A freelancer charges $15-$60 for one static ad. An agency charges $100-$250+. That's ManyPixels' 2026 pricing guide. Superside's subscriptions start at $15,000 a month. The price mattered less back when a handful of ads was enough to get by. You can't anymore. In Nielsen Catalina's 2017 study of nearly 500 campaigns, creative accounted for 47% of sales contribution. Targeting contributed 9%. Meta's December 2025 guidance calls for a broad creative portfolio rather than refining a fixed set,…