Adly in WhatsApp
Make ad creatives inside WhatsApp with Adly AI
Adly in WhatsApp is a private chat between a business owner and Adly AI. You send a text, voice note or product photo and get back on-brand posts, designs, carousels and videos. Then you approve them, publish them or run them as Facebook and Instagram ads.
You can make ad creatives without leaving WhatsApp. With Adly, you message Adly's own WhatsApp number and approve the design and then the caption with buttons. Then you pick the accounts, and you tap Yes on a card before anything posts or any ad spends money.
It runs on Adly's Solo plan ($49 a month, as of November 2026) and higher.
Can I make ad creatives inside WhatsApp?
Yes, if the tool does its work inside the chat. With Adly in WhatsApp, you send a request by text, voice note or photo to Adly's WhatsApp number. The design, the caption, the publishing and the Facebook and Instagram ad launch all happen in that same chat. Many tools that show up for this search build creatives in a web dashboard for ads that open WhatsApp, which is a different job. Pick by where you want to work.
Four things people mean by "WhatsApp ad generator"
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Meaning 1
You want to make creatives by chatting in WhatsApp.Fit: a chat-operated generator. Adly in WhatsApp handles the design, caption, posting to five networks and Meta ads from the chat. Toffu also works in a WhatsApp conversation for Meta ad creatives (as of November 2026). This page covers this meaning in depth.
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Meaning 2
You want creatives for ads that open a WhatsApp chat with your business.Fit: a creative tool plus a Click-to-WhatsApp campaign. AiSensy and Get Click Media build these in a web dashboard (as of November 2026). Adly's Meta campaigns can send people to WhatsApp, Instagram DM, Facebook DM, lead forms or a website.
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Meaning 3
You only need the words for a WhatsApp message or ad.Fit: a copy writer, such as BestHunt's WhatsApp ad copy generator. It writes text from a web form where you pick a tone and length.
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Meaning 4
You want a video ad that looks like a WhatsApp conversation.Fit: a chat-style video maker such as MakeViral. One rule worth keeping: never present a scripted chat as a real customer's message.
Who a chat-based generator suits
Many owners already run marketing through WhatsApp. They send a designer or agency a voice note about a promo, wait for the design, ask for changes and then say "post it."
Adly in WhatsApp keeps that rhythm and does the creative work itself. It fits shop owners, clinics, restaurants, salons, ecommerce sellers and freelancers who want daily marketing done from their phone.
How it works: from one WhatsApp message to a live ad
Send the request
Type it, record a voice note, or send product photos, in English or Arabic. Ask for a post, a design, a carousel or a video. You can also ask what is still in progress.
Approve the design
Adly sends the design back with buttons to approve it or change it. A change is one reply, such as "make the price bigger."
Approve the caption
After the design is approved, Adly writes the caption. You approve it or ask for another version.
Pick accounts, then post now or schedule
Choose from your connected Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn and X accounts. A confirm card names the accounts and the time. Nothing posts until you tap Yes.
Run it as an ad (optional)
Turn a finished post into a Facebook and Instagram ad on your own Meta ad account. Set a budget per day and a number of days, and check the total and the audience on a card. Then tap to launch. Later, ask how your ads are doing, and pause or resume them.
Adly in WhatsApp follows the same order every time. You send a request: typed, spoken as a voice note, or a product photo with a line about the offer. Adly makes the design in your brand's look and sends it back with buttons to approve it or ask for a change. Once the design is approved, Adly writes the caption, and you approve or change that too. Then you choose which connected accounts get the post (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn or X) and whether it goes out now or at a set time. A confirm card names the accounts and the time, and nothing posts until you tap Yes. If you want paid reach, you can run the finished post as a Facebook and Instagram ad on your own Meta ad account. You set a daily budget and a number of days, check the total and the audience on a card, and tap to launch.
For the day-to-day side of this, our guide on managing brand content from a WhatsApp chat covers how owners keep posts moving between requests.
Example chat: a weekend sale, start to finish
Illustrative example. The bakery, prices and audience are made up to show the flow.
Maple Street Bakery and Adly (illustration)
"Make a post for our weekend sale. Sourdough loaves 20% off Saturday and Sunday. Use the photo I just sent."
Photo: sourdough loafHere is the design for your weekend sale.
Make the 20% bigger.
Updated. The discount is now the largest text on the design.
Caption: "Weekend sourdough, 20% off. Saturday and Sunday only, while the loaves last."
Instagram and Facebook, Saturday 8 AM.
Schedule this post?
- Accounts
- Instagram, Facebook
- Time
- Saturday, 8:00 AM
Run it as an ad for 5 days, $10 a day.
Launch this ad?
- Where
- Facebook and Instagram
- Budget
- $10 a day for 5 days
- Total
- $50
- Audience
- Adults in the Austin, TX area (example)
of designs made in Adly were revised before use. Most first drafts went out as made, and a change is one reply away when one is needed.
of posts published through Adly were scheduled ahead instead of posted on the spot. Approving now and posting later is the normal habit.
Source: Adly platform data, all creation surfaces, 1,218 brands, Mar to Nov 2026.
Try the same flow with your own product photo.
Start in AdlyWhat needs your Yes before anything goes live
In Adly in WhatsApp, every public or paid action waits for a confirm card. The card states the details in plain words, and you tap Yes or No.
| Action | What the card names | What happens after Yes |
|---|---|---|
| Publish now | The accounts | The post goes out to those accounts. |
| Schedule | The accounts and the time | The post waits and goes out at that time. |
| Launch an ad | Budget per day, number of days, total and audience | The ad starts on your Meta ad account for Facebook and Instagram. |
Your ad account, your budget
Ads run on your brand's own Meta ad account, connected to your Adly account. Meta bills the ad spend to that ad account. Your Adly plan is a separate monthly fee for the creative work, publishing and the chat.
Checking results and pausing ads from the chat
Ask "how are my ads doing?" in the chat to get a status check, then pause or resume an ad there. For deeper reporting, the Adly web app shows Meta campaign results and an AI audit of the connected ad account.
A test you can use on any tool
Before any public action, a trustworthy tool shows you three things and waits: which accounts, what time, and how much money. If a tool cannot tell you those before it acts, keep looking.
What you can ask for, and where it goes
In the chat you can ask for single posts, designs, carousels and videos, each with a caption. Sending a product photo is one of the most common starting points. Designs built around a product photo were 25% of everything brands made in Adly (Adly data, Mar to Nov 2026).
Say the shape you want in your message. Adly's design engine makes 1:1, 4:5 and 9:16 layouts. Square or portrait suits feeds, and tall 9:16 suits Stories and Reels.
| Destination | What goes there | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| Feed posts and Stories | Stories go to Instagram and Facebook only. | |
| Feed posts and Stories | Also the base for Facebook and Instagram ads. | |
| TikTok | Videos post as TikTok videos, images as photo posts | On every plan. |
| Up to 9 images or a video, on the connected profile | On every plan. | |
| X | Up to 4 images or one video, 280 characters per post | Solo and higher, which Adly in WhatsApp already needs. |
| Facebook and Instagram ads | A finished post run as an ad | Runs on your own Meta ad account. |
Keeping every creative on-brand from short messages
The chat uses the same brand profile as the Adly web app, so a one-line request is enough once your brand is set up. Set it up once in the web app with Brand Knowledge. Upload real photos and label them as place, products, service or team, or projects. Then add style examples so Adly learns your look.
Common mistake: describing the product in words and hoping the picture matches. The result can look generic or show a product that is not yours.
Fix: send the real product photo with the request. Adly builds the design around it, so customers see what they will actually buy.
Chat-based generators, dashboard tools and copy writers compared
We judged each option on the same points: where the work happens, what you get, and what needs your approval before anything goes public or spends money. Competitor details come from each product's own page, checked as of November 2026.
| Option | Where the work happens | What you get | Approval before public or paid actions | Best fit |
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| Adly in WhatsApp | A private WhatsApp chat with Adly's number | Posts, designs, carousels and videos with captions, published to Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn and X. Facebook and Instagram ads, with checks, pause and resume in the chat. | Confirm card naming the accounts, time or budget. Nothing goes live before Yes. | Owners who want creative, posting and Meta ads in one chat |
| Toffu | A WhatsApp conversation | Meta ad images and copy, plus performance summaries and fatigue alerts | Creatives are uploaded to Meta paused and go live after approval in chat | Owners focused only on Meta ad creatives |
| AiSensy | AiSensy web dashboard, under Ads Manager | Ad images, three per generation, for Click-to-WhatsApp ads | Not described on its page | Businesses running Click-to-WhatsApp ads from a dashboard |
| Get Click Media | A web dashboard | Headlines, primary text and calls to action for WhatsApp, Meta and Google ads | Not described on its page | Teams that need ad text variations |
| BestHunt WhatsApp ad copy generator | A web form | WhatsApp ad copy text in a chosen tone and length | Not described on its page | Someone who only needs wording |
| MakeViral | Its website | Text-conversation video ads, stated at 1080x1920 and 30 fps | Not described on its page | Advertisers who want a scripted chat-style video |
Product names belong to their owners. Adly is not affiliated with them.
Which option fits you
You want to run the whole loop from your phone: pick a chat-operated generator. Adly in WhatsApp covers design, caption, posting to five networks and Meta ads, with a Yes before each public step.
Your customers message you on WhatsApp and you want ads that open that chat: you need Click-to-WhatsApp campaigns. Any good creative works, made in a dashboard tool or in Adly.
You only need words: a copy writer is enough.
You want a fake-chat style video: use a chat-video maker, and label the chat as scripted.
What it costs, in plain numbers
Adly in WhatsApp is part of the Solo plan ($49 a month) and higher plans: Growth ($119 a month) and Pro for scale teams. Prices are as of November 2026.
Each plan has a monthly usage limit that covers images, text, video and landing pages, and it renews every month. Ad spend is separate and billed by Meta to your ad account.
Other tools measure use in their own units. AiSensy states that each generation returns three images and that new accounts get free generations. Toffu states a starting allowance at signup. Those units do not convert cleanly into a monthly cost, so we do not guess at one.
Worked example: a small bakery's month
This is an estimate. It assumes 3 posts a week (about 13 a month), all started in the chat, all inside the Solo usage limit, plus one 5-day ad at $10 a day.
- Chat allowance: each brand can start 10 new posts a day in the chat. The median brand on Adly published 2 posts per active month (Adly data, Mar to Nov 2026), so the daily allowance sits far above typical small business needs.
- Plan cost per post: $49 divided by 13 posts comes to about $3.77 per post.
- Ad spend: $50 for the one ad, paid to Meta.
A month heavy on video can use more of the usage limit than a month of single designs. Check your usage in the Adly app as you go.
What Adly's data shows about AI-made creatives
These numbers cover all of Adly's creation surfaces, chat and web app, for 1,218 brands from March to November 2026. Most brands in the sample are Arabic-language businesses (90% of the work was in Arabic), so weigh the numbers with that in mind.
- Speed to first post: the median brand published its first post on day 0, the day it started.
- First week: brands made 6 outputs on average in their first 7 days, and 10% made 10 or more.
- What gets made: single post designs 52%, designs built around a product photo 25%, post ideas 9%. Video was 9% of outputs.
By business type
| Group | Brands in sample | Median day of first post | Average outputs, first 7 days | Video share | Median posts per active month | Designs revised before use |
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| All Adly brands | 1,218 | Day 0 | 6 | 9% | 2 | 11% |
| Retail | 263 | Day 1 | 4.4 | 13% | 1 | 8% |
| Services | 294 | Day 0 | 5.9 | 8% | 2 | 7% |
| Education | 83 | Day 0 | 5.8 | 6% | 2.7 | 17% |
| Electronics | 31 | Day 0 | 7.1 | 13% | 4 | 13% |
Source: Adly platform data, first-party.
How to read it: retail brands took a day longer to reach their first post and used more video. Electronics brands published the most per active month. If you run a service business, expect to post on day one.
Two businesses that kept publishing
These are real Adly customers. Their counts cover everything they made across Adly, not only the WhatsApp chat. Adly counts outputs and posts and does not see their sales.
Aquara Water, Jordan
Original name: مياه أكوارا. A water desalination plant, with Adly since April 2026.
- Designs made323
- Videos made52
- Posts published through Adly231
- Posts per active month28.9
- Made in first 7 days24
- First published postDay 1
Published to Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, X and TikTok. Main formats: single post designs, designs built around a product photo, and short videos.
Abatit Stone and Marble, Palestine
Original name: شركة اباتيت للحجارة والرخام. A natural stone factory, with Adly since June 2026.
- Designs made358
- Videos made44
- Posts published through Adly227
- Posts per active month37.8
- Made in first 7 days123
- First published postDay 0
Published to Instagram and Facebook. Main formats: single post designs, designs built around a product photo, and short videos.
Quick work in the chat, bigger builds in the web app
Adly in WhatsApp is built for fast everyday marketing from the phone. Larger projects continue in the Adly web app on the same account, with the same brands and usage limit.
Best done in the chat
- Today's offer as a post, a carousel or a short video
- A quick change to a design or caption
- Publishing or scheduling while you are away from the desk
- Running a finished post as a Facebook and Instagram ad
- Checking ads, and pausing or resuming them
- Asking what is still in progress
Best done on the same account in the web app
- A Brand Plan for the month, with the reason behind each post
- Scene Studio commercials built scene by scene, up to about 60 seconds
- Landing pages and lead follow-up
- Many posts at once and the weekly calendar
- Brand Knowledge setup with your real photos
If you plan a week at a time, our guide to the AI content planner via WhatsApp shows how planning fits around the chat. For posts that should arrive without you asking, see how WhatsApp automations work with Adly. Owners who split work between two messaging apps can read about running full marketing from Telegram and WhatsApp.
Not the same as a WhatsApp customer bot
Adly offers two different WhatsApp products, and they solve different jobs.
Adly in WhatsApp is your private workspace. You chat with Adly's own number to make, approve and publish marketing. Your customers never see this chat.
WhatsApp Bot is a customer front desk on your own WhatsApp Business number. It answers customer questions from your brand knowledge, captures leads into Adly's CRM, books appointments and hands chats to a person when needed. Read more about Adly's WhatsApp Bot for customer conversations. Both are on Solo and higher plans.
Do you also need Click-to-WhatsApp ads? A note for US businesses
The owner chat helps you even if your customers never use WhatsApp. It is simply where you do your marketing work.
Where your ad sends people is a separate choice. Send them to the app your buyers already use. If your customers text, call or browse your site, point ads to your website or a lead form. If they message you on WhatsApp, a WhatsApp destination makes sense. The same logic applies to chat-styled video ads: match the look to the app your audience uses.
How to start with Adly in WhatsApp
Pick Solo or higher
Open Adly and choose the Solo plan ($49 a month) or a higher plan.
Connect your accounts
Connect Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn and X, plus your Meta ad account if you want to run ads.
Request access
Open the Adly on WhatsApp page inside Adly and request access for your account.
Your first three requests to try
- Send a product photo with "Make a post for today's offer, 15% off until Sunday."
- Record a voice note: "Turn our three best tips into a carousel."
- After your first ad runs, type "How are my ads doing?"
Should you use it?
Choose Adly in WhatsApp if you already run promos through WhatsApp messages and want design, captions, posting and Meta ads in that same chat, with a Yes before each public step. If you only need Click-to-WhatsApp ad images or ad wording, a dashboard or copy tool may be enough.
Open Adly and request WhatsApp accessQuestions owners ask before starting
Will anything post or launch without my approval?
No. You approve the design and the caption first. Then a confirm card names the accounts, the time or the budget, and nothing goes live until you tap Yes.
Can I send a voice note or product photo and get an ad back?
Yes. Send a voice note, typed text or product photos, in English or Arabic. Adly returns a design with buttons to approve or change it, then writes the caption.
Can I launch Facebook and Instagram ads from WhatsApp?
Yes. Run a finished post as an ad on your own Meta ad account. You set the budget per day and the number of days, then check the total and audience on a card before launch. Meta bills the ad spend.
Can I edit the creative before it goes live?
Yes. Tap Change or reply with what to fix, such as "make the price bigger." Adly sends a new version for approval.
Do I need design skills?
No. Describe the offer or send a photo. Adly uses your brand profile for colours and look, which you set up once in the web app.
Does it work in English and Arabic?
Yes. You can write or speak in either language, and captions come in the language you need.
How many posts can I start a day?
Each brand can start 10 new posts a day in the chat. For larger batches, use the Adly web app on the same account.
Is there a free option?
Adly in WhatsApp is part of the paid Solo plan and higher. For a quick test of design quality, Adly's free AI Ad Designer in its free tools section makes 3 designs a day per visitor. It saves nothing, and captions and publishing need an Adly account.
What are Click-to-WhatsApp ads, and do I need them?
They are Facebook and Instagram ads whose button opens a WhatsApp chat with your business. You need them only if your customers prefer to message you on WhatsApp. Adly's Meta campaigns can also send people to Instagram DM, Facebook DM, lead forms or a website.
Can I talk to a person if something goes wrong?
Yes. Type "support" in the chat to reach a person on the Adly team.