GetCrux vs SellTheClick
GetCrux is an AI platform for running paid media creative from one place: creative analytics with AI tagging, competitor and trend research, and AI-generated ads. Its Starter plan is $1,500 a month for brands spending up to $100K a month on ads.
SellTheClick is a much smaller tool for one question: why isn't this Meta ad selling, and are my new versions different enough to test? It starts at $29 a month, and the core checks are free without an account.
What is GetCrux used for?
- Creative Strategist: shows which ads are working and why, with cross-platform reporting, AI tagging, creative fatigue detection and creative deep-dives.
- Market Researcher: monitors competitor ads, social listening and organic trends for inspiration.
- Creative Producer: generates on-brand creative from your brand kit, iterates on winners and repurposes your content library.
- Command Centre: a single hub described as running "your entire paid media workflow from one place".
- Creative Pre-Flight Testing: listed on the Professional plan, which is custom-priced.
What is SellTheClick used for?
- Pre-launch similarity check: upload 2 to 20 versions of an ad and see which ones are the same idea before you pay to test them. Free to try.
- Where-it-breaks diagnosis: paste your Ads Manager numbers or a screenshot and learn whether the ad fails before the click, after it, or at the price. Free to try.
- Competitor comparison: your ad next to a competitor's longest-running live ad, quoted word for word.
- Next angles: three new angles built from your own ad and page, each with an opening line, the proof it needs and a test plan.
Who uses each
- GetCrux: growth and creative teams spending serious money across several ad platforms. Its Starter tier covers up to $100K a month in ad spend on Meta, Google, TikTok and LinkedIn; Professional goes to $1M across 12 platforms. GetCrux's site features Cloaked, Jerry and Motion as customers.
- SellTheClick: founders, small DTC brands and media buyers on Meta who need a direct answer about an ad without a four-figure monthly tool or a sales call.
Direct comparison
| Feature | GetCrux | SellTheClick |
|---|---|---|
| Core purpose | Creative analytics, research and AI production | Ad diagnosis and pre-launch checks |
| Platforms | Meta, Google, TikTok, LinkedIn on Starter; 12 on Professional | Meta (Facebook and Instagram) |
| Data source | Connects to your ad accounts (up to 2 on Starter) | Images you upload and numbers you paste |
| Pre-launch testing | Creative Pre-Flight Testing, Professional plan | Similarity check on every plan, free to try |
| AI creative generation | Yes, 1,000 generation credits on Starter | Three new angles per report (Rampup and Pro) |
| Competitor research | Competitor insights, social listening, trends | One competitor's longest-running ad, side by side |
| Getting started | Book a 30-minute intro call with the founders | Use it now, no account |
| Starting price | $1,500/mo, up to $100K monthly ad spend | $29/mo |
GetCrux details from getcrux.ai/pricing and getcrux.ai, checked October 23, 2026. The pricing page doesn't mention a free trial.
GetCrux pricing in detail
- Starter: $1,500 a month. Up to $100K monthly ad spend, up to 2 ad accounts, 1,000 creative generation credits, Meta, Google, TikTok and LinkedIn. Includes Copilot, Creative Insights, AI Tagging, Competitor Insights, Ad Inspiration, Organic Social Trends and Creative Generation.
- Professional: custom. $100K to $1M monthly ad spend, 12 ad platforms, adds MCP, Slack, automated workflows, custom brand kit and Creative Pre-Flight Testing.
- Enterprise: custom. $1M+ monthly ad spend, custom workflows, Figma and DAM integrations, API support.
Put simply, $1,500 a month is $18,000 a year. If your ad spend is $20K a month, that's 7.5% on top of your media budget before you've made a single ad. At $100K a month, it's 1.5%, which is a very different conversation. GetCrux is priced for the second brand, not the first.
When to choose which
- You spend tens of thousands a month across several platforms
- You want analytics, research and AI production from one vendor
- Your team will use the AI tagging and fatigue detection every week
- A founder-led onboarding call suits you
- You advertise mainly on Meta
- You need to know why one ad isn't selling, today
- You want to check new versions before launch without a custom plan
- $1,500 a month is more than your tool budget
- GetCrux runs your reporting and production
- And you want a quick, second check on specific Meta ads before and after launch
What you give up with SellTheClick
Be clear about it before you switch. SellTheClick doesn't connect to your ad accounts, so it won't build reports on everything you've run. It doesn't tag your whole library, track fatigue over time, watch competitors continuously or generate finished ads. It works on Meta only.
What you get instead is speed and a specific answer. You can paste one ad's numbers and learn whether it's losing people before the click, after it, or at the price, without onboarding. And you can check a batch of new versions for near-duplicates on any plan, where GetCrux lists pre-flight testing on its custom-priced Professional tier.
For a lot of smaller brands, that's the part they actually needed. For a brand spending $100K a month across four platforms, it won't replace a platform.
What each costs at your size
Here's the yearly cost of each entry plan as a share of ad spend. GetCrux Starter covers up to $100K a month, so we stop there.
| Monthly ad spend | GetCrux Starter ($18,000/yr) | SellTheClick Standard ($348/yr) |
|---|---|---|
| $10,000 | 15% of ad spend | 0.3% |
| $25,000 | 6% | 0.1% |
| $50,000 | 3% | 0.06% |
| $100,000 | 1.5% | 0.03% |
Arithmetic: yearly tool cost ÷ (monthly ad spend × 12).
Questions to ask on the GetCrux intro call
Since GetCrux starts with a call, go in with specific questions. These are the ones we'd ask, based on what the public pages don't spell out:
- How does Creative Pre-Flight Testing work, and is any version of it available on Starter?
- What happens if our ad spend goes over $100K in a single month?
- Is there a trial or a pilot period, and what's the minimum contract length?
- How are AI tags created and can we edit them?
- Which of the two ad accounts on Starter can be swapped, and how often?
While you wait for the call, run your current ads through the free analyzer. If the answer you needed was "the hook is the problem", you'll have it before the demo.
FAQ
What is GetCrux?
GetCrux is an AI platform for paid media creative. It combines creative analytics with AI tagging, competitor and trend research, and AI creative generation, across Meta, Google, TikTok and LinkedIn on its Starter plan.
How much does GetCrux cost?
GetCrux's Starter plan is $1,500 a month for up to $100K in monthly ad spend. Professional and Enterprise plans are custom-priced, per its pricing page in October 2026.
Does GetCrux have a free trial?
Its pricing page doesn't mention one. It asks you to book a 30-minute intro call with the founders before access is shared.
What is GetCrux Creative Pre-Flight Testing?
It's listed as a feature of the Professional plan. GetCrux's pages we checked don't describe how it works in detail.
Is there a cheaper GetCrux alternative?
For Meta ads, SellTheClick starts at $29 a month and its diagnosis and similarity check are free without an account. It doesn't replace GetCrux's analytics, research or production features.
Does SellTheClick work on TikTok or Google?
No. SellTheClick is built for Meta ads on Facebook and Instagram.
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