Instagram ads marketplace
Policy-checked · escrowed · on timeInstagram ads, on the creator's terms. Launched by brands in minutes.
Creators set the rules for every account. Advertisers write one brief and reach every creator who already said yes — with approvals, publishing and payouts handled.
Free plan · No card required · 14-day trial on paid plans
Brands advertise in every category creators allow
Sensitive categories are opt-in
One marketplace
From brief to payout. One system for both sides.
Set objective, budget, audience and formats. AI Studio drafts captions in your brand's persona.
Capabilities
Everything a creator program needs. Nothing it doesn't.
Policy-first matching
Campaigns only reach accounts whose ad policy they pass — categories, keywords, advertisers, formats, minimum price, pacing and posting windows.
Approvals inbox
Every request lands in one inbox. Creators approve, decline or request changes — or let rules approve what fits.
Escrowed payments
Advertisers fund a wallet. The price is reserved at approval, charged on publish and released to the creator on completion.
AI Studio & personas
Personas capture a brand's tone, audience and do's and don'ts. AI Studio writes captions, hashtags, scripts and ideas in that voice.
Bring your own AI key
Add a key from OpenRouter, Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini, Mistral, Groq, DeepSeek, xAI, Together, Fireworks or Azure OpenAI and generations stop consuming Croud credits.
Formats & templates
Feed posts, carousels, Reels and Stories, with templates. Workspace controls can lock, draft-only or hide any of them.
Teams & roles
Run several brands or a creator roster in one workspace. Team-scoped access, custom roles and a full audit log.
API, webhooks & MCP
Everything in the app is in the API. Signed webhooks for every event, and an MCP server so AI agents can work alongside your team.
How it works
Brief to live post in four steps.
- 01
Brief
Advertisers set budget, objective, categories, audience and formats — or let AI draft the brief and captions.
- 02
Match
Every creator account is filtered by its own policy. Only eligible accounts are offered the campaign, ranked by fit.
- 03
Approve
Requests land in the creator's inbox: manual review, rule-based auto-approval, or approve everything that fits.
- 04
Publish & pay
Posts go live in the agreed slot with disclosure added. Funds are reserved at approval and released on completion.
A creator's ad policy
API & MCP
Programmable end to end. Agent-ready.
Campaigns, creatives, placements, approvals, wallet and analytics — everything in the app is in the API. Let AI agents work alongside your team through the MCP server.
curl https://croud.ai/api/v1/campaigns \
-H "Authorization: Bearer crd_live_…" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"name": "Summer Glow Launch",
"objective": "launch",
"category": "beauty",
"budget_cents": 2500000,
"targeting": {
"niches": ["beauty"],
"countries": ["US", "GB", "CA"],
"min_followers": 10000
}
}'claude mcp add --transport http croud https://croud.ai/api/mcp \
--header "Authorization: Bearer crd_live_…"REST API
Scoped keys, idempotent writes
Webhooks
38 signed events
MCP server
141 tools for agents
Rate limits
Per plan, per workspace
From the network
“Our first campaign reached forty creators in a day — and every one of them had already said yes to our category and price.”
Brand marketing lead · Consumer wellness brand
“I say yes to brand deals without a week of back-and-forth. My policy does the filtering — I just approve.”
“Forty creators, one brief, approvals in under an hour. We replaced three spreadsheets and an inbox.”
“Our planning agent drafts campaigns in Croud through the MCP server. The team reviews and launches.”
Pricing
Start free. Scale when it works.
Paid plans lower the marketplace fees on both sides and add seats, automation and up to 100,000 AI credits a month.
Prices in USD · per workspace
Free
For creators and brands getting started.
Free forever
Start for free- Advertiser fee 5% on top
- Creator fee 20% of earnings
- 2 seats
- 1 connected account
- 1 active campaign
- 50 AI credits / month
Starter
For growing creators and small brands.
$290 billed yearly
Start 14-day trial- Advertiser fee 4% on top
- Creator fee 15% of earnings
- 5 seats
- 5 connected accounts
- 10 active campaigns
- 500 AI credits / month
Pro
RecommendedFor agencies and brands running campaigns at scale.
$990 billed yearly
Start 14-day trial- Advertiser fee 3% on top
- Creator fee 10% of earnings
- 20 seats
- 25 connected accounts
- 50 active campaigns
- 3,000 AI credits / month
Business
Advanced controls, compliance and white-label reporting.
$2,990 billed yearly
Start 14-day trial- Advertiser fee 2% on top
- Creator fee 7% of earnings
- 100 seats
- 200 connected accounts
- 500 active campaigns
- 15,000 AI credits / month
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