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    What does AI product photography cost?

    At ADV, AI product photography starts at $1,500 for a one-off scoped project, or $3,000 per month on an ongoing production retainer, with a $5,500 per month tier that adds creative strategy and weekly ad creative. For comparison, a traditional commercial shoot producing the same volume typically costs $15,000 to $20,000 once studio, crew, models, location and post-production are counted.

    The three ways to buy it

    • First Project, $1,500, one-off. A single scoped production, no commitment beyond it. The full fee is credited toward your first month if you continue. Typically delivered in 5 to 7 business days from brief approval.
    • Production Partner, $3,000 / month. An ongoing production lane, month-to-month, one active brief at a time. Most briefs turn around in 2 to 4 business days.
    • Production Partner Plus, $5,500 / month, by application only. Adds a second production lane, a senior creative strategist on your brand, and weekly ad creative built from your ad account data.

    What the price includes

    Custom models trained on your product's exact geometry, logo placement, packaging finish and colour. Concepting and scene direction. Generation with human art direction. Manual retouching, colour grading and detail correction in Photoshop. Revision rounds until the output matches the brief. Delivery in ad-ready formats. Full copyright transfers to you on delivery, no licensing fees and no usage restrictions.

    Why it is cheaper than a shoot

    A traditional shoot's cost sits in things that happen once and cannot be reused: studio hire, crew day rates, model bookings, travel, set build. AI production moves that spend into a product-accurate model that is built once and then reused across every scene, format and campaign. The saving compounds with volume, which is why brands producing continuously see the biggest gap.

    What it does not include

    Media buying. ADV builds creative and hands it to your media team as test-ready sets; launching, scaling and budget decisions stay with your buyer.