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88.5/100New York, NY & Los Angeles, CA
CPG, ecommerce, technology, travel, and health brands
High score3 sources
- Budget
- $250k–$1M/mo
- Links
- 11
Performance Creative & UGC agencies
52 agencies·295 sources·Methodology v1.1
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Performance creative and UGC agencies produce the volume and variety of creative that modern paid channels demand. Short-form video, static iterations, hook variants, and creator-style assets built for testing. The category distinguishes itself from traditional production shops through velocity, test-design literacy, and pricing per asset rather than per shoot. Buyers should evaluate output volume, edit-team capacity, hook-library depth, and how the agency closes the loop with media buyers. Strong partners track creative performance against spend tiers and refresh winning concepts before fatigue. Pricing models range from per-asset packages to monthly retainers, and the best operators publish learnings rather than withholding them.
52 results
Creative Milkshake
76/100Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Brands seeking data-driven UGC and paid social ads on Meta and TikTok
Top 5 by score3 sources
- Budget
- $10k–$50k/mo
- Links
- 11
Admiral Media
71/100Barcelona, Spain
Published work for NeuroNation: +117% ROAS, +66% installs, +32% purchases, +42% net cohort revenue, -39% CPI over 15 months.
Top 5 by score15 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 21
IndependentView profile
VM MEDIA
69/100Dubai, UAE
Published work for Almeswak Medical Group: Conversion rate lifted 10% while CAC was cut 40%.
Top 5 by score3 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 5
IndependentView profile
Always Improve (AIM)
68/100Kandern, Germany
Published work for Taiga Naturkost: +335% revenue year over year.
Top 5 by score5 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 8
IndependentView profile
NewForm
68/100New York, NY
Published work for Betr: +25% incremental ad spend held under CPA targets.
10 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 14
IndependentView profile
Best Practice Media
67/100Published work for Drip EZ: +430% increase in managed ad spend with +25% ROAS improvement, +43% CTR improvement and 15% lower cost-per-purchase.
11 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 15
IndependentView profile
Harmon Brothers
66/100Provo, UT
Published work for Sash Bag: 3x revenue within 4 months.
8 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 11
IndependentView profile
MVR Digital
66/100Published work for Topicals: First-purchase CPA cut from $50+ to under $16 (65% decrease), 14x revenue growth in just over 5 months, 100% conversion increase in NYC and LA, hero product sold out 4x in the first 3 months and 35% repurchase-rate increase.
10 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 14
IndependentView profile
Shuttlerock
66/100Published work for TUI: TikTok: 10.1 point lift in ad recall, 24% increase in 6s video through rate, 45M impressions.
10 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 14
IndependentView profile
ECOM HOUSE
65/100Gräfelfing, Germany
Published work for DOONAILS: Scaled from €300K to €3M per month.
3 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 4
IndependentView profile
Iblix Digital
65/100Kolkata, India
Published work for Fuel Shoes: ROAS from 3.1x to 4.7x with CAC down 31% and 3.9% CTR, off a 20-video-per-month creative retainer (160+ creatives).
6 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 8
IndependentView profile
Donutz Digital
64/100Klaipeda, Lithuania
Published work for Audilo: +23% increase in Meta Ads profitability with -7% decrease in ad spend and 45% more website traffic.
7 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 9
IndependentView profile
Clinica de Marketing
63/100Bucharest, Romania
Published work for AG Customz: 700+ orders in the first 7 days at a 12.37 RON cost per acquisition.
9 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 12
IndependentView profile
Sociallyin
62/100Atlanta, GA
Published work for Emma Sleep: 3.0+ ROAS from a targeted North American creator pool for Black Friday.
8 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 10
IndependentView profile
Sticki
62/100Published work for Hairhouse: 116% increase in ROAS, 722% increase in average CTR, 233% increase in thumb-stop ratio and 95% decrease in CPA after Sticki-produced UGC entered the Meta rotation.
11 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 15
IndependentView profile
Y'all
62/100Published work for FlavCity: 10x increase in creative output and testing velocity, with multiple ads sustaining 5x+ ROAS across 15 tested strategic angles.
6 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 10
IndependentView profile
ADCOLLECTIVE
60/100Berlin, Germany
Published work for Liebscher & Bracht: Paid social built from €0 to over €79,000 monthly ad spend.
3 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 5
IndependentView profile
ADSHUB
60/100Friedrichsdorf, Germany
Published work for Rose on Six: Scaled from €0 to €660K monthly revenue in 6 months and a €1.2M/month run-rate, with ADSHUB owning creative strategy, scripting and weekly winning-angle iteration.
3 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 5
IndependentView profile
Fresh Content Society
60/100Chicago, IL
Published work for LINE-X: $3M+ in earned media value, 25+ videos over 1M views each, 95M video views (+3,115%) over three years.
8 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 10
IndependentView profile
Growth Gorilla
59/100London, UK
Published work for Wayhome: CPA reduced by 50% in under 4 weeks after launching a Facebook Lookalike campaign, with a 69% CPA reduction in Berkshire.
8 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 12
IndependentView profile
Advertace
58/100Hamburg, Germany
Published work for Jägermeister: 4.3 Meta ROAS at €0.46 CPC.
4 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 5
IndependentView profile
Aura Ads
58/100London, UK
Published work for Mindful Chef: 126 bespoke creative assets across 48 creators delivered.
4 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 6
IndependentView profile
Chamber Media
58/100Published work for MrCool: Revenue grew from $10M to $300M+ over five years at a 20:1 blended return across all channels, with 200M+ views across 15 productions.
6 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 8
IndependentView profile
DataSauce
58/100Melbourne, Australia
Published work for Hairhouse: 722% increase in average CTR, 116% increase in ROAS, 233% increase in thumb-stop ratio and 95% decrease in CPA from UGC creative in the Meta rotation.
5 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 8
IndependentView profile
TubeScience
58/100Los Angeles, CA
Published work for Dr. Squatch: 1.6x ROAS from new customers and a 50% increase in marketing budget across 248 original videos.
3 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 5
IndependentView profile
StreetTalk
57/100New York, NY
Published work for Cloudy: Higher ROAS than any other asset in the ad campaign, at 2.63x+ ROAS.
4 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 5
IndependentView profile
stronger
57/100Hamburg, Germany
Published work for SNOCKS: 363 creatives produced.
7 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 10
IndependentView profile
MuteSix
56/100Published work for Moon Juice: 310% increase in Facebook spend with 330% increase in subscriptions, 61% lower Snapchat CPMs vs Facebook, and on Google 120% spend increase, 184% purchase increase, 164% revenue increase and 18% ROAS increase.
7 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 11
IndependentView profile
Roads
56/100Published work for The Smilist: Grew from €300k to €4M+ annual revenue over two years.
3 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 4
IndependentView profile
Brandpeak
55/100Published work for Clan de Banlieue: 8.54 ROAS on Meta Ads with an 80.89% CPA reduction for the streetwear brand.
4 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 5
IndependentView profile
brkfst.io
55/100Published work for Timberland: 180 ads created.
6 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 8
IndependentView profile
Fast Progression
55/100Berlin, DE
Published work for IU Internationale Hochschule: 70 UGC-Briefings mit 40 Creatorn produziert, über 250 Creative-Variationen getestet, TikTok-Budget in 3 Monaten verfünffacht.
3 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 5
IndependentView profile
The Graygency
55/100London, UK
Published work for Lick: +66% new customer acquisition, -7.5% CPA, 54% increase in ad spend and 200% more creative tested.
7 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 10
IndependentView profile
Voy Media
55/100New York, NY
Published work for Lacoste: 48.12 ROAS on prospecting, $1.67 cost per purchase, $0.07 CPC, 7.9% CTR and 1,034 purchases at $67 AOV on the face mask campaign.
4 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 6
IndependentView profile
Goodo Studios
54/100Published work for She's Birdie: CTR more than tripled from 0.7% to 2.74%, account moved from below-breakeven ROAS to profitable, with 7 ads each scaling past $100K in spend and one past $500K.
3 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 5
IndependentView profile
JUICE
54/100Miami, FL
Published work for RSVLTS: 7X return on ad spend, 2,600 sales over a 6-day campaign and 3.5X more Black Friday sales YoY.
10 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 16
IndependentView profile
ZweiDigital
53/100Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Published work for Taynie: 40+ UGC videos produced.
4 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 7
IndependentView profile
adQuadrant
52/100Irvine, CA
Published work for JoyJolt: $1M TikTok Shop GMV in 90 days (842x growth from $1,187) with 53x paid-media ROI.
4 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 7
IndependentView profile
contentkueche GmbH
52/100München, DE
Published work for LV 1871 (Lebensversicherung von 1871 a.G.): Über 30.000 TikTok-Follower und mehr als 440.000 Likes.
7 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 9
IndependentView profile
Nativz
52/100Dallas, TX
Published work for College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving: +246% key events (leads) and +50.6% paid-social active users in 14 days at a $7.13 CPL vs a $20+ average, GA4-verified.
6 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 9
IndependentView profile
Nerds
52/100Cologne, Germany
Published work for ABUS (WINTECTO One): 10x more purchases at 60% lower CPA through a strategic funnel setup and sustained creative testing.
3 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 4
IndependentView profile
REAL. Marketing
52/100Salach, DE
Published work for Pusch Data GmbH (Gründer Bootcamp): 80 qualifizierte Leads über Paid Ads, 6 % CTR, <5 € CPL, doppelt so viele Leads wie die Voragentur.
3 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 5
IndependentView profile
Arda Media
51/100Dormagen, Germany
Published work for Golden Pump: Over 600,000 views on individual Meta ad creatives and 500+ direct sales attributed to individual videos.
5 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 9
IndependentView profile
Soar With Us
51/100Published work for AKT London: CAC down 59% and new-customer orders up 300% in six months, off 456 creatives launched of which 350 were produced in-house.
5 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 6
IndependentView profile
Globalist GmbH
50/100Published work for Statement Clothing: Meta ROAS rose to 9.22 in the first two weeks and stabilised between 6 and 7.
7 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 13
IndependentView profile
Social Media One
50/100Cologne, Germany
Published work for Badoo: 6M+ views and 35K app downloads in 8 weeks.
3 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 6
IndependentView profile
Adtrip
48/100Published work for Nessa: 156,000 zł revenue in the first month of the engagement on 5,500 zł of ad spend — ROAS 2800%.
4 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 5
IndependentView profile
Matzke Media
48/100Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Published work for Lotuscrafts: +145% revenue and +171% sales via Meta Ads.
3 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 4
IndependentView profile
Mawave Marketing
48/100Munich, Germany
Published work for FALKE: Dynamic Sock sold out within two weeks.
5 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 8
IndependentView profile
Social Cooks
41/100Munich, Germany
Published work for NATURANA: +240% revenue and +90% MER since 2022 project start.
3 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 4
IndependentView profile
Digital on Demand
32/100Published work for Sara Sweidan: ROAS 10.79x, CPM down 20%, revenue tripled and 36% more purchases from paid social for the Bulgarian fashion label.
3 sources
- Budget
- Not disclosed
- Links
- 5
IndependentView profile
Frequently asked
Buyer questions about performance creative & ugc agencies
- What is a performance creative agency?
- A performance creative agency produces the volume and variety of testable ad assets that modern paid social channels demand: short-form video, static iterations, hook variants, and creator-style content. They compete on velocity and test design rather than traditional production polish.
- How much does performance creative cost?
- Per-asset pricing runs $300–$2,000 per short-form video, $50–$300 per static. Monthly retainers typically fall in the $5,000–$50,000 range for 20–200 assets per month, with the upper end including hook libraries, creative strategists, and weekly testing roadmaps.
- How is performance creative different from traditional production?
- Traditional production optimizes for a hero asset shot once. Performance creative optimizes for volume, variety, and rapid iteration: more concepts, faster turnaround, and explicit hypothesis testing. Pricing is per asset or per month, not per shoot day.
- What should I look for in a UGC agency?
- Roster size and diversity, scripting and hook library depth, edit-team turnaround time, integration with your media buyer, and reporting on creative performance against spend. Strong UGC shops publish learnings and refresh winning concepts before fatigue sets in.