Where Can You Launch an Ad Easiest?

We Tested the Top Adult DSPs So You Don’t Have To

When you’re ready to spend money on traffic, the last thing you want is a maze of registration forms, failed top-ups, and mysterious moderation delays.

Let’s be honest: launching your first campaign should feel like plugging in a lamp — not assembling Ikea furniture blindfolded.

So, we decided to test how easy it actually is to get started on the most popular adult DSP platforms in 2025.

🚀 We put the biggest names to the test — Exoclick, TrafficStars, TrafficJunky, Traforama, TwinRed, Adsterra, HilltopAds, Clickadu, Clickadilla — just to see how they all stack up when it comes to one simple question:

Before We Begin… Meet Our Own DSP Traforama

Surprisingly Simple, Surprisingly Fast

Where is it easiest to go from “sign up” to “campaign live”?

Here’s what we found.

🥇 TrafficStars

The MVP of Friendly Onboarding

TrafficStars feels like it was built by someone who actually cares about the advertiser’s time.

Here’s the flow:

• Social login? Yup, both Google and Facebook.
• You land in a friendly welcome flow with a short quiz — they ask who you are and what you want.
• Right after that, you’re encouraged to join Telegram or ask support to help.
• You can create campaigns before filling in all the KYC data.
• You can even top up your balance without finalizing your profile — something 90% of DSPs block.

Their whole UX says: “Don’t worry, we’ve got you.”

✅ Extremely smooth registration

✅ Flexible user journey

✅ Genuinely helpful onboarding flow

❌ Manual moderation can slow down launch for new users

🥈TrafficJunky

Structured, Clear, but a Bit Too Formal

TrafficJunky has a beautiful interface, structured flow, and well-written guidance.

• You’re led step-by-step via a progress bar
• Creatives go first, then campaigns, then payments
• They kindly encourage you to submit your creative in advance

But here’s the catch: you can’t move forward unless your creative is approved — even saving the campaign is blocked. That’s a big hurdle for speed.

✅ Sleek UX

✅ Friendly moderation guidelines

❌ Rigid workflow

❌ Slower time-to-launch

🥉 Adsterra

Polished and Practical, But Less Personal

Adsterra is clean, functional, and feels like it was designed for agencies.

• Registration is detailed (you even pick your messenger)
  
• The interface is easy to navigate
  
• Their email sequence is professional but not pushy
  

You won’t get stuck — but you won’t feel excited either.

✅ Solid structure

✅ Mod review before payment is a plus

❌ Less warmth in the onboarding

Clickadu

Pro-Level With a Learning Curve

Clickadu starts strong with fast campaign creation and multiple communication channels (email, Telegram, Teams). You’ll get a flurry of helpful emails and support contact offers.

The downside?

• Slightly aggressive chatbot
  
• Lots of messages in a short time
  
• You may feel overwhelmed if you’re new
  

✅ Drafting is flexible

✅ Great follow-up

❌ Information overload for newbies

HilltopAds

Educated Start, But Gated by Payment

HilltopAds welcomes you with tutorials and video content. There’s even a traffic graph to help you estimate volumes.

But you’re blocked at a key moment: you can’t send a campaign for review without topping up. It feels unnecessarily strict.

✅ Onboarding tutorial available

✅ Clean design

❌ Can’t proceed without funding

❌ Slightly outdated UI

TwinRed

A Confusing First Impression

TwinRed tries to be helpful, but misses the mark.

• No social login
  
• Confirmation emails, extra clicks, legal checkboxes — all before you even see the dashboard
  
• The interface is fine once you’re inside, but getting there is clunky
  

✅ Decent campaign builder

❌ Cold welcome

❌ Poor first-time UX

Clickadilla

Short Flow, Loud UX

Clickadilla gets points for having a simple 3-step flow (create → upload → top up). But everything around that flow is loud.

• Aggressive chatbot
  
• Popups everywhere
  
• Forced tutorial video
  
• Traffic estimator is cool, but doesn’t outweigh the clutter
  

This could be a great platform if they just calmed it down.

✅ Basic flow is solid

❌ UX feels rushed and cluttered

❌ Chatbot and popups break focus

Exoclick

UX Hard Mode

Exoclick has been around forever — but unfortunately, its onboarding feels like it hasn’t been touched since 2012.

• Complex signup with double email confirmation
  
• No help, no guidance, no welcome
  
• You’ll be blocked at every step unless you guess the correct order of operations
  

✅ Still works (eventually)

❌ No onboarding

❌ Most frustrating path to launch

Where Can You Actually Launch a Campaign Fastest?

Let’s wrap this up with a speed-to-launch leaderboard:

TL;DR — If Speed Matters:

🟢 Use TrafficStars if you prefer a polished experience with a bit more structure and handholding

🔴 Skip Exoclick unless you’re nostalgic for 2010s-style UX and like a good onboarding puzzle

If you want the fastest, clearest path to launching your first campaign — no fluff, just results