Performance marketing agencies aren't interchangeable, even though their homepages often make them sound like they are. Some are full-funnel media operators with proprietary measurement stacks. Some are paid social specialists for DTC brands. Some focus on creative production for teams that have media handled. The eight agencies below cover that range of best performance marketing agencies in 2026. Some focus on agencies built for that environment.
Some are full-funnel media operators with proprietary measurement stacks. Others specialize in paid social for DTC brands. One is a creative production partner that plugs into whichever agency setup you already work with. Each entry below covers what the agency offers, what it charges if pricing is published, and who it's actually built for.
1. Tinuiti
Tinuiti is the largest independent full-funnel marketing agency in the US, with over $4 billion in digital media under management and roughly 1,000 employees. The agency traces its origins to Elite SEM, a New York paid search shop founded in 2004, and rebranded to Tinuiti in 2019 after a series of acquisitions including Bliss Point Media. New Mountain Capital took a majority stake in 2021. Tinuiti now spans commerce, social, streaming, search, and affiliate, with measurement tied to its Bliss Point platform.
What they offer:
Commerce: Amazon, retail media, and DTC commerce management
Social: Meta, TikTok, and emerging social platforms
TV, audio, and display: streaming, linear, online video, and OOH
Search: paid search, shoppable media, and AI SEO
Measurement: the Bliss Point suite covering MMM, incrementality, and brand pacing
Affiliate, creative strategy, CRO, email, SMS, and influencer
It's best for mid-market through enterprise brands across apparel, beauty, food and beverage, and B2B that want measurement-driven, full-funnel media management at real scale.
Pricing:
It’s not listed on the site. The contact form asks for monthly ad spend tiers ranging from under $20K up to $1M+, which reflects how broadly the agency engages.
2. Power Digital
Power Digital is an independent, tech-enabled growth marketing agency founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Diego. The agency built its positioning around its proprietary nova platform, which analyzes first-party data to identify ad waste and inform spend decisions. Power Digital organizes its work into four pillars: growth marketing, data intelligence, consulting, and creative. It is one of the larger independent full-service growth shops in the US and works across CPG, fashion, healthcare, consumer services, and B2B.
What they offer:
Paid media: paid search, paid social, programmatic, TikTok, Amazon, and media planning
Earned and influencer: PR, affiliate, influencer, and brand partnerships
Owned channels: SEO, GEO, email and SMS, content, organic social, and CRO
Data intelligence: measurement, incrementality, marketing mix modeling, and data infrastructure
Consulting: full GTM strategy, media scenario planning, and persona development
Creative: strategy, brand, design, and editing
Technology: nova and nova Intelligence platform
It's best for mid-market to upper-mid-market consumer and B2B brands looking for a full-funnel growth partner with proprietary measurement tooling layered on top of media management.
Pricing:
The pricing is not listed on their website, so it's based on your requirements. You can start with a free strategy audit with them, and based on that, they tell you the actual pricing.
3. Jellyfish
Jellyfish is a global digital marketing agency that joined The Brandtech Group in 2023, with offices in the US, UK, France, Brazil, Mexico, Australia, and Singapore. The company positions itself around integrated media, creative, and data, and is one of Google's premium digital marketing technology resellers. Its proprietary J+ technology stack covers creative production, data, and workflow, and the agency has invested heavily in generative AI for content production at scale. Jellyfish was named Digiday's Most Innovative Use of AI by an Agency in 2025.
What they offer:
Paid media: search, display, social, retail media, and performance media
Creative: content at scale, real-time creativity, and AI-led production
Data: analytics, dashboards, CRM platforms, and Jellyfish Cloud
Technology: J+ suite for creative, data, and workflow
Consulting and insight: planning, strategy, and audience research
Training: Jellyfish Training programs on Google and marketing tools
It's best for global enterprise brands that want an integrated media, creative, and data partner with deep Google-stack expertise and AI-native production capabilities.
4. AKQA
AKQA is a global design and innovation company owned by WPP since 2012 and founded by Ajaz Ahmed. Its work skews toward brand campaigns, digital products, and experience design rather than direct-response paid media. The agency operates studios across San Francisco, New York, Paris, London, and other major markets, and is best known for high-production work with global brands and luxury houses. AKQA frames its capability around imagination and creative technology rather than performance ROAS, so it sits at a different point on the spectrum than agencies built around paid social management.
What they offer:
AI innovation: applied AI for product, brand, and experience work
Digital product and experience design: end-to-end product builds
Brand storytelling and content: film, campaigns, and editorial
Brand design and identity: visual systems and rebrands
Creative technology: software, prototyping, and emerging tech
Growth strategy and optimisation: planning and CRO consulting
Industrial design and space: physical retail and product design
It's best for global enterprise brands and luxury houses commissioning flagship brand work, digital products, and experience design at scale, rather than teams focused purely on direct-response paid social.
Pricing:
Pricing is not listed on the website, but they work on a project basis and also do retainer engagements with their clients.
5. MuteSix
MuteSix is a paid social specialist agency founded in 2014 and headquartered in Los Angeles. The agency was acquired by Dentsu Aegis Network in 2019 and operates within Dentsu's services group. MuteSix positions itself as one of the most awarded Meta ad agencies and a Google Premier Partner, with a focus on full-funnel paid social paired with creative production for DTC brands. The agency works across retail, beauty, technology, sports, publishing, and financial services.
What they offer:
Meta advertising: paid social management and creative
TikTok advertising: media buying, TikTok Shop, and UGC production
Google Ads: paid search and YouTube
Amazon advertising: marketplace media and creative
Programmatic: display and video buys
Email and SMS: lifecycle and CRM
Creative: copywriting and graphic design
Marketing science: analytics and measurement
It's best for mid-to-large DTC and ecommerce brands looking for a Meta and TikTok-led paid social shop with creative production in-house and the backing of a global holding company.
6. Common Thread Collective
Common Thread Collective, often referred to as CTC, is an ecommerce growth agency founded in 2012 by CEO Taylor Holiday and based in Costa Mesa. The agency positions itself around profitable growth for DTC brands, with explicit focus on contribution margin, forecasting, and incrementality testing rather than topline revenue alone. In 2025, The Acacia Group led a strategic investment in the company.
What they offer:
Growth strategy: forecasting and financial modeling for ecommerce
Meta and Google ad buying: full media management
Ad creative: in-house performance creative production
Email, SMS, and retention: lifecycle marketing
Incrementality testing: media measurement and lift testing
Prophit System: proprietary forecasting and P&L tool
Subscriptions: subscription program strategy and execution
Accelerator and ADmission: programs for smaller brands and operators
It's best for DTC ecommerce brands roughly in the $10 million to $100 million revenue range that want a growth partner thinking in terms of margin and forecasting, not just media metrics.
7. Disruptive Advertising
Disruptive Advertising is a Utah-based performance marketing agency founded in 2012 by CEO Jacob Baadsgaard. The agency reports more than 150 full-time employees and over $450 million in annual ad spend under management. Its positioning emphasizes data-driven media management across paid search, paid social, lifecycle, and creative, with no long-term contracts. Disruptive works across ecommerce and lead generation, and skews more multi-vertical than the pure DTC specialists on this list.
What they offer:
Paid search: Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, YouTube, Google Shopping, and retargeting
Paid social: Meta ads, LinkedIn, Snapchat, TikTok, and X
Amazon advertising: marketplace media management
Lifecycle marketing: email and retention
SEO: organic search optimization
Creative: video, motion, and static ad production
Landing page and CRO: page design and conversion optimization
It's best for mid-market brands across ecommerce and lead generation that want a multi-channel paid media partner without long-term contract commitments.
Pricing:
They don't list their pricing, but you can schedule a free audit with them. After that, they quote you a price based on what will actually solve your problem and help you achieve your goal.
8. Airpost
Airpost isn't an agency in the traditional sense. It's a managed creative production platform that solves the same creative-volume problem most agencies on this list run into at scale. The hybrid model pairs AI orchestration with human creative strategists who write briefs, review scripts, and guide production. Airpost was founded by John Gargiulo, previously of Ready Set, and spun out of Ready Set's LA studio.
What they offer:
Vertical video ad delivery: 10 to 30 ads per week in 9:16 and 4:5
Living Brief: master brief that evolves as performance data comes in
24/7 performance monitoring: automatic variation triggering when ads start winning
Disclaimers feature: compliance built into the ad assembly process
Quick Editor: in-platform editing for shots, copy, voiceover, and disclaimers
Upload and naming workflow: ads delivered into your account with your naming conventions
It is best for DTC, ecommerce, and enterprise brands spending six figures a month on Meta and TikTok that need diverse creative volume at agency-grade quality, without making their agency or in-house team the bottleneck.
Pricing:
Starting at $6,000 per month. The subscription includes access to the Airpost platform, a dedicated AI video production team, a shared Slack channel, the Quick Editor, a customizable Compliance Checker, and 24/7 support.
Choose Airpost when creative is the constraint
The agencies on this list each have a creative team. What Airpost adds on top of that is technology and speed.
Every ad Airpost delivers is tagged in a proprietary taxonomy by ICP, angle, tactic, creative format, and narration driver, which makes the whitespace in a testing plan visible instead of theoretical. The Living Brief learns from that performance data and reshapes each week's slate. When a creative starts winning, 24/7 monitoring triggers fresh variations on it automatically, without waiting for the next creative review meeting.
The iteration loop is the other piece. New ads go from concept to in-account in hours, and revisions happen inside Airpost's Quick Editor: shot swaps, copy tweaks, voiceover changes, all instant. The 350K+ proprietary real-footage library is what keeps the output from looking AI-generated. Most clients blend their own footage with library shots and let AI fill the gaps, which is a different visual category from prompt-built video.
Choose Airpost if creative volume is the bottleneck. Book a demo to see how the platform clears that blocker as you scale.
