Estimator

See exactly what your budget delivers.

Real industry CPMs. Real CTRs. Real comparison to what you'd typically get through an agency. Adjust the inputs to match your campaign — the math updates instantly.

Industry-standard defaults · Sources cited below
Your campaign

Set your inputs.

Slide or type. Defaults are industry standard for display advertising.

Total dollars for the entire campaign · Recommended minimum: $500
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$500$50,000
How long the campaign runs · Recommended minimum: 30 days
days
30 days365 days
Display average: $5.00 · Video: $15–$40 · Native: $3–$12
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$2.00$40.00
Display average: 0.08% · Native: 0.30–0.80% · Retargeting: 0.50%+
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0.05%2.00%
Defaults match
display ad benchmarks
With Adlo, 75¢ of every dollar reaches publishers
$1,200

reaches publishers over 30 days. The remaining 25% includes DSP access, SSP fees, audience targeting, fraud protection, live reporting, setup, and support.

$50/day pace across the campaign. That's $540 more reaching real ads than a typical agency stack delivers on the same budget.

Where every dollar goes.

Source: ISBA/PwC Programmatic Supply Chain Transparency Study · Estimates

Adlo 75¢ to publishers · operating stack included
$1,200 to ads
75% reaches publishers
Typical agency stack 51¢ of every dollar reaches publishers
$660 to ads
51% reaches publishers

What you'll likely see.

Estimates based on your inputs · Actual results depend on creative, targeting, and audience

Impressions
240,000
times your ad is shown
Estimated clicks
192
based on your CTR
Estimated reach
80,000
unique people, est. 3x frequency
Daily pace
$50
spend per day across 30 days

Your true cost, every dollar in.

Total spend ÷ what you actually got · The honest unit economics finance teams ask for

With Adlo
Typical agency stack
Cost per click
$7.81
$14.20
Cost per impression
$0.0063
$0.0114
All-in CPMtotal cost per 1,000 impressions
$6.25
$11.36

Your CPM input is publisher/media CPM. All-in CPM includes the operating stack too: $5.00 media CPM ÷ 0.75 = $6.67 total-cost CPM. Agency comparison data: ISBA/PwC Programmatic Supply Chain Transparency Study

About these estimates. CPM and CTR ranges reflect IAB and WordStream display advertising benchmarks for 2024-2026. Adlo's model sends 75 cents of every dollar to publishers and uses the remaining 25 cents for DSP access, SSP fees, fraud protection, reporting, setup, support, and creative tools. The 51-cent benchmark comes from the ISBA/PwC Programmatic Supply Chain Transparency Study. Your campaign's actual results depend on creative quality, audience targeting, and inventory selection.
Methodology

The math behind the math.

Every number on this page comes from a published industry source. Here's exactly how each calculation works, so your finance team can verify it themselves.

01

The 75-cent publisher share.

Adlo sends 75 cents of every dollar to publishers. The remaining 25 cents includes the full operating stack: DSP access, SSP fees, fraud protection, audience tools, reporting, setup, support, and creative tools. No setup fees, creative fees, retainers, or hidden markups.

02

The 51-cent benchmark.

Per the ISBA/PwC Programmatic Supply Chain Transparency Study: the benchmark programmatic supply chain sends only 51 cents of every programmatic dollar to publishers. Adlo's 75-cent model sends 47% more to publishers on the same customer spend.

03

Volume math.

Impressions = (publisher budget ÷ CPM) × 1,000. Clicks = impressions × CTR. Reach assumes an average frequency of 3 impressions per unique user, which matches IAB best practice for display campaigns. CPM and CTR defaults reflect blended display benchmarks for 2024–2026.

04

True unit economics.

Cost per click = total spend ÷ total clicks. Cost per impression = total spend ÷ total impressions. All-in CPM = cost per impression × 1,000. These figures use the full budget, including the operating stack Adlo includes, which is the honest number your finance team will ask for.

05

Daily pacing.

Daily pace = total budget ÷ campaign duration. Programmatic auctions run in real time, so steady daily spend produces better results than concentrated bursts. Campaigns reach full effectiveness around $15+/day, where the platform has enough spend to compete in auctions and gather meaningful performance data.

06

Why every dollar matters.

Programmatic compounds. Every dollar that reaches publishers creates impressions, which create reach, which create clicks, which create conversions. More publisher media means more dollars compounding through that chain. The math is mechanical: lower the friction, raise the outcome.

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