How GenStudio for Performance Marketing is licensed: a Base package with fixed limits on users, brands, storage, Generative Actions and Insights data rows, plus add-on packs.
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Generative AI application for performance marketers. Teams define brands, personas and products as guidelines, generate on-brand variants of emails, social, display, video and connected TV ads from templates and approved assets, check them against brand, platform and accessibility rules, route them through review, publish them to paid media and email platforms, and analyze which creative attributes drive performance. It is the marketer-led creation application of Adobe GenStudio, Adobe's content supply chain solution that bundles Workfront, Frame.io for Business, Experience Manager Assets, Creative Cloud for Enterprise, the Firefly enterprise offerings, GenStudio for Performance Marketing, GenStudio for Commerce Media Networks, Adobe Express and Content Analytics.
How GenStudio for Performance Marketing is licensed: a Base package with fixed limits on users, brands, storage, Generative Actions and Insights data rows, plus add-on packs.
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The core license. It includes up to 10 Power Users and 20 Collaborator Users, 5 Brands, 2 TB of storage, 60,000 Generative Actions a year and 25 million Rows of Data a year for Insights.
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Add-on pack of 5 Power Users that also adds 30,000 Generative Actions a year.
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App Builder capacity used to build GenStudio extensions. Licenses that start or renew on or after 7 April 2025 include one pack; more packs can be added.
Part of: App Builder pack
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Power Users can use Adobe Express features embedded in GenStudio through the Express Embed SDK, and Power and Collaborator Users can use the Adobe Express app directly; Adobe describes this as an Express for Business license included with every GenStudio for Performance Marketing license.
Integrates with: Express
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Annual credits that meter generative AI use. Creating an email, paid media ad or display ad costs 5 per generation and regenerating a section costs 1; brand validation, guideline extraction and automatic attribute tagging do not consume them. Unused credits do not carry over.
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Provisioning in the Adobe Admin Console, the three in-product user roles and the Admin Console setup that lets non-managers edit Brands.
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An Adobe system administrator assigns GenStudio product-profile licenses to users of the IMS organization in the Admin Console, individually or by bulk CSV upload.
Integrates with: Admin Console
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In-product roles that set create, update, delete and view permissions per area (Brands, Campaigns, Content, Create, Insights, Personas, Products, Reviews and approvals, Templates).
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Power user with the broadest permissions: sets up Brands, uploads templates and configures Insights connectors. Counts as a Power User license.
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Content creator who generates experiences, requests reviews and publishes approved content; views but does not edit Brands and templates by default. Counts as a Power User license.
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Reviewer or approver, such as legal or brand stakeholders, who can view and download content and take part in approvals but cannot create or edit content.
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Admin Console setup (a user group with the GenStudio system manager profile and a shared Brands storage project) that lets selected editors and collaborators create, edit and publish Brands.
Integrates with: User groups
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Screens prompts and outputs for harmful, biased or offensive content and blocks generation with a "Can't generate" message; users can edit the prompt or flag it for review.
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Settings where managers or editors connect ad accounts (Meta, LinkedIn, Google Campaign Manager 360, TikTok and other activation platforms). A new connection imports six months of history, and channel data is kept for 13 months.
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Also known as GenStudio guidelines
Brands, Personas, Products and Audiences that ground every generation and drive brand validation. Guidelines are uploaded as documents, entered manually or extracted from a public URL.
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Published brand profiles that capture voice, visual and channel rules, logos and colors. A Brand is also the licensing unit (5 in the Base package); Products and Personas can be grouped by Brand tags.
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Tone of voice, writing style and wording rules that shape generated copy.
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Visual rules grouped into categories such as general art direction or product photography.
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Per-channel rules for tone, length and style, layered on default guidelines that follow each platform's specifications and best practice.
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Brand logo files (JPG, PNG or SVG) used by templates and Logo Swap.
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Named solid brand colors defined by hex or RGB value for consistent, accessible text styling.
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Profiles of customer segments (interests, pain points, preferences, behavior) used to tailor generated content and to target campaigns.
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Product records with specifications, benefits and differentiators that generation draws on.
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Also known as Real-Time CDP audience integration
Real-Time CDP audience definitions selected as a parameter during generation, so copy reflects segment context such as messaging preferences, journey stage and behavior.
Integrates with: Real-Time Customer Data Platform
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Creates guideline records by extracting details from uploaded brand, persona or product documents (up to three PDF or DOC files per brand), by manual entry, or from a public URL.
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Reads a public website to draft a Brand in one pass and to shortlist Products and Personas for the user to curate before enrichment (since May 2026).
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Also known as Brand validation, Content check
Automatic checks on every variant against the brand guidelines, platform rules and accessibility standards, shown as a per-variant summary and a detailed Content check panel with suggested fixes. Checks do not consume Generative Actions.
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Also known as Content scoring
Scores each generated experience for alignment with the brand guidelines and flags off-brand sections.
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Validates variants against the ad platform's own specifications, such as character limits and formats.
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Also known as ADA compliance
Checks generated text, imagery and links against ADA accessibility standards.
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Also known as Custom inputs for generative AI
Custom generation instructions and connections to disclosure libraries for regulated claims (for example ADA, FINRA, FTC, SEC or medical claims), typically built as extensions.
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The generation workspace. Marketers pick a channel and template, add guidelines, assets and a prompt, and get on-brand variants on a canvas to refine, check, translate and send for approval.
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The channels GenStudio can generate experiences for.
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Multi-section emails of up to 10 pods, generated from HTML templates (including AJO and Marketo templates) with per-section products and assets, desktop and mobile preview and progressive loading.
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Also known as Meta ads
Facebook and Instagram ads in image, video and carousel formats, with a template optional and aspect-ratio changes on the canvas.
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Single-image and video LinkedIn ads for B2B campaigns. Marked Beta in the docs.
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TikTok in-feed video ads, generated as four variants and checked before review (since March 2026).
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Static, video and HTML5 display ads. A DOM-based HTML5 zip can be uploaded as a template to produce animated variations and resize them to more aspect ratios.
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Also known as Adobe GenStudio for CTV
Brief-driven CTV ad assembly: GenStudio builds scenes, overlays, music and voiceover (generating missing pieces with partner models such as Veo and ElevenLabs), then offers a scene-by-scene editor and publisher-ready export (since April 2026).
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Chat card ads for ChatGPT's conversational ad surface, created, checked, approved and activated like other paid media (since May 2026, from the OpenAI partnership announced at Summit 2026).
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Short-form vertical video ads governed by brand, product and persona guidelines (since June 2026).
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How GenStudio produces copy, images and video for variants.
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Side panel where users add Brands, Products, Personas, Audiences, languages and Content assets to a natural-language prompt; asset suggestions are sorted by relevance to those parameters.
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Conversational, turn-by-turn refinement that remembers earlier instructions and kept variants instead of starting over with each prompt.
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Also known as Creative options
Reads an attached image or video and writes copy that reflects that creative.
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Applies the brand voice learned from past ads to generated copy; on by default for channels with Insights data, such as Meta and LinkedIn.
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Uses the content of a URL given in the prompt as context for generation.
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Generates new images inspired by a reference image from Content, following brand and image guidelines; Generate Similar creates look-alikes from the Create home. Marked Beta in the docs.
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Firefly Image 4 and Firefly Image 4 Ultra as selectable image generation models (Beta since August 2025).
Integrates with: Firefly Enterprise Solutions
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Generates on-brand images with the organization's custom models trained on Firefly Image Model 4.
Integrates with: Firefly Custom Models
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Tools for social and display video: branded intro and outro clips, image, text and logo overlays, and intelligent reframe that keeps the subject in focus at any aspect ratio.
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Built-in first- and third-party models: Adobe Firefly, Azure OpenAI GPT models, WRITER Palmyra, Google Nano Banana and Veo, and ElevenLabs, plus routing to customer-hosted model endpoints.
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Image workflows built and locked in Firefly Creative Production are available in GenStudio for on-brand variant production.
Integrates with: Firefly Creative Production
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Canvases and tools for last-mile editing of generated variants before approval.
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Canvas for HTML-template experiences such as email, with the prompt panel on the left and progressive loading of variants.
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WYSIWYG canvas for Adobe Express templates (Meta, LinkedIn, display and other paid media) with multiple sizes per template, layer locks, repositioning and resizing, and group feedback.
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Links related fields across sizes and pages so one edit applies to this size, all sizes or all concepts (since July 2026).
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Variant-level edits: manual rich-text edits, section regeneration (rephrase, shorten, lengthen), CTA text and link revision, crop and aspect ratio, image swap, links, alt text and accessibility labels, device preview, deletion and quality feedback.
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Also known as GenExpand
Extends an image with generated content to fit a different aspect ratio for banners, Meta, LinkedIn or display templates.
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Replaces a text block with a pre-approved AEM Content Fragment (disclaimers, offers, regulated claims) word for word, on email and on the Horizon canvas, where swaps can propagate across sizes.
Integrates with: AEM Content Fragments
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Swaps brand, sub-brand or product-line logos in a template during creation instead of maintaining one template per logo.
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Out-of-the-box translation of approved email and paid media experiences into 40+ languages, in bulk, with editable translated variants and metadata linking each back to its source.
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Draft owners invite others as Editor or Viewer to work on the same Horizon canvas draft in real time (since May 2026).
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Brand-approved layouts that define what is generated, swapped or locked. GenStudio supports HTML templates with Handlebars placeholders and Adobe Express templates, plus imports from other tools.
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HTML and inline CSS templates for email, Meta and display with recognized placeholder fields (headline, body, CTA, image, on-image text, alt text, aria labels) and sections for multi-offer layouts.
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Editor that shows detected fields, lets users change field roles and flags invalid template syntax.
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Predefined Meta and LinkedIn templates for getting started. Marked Beta in the docs.
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Email templates built in Journey Optimizer or Marketo Engage are uploaded or pulled in by the first-party extensions; GenStudio preserves their application-specific syntax for the return trip.
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Guidance and placeholders for alt text, readable fonts, clear link purpose and plain language.
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Per-channel template requirements for display, email, LinkedIn and Meta, including supported sizes and aspect ratios.
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The library of approved assets, experiences and templates, with rich metadata, search and reuse.
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Built-in read-write repository where uploaded and generated content is stored by default; uploads can come from local files or sources such as OneDrive and Dropbox.
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Makes assets approved in AEM Assets Content Hub available in Content and in Create through a location switch.
Integrates with: Experience Manager Assets
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System metadata, AI-generated attribute tags, user-defined marketing metadata, the generative context (such as the prompt) and approval history stored with each approved item.
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C2PA provenance metadata applied to assets and preserved through creation, review, activation and export, with re-signing of modified assets and optional brand signatures. Introduced as Beta in January 2026.
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Downloads approved experiences as a zip in channel-ready formats; PDF export for review and archiving is in Beta.
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Campaign records with objectives, channels, regions, personas, products and dates that label and group content; list, card and timeline views. Marked Beta in the docs.
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Planned GenStudio-wide service that connects campaign data across planning, creation and activation so every asset carries a consistent campaign record for management and measurement across Adobe solutions. Announced in June 2026.
Integrates with: Workfront
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Moves drafts through review to approval and publication to Content, with a built-in workflow, the Frame.io viewer with Workfront approval templates, or Workfront Proof.
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Editors request review from reviewers, who comment, and approvers, who must approve; drafts carry statuses such as Needs work, and approved drafts are published to Content with metadata.
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In-product, email and optional Slack notifications for review requests, status changes and @mentions.
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Review requests use Workfront unified approval templates (single- or multi-stage), chosen and adjusted when the review starts. Reviewers comment on, mark up and decide on drafts in the Frame.io viewer, and the decisions come back to GenStudio for final approval and publishing. Requires Workfront in the same IMS organization with Adobe cloud storage enabled.
Integrates with: Frame.io, Workfront
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Publishes approved experiences to paid ad platforms and email tools. Approved creative stays locked; users fill platform setup fields and send ads to the connected accounts.
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A single activation table that holds approved experiences for several platforms (Meta, LinkedIn, Google Campaign Manager 360, Amazon Ads, Innovid, TikTok, YouTube, ChatGPT and The Trade Desk), started from Content or Activate, with inline and bulk field editing, validation of missing fields and duplicate tracking IDs, per-ad status and automatic retry (release 2026.09.15).
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Lists activation tables with their ads and status, with a details view for activated and failed ads.
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Applies naming conventions, optionally from Workfront Planning metadata, so ads are trackable from launch.
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Tailors ads to Real-Time CDP audiences and delivers them to platforms such as Meta, Google and LinkedIn, with audiences kept up to date.
Integrates with: Real-Time Customer Data Platform
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Ad platforms GenStudio can activate to, each with its own supported formats and setup fields.
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Publishes image, video and carousel ads to Facebook and Instagram through Meta Ads Manager, including App Promotion campaigns.
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Publishes single-image and single-video ads to LinkedIn Campaign Manager.
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Publishes static, video and HTML5 display creatives to Google Campaign Manager 360.
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Publishes static display ads to Amazon Ads.
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Also known as Flashtalking activation
Publishes static and HTML5 display ads to the Innovid (formerly Flashtalking) ad server.
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Pushes in-feed video ads to TikTok Ads Manager in a paused or draft state.
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Pushes YouTube Shorts into Google Ads Demand Gen campaigns, or uploads them as unlisted videos for teams that traffic through DV360.
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Publishes single-asset static display creative into existing The Trade Desk campaigns, with status tracking and deep links back to The Trade Desk. API access is enabled by The Trade Desk account team with an API token rather than OAuth.
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Activation to Pinterest and Reddit, listed by Adobe as coming soon.
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Email tools that approved GenStudio emails go back to; templates are imported from the same tools.
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Sends approved emails to Adobe Journey Optimizer for delivery in journeys and campaigns.
Integrates with: Journey Optimizer
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Sends approved emails to Journey Optimizer B2B Edition for use in account journeys.
Integrates with: Journey Optimizer B2B Edition
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Brings approved emails into Marketo Engage emails (both products in the same IMS organization).
Integrates with: Marketo Engage
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Template import from and activation to third-party ESPs through extensions and partner-built accelerators.
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Also known as GenStudio Insights
Content performance analytics for connected paid media accounts that ties campaign and ad metrics to AI-extracted creative attributes.
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Performance data from Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, DV360 and Innovid ad accounts, refreshed daily.
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Cross-channel paid social overview for Meta and LinkedIn with channel contribution, ad performance rankings, Meta conversion funnels and ad-tag analysis.
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Configurable tables and galleries for Campaigns, Published experiences (ad details, formats and placements), Media, Attributes and Ad tags, with filters, date ranges and CSV download.
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Campaign list with objectives, budget, launch date and performance against the objective.
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Per-ad metrics such as CTR, CPA and spend, broken down by format and placement.
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Performance of individual images, videos and text across the ads that use them.
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Also known as Content Intelligence Featurization
AI tagging of creative features that are correlated with performance metrics. Featurization V4 (March 2026) added advertising-specific features such as CTA, offer and logo analysis, video quality and entity recognition.
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Image style, colors and tone, objects, people, scenes and composition.
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Audio mood and music genre, video category, scenes, objects and style.
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Tone of voice, emotional appeal, narrative style, persuasion tactics, readability score and counts such as words and hashtags.
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Also known as CPA by action type
Organization-defined conversion events, and cost per action by chosen action type, for Meta and LinkedIn.
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Flags fatigued or underperforming ads to refresh and high performers to scale, with proposed creative changes grounded in performance data.
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Turns a performance alert into a newly assembled on-brand variant based on what performed best. Announced as coming soon.
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Brings connected TV performance into the cross-channel dashboard through an integration with MNTN. Announced in June 2026.
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Imports Journey Optimizer email performance for a cross-channel view. Listed as coming soon.
Integrates with: Journey Optimizer
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Channel metrics and metadata are stored in Experience Platform datasets and aggregated through Customer Journey Analytics connections and data views; data is retained for 13 months.
Built on: Experience Platform, Customer Journey Analytics
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Conversational access to GenStudio: the in-product Content Production Agent and a remote MCP server that exposes Insights, Create and Activate tools to AI assistants.
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Conversational agent that reads a campaign brief, objectives and channel needs, proposes a strategic direction, recommends personas, products, templates and DAM assets, and generates the campaign variants on the canvas. In beta for licensed customers since October 2025.
Integrates with: Content Production Agent
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Also known as GenStudio AI assistant tools
Remote Model Context Protocol server that lets a connected AI assistant query Insights, assemble drafts from Express templates or recommendations, manage review and publish approved ads, using the user's Adobe identity and permissions in one IMS organization.
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Read-only tools for KPI summaries, campaign and ad tables, ad attributes, tags, conversion metrics and recommendations (Meta, LinkedIn, Innovid).
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Tools to browse Express templates, create drafts from a template or a recommendation, share drafts and request approval (Meta, LinkedIn, display, TikTok, YouTube).
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Tools to resolve an ad account target and publish a live ad from an approved experience (Meta, LinkedIn, Campaign Manager 360).
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Adobe CX Enterprise Coworker (native connection), Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Writer AI Studio and Microsoft Copilot (remote MCP connection).
Integrates with: CX Enterprise Coworker
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First-party design-tool plugins and connections to other Adobe applications not covered elsewhere.
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Also known as GenStudio Photoshop
Photoshop panel that turns a document into a template, generates and translates on-brand variations and exports them as experiences to Content.
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Also known as Firefly Enterprise and GenStudio plugin
Figma panel that maps frame fields to GenStudio roles, generates or translates copy variations, keeps a generation history, exports experiences and converts frames for use in Photoshop.
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GenStudio workspace in Workfront Planning with two-way, real-time sync of Campaigns, Products, Personas, Regions, Channels and Activations, links from Brands to Planning records, sync of that information to AEM Assets and Content Fragments, and Planning metadata for automated ad naming.
Integrates with: Workfront
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Display ad variants created in GenStudio are brought into Adobe Advertising Creative, as-is or as dynamic creatives, for activation in the Advertising DSP.
Integrates with: Advertising
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Also known as GenStudio Extensibility
App Builder add-ons built with the GenStudio UI Extensibility SDK, embeddable selectors and a REST API for reading approved experiences.
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Also known as GenStudio Extensibility SDK
TypeScript SDK with typed host services and shared data types that let an App Builder app plug into GenStudio extension points over the UIX host bridge.
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Right-panel app that reads experiences and writes field fixes, for example a claims or compliance check.
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Prompt-drawer dialog that adds context, such as selected claims or references, to the generation request.
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Dialog that replaces a single field's value with an approved variant from an external source.
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Asset picker backed by a third-party DAM instead of AEM Assets.
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Template browser that imports HTML templates from a third-party email design system.
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App Builder runtime action that plugs a custom translation service into GenStudio.
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Also known as Experience Selector MFE
Micro frontend dialog, loaded as an ES module or UMD bundle, that lets other applications browse, filter and select approved GenStudio experiences with Adobe sign-in.
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Lightning Web Component that embeds the selector in Salesforce and can create Salesforce email templates from a selected experience.
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Also known as GenStudio API
Storage-agnostic REST API (OAuth server-to-server) for server-side apps to get an approved experience with its fields and variants, list and filter experiences, and fetch pre-signed asset URLs. Adobe notes its architecture may change.
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Adobe-built add-ons installed from Adobe Exchange.
Integrates with: Exchange
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Exchange app that adds an AJO Templates tab to email creation, using OAuth credentials and a technical account with Journey Optimizer permissions, one environment per sandbox.
Integrates with: Journey Optimizer, Exchange
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Exchange app that adds a Marketo Templates tab to email creation using Marketo LaunchPoint REST credentials.
Integrates with: Marketo Engage, Exchange
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Open-source sample apps published by Adobe for common GenStudio extensions.
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Sample medical, legal and regulatory claims library used through prompt and validation extensions.
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Sample select-content extension that serves assets from a non-Adobe DAM.
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Sample import-template extension for third-party email templates.
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