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Confect alternative: CatalogueAds vs Confect for catalog ad design
Confect built the category: a design editor for catalog ads with layers, dynamic fields, rules and video. If you have the budget for it, it's a serious tool. This page is for stores who looked at the price and wondered what the core of it costs elsewhere.
Updated 18 September 2026 · Confect's current pricing
What Confect does well
- A full drag-and-drop editor with layers — closer to a design tool than a template picker.
- Video catalog ads generated from the feed.
- Rules for showing different designs to different products.
- Meta-focused workflow with a lot of accumulated know-how in their content.
Pricing, side by side
| Confect | CatalogueAds | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry plan | Local — $299 / month | Free — 100 products |
| Mid plan | Pro — $499 / month | Standard — €49 / month, 1,000 products (or €490 / year) |
| Top plan | Global — $999 / month | Professional — €149 / month, 10,000 products (or €1,490 / year) |
| Trial | 30 days | Free plan, no time limit |
| Billing | Monthly | Monthly, cancel any time |
Where the two differ
| Confect | CatalogueAds | |
|---|---|---|
| Design surface | Freeform layer editor | Parameterised layouts (Classic, Split, Full bleed, Headline) with your logo, colours and badges |
| Card formats | Multiple | 1:1, 4:5, 9:16, 1.91:1 |
| Video | Yes | No |
| Feed formats | Feed connectors | Any CSV, TSV, XML or JSON URL — nested fields flattened |
| Meta readiness check | — | Auto-mapping, required fields, rejected values rewritten on every fetch |
| Output | Meta catalog | Standard catalog CSV usable on Meta, Google, Pinterest, TikTok |
| Design rules per segment | Yes | Yes — up to 10 per feed, first match wins (Professional) |
| Team seats | Plan-dependent | 1 / 2 / 10 |
Who should pick which
Pick Confect if you want a freeform editor and video, and the spend is a rounding error against your ad budget. Pick CatalogueAds if you want the core outcome — every product image on brand, on every channel, from one clean feed — and you'd rather the tool cost a fraction of one day's ad spend.
The free plan covers 100 products with every layout. Paste a feed URL and see your first branded card in a few minutes — no card required.
Run the free checker first. It shows every field Meta requires that you're missing and every value Meta will refuse — without an account.
Confect is a trademark of its owner. CatalogueAds is not affiliated with Confect or with Meta Platforms, Inc. Third-party prices and features are as published on the date above and may have changed.