What Is a Performance Creative Agency?
A performance creative agency makes ads that are judged on results: cost per purchase, ROAS, cost per install or cost per lead. The work is built to be tested. Instead of one polished film, you get many genuinely different concepts, hooks and formats, and the next round is built from what the numbers say.
That's a different job from a brand agency. On Meta and TikTok, creative now does most of the targeting. The delivery system shows each ad to the people most likely to respond to it, so the variety and quality of your ads decide who you reach and what you pay. Since Meta's Andromeda update, that's truer than ever.
It also means ads wear out. In our data, top ads kept only 29% of their spend three months later, and large accounts ran about one live creative per $1,000 of weekly spend. A performance creative agency exists to keep that pipeline full.
TL;DR: Top Performance Creative Agencies
Biddyco: The strongest pick for brands spending $100K to $5M+/month on Meta that want UGC, motion and static ads from one US-based senior team, built from what's working across 100+ accounts.
M+C Saatchi Performance: A global growth marketing network with 13 offices and a performance creative studio, strongest for apps and multi-market brands.
TubeScience: A Los Angeles creative partner with a 100,000 square foot studio and pay-for-performance pricing, for brands scaling toward seven figures a month.
Narrative: A high-volume UGC and studio creative shop for enterprise performance teams that need hundreds of variants a month.
No Boring Content: A creative-only UGC and statics shop for mid-market DTC brands that already have a media buyer.
How Performance Creative Agencies Differ
Creative-Only vs. Creative and Media
Some agencies only make the ads and work with your media buyer. Others make the ads and run the campaigns. Creative-only shops tend to go deeper on production and volume. Combined agencies tighten the loop between results and the next batch. Both work, but know which you're getting.
Human-Made vs. AI-Assisted
Most agencies now use AI somewhere, for scripting, voiceover or versioning. A few generate most of the video with AI. That can be cheaper and faster, but our view is that real creators and real product still win for most brands. More in AI UGC ads.
Ecommerce vs. Apps
App user acquisition is its own world, with different channels, measurement and creative formats. If you're marketing an app or a game, look for an agency that specializes in it.
With that in mind, here's the full ranked list.
1. Biddyco
UGC, motion and static ads built from what's working across 100+ accounts
Biddyco is a creative agency for Meta ads for brands spending $100K to $5M+/month on paid social. We make UGC, motion graphics, UGC and motion hybrids, static ads and GIF-style ads, so an account gets genuinely different ads instead of ten versions of one.
Most of our creators come from our own private UGC creator network, built by full-time staff who recruit top creators, and we cast for each brand's buyer and coach creators so the ads don't feel fake. Editing, animation and design all happen in house. We work across 100+ accounts spending $20M+ a month on Meta, and we publish what we learn, from hook rate benchmarks to how long winning ads last. New files land every 2 to 4 weeks, and we aim for one round of feedback.
Services: UGC Video Ads, Motion Graphics Ads, UGC and Motion Hybrids, Static and GIF-Style Ads, CTV and YouTube Spots, Creative Strategy
Standout Clients: Uber, Constant Contact, Momofuku, SmartyPants Vitamins, ZBiotics, iHerb
Best For: DTC, CPG and tech brands spending $100K to $5M+/month on Meta that need a steady flow of genuinely different ads.
Why Choose Biddyco:
- UGC, motion and static ads from one US-based senior team
- Creative decisions backed by original data across 100+ accounts
- Results like Momofuku's 6x and ZBiotics' 4x growth in Meta spend, and a 59% lift in SmartyPants' paid social ROAS
2. M+C Saatchi Performance
Global app marketing with a creative studio
M+C Saatchi Performance is a global growth marketing network with 13 offices, including London, New York and Los Angeles. It's strongest in app marketing and media, with a performance creative studio alongside it. It has been part of M+C Saatchi Group since 2010.
Services: Media Buying, App Marketing, Paid Social, Performance Creative Studio, Measurement
Standout Clients: Canva, Grab, FanDuel, SoundCloud
Best For: App and digital brands that need media and creative across many markets.
Why Choose M+C Saatchi Performance:
- Global reach
- App marketing depth
- Media and creative together
3. TubeScience
Performance video at scale, with pay-for-performance pricing
TubeScience is a paid social creative partner in Los Angeles with a 100,000 square foot studio and weekly creative sprints across Meta, TikTok, YouTube, AppLovin and Snapchat. It says it makes 8,000 videos a month and manages $2.7B in annual Meta spend.
Its model is pay for performance: it says ads that miss their targets cost nothing. It prefers brands ready to scale to seven-figure monthly spend.
Services: Creative Strategy, In-House Production, Weekly Creative Sprints, Performance Media Buying, Measurement
Standout Clients: Unilever, Capital One, HelloFresh, The Farmer's Dog, Prose
Best For: Large DTC and consumer brands at or near seven figures a month.
Why Choose TubeScience:
- Huge in-house production capacity
- Pay-for-performance pricing
- Weekly testing cadence
4. Narrative
Hundreds of UGC and studio ads a month for performance teams
Narrative is a paid social creative studio that says it is 100% focused on performance creative. It makes UGC and studio ads, TikTok trend content and edits at very high volume, with its own A/B testing framework. It says it has a 200+ person in-house team and ships 980+ video ads a week.
Services: UGC Creative, Studio Creative, TikTok Trends, Strategy, Editing, Creative Testing
Standout Clients: Instacart, Trade Coffee, Function of Beauty
Best For: Enterprise and app performance teams that need hundreds of variants a month.
Why Choose Narrative:
- Very high creative volume
- UGC and studio production in house
- A structured testing framework
5. No Boring Content
Creative-only UGC and statics for DTC brands
No Boring Content, with offices in Brisbane and New York, makes creator UGC, UGC hybrids, statics and motion for DTC brands, and runs its own creative intelligence platform, HypeCrowd. It's deliberately creative only and works with your media buyer.
It publishes its tiers by volume, from 50 to 102 assets a month, recommends a Meta budget of $20K+ a month and starts with a two-month pilot.
Services: Creator UGC, UGC Hybrids, Statics and Motion, Customer Research, Weekly Creative Drops
Standout Clients: Laura Geller, WelleCo, Purple Carrot, Juice Plus, Vetster
Best For: Mid-market DTC brands with a media buyer in place that need 50+ assets a month.
Why Choose No Boring Content:
- Clear volume tiers
- 48-hour first cuts
- A pilot before a longer commitment
6. Native Labs
Scripted UGC ads shot in house with actors
Native Labs is a Los Angeles studio that scripts and shoots UGC-style ads in house with its own roster of 250+ actors, rather than sourcing influencers, with perpetual usage rights. It also makes CTV and YouTube spots and runs an ongoing statics program, and it charges a flat fee based on the number of videos a month.
Services: Performance UGC, CTV and YouTube Spots, Direct-Response Editing, Static Ads
Standout Clients: Tide, Petco, Dr. Squatch, Pact, Embark
Best For: DTC and retail brands that want controlled, actor-led UGC without managing creators.
Why Choose Native Labs:
- Everything shot in house
- Usage rights handled for you
- Flat monthly pricing by volume
7. Chamber Media
Performance video and paid media for scaling ecommerce brands
Chamber Media, based in American Fork, Utah, makes short- and long-form performance video and statics and runs paid media across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest and CTV, for brands growing from about $1M to $100M. It says it has produced 300,000+ ads.
It's one of the few agencies here that publishes its pricing: about $5,000 to $10,000 a month for creative, strategy and management, with suggested ad spend of at least $5,000 a month for local brands and $15,000 for national ones.
Services: Performance Video and Static Ads, Paid Media, Data and Insights, Growth Strategy, YouTube and CTV
Standout Clients: MRCOOL, Tuft & Needle, Fabletics, ClickUp, 1-800-Flowers
Best For: Ecommerce and lead-gen brands from 7 to 9 figures that want creative and media together.
Why Choose Chamber Media:
- Published pricing
- Video for social, YouTube and CTV
- Creative and media under one roof
8. Creative Milkshake
Localized performance creative for Europe
Creative Milkshake makes Meta and TikTok performance creative with hubs in Amsterdam, London, Paris, Berlin, Dublin and Stockholm, mixing studio and creator production and localizing ads into 7 languages. It also buys media.
It says its work cut N26's cost per mobile registration by 65% and doubled iwoca's Meta spend.
Services: Creative Strategy, Studio and Creator Production, Localization, Paid Media, Measurement
Standout Clients: N26, Wise, iwoca, Playtika, Jimmy Joy
Best For: Fintech, gaming and ecommerce brands running in several European languages.
Why Choose Creative Milkshake:
- Localization in 7 languages
- A European creator and studio network
- Creative and media together
9. inBeat
UGC, influencer and paid media for consumer brands and apps
inBeat is a creator-led creative agency, part of the Fieldtrip agency network, that pairs UGC production and ad testing with influencer marketing and paid media across Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and Google. It also does mobile app user acquisition. It says it ships 300+ assets a month for Hopper.
Services: UGC Production, Creative Strategy, Ad Testing, Influencer Marketing, Paid Media, App UA
Standout Clients: HelloFresh, Bumble, Hopper, New Balance, NielsenIQ
Best For: Consumer apps and CPG brands that want UGC, influencer and paid media from one team.
Why Choose inBeat:
- UGC and influencer under one roof
- App UA experience
- A testing-led approach
10. VideGro
Fast video iteration on a fixed fee
VideGro makes and iterates social video ads quickly, reformatting and testing variables for every platform, and says it can deliver new videos in as little as 24 hours. It charges fixed fees with no percentage of ad spend and doesn't buy media.
Services: Performance Video Ads, Iteration and Testing, Reformatting, TV
Standout Clients: Ridge, ThirdLove, Bear Mattress, Adore Me
Best For: DTC brands that want lots of edited video variants at a predictable price.
Why Choose VideGro:
- Speed
- Fixed-fee pricing
- Built around iteration
11. Y'all
Boutique creative and media buying for CPG and DTC
Y'all is a boutique agency in San Antonio that pairs static, animated, video and UGC creative with media buying across Meta, TikTok, Google and X, plus measurement setup. It says it was named a top 1% DTC agency by 1-800-DTC in 2026, and that it scaled Pamos's spend 9x in three months while cutting CPA 49%.
Services: Static, Animated and Video Ads, UGC and Whitelisting, Media Buying, Measurement
Standout Clients: Dermaflash, Great Many, Save Trees, Pamos
Best For: Smaller and mid-size CPG and DTC brands that want one team for creative and buying.
Why Choose Y'all:
- Creative and media in one boutique team
- Strong CPG and DTC focus
- Clear case-study results
12. RocketShip HQ
Creative and user acquisition for consumer apps
RocketShip HQ, in New York, is a mobile UA and performance creative agency for consumer apps and games. It makes UGC and other ad creative, runs UA across Meta, TikTok, Google, AppLovin and 10+ channels, and also offers advisory for in-house teams. It says it has tested 10,000+ ad creatives.
Fully managed service requires $50,000+ a month in ad spend.
Services: Mobile UA, Creative Strategy and Production, AI Ad Analysis, Advisory
Standout Clients: Lingokids, Elevate, Ibotta, Bumble, Zynga
Best For: Subscription and gaming apps spending $50K+ a month.
Why Choose RocketShip HQ:
- App UA specialists
- Creative and media together
- Advisory option for in-house teams
13. AppAgent
Ad creative and growth for mobile games
AppAgent, based in Prague, is a creative and growth partner for mobile game publishers, covering game ad creative, UGC ads and user acquisition strategy. It's a Meta, Google and TikTok creative partner.
Services: Game Ad Creative, UGC Ads, UA Strategy, Growth Programs
Standout Clients: Supercell, Square Enix, Scopely, Outfit7, Wooga
Best For: Mobile game studios and publishers that need specialist game ad creative.
Why Choose AppAgent:
- Deep mobile gaming experience
- Creative and UA strategy together
- Work for top game publishers
14. Pilothouse
Full-funnel DTC performance with creative in house
Pilothouse, in Victoria, British Columbia, is a full-funnel DTC performance agency that keeps creative strategy and production, paid media, email and SMS, CRO and Amazon under one roof. It says Benchmade's Meta revenue rose 200%+ with new-customer CPA down 25%.
Services: Creative Strategy and Production, Paid Media, Email and SMS, CRO, Amazon, Attribution
Standout Clients: Benchmade, Hestan, Chamberlain Coffee, AeroPress
Best For: Established DTC brands that want creative, media and retention from one agency.
Why Choose Pilothouse:
- Creative and media together
- Full-funnel services
- Strong DTC case studies
15. Admiral Media
AI-assisted creative and UA for apps
Admiral Media is a remote app and game UA agency with a largely European client base. Its creative is mostly AI-generated, through what it calls an AI Creative Factory: team-written briefs, AI-generated video and a human edit. It publishes pricing from €363 per finished video ad, in batches of 20 to 80.
Services: AI-Generated Video Ads, Paid Social and Search, Apple Ads, ASO, Measurement
Standout Clients: FreeNow, Omio, Glovo, ShopBack, Cookpad
Best For: Consumer apps that want UA and a high-volume, low-cost AI creative feed.
Why Choose Admiral Media:
- Published per-ad pricing
- High volume at low cost
- App UA experience
How to Choose a Performance Creative Agency
Ask How Many Concepts You Get
Volume matters, but variety matters more. Ask how many genuinely different concepts arrive each month, not just how many edits. See creative diversity on Meta.
Ask What They Measure
A performance creative agency should judge ads on your cost per purchase, ROAS or cost per install, and use metrics like hook rate to explain why. Ask how results feed the next batch.
Ask Who Makes the Work
In-house team, freelancers, creators or AI? All can work, but you should know. Ask who casts, scripts, edits and animates your ads.
Ask About Pricing
Models range from per-asset fees and flat monthly retainers to percentage of spend and pay for performance. See what a creative agency for Meta ads costs and our UGC agency buyer's guide.
Choosing a Performance Creative Partner That Actually Moves the Needle
The agencies on this list range from creative-only studios and UGC shops to app UA specialists and agencies that run media too. The right one depends on what you sell, where you advertise and whether you already have a media buyer.
If your brand spends six or seven figures a month on paid social, look for a team that makes many genuinely different ads, tests them against real results and builds each new round from what performed.
Biddyco is a creative agency for Meta ads for brands spending $100K to $5M+/month, making UGC, motion, hybrid and static ads with a US-based senior team. See more data in our Meta Ads Statistics hub, or book an intro call.
FAQ
What is performance creative?
Ad creative made to drive and be judged on measurable results, like purchases, installs or leads, rather than awareness alone. It's built to be tested, with many concepts, hooks and formats, and each new round is shaped by what performed.
What does a performance creative agency do?
It researches your customers, writes and produces ads for platforms like Meta, TikTok and YouTube, tests them and builds new ads from the results. Some also buy the media. Others work alongside your media buyer.
How is performance creative different from brand creative?
Brand creative aims to build long-term awareness and meaning, often with one big idea. Performance creative aims to drive measurable action now, with many variations to test. The best accounts use both, and on Meta the line is blurring because creative now does most of the targeting.
How much does a performance creative agency cost?
It varies. Among agencies on this list that publish pricing, Admiral Media's AI ads start at €363 per video, No Boring Content sells tiers of 50 to 102 assets a month, and TubeScience works on pay for performance. Specialist creative agencies for large Meta advertisers often start around $10,000 a month.
Should my performance creative agency also buy media?
Not necessarily. Creative-only agencies often go deeper on production and variety, while combined agencies tighten the feedback loop. If you have a strong media buyer, a creative-only partner is often the better fit.
