - **Ivy Studio:** An AI workspace for planning, analysis, forecasting, optimization and execution, grounded in the account's own campaign data. - **Measurement and attribution:** Includes measurement and forecasting tools and cross-channel attribution, with enhanced reporting on higher plans. - **Dynamic creative:** Dynamic creative optimization is limited on Basic and Grow and unlimited on higher plans, with a Creative Studio service. - **Self-serve or managed:** Basic and Grow are self-serve; Scale, Accelerate and Enterprise can be self-serve or managed. ## Good for - Marketers with programmatic experience who want self-serve access to many channels - Agencies and advertisers running cross-channel campaigns - Teams that want managed service as spend grows ## Worth knowing - The plans page names five plans (Basic, Grow, Scale, Accelerate, Enterprise) but shows no prices, so pricing is recorded as unverified. - The vendor says there is no minimum advertising spend requirement. - Only the Basic plan has a Sign Up button; the other four plans route to a demo request. - Basic pays by credit card, while higher plans offer net terms. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. StackAdapt buys programmatic ads across CTV, video, display, native, audio and more, from one platform. No plan has a published price, only Basic has a Sign Up button, and the other four go through a demo request. - **Value for money: C.** No prices are shown for Basic, Grow, Scale, Accelerate or Enterprise, so we place it at the ordinary grade. The vendor says there is no minimum ad spend. - **Free plan and trial: F.** No free plan and no trial. Basic pays by credit card. - **Features: B.** Buys CTV, video, display, native, audio, out-of-home, email and direct mail, with measurement, an AI workspace and dynamic creative. Dynamic creative is limited on Basic and Grow. - **Ease of use: C.** Campaign setup, targeting and creative to configure. We found no store rating. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with no integrations listed on its record. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from StackAdapt's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among ad creative and reporting tools - StackAdapt's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 13 of the 72 other ad creative and reporting tools we grade, and level with 16. - It stands best on features (B, above 60 of 72) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ad-tools ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of StackAdapt you could make: reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 43 of the 72 other ad creative and reporting tools grade higher. - You could make: Reports: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Ad images and videos made to each network's sizes. - You could not: An API that other software can build on. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Ad creative, AI features, Reports, Public API ## Alternatives - [AdRoll](https://toolgpa.com/tools/adroll): Retargeting and multichannel ads, paid for as you spend. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/adroll-vs-stackadapt) - [Skai](https://toolgpa.com/tools/skai): Omnichannel ad management platform for enterprise media teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/skai-vs-stackadapt) - [Marin Software](https://toolgpa.com/tools/marin-software): Ad data, reporting and automation across search, social and retail. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/marin-software-vs-stackadapt) - [Innovid](https://toolgpa.com/tools/innovid): Ad serving, creative and measurement for omnichannel campaigns. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/innovid-vs-stackadapt) - [Smartly](https://toolgpa.com/tools/smartly-io): Enterprise platform for ad creative, media and measurement. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/smartly-io-vs-stackadapt) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.stackadapt.com/plans-and-packages - https://www.stackadapt.com Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/stackadapt Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).