Does AdSpeed find advertisers for me?

No. AdSpeed only serves and reports on ads you already sold, rotating creatives and targeting by geography and device, with no demand of its own. EthicalAds works the opposite way: it is a network that brings its own advertisers, for 30 percent of what they spend.

Can any site join EthicalAds?

No. It is invite-only and aimed at developer-facing sites doing at least 50,000 pageviews a month, with a 0.1 percent click-through floor to stay in. A general-interest site will not be accepted even with the traffic.

Which one is cheaper to run?

AdSpeed is a flat $9.95 a month, whatever your revenue. EthicalAds costs nothing upfront and instead keeps 30 percent of what advertisers spend, so it is cheaper at low volume, and AdSpeed wins only once your own ad sales are large enough to make a flat fee worth it.

Do either of these need software installed?

Neither does. AdSpeed is hosted, so there is no server to patch. EthicalAds runs from a script tag too. The difference is who supplies the ads, not how either one gets installed.

AdSpeed vs EthicalAds Comparison 2026

AdSpeed is a hosted ad server for a slot you already sold: it rotates creatives, targets by geography and device, and reports the numbers, from $9.95 a month. EthicalAds is different. It is a free, invite-only network that supplies the advertisers itself, but only to developer-facing sites doing 50,000 pageviews a month, and only one ad per page. The choice is not about price. It is about who finds the advertiser: you, or a network that first decides whether your site qualifies at all.

AdSpeed

Hosted ad serving from under ten dollars

EthicalAds

Ads without tracking, for developer sites

At a glance

Only EthicalAds has a free tier.

Side by side

	AdSpeed	EthicalAds
Starting price	From $9.95	Free
Pricing model (they differ)	Paid subscription	Free
Free tier (they differ)	No	Yes
Billing (they differ)	Monthly or annual	Usage-based
Free trial	Not stated	Not stated
API	Not stated	Not stated

AdSpeed

Hosted ad serving from under ten dollars

AdSpeed is a hosted ad server, so there is no software to install and no server of your own to keep patched. It rotates creatives, targets by geography and device, and reports impressions and clicks to whoever bought the slot. The price is the reason to look: this is the cheapest published entry point of any ad server in this directory. Support and reporting are what people say they stay for.

Our note

Ask what the entry tier's impression allowance is before committing, since that is the number the published floor does not carry and it is what decides whether $9.95 is the real price for your traffic. Against AdPlugg's free tier this only makes sense once you are past a hundred thousand impressions a month.

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EthicalAds

Ads without tracking, for developer sites

EthicalAds targets on page content rather than on the reader, so a site running it needs no cookie banner and shows one ad instead of six. That is a smaller advertiser pool and a lower ceiling than a general network, and the trade is deliberate. Getting in is the hard part: the network is invite-only and aimed at sites a developer audience reads.

Why people weigh these two

EthicalAds instead of AdSpeed: EthicalAds runs its own no-tracking ad network free of charge, for a developer site that would rather not sell its own placements.
AdSpeed instead of EthicalAds: AdSpeed hosts the ad serving from under ten dollars, again for selling your own inventory instead of joining a network.

Which one should you pick

Pick AdSpeed if you already have advertisers lined up and only need the technical plumbing behind them: rotation, targeting, and reporting they can check for themselves. At $9.95 a month with no contract and a stated money back guarantee, it is the cheapest published entry point among hosted ad servers here. It does not find advertisers for you.

Pick EthicalAds if the site is developer-facing and you would rather a network bring the advertisers, in exchange for 30 percent of what they spend. The floor is real: 50,000 pageviews a month, a 0.1 percent click-through rate to stay in, and an application you might not pass. A general-interest creator site gets turned down regardless of traffic, so this only fits documentation, technical blogs and developer newsletters.

Common questions

Does AdSpeed find advertisers for me?: No. AdSpeed only serves and reports on ads you already sold, rotating creatives and targeting by geography and device, with no demand of its own. EthicalAds works the opposite way: it is a network that brings its own advertisers, for 30 percent of what they spend.
Can any site join EthicalAds?: No. It is invite-only and aimed at developer-facing sites doing at least 50,000 pageviews a month, with a 0.1 percent click-through floor to stay in. A general-interest site will not be accepted even with the traffic.
Which one is cheaper to run?: AdSpeed is a flat $9.95 a month, whatever your revenue. EthicalAds costs nothing upfront and instead keeps 30 percent of what advertisers spend, so it is cheaper at low volume, and AdSpeed wins only once your own ad sales are large enough to make a flat fee worth it.
Do either of these need software installed?: Neither does. AdSpeed is hosted, so there is no server to patch. EthicalAds runs from a script tag too. The difference is who supplies the ads, not how either one gets installed.

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