Ad Servers With the Best Support (2027)

Short answer: AdButler, Broadstreet and DanAds. Hands-on support is something they are known for, not an extra you pay for later. Ordered by our support score, then overall score.

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#1 (tie)

AdButler

Pick it if: you want to know the price up front, launch in days and get real help, across web, app and newsletter inventory.

AdButler is a hosted ad server with published monthly plans, a white-label portal for advertisers and support that includes help moving off your old system. It can serve display, native, video, in-app, sponsored listings and email newsletter ads from one account.

Cost: Published plans from $179/month for 1M ad requests.

9.0/10 Full review

#1 (tie)

Broadstreet

Pick it if: you are a local or B2B publisher with a small team selling direct to advertisers.

Broadstreet is an ad server for local and B2B publishers that sell direct to advertisers. Prices are published from $299 a month, and it comes with creative templates and newsletter ad support.

Cost: Published plans from $299/month.

8.1/10 Full review

#3 (tie)

Adnuntius

Pick it if: you are a European news publisher that wants an ad server with self-serve booking built in.

Adnuntius is a European ad server that includes a self-serve booking portal for advertisers and audience data tools. It is popular with news publishers in the Nordics and across Europe.

Cost: Usage-based, no revenue share; quotes on request.

6.6/10 Full review

#3 (tie)

DanAds

Pick it if: you want small and mid-size advertisers to book and pay for ads online, on top of your current ad server.

DanAds lets publishers sell ads directly to advertisers through a self-serve portal, automating the sales, operations and creative steps. It sits on top of a publisher's existing ad server rather than replacing it.

Cost: Pricing on request.

6.8/10 Full review

#3 (tie)

Equativ

Pick it if: you are a large publisher that wants the ad server and SSP from one vendor.

Equativ (formerly Smart AdServer) puts a publisher ad server and a supply-side platform in one stack. It also offers retail media following its 2024 acquisition of Kamino Retail.

Cost: Pricing on request.

6.6/10 Full review

#3 (tie)

Kevel

Pick it if: you have engineers and want to build a custom ad product or sponsored listings on APIs.

Kevel (formerly Adzerk) provides ad serving as a set of APIs that engineering teams use to build their own ad platforms and retail media networks. It is very flexible, but you need developers to get started.

Cost: Pricing on request.

6.1/10 Full review

Shortlist checked November 3, 2026. See all top ad servers and how we score.

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