How much do Meta Ads cost per month?

ADZBE charges ₹20,000/mo per platform (+18% GST) for management. Your ad spend is separate — most businesses run ₹40,000–₹2,00,000/mo media on Meta depending on niche and lead targets.

What is the minimum budget for Meta Ads?

You can test from ₹30,000–₹50,000/mo media. Below that, the algorithm doesn't get enough data to optimize delivery. We usually recommend starting at ₹40,000+ for meaningful split-testing.

How long before Meta Ads generate leads?

Click-to-WhatsApp campaigns can generate day-one leads if creative and offer are strong. Meaningful, optimizable volume takes 14–30 days of data.

Do Meta Ads work better than Google Ads?

They serve different intents. Google captures people already searching; Meta creates demand by interrupting a scroll. The best strategy runs both — Meta fills the top of funnel, Google closes the bottom.

Should I run Instagram or Facebook ads?

Both. Instagram skews younger and rewards visual creative; Facebook reaches a broader age range and drives volume. We run both and let performance data allocate budget.

Do I need an agency for Meta Ads?

If you need creative testing across formats, audience building from your CRM data, click-to-WhatsApp flows and someone accountable for cost-per-lead — yes. Running ads without tracking or creative variation is how budgets get burned.

Meta Ads · Explained

What Are Meta Ads in 2026? Instagram & Facebook, Explained

Meta Ads are paid campaigns across Instagram, Facebook, Messenger and the Audience Network. You target people by interests, behaviors and custom audiences — and pay for impressions, clicks or conversions. In India, the strongest play is click-to-WhatsApp: the ad opens a chat where your team closes the lead.

3–5

Creative variants per audience

Click

to-WhatsApp lead flow

₹8–₹60

Per click depending on niche

About these numbers: Ranges shown are published market benchmarks, not a quote and not a measured average from your account. Actual CPC, CPM and CPL depend on your industry, competition, creative quality, season and landing page. Ask us for the figures from your own campaign data.

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The 30-second answer

ADZBE is a Bengaluru & Hyderabad ads agency running Google Ads, Meta Ads, ChatGPT Ads, LinkedIn, JioHotstar, Moj and WhatsApp campaigns at ₹20,000/mo per platform (+18% GST) plus ad spend. Every engagement starts with a free performance audit and tracking wired before a rupee is spent.

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The facts

The mechanics, simply

You create campaigns with an objective — leads, messages, traffic or sales — and Meta shows ads to people matching your audience definition across Instagram, Facebook, Messenger and the Audience Network.
Creative is the engine: image, carousel, Reels and story formats tested in variants. Meta's algorithm learns which creative-angle-audience combinations convert and shifts budget toward winners automatically.
Click-to-WhatsApp ads skip the landing page entirely — a tap opens a brand chat with an opening message your team or automation answers within minutes. No form, no drop-off.
Advantage+ is Meta's AI-driven campaign type for proven accounts: you supply creative variety and conversion data, and the algorithm finds the cheapest conversions at volume.
Retargeting brings back visitors who opened a chat, added to cart or viewed a product — at a fraction of cold-audience cost. Frequency-capped so ads stay helpful, not annoying.

The facts

Meta Ads placements compared

Placement	What you pay for	Best for
Instagram Reels Ads	Impressions or clicks in the Reels feed	Younger audiences, UGC-style creative, lowest CPMs
Instagram Feed Ads	Impressions or clicks in the main feed	Offer-led creative, carousel and single-image
Instagram Story Ads	Full-screen impressions (swipe-up CTA)	Sequential messaging, click-to-WhatsApp
Facebook Feed Ads	Impressions or clicks in the main feed	Volume, lookalike audiences, retargeting
Facebook Reels Ads	Impressions in the Reels placement	Cross-over audiences, lower CPM

The facts

What determines your cost per lead

Creative quality

Meta rewards ads people finish watching. UGC-style Reels and offer-first images consistently beat polished brand content on CPM and cost-per-lead.

Audience definition

Too broad wastes budget on non-buyers. Too narrow limits delivery. We use lookalikes from your CRM data to hit the sweet spot.

Landing experience

Click-to-WhatsApp skips the landing page entirely. For lead-form campaigns, a fast mobile page with one clear CTA beats a cluttered website every time.

Conversion data

Advantage+ and lookalike audiences need pixel or Conversions API data. More tracked conversions mean cheaper, smarter delivery.

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What Are Meta Ads in 2026? Instagram & Facebook, Explained

3–5

Creative variants per audience

Click

to-WhatsApp lead flow

₹8–₹60

Per click depending on niche

The 30-second answer

Senior operators, no account-manager runaround

Tracked to enquiries, bookings & revenue

Free 60-minute performance audit

Live dashboards on cost per lead & ROAS

Book your free audit

Placement

What you pay for

Best for

Instagram Reels Ads

Impressions or clicks in the Reels feed

Younger audiences, UGC-style creative, lowest CPMs

Instagram Feed Ads

Impressions or clicks in the main feed

Offer-led creative, carousel and single-image

Instagram Story Ads

Full-screen impressions (swipe-up CTA)

Sequential messaging, click-to-WhatsApp

Facebook Feed Ads

Impressions or clicks in the main feed

Volume, lookalike audiences, retargeting

Facebook Reels Ads

Impressions in the Reels placement

Cross-over audiences, lower CPM