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Scaley vs AdScale for Store Owners

AdScale's AI changes Google and Meta campaigns inside limits you set. Scaley changes nothing in your Google Ads without your yes.

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If you run your own store's Google Ads, pick Scaley. AdScale builds Google and Meta campaigns, then its AI changes bids and budgets inside limits you set. Its Shopify listing shows $149 to $299 a month, by ad spend up to $3,000. Scaley names what spent and sold nothing, and changes nothing without your yes.

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AdScale pulls your store data, builds Google and Meta campaigns, then its AI agents change bids, budgets and ads. AdScale's homepage sums it up: "Let AI Advertising take over." Scaley is the AI media buyer for Google Ads I built for store owners. Scaley Consultant reads your screenshots. Scaley Media Buyer reads the live account and cannot change a setting. Scaley Suite makes changes, and only after your yes on each one.

Scaley AI compared with AdScale, row by row
FeatureScaleyAdScale
Built forStore owners running their own Google AdsEcom stores, mostly Shopify. Also a plan they run for you, and one agencies can sell under their own name
What it doesConsultant reads your screenshots. Media Buyer reads your live Google Ads and names what to fix. Suite writes each fix and waits for your yesBuilds Google and Meta campaigns from your store data, then changes bids, budgets and ads
Who says yesConsultant and Media Buyer change nothing. Suite asks on every changeYou pick which actions need approval and set budget limits. Inside them, its agents act
Your existing campaignsMedia Buyer reads your live account as it is today, read-onlyA 2024 review reply said it asks to manage only campaigns AdScale created. Its Terms of 22 October 2026 don't say
PriceConsultant $99/mo flat, for all your stores. Media Buyer $99/mo for all your stores + 1% of total ad spend. Suite $199/mo for all your stores + 4% of total ad spend$149 up to $1,000 of spend, $199 up to $2,000, $299 up to $3,000 a month. Above that, you pay extra at rates shown in your account
ChannelsGoogle Ads and Google ShoppingGoogle Search, PMax, Display and Shopping, Meta, plus email and SMS
Free trial3-day free trial. Card required. Cancel anytime14 days on its pricing page. 7 days on its Shopify listing and in its Terms
CancelAd spend fee stops that day. The base fee already paid is not refundedTakes effect at the end of the paid period. No refunds, except a few part-month cases in its Terms

Where AdScale Loses a Store Owner

Every AdScale line below is quoted off its own pages, read 11 November 2026.

  1. Who says yes. AdScale's Terms, last changed 22 October 2026, let you pick which actions need your approval and set budget limits. Then they say "an action you approve, or that falls within the limits you set, counts as your instruction." So you only get asked on the actions you marked. Everything else inside your limits runs without asking. Scaley Suite has no auto mode. Every change waits for your yes. Scaley Consultant and Media Buyer change nothing.
  2. What happens when it goes wrong. One 1-star review on AdScale's Shopify reviews page, dated 16 April 2026, says "an AdScale agent demonstrated how to set up a Meta campaign but pushed it live entirely without my approval." That was a Meta campaign, and it is one store's word. On Scaley Suite, nothing goes live until you say yes to that exact change.
  3. Your existing campaigns. In a reply on AdScale's Shopify reviews page, dated 14 April 2024, AdScale wrote "we ask for campaign management for only our AdScale created campaigns." Its Terms, changed 22 October 2026, say its agents "can act in your connected ad accounts". They don't say whether that covers campaigns you built. Scaley Media Buyer reads your live account as it is today, read-only. It names the search terms and products that spent and sold nothing.
  4. Your Merchant Center. A 1-star review dated 20 February 2021 says "Be aware that the AdScale application will claim your Google Merchant Center URL as the Owner." In a reply dated 22 February 2021, AdScale said "in order to run Google Shopping a web site claim is needed." Scaley never claims your website or takes over your feed. In Merchant Center, Scaley Suite only adds custom labels to your products, and each one waits for your yes.
  5. Four jobs in one app. AdScale's homepage title is "AI Advertising for eCommerce on Meta & Google Ads". Its page description adds "Run ads, email, and SMS using your customer data on one platform." That is ads on Google and Meta, plus email and SMS. Scaley only does Google Ads and Google Shopping for stores, so every answer is about your search terms, your products and your spend.
  6. The bill. AdScale's Shopify listing shows $149 a month up to $1,000 of ad spend, $199 up to $2,000 and $299 up to $3,000. Above that, its Terms charge extra "at the rates shown in your account." Scaley Media Buyer, which reads the account and changes nothing, is $109 at $1,000 of spend and $129 at $3,000. Both cost less than AdScale at the same spend. Scaley Suite, which makes changes, costs more.
  7. Waiting for results. One 1-star review, dated 20 October 2025, says "They told me I have to wait almost 90 days for the best results." Ask Scaley Media Buyer on day one and it names the search terms and products that spent and sold nothing, from the history your account already has.
  8. Their numbers. AdScale's homepage says Tower Records hit "13x ROAS" in four months. I can't check that. Scaley is new. It was trained on ZenoX Media's own data. ZenoX Media has $200M+ in client revenue tracked through our campaigns, across 400+ store accounts. That record is the agency's, not a Scaley result.
  9. Leaving. AdScale's Terms say a cancel "takes effect at the end of the current billing period". Fees you paid don't come back, with a few exceptions in its Terms. In a reply dated 24 March 2025, AdScale told one managed-plan customer their contract had "a clearly stated three-month commitment, with an early exit clause we honored." Cancel Scaley any day. The ad spend fee stops that day. The base fee you already paid is not refunded. Scaley Media Buyer and Suite also carry the Leak Guarantee. Every month, if the wasted ad spend Scaley shows you is smaller than that month's bill, we refund the whole bill. Wasted spend means money spent in that 30-day billing cycle on search terms and products that, over 14 days, passed Scaley's spend line and made back 1.7 times their cost or less. Your conversion tracking has to be working, your ads have to be running, and your Google Ads account has to stay connected to Scaley. It covers every paid bill. Ask within 14 days of the bill.

If you want to see every change before it happens, pick Scaley. Suite writes each fix and waits for your yes.

Your first 3 days

See the Waste in Your First 3 Days

You get 3 days free on every level, card required, and Media Buyer reads the live account.

  1. Day 1

    Media Buyer Connects. Nothing Changes

    On Media Buyer you sign in with Google and never share a password. The read cannot change a setting. Consultant uploads a file instead.

  2. Then

    You Read What It Found

    Media Buyer names the waste, with the spend next to it. On Suite, each fix waits until you say yes to that line.

  3. Day 3

    You Decide. What You Approved Stays

    On day 3 you decide if the answers earned the bill. Cancel before the trial ends and you pay nothing. Every change you said yes to stays in your account.

We take your card upfront. Your first base fee is charged when your trial ends.

See Every Leak Before Anything Changes

"I’ve been trying Google ads and I’ve spend $400 dollars and got 800 clicks and no sales" That is a leak. Scaley Media Buyer reads your live account, read-only, and names the search terms and products that spent and sold nothing. $99 a month plus 1% of ad spend. At $1,000 of spend that is $109, less than AdScale Basic's $149 for the same spend. When you want the fixes written and queued for your yes, move up to Scaley Suite.

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3-day free trial. Card required. Cancel anytime. No ad spend fee during the trial. It starts when the trial ends.

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Scaley Consultant

$99/mo flat

One fee. Any number of stores

Always $99 a month

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  • Trained on ZenoX Media's own data, not forum threads
  • Upload screenshots, CSVs and reports. One straight answer
  • VIP seat included (normally $299/mo)
  • Weekly live calls with Chris, the founder
  • The ZenoX Scaling SOP Vault: every playbook behind our client stores
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Scaley Media Buyer

$99/mo + 1% of total ad spend

One fee. Any number of stores

10 stores, $50K total spend: $99 + $500 = $599 a month. Not $990. The base is paid once.

3-day free trial. Card required. Cancel anytime

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Leak Guarantee: any month we show you less waste than your bill, we refund it

See the conditions

Wasted spend means money spent in that 30-day billing cycle on search terms and products that, over 14 days, passed Scaley's spend line and made back 1.7 times their cost or less. Your conversion tracking has to be working, your ads have to be running, and your Google Ads account has to stay connected to Scaley. It covers every paid bill. Ask within 14 days of the bill. Full terms

  • Everything in Scaley Consultant
  • One-click Google Ads connection, read-only
  • Reads live campaign, product and search term data
  • Ask any hour, 24/7. It answers from the live account
  • 1% of your total ad spend. No minimum, no cap
  • Ask Scaley where your money leaks. See the waste right away
  • Weekly live calls with Chris, the founder
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Scaley Suite

$199/mo + 4% of total ad spend

One fee. Any number of stores

10 stores, $50K total spend: $199 + $2,000 = $2,199 a month. Not $1,990. The base is paid once.

3-day free trial. Card required. Cancel anytime

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Leak Guarantee: any month we show you less waste than your bill, we refund it

See the conditions

Wasted spend means money spent in that 30-day billing cycle on search terms and products that, over 14 days, passed Scaley's spend line and made back 1.7 times their cost or less. Your conversion tracking has to be working, your ads have to be running, and your Google Ads account has to stay connected to Scaley. It covers every paid bill. Ask within 14 days of the bill. Full terms

  • Everything in Scaley Media Buyer. The Suite can also make changes. Each one waits for your yes
  • More budget for winners, with the reason (Scaling Rules)
  • Every product sorted by the Labelizer: Hero (best earners), Workhorse (steady margin) or Bleed (losing money)
  • New product labels every day, each queued for your yes
  • Finds dead search terms and products daily, queues them to cut
  • The same dashboard ZenoX Media clients use
  • See what to scale, what to cut, and your best price bands
  • Each change waits until you approve that line
  • Ask Scaley where your money leaks. See the waste right away
  • Weekly live calls with Chris, the founder

Pick Scaley If

  • You're burning cash on clicks that never buy. Scaley Media Buyer names the search terms and products that spent and sold nothing
  • Every change needs your yes. Scaley Suite asks on each one
  • Your campaigns already run. Media Buyer reads them as they are, read-only
  • Performance dropped and you didn't change anything. Media Buyer reads the live data and tells you what moved
  • Raising the budget scares you, because it could break what works. In ZenoX Media's question library, 95 clients asked "Should we increase our ad budget right now?" 438 times. Scaley Suite writes the budget move with the reason and waits for your yes
  • One Merchant Center flag and you're scared to touch it. 173 clients asked ZenoX Media what to do about a flag, 1,026 times. Upload it and Scaley Consultant tells you which kind it is and what not to click
  • Start with nothing connected. Scaley Consultant is $99 a month flat and reads your screenshots

Pick AdScale If

  • You run Meta too. AdScale builds and changes Facebook and Instagram campaigns in the same app. Scaley covers only Google
  • You want it hands-off. Inside the limits you set, AdScale's agents act without asking you each time
  • You want campaigns and ads made for you, plus email and SMS in one app. Scaley makes no ad creatives and sends no email
  • You want a lower bill than Scaley Suite for a tool that makes changes. At $3,000 of spend AdScale Elite is $299 a month. Scaley Suite is $319
Bottom line

If you run your own Google Ads and want the last word on every change, pick Scaley. If you want Google and Meta run for you inside a budget cap, and don't need to see each change, AdScale fits that job. For the last word, start with Scaley Media Buyer. It reads the live account and cannot change a setting.

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Questions About AdScale, Answered

Scaley, for a store owner running their own Google Ads who wants a yes on every change. AdScale's agents act inside limits you set. Scaley Media Buyer reads your live account, read-only, and names the search terms and products that spent and sold nothing. It was trained on 262,792 messages from ZenoX Media's Slack.

Ask Where Your Ad Money Went

Scaley Media Buyer connects read-only. Within minutes of connecting, it names the search terms and products that lost money.

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