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Pinterest Performance+

Performance AdvertisingProduct· part of Pinterest Inc.

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

Founded
2024
HQ
San Francisco, California, United States
Connections
20

AI-drafted from public sources14 sources cited

At a glance

Revenue
Part of Pinterest Inc. total revenue (~$3.5B annually as of 2024)
Stock
PINS
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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.

Key features

AI-powered Smart Bidding for automated conversion optimizationROAS-target bidding for revenue-focused campaignsGenerative AI lifestyle image creation for ad creativeAutomated A/B testing and creative experimentationFull-funnel campaign support from awareness to conversionMulti-market availability across 9 countries at launchIntegration with Pinterest's high-intent shopping and discovery contextAutomated audience targeting and expansion

Use cases

E-commerce conversion and direct-response advertisingRetail and CPG product discovery and purchase drivingFashion and home décor brand performance campaignsTravel and lifestyle advertiser ROAS optimizationSMB advertisers seeking automated, low-touch performance campaignsEnterprise brands diversifying performance budgets beyond Meta and TikTok

Customer segments

E-commerce and DTC brandsRetail advertisersFashion and apparel brandsHome and lifestyle brandsTravel and hospitality advertisersSMB advertisers seeking automated performance solutionsEnterprise performance marketing teams

Tech & specs

Technology stack

Generative AI image generation modelsMachine learning bidding algorithmsPinterest's proprietary interest and shopping graphAutomated experimentation and A/B testing infrastructurePinterest Ads APIConversion tracking and measurement infrastructure

Security & compliance

GDPRCCPAPinterest Advertising Guidelines

Deployment

Cloud

API

Yes

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