minylist for marketers
The must-have tools for marketers
Paid social eats creative, and reporting never quite matches the ad platforms. This stack covers ad video, honest conversion data, short copy, social posting and presenter video, one tool each.
Tools
5
one per job, no overlap
Self-hostable
0 of 5
run them on your own server
Free to start
4 of 5
free or free-tier pricing
Stands in for
Creatify, Hyros
and 3 more
The marketers stack at a glance
Pricing, license and the paid tool each pick stands in for.
One tool per job, and why
Each pick comes with the catch we ran into. Swaps are listed where there's a cheaper or self-hosted option.
- 1
Ad creative
Arcads for ad creative
AI actors that turn a product link into a video ad
Rated 4.1 / 5
UGC-style video ads from AI actors, in volume for hook testing. Prices appear only after sign-up, and credits drain quickly.
- Paid
- Proprietary
- Replaces Creatify
- 2
Conversion tracking
AnyTrack for conversion tracking
No-code conversion tracking that feeds your ad platforms
Rated 4.2 / 5
Sends sales and leads to Meta and Google from the server. Free up to 5K sessions; paid plans start at $100 a month.
- Freemium
- Proprietary
- Replaces Hyros
- 3
Short copy
Rytr for short copy
A low-cost AI writer that learns your tone
Rated 3.9 / 5
Cheap first drafts of emails and ad copy, $7.50 a month for unlimited. Every draft still needs a human edit.
- Freemium
- Proprietary
- Replaces Jasper
- 4
Social posting
Typefully for social posting
Write, schedule and publish social posts from one editor
Rated 4.3 / 5
Write, schedule and analyse posts for X, LinkedIn and Threads. It's lighter than a full social suite.
- Freemium
- Proprietary
- Replaces Hootsuite
- 5
Presenter video
HeyGen for presenter video
Turn a script into a video with an AI avatar, in your language
Rated 4.4 / 5
Avatar videos and lip-synced translation for campaigns in several markets. Credits decide your real cost.
- Freemium
- Proprietary
- Replaces Synthesia
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Every tool here has its own review with real pricing and the limits we hit.
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