Ilya N.
Not built for performance marketing. Overpriced, slow, and completely inflexible.
Not built for performance marketing. Overpriced, slow, and completely inflexible. We signed up with Superside hoping to scale our creative production for paid ads. After several months of working with them, I can confidently say: don't make the same mistake we did. Impossible to scale ad creative production If you're running performance marketing and need to iterate quickly on creatives, Superside is not the solution. Their turnaround times are painfully slow, and their entire workflow is not designed for the fast-paced, test-and-learn approach that paid media requires. We needed volume and speed but we got neither. Absurdly expensive A single motion video with 3 resizes cost us anywhere from $2,000 to $4,000. Let that sink in. At that price point, scaling paid ads creative production is simply not viable. You'll burn through your budget on production costs before you even spend on media. Zero flexibility when things go wrong This was the most frustrating part. Superside operates with a "not our problem" mentality: – Have unspent budget at the end of your contract? It expires. No refunds. – Need to add a voiceover to a video? That's an extra charge. – Want to wrap up mid-month? You're still paying for the full month. When we tried to find a reasonable compromise at the end of our engagement, they refused any flexibility and immediately escalated to legal threats over a billing dispute—despite us having significant unused budget that their team couldn't execute against. The only positive They do meet their deadlines. I'll give them that. The problem is those deadlines are long to begin with, and the output doesn't justify the wait or the cost. Bottom line The price-to-value ratio is essentially zero. We eventually moved to experienced freelancers who deliver comparable quality at roughly 1/10th of the cost—and with far more flexibility and speed. If you're an enterprise brand with unlimited budget and no urgency, maybe Superside works for you. But if you're a performance-driven team that needs to move fast and scale efficiently, look elsewhere. We learned this lesson the hard way.
Response from SupersideFeb 4, 2026
Hi Ilya, Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. We’re sorry to hear that Superside wasn’t the right fit for your performance marketing needs. While we aim to support a wide range of creative use cases, we're sorry that our model did not align with the pace and approach your team required. We appreciate your feedback, and we will share it with the broader Superside team as we continue to refine our offering and delivery models going forward.




