CraftLayer vs. Agency

Replace your $12K/mo agency. Ship faster for a fraction of the cost.

Brands replacing traditional agency retainers with CraftLayer cut creative costs by half, ship in days not weeks, and get more variations than any agency can deliver by hand.

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Side by side

How CraftLayer stacks up

Feature Traditional Agency CraftLayer
Cost $8K–$20K/mo retainer ✓ from $2,500/project
Time to first asset 3–6 weeks ✓ 5 business days
Ad creative output 3–5 variations ✓ 30+ variations
Revision rounds 1–2 (extra billed) ✓ Unlimited on Blaze
Dedicated strategist Sometimes ✓ Always included
AI-assisted production ✗ No ✓ Yes
Month-to-month ✗ No ✓ Yes
Pricing comparison

Pricing in days, not retainers

Agencies charge monthly retainer + billed revisions; CraftLayer ships in days at fixed per-project pricing.

Feature Traditional Agency CraftLayer
Pricing model $8K–$20K/mo retainer ✓ Fixed per-project
Spark tier — ✓ from $2,500
Ignite tier — ✓ from $6,000
Blaze tier — ✓ from $12,000
Time to ship 3–6 weeks ✓ 8 business days
Revision cost Billed extra ✓ Included
Month-to-month flexibility ✗ Annual contracts ✓ Yes
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Head-to-head comparison

vs. Designjoy: Same-day tweaks or full-funnel production?

Designjoy's flat-rate async queue handles single tweaks. CraftLayer ships web, ads, UGC, and creative strategy on deadlines. See the side-by-side.

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CraftLayer replaced a $12K/month agency relationship with something that's faster, cheaper, and honestly produces better-performing creative. We went from begging for assets to having more variations than we could test.

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Marcus Reid
Head of Growth, Meridian Co.
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3.2×
Increase in ad creative output vs. previous agency
48%
Reduction in cost-per-acquisition within 60 days
2 weeks
From brief to fully deployed campaign assets
How it works

Brief. Ship. Scale.

01
Brief
Tell us your brand, product launch timeline, and what you need — usually a 30-min call.
02
Ship
We produce a full set of launch-ready assets within 7 days. Landing pages, ad creative, UGC — whatever your launch demands.
03
Scale
Move fast in-house after launch. We'll be here for the next drop, campaign, or channel expansion.

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