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Meta ads
The paid advertising system of Facebook and Instagram: a business pays to show its ads to people selected by age, place, interests, or past behavior.
Price: You set the budget; no fixed price (read 13 October 2026)
Free plan: not applicable
www.facebook.com/business/ads
Who uses it, and for what
One row per story. The grade is for the claim that the business uses this tool, not for its revenue.
| Story | What it does there | When | Cost stated | Grade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcads | Paid ads on Facebook and Instagram, made with Arcads itself; 210 ads ran at once in November 2025. | B | Latka blog, by Nathan Latka, updated 31 August 2026: Arcads Revenue: Bootstrapped to $10M ARR in 22 Months, Shown Live on a Revenue Dashboard | ||
| Faceless.video | Conversion tracking for Facebook and Instagram ads, present in August 2024 and October 2026. | B | Internet Archive copies of faceless.video, 23 July 2023 and 15 August 2024. Also seen in the home page code on 13 October 2026 | ||
| AutoShorts.ai | Conversion tracking for the Facebook and Instagram ads. Facebook and Instagram ads | US$16,439.81 in one month (cost table posted 5 September 2024) | B | AutoShorts.ai home page, partner page and terms, read 13 October 2026 | |
| Magai | Tracking script of Meta's advertising platform on the website, visible in the page source. | B | Magai about page in the Wayback Machine, 3 October 2025. Also seen in the home page code on 13 October 2026 | ||
| Revid.ai | The site loads the Meta pixel, which reports visits and conversions to Meta's ad platform. Meta pixel | B | Revid: About page and key facts, last updated 12 October 2026. Also seen in the home page code on 13 October 2026 | ||
| Castmagic | The site loads the Meta pixel, which reports visits and conversions to Meta's ad platform. Meta pixel | B | Castmagic about page and home page, read 13 October 2026. Also seen in the home page code on 13 October 2026 | ||
| Low Content AI | Tracking script on every page of the site; it reports page views to Meta's advertising system. | B | Low Content AI home page and its page script. Also seen in the home page code on 13 October 2026 | ||
| LocalRank | Tracking pixel in the application page; it reports page views to Meta's advertising system. | B | A public page outside the story's source list | ||
| SoundBoost.ai | Tracking pixel on the website; it reports page views to Meta's advertising system. | B | SoundBoost pricing page and home page, read 13 October 2026 | ||
| Glossa.live | The archived pages of June and September 2025 load the Meta pixel, which reports visits to Meta's ad platform; no source states ad spending. Meta pixel | B | Internet Archive copies of glossa.live, 7 February 2025 to 16 April 2026 | ||
| Polsia | Paid ads for Polsia itself: the site reports sign-ups, trials and subscriptions to Meta through two pixels. Meta pixel and Conversions API on Polsia's own site | B | Polsia Terms of Service and app code, read 12 October 2026. Also seen in the home page code on 13 October 2026 | ||
| TrackAI | Tracking script on the website that reports visits to Meta's advertising system, present in November 2025. | B | TrackAI website: home page, questions and answers, blog, terms and privacy policy, read 13 October 2026, with the archived copy of 19 November 2025. Also seen in the home page code on 13 October 2026 | ||
| Adle | The about page loads Meta's pixel script and records page views for Meta ad tracking. fbevents.js | B | Adle: About, Meet the Founders. Also seen in the home page code on 15 October 2026 | ||
| Setter AI | Tracks website visitors for Meta advertising. | B | Setter AI homepage. Also seen in the home page code on 15 October 2026 | ||
| Sheets Resume | Meta's advertising tag in the page source, which reports visits and conversions to Facebook and Instagram ads. fbevents.js from connect.facebook.net | B | Sheets Resume home page, read 16 October 2026. Also seen in the home page code on 16 October 2026 | ||
| Draft AI | Tracking code on the website that measures visitors for Facebook and Instagram advertising; no source says whether ads were bought. | B | Draft AI home page, getdraft.io, read 16 October 2026. Also seen in the home page code on 16 October 2026 | ||
| Adspirer | Seen on the business's home page: advertising pixel. | B | Home page code, read 15 October 2026 | ||
| Chatbase | Seen on the business's home page: advertising pixel. | B | Home page code, read 13 October 2026 | ||
| Dalea AI | Seen on the business's home page: advertising pixel. | B | Home page code, read 15 October 2026 | ||
| FounderPal | Seen on the business's home page: advertising pixel. | B | Home page code, read 14 October 2026 | ||
| Jungle | Seen on the business's home page: advertising pixel. | B | Home page code, read 16 October 2026 | ||
| Launch Fast | Seen on the business's home page: advertising pixel. | B | Home page code, read 15 October 2026 | ||
| RankAI | Seen on the business's home page: advertising pixel. | B | Home page code, read 15 October 2026 | ||
| traxy | Seen on the business's home page: advertising pixel. | B | Home page code, read 15 October 2026 | ||
| Cal AI | Paid ads on Facebook; in May 2025 the founder was hiring a buyer for them. Facebook ads | C | Latka interview with Zach Yadegari, May 2025: How Cal AI hit $35M ARR and 20,000 daily downloads in under a year | ||
| Talknotes | Main sales channel after the Product Hunt launch, at about US$50 per new customer. Facebook ads | roughly US$30 to US$100 a day | C | SoFarBot, 8 September 2026: TalkNotes actually sold for $200K | |
| Umax | Paid ads on Facebook and Instagram, a smaller channel than paid creators. | C | Whop blog, 28 May 2025: How He Turned Looksmaxxing into $10 Million Dollars with ChatGPT | ||
| DocsBot AI | Paid advertising; a hashed list of paying customers can be sent to Meta to find similar people. | C | A public page outside the story's source list | ||
| Headlime | Paid ads that the founder tried a few times; he says Facebook worked best of the three platforms. Facebook ads | C | Indie Hackers, 1 July 2021: Danny Postma, Zero to 7 Figure Exit in 8 Months with Headlime, AMA | ||
| Neural Frames | Paid ads restarted in June 2025 after two earlier tries without a positive return. | C | A public page outside the story's source list | ||
| Vid.AI | Paid ads on Facebook and Instagram; in September 2026 the only marketing in use. with the Conversions API | C | X posts by Priyam Raj, 4 September 2026: looking for someone to turn around a US$50,000 MRR product | ||
| MagicSlides | Paid ads started in mid-2026 after years without advertising; Claude reads the dashboard for the founder. Facebook ads | C | Sanskar Tiwari on X, posts from 2023 to 2026 | ||
| Nichesss | Paid traffic that tested the first tool and brought the first buyers before the AppSumo launch. Facebook ads; the site also loads the Facebook Pixel | since December 2020 | C | Starter Story, 14 January 2022: This Self-Taught Programmer Built A $360K/Year GPT-3 App. Also seen in the home page code on 14 October 2026 | |
| ChatSEO | Tracks page views and conversion events for marketing, after the user's consent. | C | ChatSEO: Sub-processors, with a change log to 1 September 2026 | ||
| Koe | Measures whether Koe's ads bring authors to the book-season program; a hashed email is sent to Meta for matching. with the Conversions API | C | Koe Privacy Policy | ||
| Pet Plus Us | Paid ads on Facebook and Instagram bring the buyers; the founder says the sales are one-time purchases from ads. Facebook and Instagram ads, pixel plus server-side events for previews, checkouts and payments | C | Pet Plus Us privacy page, last updated 27 September 2026 | ||
| Notis | Paid ads for visibility, the largest cost of the business, until the founder stopped all ads on 9 August 2026. Facebook | until August 2026 | about US$160,000 together with Google Ads, to August 2026 | C | Florian Pariset's newsletter Sunday scaries with Flo, 9 August 2026: I give up. |
| Wave AI | Brought the fast early growth; by February 2026 it had not worked for him for more than a year. | C | Mixergy, 3 February 2026: The $7 Million Vibe Coded App, Andrew Warner's interview with Josh Mohrer | ||
| 3AK Track & Field | The only paid channel, according to the seller message on TrustMRR. | US$50 to US$100 a day | C | TrustMRR profile of 3AK Track & Field, as read on 12 October 2026 | |
| Brawler | Paid advertising, named by the founder and by the Strikr listing as a marketing channel. | C | TrustMRR profile of Brawler, revenue synced 16 October 2026 |
Grade A: the tool's maker or a payment processor confirms the use. Grade B: an independent report, or the tool is visible in public code. Grade C: the founder or the company says so.
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