Pinterest Performance+
Pinterest Performance+ is a suite of AI-powered automation tools for paid social advertisers designed to maximize efficiency by simplifying ad creation, targeting, and bidding.
Last updated Oct 5, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team
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At a glance
- Revenue
- Part of Pinterest Inc. total revenue (~$3.5B annually as of 2024)
- Stock
- PINS
About
Pinterest's flagship performance ad product competing directly with Meta Ads and TikTok for Business for lower-funnel conversion budgets
Pinterest Performance+ is a suite of AI-powered automation tools for paid social advertisers designed to maximize efficiency by simplifying ad creation, targeting, and bidding. Available globally, it serves advertisers pursuing Consideration, Conversions, or Catalog Sales objectives, helping them drive lower-funnel performance by optimizing targeting, managing budgets, and automating bid decisions. Through its AI and automation features, the platform reduces campaign creation time significantly, requiring 50% fewer inputs than traditional campaign setup. For advertisers seeking to scale creative production, Pinterest Performance+ also offers generative AI tools that transform plain product images into lifestyle imagery, enriching Product Pins and deepening engagement. On the measurement and bidding side, Pinterest Performance+ offers ROAS-optimized bidding in all markets to qualified advertisers, analyzing thousands of real-time signals to predict conversion value and help advertisers maximize return on investment. Recent updates to its ad delivery models have driven a 28% improvement in ROAS during testing for small and medium-sized business advertisers, with continued expansion through features such as New Customer Acquisition and one-click campaign setup for eligible merchants. Source 1: impressiondigital.com — The Pinterest Performance+ Playbook: Strategies for ... Source 2: pinterest.com — Introducing new AI and automation campaign features to ... Source 3: pinterest.com — How Pinterest Performance+ automates success for SMBs
Business model
Advertising Platform (CPC/CPA/ROAS-based performance advertising)
Target market
SMB and Enterprise advertisers seeking performance-driven outcomes
What they offer
Smart Bidding
AI-driven automated bidding that optimizes toward conversion goals in real time, reducing manual bid management.
ROAS Bidding
Return on Ad Spend bidding mode that allows advertisers to set target ROAS and let Pinterest's algorithm optimize delivery accordingly.
Generative AI Lifestyle Creative
AI-powered creative tool that generates contextually relevant lifestyle imagery for ads, reducing production costs and enabling rapid creative iteration.
Automated A/B Testing
Built-in experimentation framework that automatically tests creative and targeting variations to surface best-performing combinations.
Performance+ Campaigns
Unified campaign type combining smart bidding, automated targeting, and AI creative into a streamlined, conversion-focused campaign structure.
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Security & compliance
Deployment
API
Yes
- 2024 · Founded