Campaign budget top-ups

Add budget to a campaign without relaunching it.

If an ad campaign is working, AdFlint lets you raise its budget on the same campaign. Users see their remaining plan limit, know when they need to upgrade first, and stay protected by plan limits. Your card pays the platform directly for the added spend.

What a campaign top-up should make obvious.

More ad spend should not feel like a mystery charge. The user should know what budget is changing and whether it fits their plan limit before they commit.

Increase budget without duplicating the campaign

When a campaign is working, you can raise its budget on the existing campaign instead of rebuilding ads, targeting, and tracking from scratch. Your card pays the platform directly for the added spend.

Your plan limit is checked before the top-up

AdFlint only lets the top-up go through if it stays within your plan's monthly ad-spend limit. If not, the interface points you to upgrade first.

Budget only moves up, never down

A top-up is intentionally add-only. Customers cannot accidentally reduce a live campaign's committed budget from this flow.

Plan limits still protect the account

Free, paid, and custom spend caps are checked before more budget is added, so a top-up cannot silently push a user past their plan.

How it works

A clean path from more budget to more delivery.

The top-up flow is built for the moment when a campaign is already live and the user wants it to keep spending. It keeps the decision narrow: how much more should this campaign spend?

1

Open a running or paused campaign

AdFlint shows the Add Budget action on campaign detail pages when the campaign can safely receive more spend.

2

Enter how much more you want it to spend

The modal shows the current campaign budget, your remaining plan limit, quick amounts, and the new campaign budget before anything is applied.

3

Upgrade first if you are near your plan cap

If the new budget would exceed your plan's monthly ad-spend limit, the action changes to Upgrade so the user understands the next step.

4

AdFlint pushes the new budget to your connected accounts

The campaign budget updates inside AdFlint, then the platform budgets are updated on your own connected Google, Meta, or LinkedIn account so your card funds the added spend directly.

If you hit your plan cap, the next action is clear.

When the new budget would exceed your plan's monthly ad-spend limit, AdFlint does not leave the user staring at a disabled button. It shows how much the budget exceeds the cap and gives them an Upgrade action.

This budget would exceed your plan's monthly ad-spend limit.
Current campaign budget$100
Amount to add$50
New monthly spend vs plan cap$150 / $100
Cancel
Upgrade plan
Guardrails

Built to prevent confusing spend changes.

Top-ups require an active or paused campaign.
Ended campaigns cannot receive more budget.
The new budget must stay within the plan's monthly ad-spend limit.
Monthly plan limits are checked before the new budget is applied.
Budget is split across platforms that can still spend.
If a platform update has a transient issue, AdFlint keeps the saved top-up visible and warns that sync will retry.

Best for winning campaigns

Top-ups are useful when early data looks good and the user wants the same campaign to keep delivering.

Capped by design

A campaign cannot spend past the budget the user sets, and the plan's monthly ad-spend limit is the ceiling on scale.

Clear accounting

Each top-up creates a billing record and a campaign history event, so the change is visible later.

Questions about adding budget to campaigns.

Can I add more money to an active ad campaign?

Yes. In AdFlint, active and paused campaigns can receive budget top-ups as long as the campaign has not ended, the selected platforms can still spend, and the new budget stays within your plan's monthly ad-spend limit.

How is the added budget paid for?

Your card pays the ad platform directly on your own connected account. The modal shows your remaining plan limit and tells you to upgrade first if the new budget would exceed your plan's monthly ad-spend cap.

Can a user decrease the campaign budget from this flow?

No. Budget top-ups are add-only. This prevents accidental reductions to a live campaign's committed spend.

What happens if the amount is above the user's plan limit?

AdFlint blocks the top-up before any budget is applied and explains which plan limit was exceeded. Users need to upgrade before adding that much budget.

Does this work for Google, Meta, and LinkedIn?

Yes. AdFlint can update eligible campaign budgets across your connected Google, Meta, and LinkedIn ad accounts. The exact platform behavior still depends on each network's own budget rules and review state.

What if the campaign is already over?

Ended campaigns cannot be topped up. The safer path is to create or duplicate a campaign with a new end date and budget.

Add more budget when the campaign works.

AdFlint keeps campaign funding understandable: your card pays the platform directly, plan limits control scale, and top-ups only increase a campaign after the user confirms the amount.