Cape Ad Validation

Take the guesswork out of creative QA

Trusted by the world’s leading publishers and networks: test ads with total accuracy and confidence, in under 60 seconds. 

No more delays, no more surprises, just full control. See it in action by scheduling a free demo today.

Optimise campaigns

Take your campaigns to the next level

Load times, file size, incorrect audio levels all impact ad experience. Fix or set expectations by letting Advalidation identify problems before launch.

Improve load time

Analyse load times, file requests, initial and subsequent file load times, checks to make sure that ads don't slow pages down, use excessive bandwidth, or cause other issues on your website or app.

Use less energy

Get a sustainability benefit by making ads less energy-intensive and reducing their emissions.

Test (audio) volume

Unexpected increases in audio volume between content and commercials can be jarring and annoying for users. Our tests allow you to set audio volume standards according to your needs.

Optimise campaigns

Take your campaigns to the next level

Load times, file size, incorrect audio levels all impact ad experience. Fix or set expectations by letting Advalidation identify problems before launch.

Improve load time

Analyse load times, file requests, initial and subsequent file load times, checks to make sure that ads don't slow pages down, use excessive bandwidth, or cause other issues on your website or app.

Use less energy

Get a sustainability benefit by making ads less energy-intensive and reducing their emissions.

Test (audio) volume

Unexpected increases in audio volume between content and commercials can be jarring and annoying for users. Our tests allow you to set audio volume standards according to your needs.

Reliable quality

QC you can rely on

Ensure you meet all specification and compliance requirements for video and display ads with complete confidence.

Reliable QC

Create a consistent, watertight system to test your ads that saves time and doesn’t rely on guesswork.

Tailored to you

With customisable test variables to assess in QC, you can easily adjust for 40+ areas to test compliance and functionality in audio, video and display ads.

Reliable quality

QC you can rely on

Ensure you meet all specification and compliance requirements for video and display ads with complete confidence.

Reliable QC

Create a consistent, watertight system to test your ads that saves time and doesn’t rely on guesswork.

Tailored to you

With customisable test variables to assess in QC, you can easily adjust for 40+ areas to test compliance and functionality in audio, video and display ads.

Reliable quality

QC you can rely on

Ensure you meet all specification and compliance requirements for video and display ads with complete confidence.

Reliable QC

Create a consistent, watertight system to test your ads that saves time and doesn’t rely on guesswork.

Tailored to you

With customisable test variables to assess in QC, you can easily adjust for 40+ areas to test compliance and functionality in audio, video and display ads.

Transparency

Be ad confident 

Everything you need to test display and video ad campaigns with complete confidence.

Continuous monitoring

Mid-campaign testing allows you to ensure ads remain compliant and high-quality.

Change updates

Our clear design makes it easy to identify the aspects of your creative that didn’t pass QC.

Seamless collaboration made easy

Share reports easily with stakeholders to help avoid campaign delays.

Transparency

Be ad confident 

Everything you need to test display and video ad campaigns with complete confidence.

Continuous monitoring

Mid-campaign testing allows you to ensure ads remain compliant and high-quality.

Change updates

Our clear design makes it easy to identify the aspects of your creative that didn’t pass QC.

Seamless collaboration made easy

Share reports easily with stakeholders to help avoid campaign delays.

Transparency

Be ad confident 

Everything you need to test display and video ad campaigns with complete confidence.

Continuous monitoring

Mid-campaign testing allows you to ensure ads remain compliant and high-quality.

Change updates

Our clear design makes it easy to identify the aspects of your creative that didn’t pass QC.

Seamless collaboration made easy

Share reports easily with stakeholders to help avoid campaign delays.

Features

Ensure your campaign isn’t slowed down by ensuring compliance. With 40+ features, here are some highlights.

Features

Ensure your campaign isn’t slowed down by ensuring compliance. With 40+ features, here are some highlights.

Features

Ensure your campaign isn’t slowed down by ensuring compliance. With 40+ features, here are some highlights.

Multi-ad upload

Instantly analyse multiple ads through our bulk upload feature (supports multiple Excel sheets, VAST tags, images, video and ZIP files): no more copy-and-pasting of individual tags. Bonus: Send files for QC by simply emailing them to Ad Validation and we’ll sort the rest.

Pick your cookies

Rather than approving the same vendors over and over again, create a list of accepted ones  who meet your requirements.

Monitor live campaigns

Get proactive and monitor in-flight campaigns. Receive alerts for creative swaps, added tracking pixels, load time changes and other issues.  Track the timeline of creative changes and get notifications to remind you of issues until they are fixed or approved.

Avoid data leaks

Safeguard assets against reputational risk: ensure privacy and compliance for digital ads. We alert you to any potential sources of data-leakage or privacy violations and surface third party vendors, unapproved pixels and trackers.

20+ tests for video

Complete video ad-quality control: With 20+ video tests, instantly see audio volume, bitrates, resolution, privacy issues and more. Eliminate delays, lost revenue, and “make good” campaigns while providing an optimal user experience.

Third party file-size

During testing, Ad Validation simulates a slow page load to determine if tags are reducing the upload speed of large assets until the page and its content have finished loading.

Ensure performant ads

Ad Validation analyses load times, the number of file requests, initial load, sub load, and much more to make sure that ads don't slow pages down, use excessive bandwidth, or cause other issues on your web site or app.

Privacy compliant

Ad Validation highlights cookies and pixels fired by third-parties, exposing potential sources of data-leakage and privacy violations. Overlay your own list of trusted vendors (or use ours), to stop anyone from accessing your data.

Test loading time

Load times impact viewability. Let Ad Validation identify ads that risk poor viewability before campaign launch so they can be improved and expectations managed.

20+ tests for video

Complete video ad-quality control: With 20+ video tests, instantly see audio volume, bitrates, resolution, privacy issues and more. Eliminate delays, lost revenue, and “make good” campaigns while providing an optimal user experience.

Third party file-size

During testing, Ad Validation simulates a slow page load to determine if tags are reducing the upload speed of large assets until the page and its content have finished loading.

Ensure performant ads

Ad Validation analyses load times, the number of file requests, initial load, sub load, and much more to make sure that ads don't slow pages down, use excessive bandwidth, or cause other issues on your web site or app.

Privacy compliant

Ad Validation highlights cookies and pixels fired by third-parties, exposing potential sources of data-leakage and privacy violations. Overlay your own list of trusted vendors (or use ours), to stop anyone from accessing your data.

Test loading time

Load times impact viewability. Let Ad Validation identify ads that risk poor viewability before campaign launch so they can be improved and expectations managed.

20+ tests for display ads

No more guessing. No more delays. Just complete confidence and total peace of mind for you, your team, and your clients. Effortless testing of each display ad - before launch and during the campaign lifecycle.

Customise your settings

Ad Validation can be set up to check for compliance with IAB, Hulu, YouTube, or your custom and industry standard video ad specification.

Full VAST testing

Using VAST tags Ad Validation will automatically download and test all media-files for compliance with your ad specification.

Resolution

Make sure video assets meet your specific requirements. Ad Validation downloads all media-files running on a VAST-tag and compares their properties with your specification.

Audio volume

Avoid sudden jarring increases in audio volume between content and commercials by using our Audio Average Volume test to set custom volume standards.

20+ tests for display ads

No more guessing. No more delays. Just complete confidence and total peace of mind for you, your team, and your clients. Effortless testing of each display ad - before launch and during the campaign lifecycle.

Customise your settings

Ad Validation can be set up to check for compliance with IAB, Hulu, YouTube, or your custom and industry standard video ad specification.

Full VAST testing

Using VAST tags Ad Validation will automatically download and test all media-files for compliance with your ad specification.

Resolution

Make sure video assets meet your specific requirements. Ad Validation downloads all media-files running on a VAST-tag and compares their properties with your specification.

Audio volume

Avoid sudden jarring increases in audio volume between content and commercials by using our Audio Average Volume test to set custom volume standards.

Ready to take the guesswork out of creative QC?

Test multiple ads with 100% accuracy and confidence, in under 60 seconds. See Ad Validation in action by scheduling a free demo today.

Ready to take the guesswork out of creative QC?

Test multiple ads with 100% accuracy and confidence, in under 60 seconds. See Ad Validation in action by scheduling a free demo today.

Ready to take the guesswork out of creative QC?

Test multiple ads with 100% accuracy and confidence, in under 60 seconds. See Ad Validation in action by scheduling a free demo today.

Platform

Cross-channel campaign automation

Discover Cape.io’s solutions to streamline, automate, and scale your cross‑channel campaigns with ease.

Cross-channel campaign automation

Discover Cape.io’s solutions to streamline, automate, and scale your cross‑channel campaigns with ease.

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The creative-media singularity: Bridging open and closed ecosystems

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Aug 3, 2026

Closing the loop: Introducing Campaign Analytics in Cape.io

Campaign Analytics is now live in Cape.io.

Jul 9, 2026

Navigating the compliance maze

Gambling & sports betting ad regulations across the U.S.

Jul 9, 2026

Sun, sea, and… substantiation?

3 compliance traps in summer travel ads

Jul 9, 2026

What the EU AI Act means for your AI-generated ads

The European Union's AI Act is the world's first comprehensive framework for AI governance, and it has important implications for marketers using generative AI.

Jul 2, 2026

Cannes Lions 2026: AI grew up, now the industry has to learn to trust it

The conversation has shifted from whether AI can automate advertising to whether automated campaign execution can actually be trusted.

Jun 26, 2026

Introducing: Auto Cropper

Introducing a new AI-powered auto-cropping feature in our Creative Automation solution.

Jun 25, 2026

You don't have an AI problem. You have a trust problem.

Every marketer is being sold intelligence. But intelligence without accountability is just noise at scale. Here's what the real question actually is.

Jun 24, 2026

Why creative infrastructure is the real bottleneck in media orchestration

The disconnect between creative and media in programmatic advertising.

Jun 23, 2026

The creative-media singularity: Bridging open and closed ecosystems

We are entering the era of the Creative-Media Singularity, a state where creative intelligence and media execution fluidly combine across every single channel. Achieving it requires moving past the fragmented point solutions of yesterday.

Jun 12, 2026

Cape.io recognized among notable providers in creative advertising technologies overview around evolving market trends

New industry overview details the operational dynamics driving the creative-media singularity for B2C enterprise marketers

Aug 3, 2026

Closing the loop: Introducing Campaign Analytics in Cape.io

Campaign Analytics is now live in Cape.io.

Jul 9, 2026

Navigating the compliance maze

Gambling & sports betting ad regulations across the U.S.

Jul 9, 2026

Sun, sea, and… substantiation?

3 compliance traps in summer travel ads

Jul 9, 2026

What the EU AI Act means for your AI-generated ads

The European Union's AI Act is the world's first comprehensive framework for AI governance, and it has important implications for marketers using generative AI.

Jul 2, 2026

Cannes Lions 2026: AI grew up, now the industry has to learn to trust it

The conversation has shifted from whether AI can automate advertising to whether automated campaign execution can actually be trusted.

Jun 26, 2026

Introducing: Auto Cropper

Introducing a new AI-powered auto-cropping feature in our Creative Automation solution.

Jun 25, 2026

You don't have an AI problem. You have a trust problem.

Every marketer is being sold intelligence. But intelligence without accountability is just noise at scale. Here's what the real question actually is.

Jun 24, 2026

Why creative infrastructure is the real bottleneck in media orchestration

The disconnect between creative and media in programmatic advertising.

Jun 23, 2026

The creative-media singularity: Bridging open and closed ecosystems

We are entering the era of the Creative-Media Singularity, a state where creative intelligence and media execution fluidly combine across every single channel. Achieving it requires moving past the fragmented point solutions of yesterday.

Jun 12, 2026

Cape.io recognized among notable providers in creative advertising technologies overview around evolving market trends

New industry overview details the operational dynamics driving the creative-media singularity for B2C enterprise marketers