Top Media Buying & Planning Agencies
Goodfirms has reviewed 3,818 Media Buying & Planning Agencies as of September 2026 across 103 countries. The top-ranked firm is SmartSites (4.9 stars, 16 verified reviews, $100 - $149/hr, founded 2011, Jersey City). Across the category, the median hourly rate is $37, median client rating is 4.8, and 17% of firms employ 50+ members. Explore the vetted Media Buying & Planning Agencies companies below, compare their strengths, and connect with the provider best suited to your requirements.
Buying media without the right strategy can drain budgets fast. That’s why top media buying agencies focus on precision, performance, and constant optimization across digital and traditional channels. Goodfirms makes this process easier by curating a vetted list of trusted media buying and planning agencies, evaluated on market presence, client feedback, and proven results. With detailed profiles, verified reviews, and smart filters, Goodfirms helps businesses confidently compare media buying companies that align with their goals, budget, and target audience.
How this list is built: All 3,818 firms below pass Goodfirms' 4-step verification process (background check, client interviews, portfolio audit, ongoing quality review). Listings marked "Sponsored" are agencies that pay for premium placement - sponsorship does not affect star ratings or review content.
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List of the Best Media Buying Companies & Planning Firms
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For 11 years we have been engaged in our favorite business - digital marketing and we are one of the best in Ukraine - according to the IAB rating we are among the top 3 best digital media agencies, we have repeatedly become the finalists of the Effie Awards. Three years ago we opened a ... read iplace digital reviews & insights
$25 - $49/hr10 - 492011Kyiv, UkraineAt AdChampagne we strive to enrich the lives of our employees, clients and community members, and in turn make our lives more meaningful. We lead the market with our professionalism and high ethical standards. We continuously improve our services, making them best practices in the media buying market. We are honest and transparent in all ... read AdChampagne reviews & insights
$100 - $149/hr50 - 2492018London, United KingdomAbove Digital is a performance marketing agency based in Dubai with 20+ years of experience helping businesses grow through results-driven lead generation and e-commerce advertising campaigns. We specialize in Meta Ads, Google Ads, and conversion-focused strategies that generate high-quality leads and measurable ROI. Since 2004, we’ve managed thousands of campaigns across the UAE and beyond, ... read Above Digital Mena reviews & insights
$100 - $149/hr10 - 492004Dubai, UAEGrowthify is a digital growth and marketing agency based in India that helps businesses, particularly B2B and e-commerce companies, to increase their revenue and online presence. It offers a range of data-driven services, including performance marketing, CRM implementation, and technical development, to help clients scale their operations.
NA10 - 492021Ahmedabad, IndiaSpinDepth is an international media and partnership coordination firm supporting brands, fintech companies, and organizations expanding into Asia, connecting global demand with trusted local media, PR, and strategic partners across markets such as Japan, Thailand, Korea, and Southeast Asia.
< $25/hr2 - 92025Dubai, UAEUsing AI Tools
Claude
Kindred helps ambitious global brands grow across Asia Pacific.We're an independent creative and media agency purpose-built for APAC's dynamic markets: Japan, Korea, Greater China, Singapore, Southeast Asia, and Australasia.Global brands and agencies come to us when they need an in-market partner who understands both the nuance and the scale of the region - without managing ... read Kindred reviews & insights
NA10 - 492018Hong Kong, ChinaWhy Kindred?
- Cultural intelligence, built into every brief
- One partner, one point of accountability
- Regional consistency without losing relevance
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Claude
Octatude is a performance marketing agency built for ecommerce brands that need ad spend to convert into revenue, not just clicks.We manage paid media across [Google Ads, Meta Ads, TikTok Ads — confirm which you actually run before posting] with a track record of 6:1 to 11:1 ROAS, backed by $35M+ in ad spend managed ... read Octatude LLC reviews & insights
$25 - $49/hr10 - 492019Atlanta, United StatesWhy Octatude LLC?
- Proven ROAS across campaigns
- One team for paid media, SEO, and web dev
- Ecommerce-focused, not a generalist agency
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Canva
WinzeeDigital is a cross-border digital marketing agency helping brands grow at home and in new markets. We cover performance marketing, SEO and AI search, paid media, ecommerce, influencer and content, plus China market entry across WeChat, Xiaohongshu and Douyin.
NA10 - 492023Auckland, New ZealandWhy WinzeeDigital?
- Cross-border growth, home markets and China
- One team from strategy to launch
- SEO, paid media and AI search combined
At American View Productions, we serve as your professional and talented marketing staff. We are committed to establishing your web presence, getting you noticed on social media, creating your annual report, or telling your story with video.
< $25/hr2 - 91984Bridgeport, United StatesUsing AI Tools
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Brandformance is an Israeli performance-marketing consultancy built on one principle: the people who spend your budget should not be the only people who audit it. We work on the client's side, independent of any media vendor, so our recommendations follow the numbers and nothing else. Our work covers objective media audits, cross-channel spend analysis, conversion-rate ... read Brandformance reviews & insights
$150 - $199/hr2 - 92022Tel Aviv, IsraelWhy Brandformance?
- Paid on your profit, not your ad spend
- Objective, client-side, we sell no media
- Typically recover 18-25 percentage of your budget
ARSNL Media is an integrated performance media agency based in Miami Lakes, Florida, that delivers paid and organic campaigns across digital channels, CTV/OTT, out-of-home, radio and direct mail. The agency highlights measurement tied to business outcomes such as booked revenue, pipeline, patient volume and unit sales, and has developed a dedicated healthcare practice, ARSNL Health, ... read ARSNL Media reviews & insights
10 - 492016Miami Lakes, United StatesGenero is more than just an advertising agency. We focus on measurable marketing communications, aiming at the success and growth of our customer companies. We are looking for all the means and channels that are right for your business that produce real, measurable results at ... read Genero reviews & insights
NA10 - 492009Helsinki, FinlandGreat sales bla bla, weak delivery
- CEOLogo Liberty is US based Design studio that makes your corporate and business identity beyond your expectation. We have got the team of experts which bring your digital identity live because we know the value of our customer. Contact us to make your business live ... read Logo Liberty reviews & insights
$150 - $199/hr50 - 2492012Jersey City, United StatesABSOLUTE SCAM ARTISTS
- Paul frickWe are a team of passionate marketing professionals. We love to promote fintech and other sophisticated IT projects, conduct ICOs and reach investment attractiveness, work in marketing&PR on stock markets. A good book either begins with contents or ends with them. The story of your business deserves to be on a “favorites” shelf. And we ... read Zmest reviews & insights
$25 - $49/hr10 - 492017Minsk, BelarusRowdy is a full service agency with a focus on high social-impact projects and the economic empowerment of women. We are a female-owned organisation based in the heart of Canberra. At Rowdy Inc, we're not your typical agency. We prioritize relationships over billable hours, leveraging our boutique size to create meaningful connections. Our team's diverse ... read Rowdy Inc reviews & insights
< $25/hr2 - 92016Canberra, AustraliaTriplesense Reply specialises in digital service design, arranges experiences and interactions along digital touchpoints for its clients, thereby optimizing the user, brand and enterprise experience. ‘Humanizing Digital’ is Triplesense Reply’s mission: Developing technological applications that suit people and help make their lives easier.
< $25/hr50 - 2491999Frankfurt, GermanyQuite simply, we help clients punch above their weight. Because today your biggest threat isn’t the competition, it’s indifference. The modern mainstream audience has never had so much choice and so little time. If your brand doesn’t engage instantly, you’re filtered out without a second thought. At CreativeRace we’ll help you understand what really drives ... read CreativeRace reviews & insights
< $25/hr50 - 2491978Leeds, United KingdomWE BELIEVE IN THE WORDS, IN LOYALTY. WE KNOW ABOUT BUSINESS, because we are part of it. WE INCREASE THE VALUE OF YOUR BRAND, BECAUSE WE KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT HER. WE ARE YOUR RIGHT HAND WE DO MORE WITH LESS
$50 - $99/hr10 - 492004San Jose, Costa RicaMerah Cipta Media is one of the leading internet and advertising group company in Indonesia that provides complete solution in branding, marketing, communications, technology and digital media strategy & execution for major industry players in Indonesia.
< $25/hr2 - 9Jakarta, Indonesiajohn st. has rapidly become one of Canada's top creative advertising agencies. Through our commitment to strategic planning, we have an unmatched track record for work that works. Our philosophy is simple: in a world fast approaching commoditization, our job is to make clients' brands unignorable.
$25 - $49/hr50 - 2492001Toronto, CanadaThor Marketing takes care of your present situation and brings it to the next level. We are working with small & medium size companies, helping them get into the digital world and make sure that everything is done the right way. We help you grow your sales and business through Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube by ... read Thor Marketing reviews & insights
< $25/hr2 - 92018Montreal, CanadaRace Communications is a multidisciplinary corporate communications agency focused on building and strengthening reputations through relationship and engagement strategies. We serve organizations of all sizes and industries in a seamless and flexible manner, adapting to the clients’ needs and always focusing on concrete results. We have extensive experience in working with international and multinational companies ... read Race Communications reviews & insights
$50 - $99/hr2 - 9Sao Paulo, BrazilA truly strategic shop focused on brands and results. A place where points, ratings and reach & frequencies do not dictate a strategy. We started in late 2008 because we felt agencies had lost sight of the client and their business. We are engaged with you beginning to end, start to finish. It is time ... read TRUth Advertising reviews & insights
$50 - $99/hr2 - 92008Plano, United StatesDooley is a full-service social media studio that helps our clients get attention by being thoughtful about how they give it. We believe that every interaction with your company is an opportunity to be memorable and remarkable, so we dive deep into the customer or employee experience in order to craft stories that connect. From ... read Dooley Social Studio reviews & insights
NA2 - 9Cincinnati, United StatesIntroducing Univox Media, your single source for all forms of programmatic video, audio, and online display advertising.Univox Media specializes in programmatic digital media products that can be used to identify target prospects and serve them ads on whatever ad-supported media platforms they visit.Univox Media can tailor a programmatic advertising campaign using streaming video (CTV, OTT, ... read UNIVOX MEDIA reviews & insights
$25 - $49/hr10 - 49Tigard, United StatesPoland Media Group is a full-service advertising, brand management, and public relations agency. We’re marketing experts who simplify advertising plans, brand recognition and media buying for clients.
$25 - $49/hr10 - 492014Eshkashem, AfghanistanRadium Digital is a full-service digital agency based in Casablanca, Morocco. We help brands and businesses grow through performance-driven digital marketing, creative design, and custom web development. Our team of passionate strategists, designers, developers, and media buyers deliver tailored solutions across SEO, Google Ads, Meta campaigns, branding, and UX/UI. Whether you’re a startup or an ... read Radium Digital reviews & insights
$25 - $49/hr10 - 492015Casablanca, MoroccoXenone Studio is a results-driven performance marketing agency focused on helping businesses grow through Paid Ads & SEO. We work with e-commerce brands, real estate companies and service-based businesses to increase sales, generate qualified leads and scale revenue within 90 days or less. Founded by S M Abu Nayeem, He is the CEO of Xenone ... read Xenone Studio reviews & insights
$150 - $199/hr50 - 2492020Dhaka, BangladeshUsing AI Tools
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Claude
Gemini
Growthora is a full-service digital marketing agency in Ahmedabad and Mumbai, helping D2C brands, founders, and growth-stage businesses scale profitably through performance marketing, SEO, content marketing, and AI-powered growth strategies.
< $25/hr2 - 92018Ahmedabad, IndiaWhy Growthora?
- Performance Driven
- ROI-Focused Growth Strategies
- Transparent & Data-Driven
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Violet Growth
Exactius is a full-funnel growth agency accountable for its clients' P&L. Its AI-enabled senior operators provide performance marketing, strategy, creative, and whole-business analytics and data science, engaged one function at a time or as a full team. It serves consumer and B2B companies where paid marketing is a main growth lever, through two practices: one ... read Exactius reviews & insights
NA50 - 2492017Brooklyn, United StatesWhy Exactius?
- Measured on your P&L, not platform dashboards.
- A business model that ties our success to yours.
- Start with one function, or take the whole team.
Wolox is a software company that specializes in providing technological solutions to start-ups; entrepreneurs and companies that are seeking to innovate and need support in developing their ideas.
$25 - $49/hr50 - 2492011Buenos Aires, ArgentinaTook advantage of us and treated us like garbage
- Eric UrbainDon’t trust your ad campaign to an agency where media buying is an afterthought. Partner with experienced specialists who live and breathe media each and every day. Some full-service agencies tack on media-buying units to go after bigger business. Others contract out their ad buys to third parties or platforms. We’ve gone against the current, ... read EXL Media reviews & insights
< $25/hr2 - 9Reno, United StatesWingman Media is the only response-driven media planning and buying agency to specialize in companies that sell niche products and considered purchases - cars, solar panels, mortgages, windows, high end home goods, engagement rings and other big ticket items. We harness the power of big data to plan and execute profitable and highly scalable media ... read Wingman Media reviews & insights
NA2 - 92003Los Angeles, United StatesThe7stars is the UK's largest independent media agency and Campaign Magazine's Agency of the Year 2017. We started life in 2005. Our reasons then were our reasons now. Fundamentally, we think that media is too important to be commoditised by big buying networks. We believe that advertisers deserve better accountability and complete transparency from their ... read The7stars reviews & insights
$100 - $149/hr50 - 2492005London, United KingdomFaulhaber Communications is an award-winning full-service PR and marketing agency specializing in lifestyle brands. We parlay our imaginations into result-driven future-focused campaigns and develop impassioned strategies that connect. Every day, across North America, we turn our relationships into exposure for our clients. We create and communicate powerful brand stories. The FAULHABER team is a smart ... read Faulhaber Communications reviews & insights
< $25/hr10 - 492001Toronto, CanadaBrand8 PR is a PR & content marketing agency delivering powerful ideas which allow businesses and brands to achieve their commercial objectives. We do this by integrating the disciplines of brand strategy, public relations, content marketing, social media and search, executing robust tactics across traditional, digital and social media channels.
< $25/hr2 - 92010Leeds, United KingdomA leading independent media agency based in Harrogate, the UK’s happiest town. We were established in 2006 following an MBO from one of the UK’s leading agency groups, specifically aimed at delivering the talent, experience and resource found in the biggest media agencies to small-medium sized advertisers.
< $25/hr2 - 92006York, United KingdomHanover is an award-winning communications consultancy that advises enterprises, institutions, and individuals on building recognition and enhancing reputation. We design and deliver strategies that unlock insight, shape narratives, harness influencers, activate campaigns, navigate regulations and access markets.
< $25/hr2 - 9Brussels, BelgiumSemetis is a Belgian market leader in Digital Advertising & Digital Business Intelligence. The company was set-up in 2009 by the first employees of Google Belgium and grew rapidly to become leader active in Belgium & France. Semetis advises clients on how to optimize their digital advertising campaigns (search, branding, real-time-bidding, programmatic buying, mobile, social, ... read Semetis reviews & insights
< $25/hr10 - 492009Brussels, BelgiumAscanius Media is a communication agency providing a full range of services from media planning & buying, through research and consumer insights, to communication strategies and consulting. We specialize in helping our international and local clients to improve their communication strategy and presence in the media. With the support of our regional and partner networks ... read Ascanius Media reviews & insights
< $25/hr10 - 492018Zagreb, CroatiaWe are an independent full-service digital agency that promotes the power of brands and their business growth by linking the world of creativity, data, and technology. Thanks to this mix, we are able to quickly identify the right opportunities in a rapidly changing digital environment and gain a competitive advantage for our clients. We provide ... read Marketup reviews & insights
< $25/hr50 - 2492010Prague, Czech RepublicRamz Group is a nationally-known and respected integrated communications and event management firm based in Amman, Jordan. Since 2003, our team's been specializing in providing high-quality marketing and event management, branding, design, marketing, advertising, public relations, market research, conference coordination, website development and multimedia production.
< $25/hr10 - 492003Amman, JordanThe Hub is a leading advertising and marketing communication solutions provider. Founded and established in 1991 as Profess Graphics Marketing & Advertising agency, the group has been providing a comprehensive range of services covering all areas in Advertising & Marketing, Branding & Identity, Public Relations, Online Advertising, and Media Planning & Buying. The foundation of ... read The Hub reviews & insights
< $25/hr10 - 491991Amman, JordanTMD | The Marketing Department is a value creating Saudi Arabia-based marketing team of professionals and experts that empower businesses and brands to relate with the locals and be in control over their marketing outcomes through the use of empathy, creativity and technology.
< $25/hr10 - 492010Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaOn average it was born as the first media center in Italy specializing in Direct Marketing. It developed within the direct Bussolino-sitcap agency and in recent years it has acquired greater autonomy. Today it is also proposed as a direct interlocutor for many companies that already have an agency but need a punctual and rigorous ... read Mediamente reviews & insights
< $25/hr2 - 9Turin, ItalyWe’re an independent branding and advertising agency offering integrated communications. (That’s a lot of big words for “we help brands be their best.”) Our office is in West Des Moines, Iowa, but we work with client partners across the nation.
< $25/hr2 - 9Des Moines, United StatesLeaders in strategy, creative direction, and branding acumen drives our work, ensuring our clients will see success, skyrocketing your success. We use marketing strategies that outmanuver the competition and increases your marketing share. Contact us for a Free consultation.
< $25/hr2 - 92012Omaha, United StatesBrunet-García Advertising is a GSA-certified vendor and minority-owned SBA 8(a)-certified small business. For more than 16 years, we've helped government and private entities make a positive social impact with award-winning creative work that is on time and on budget. We are a team of experts—passionate about our work, our community, and our world. We help ... read Brunet-Garcia reviews & insights
$25 - $49/hr10 - 492003Jacksonville, United States
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