How We Built an Ad Creative API That's 50x Cheaper Than AdCreative.ai

We just launched AdForge AI on PixelAPI — an API that generates professional ad creatives from product images and text in one call.

The Problem

India has 100M+ registered MSMEs. Most spend ₹5,000-25,000/month per brand on ad creative design. The global leaders — AdCreative.ai ($39-$599/mo), Pencil ($14-$55/mo) — charge in USD, making them expensive for Indian businesses.

Nobody offers an API-first ad creative generator with Indian language support at Indian pricing.

So we built one.

What is AdForge AI?

AdForge AI is a developer-first API that generates professional ad creatives from a product image + text parameters. One API call → production-ready ad.

The pipeline:

AI generates a photorealistic background (SDXL)
Product image background is removed and composited
Text overlay is rendered via Chromium (pixel-perfect CSS typography)

This hybrid approach gives us the visual richness of AI image generation with the typography quality of web rendering.

Code Example

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.pixelapi.dev/v1/image/ad-creative",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
    data={
        "headline": "Diwali MEGA Sale",
        "subheadline": "FLAT 70% OFF | Free Delivery",
        "cta": "Shop Now",
        "brand": "ShopKart",
        "ad_format": "meta_1080x1080",
        "style": "festive_indian",
        "layout": "bottom_text",
        "badge": "70% OFF",
    }
)

job = response.json()
print(f"Job ID: {job['generation_id']}")