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monday.com Creative Intelligence Report — 10 Ads Decoded

monday.com

monday.com

SaaS & Software10 ads decoded
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Benchmarked against 30 SaaS & Software advertisers
Adrian Chivu
Airtable
Austin Makes Ads
Blue Sense
Brevo PushOwl
Canva
Chase Chappell
ClickUp
+22
30 brands
monday.com
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10 ads decoded

Winning ads decoded from

Adrian Chivu
Adrian Chivu
Airtable
Airtable
Austin Makes Ads
Austin Makes Ads
Blue Sense
Blue Sense
Brevo PushOwl
Brevo PushOwl
Canva
Canva
Chase Chappell
Chase Chappell
ClickUp
ClickUp
Cuppa, AI Content Platform
Cuppa, AI Content Platform
EmailOctopus
EmailOctopus
foreplay.co
foreplay.co
Grammarly
Grammarly
Hello Funnels
Hello Funnels
Holo
Holo
HubSpot
HubSpot
Intuit Mailchimp
Intuit Mailchimp
Linear Agency
Linear Agency
Luma AI
Luma AI
Makeugc
Makeugc
Manychat
Manychat
monday.com
monday.com
Notion
Notion
OpusClip
OpusClip
Revid.ai
Revid.ai
So Shall We
So Shall We
Solocreatorhub
Solocreatorhub
Stormie Captures
Stormie Captures
StreetTalk
StreetTalk
Wispr Flow
Wispr Flow
Zapier
Zapier
Adrian Chivu
Adrian Chivu
Airtable
Airtable
Austin Makes Ads
Austin Makes Ads
Blue Sense
Blue Sense
Brevo PushOwl
Brevo PushOwl
Canva
Canva
Chase Chappell
Chase Chappell
ClickUp
ClickUp
Cuppa, AI Content Platform
Cuppa, AI Content Platform
EmailOctopus
EmailOctopus
foreplay.co
foreplay.co
Grammarly
Grammarly
Hello Funnels
Hello Funnels
Holo
Holo
HubSpot
HubSpot
Intuit Mailchimp
Intuit Mailchimp
Linear Agency
Linear Agency
Luma AI
Luma AI
Makeugc
Makeugc
Manychat
Manychat
monday.com
monday.com
Notion
Notion
OpusClip
OpusClip
Revid.ai
Revid.ai
So Shall We
So Shall We
Solocreatorhub
Solocreatorhub
Stormie Captures
Stormie Captures
StreetTalk
StreetTalk
Wispr Flow
Wispr Flow
Zapier
Zapier
Adrian Chivu
Adrian Chivu
Airtable
Airtable
Austin Makes Ads
Austin Makes Ads
Blue Sense
Blue Sense
Brevo PushOwl
Brevo PushOwl
Canva
Canva
Chase Chappell
Chase Chappell
ClickUp
ClickUp
Cuppa, AI Content Platform
Cuppa, AI Content Platform
EmailOctopus
EmailOctopus
foreplay.co
foreplay.co
Grammarly
Grammarly
Hello Funnels
Hello Funnels
Holo
Holo
HubSpot
HubSpot
Intuit Mailchimp
Intuit Mailchimp
Linear Agency
Linear Agency
Luma AI
Luma AI
Makeugc
Makeugc
Manychat
Manychat
monday.com
monday.com
Notion
Notion
OpusClip
OpusClip
Revid.ai
Revid.ai
So Shall We
So Shall We
Solocreatorhub
Solocreatorhub
Stormie Captures
Stormie Captures
StreetTalk
StreetTalk
Wispr Flow
Wispr Flow
Zapier
Zapier
Adrian Chivu
Adrian Chivu
Airtable
Airtable
Austin Makes Ads
Austin Makes Ads
Blue Sense
Blue Sense
Brevo PushOwl
Brevo PushOwl
Canva
Canva
Chase Chappell
Chase Chappell
ClickUp
ClickUp
Cuppa, AI Content Platform
Cuppa, AI Content Platform
EmailOctopus
EmailOctopus
foreplay.co
foreplay.co
Grammarly
Grammarly
Hello Funnels
Hello Funnels
Holo
Holo
HubSpot
HubSpot
Intuit Mailchimp
Intuit Mailchimp
Linear Agency
Linear Agency
Luma AI
Luma AI
Makeugc
Makeugc
Manychat
Manychat
monday.com
monday.com
Notion
Notion
OpusClip
OpusClip
Revid.ai
Revid.ai
So Shall We
So Shall We
Solocreatorhub
Solocreatorhub
Stormie Captures
Stormie Captures
StreetTalk
StreetTalk
Wispr Flow
Wispr Flow
Zapier
Zapier

Heista decoded 10
of your meta ads.

We found 20 conversion gaps where your competitors are converting buyers you're not.

Talking Head Screen

Talking Head Screen

30s6 beats39d
Hook: Contrast SetupCTA: Open LoopCompetence RestorationContrast EffectProblem-Solution SchemaExpectation Priming
Voiceover B-Roll

Voiceover B-Roll

6s3 beats38d
Hook: Data Point StartCompetence RestorationData Point StartSpecificity BiasContext Priming
Talking Head Screen

Talking Head Screen

35s6 beats28d
Hook: Contradiction HookCompetence RestorationContradiction HookCognitive DissonanceCuriosity Gap
Talking Head B-Roll

Talking Head B-Roll

41s7 beats15d
Hook: Process TeaserCTA: Direct CTACompetence RestorationCuriosity GapProcess TeaserSpecificity Bias
Talking Head Screen

Talking Head Screen

35s7 beats15d
Hook: Pattern ObservationCTA: Direct CTAThreat ReductionPattern ObservationSocial ProofCompletion Bias
Talking Head Screen

Talking Head Screen

39s7 beats15d
Hook: Role-Specific OpeningCTA: Direct CTACompetence RestorationIdentity HookAuthority TransferCuriosity Gap
Voiceover B-Roll

Voiceover B-Roll

6s7 beats15d
Hook: Process TeaserCTA: Try This TodayCompetence RestorationCuriosity GapPattern ObservationContextual Framing
Talking Head Screen

Talking Head Screen

30s7 beats11d
Hook: Pattern ObservationCTA: LessonThreat ReductionPattern ObservationSocial ProofRelatability Setup
Talking Head Screen

Talking Head Screen

45s7 beats10d
Hook: ProvocationCTA: Direct CTACompetence RestorationProvocationConflict StatementDomain Framing
Talking Head Screen

Talking Head Screen

39s7 beats
Hook: Role-Specific OpeningCTA: Direct CTACompetence RestorationRole-Specific OpeningIdentity HookAuthority Transfer
Talking Head Screen

Talking Head Screen

30s6 beats39d
Hook: Contrast SetupCTA: Open LoopCompetence RestorationContrast EffectProblem-Solution SchemaExpectation Priming
Voiceover B-Roll

Voiceover B-Roll

6s3 beats38d
Hook: Data Point StartCompetence RestorationData Point StartSpecificity BiasContext Priming
Talking Head Screen

Talking Head Screen

35s6 beats28d
Hook: Contradiction HookCompetence RestorationContradiction HookCognitive DissonanceCuriosity Gap
Talking Head B-Roll

Talking Head B-Roll

41s7 beats15d
Hook: Process TeaserCTA: Direct CTACompetence RestorationCuriosity GapProcess TeaserSpecificity Bias
Talking Head Screen

Talking Head Screen

35s7 beats15d
Hook: Pattern ObservationCTA: Direct CTAThreat ReductionPattern ObservationSocial ProofCompletion Bias
Talking Head Screen

Talking Head Screen

39s7 beats15d
Hook: Role-Specific OpeningCTA: Direct CTACompetence RestorationIdentity HookAuthority TransferCuriosity Gap
Voiceover B-Roll

Voiceover B-Roll

6s7 beats15d
Hook: Process TeaserCTA: Try This TodayCompetence RestorationCuriosity GapPattern ObservationContextual Framing
Talking Head Screen

Talking Head Screen

30s7 beats11d
Hook: Pattern ObservationCTA: LessonThreat ReductionPattern ObservationSocial ProofRelatability Setup
Talking Head Screen

Talking Head Screen

45s7 beats10d
Hook: ProvocationCTA: Direct CTACompetence RestorationProvocationConflict StatementDomain Framing
Talking Head Screen

Talking Head Screen

39s7 beats
Hook: Role-Specific OpeningCTA: Direct CTACompetence RestorationRole-Specific OpeningIdentity HookAuthority Transfer
Talking Head Screen

Talking Head Screen

30s6 beats39d
Hook: Contrast SetupCTA: Open LoopCompetence RestorationContrast EffectProblem-Solution SchemaExpectation Priming
Voiceover B-Roll

Voiceover B-Roll

6s3 beats38d
Hook: Data Point StartCompetence RestorationData Point StartSpecificity BiasContext Priming
Talking Head Screen

Talking Head Screen

35s6 beats28d
Hook: Contradiction HookCompetence RestorationContradiction HookCognitive DissonanceCuriosity Gap
Talking Head B-Roll

Talking Head B-Roll

41s7 beats15d
Hook: Process TeaserCTA: Direct CTACompetence RestorationCuriosity GapProcess TeaserSpecificity Bias
Talking Head Screen

Talking Head Screen

35s7 beats15d
Hook: Pattern ObservationCTA: Direct CTAThreat ReductionPattern ObservationSocial ProofCompletion Bias
Talking Head Screen

Talking Head Screen

39s7 beats15d
Hook: Role-Specific OpeningCTA: Direct CTACompetence RestorationIdentity HookAuthority TransferCuriosity Gap
Voiceover B-Roll

Voiceover B-Roll

6s7 beats15d
Hook: Process TeaserCTA: Try This TodayCompetence RestorationCuriosity GapPattern ObservationContextual Framing
Talking Head Screen

Talking Head Screen

30s7 beats11d
Hook: Pattern ObservationCTA: LessonThreat ReductionPattern ObservationSocial ProofRelatability Setup
Talking Head Screen

Talking Head Screen

45s7 beats10d
Hook: ProvocationCTA: Direct CTACompetence RestorationProvocationConflict StatementDomain Framing
Talking Head Screen

Talking Head Screen

39s7 beats
Hook: Role-Specific OpeningCTA: Direct CTACompetence RestorationRole-Specific OpeningIdentity HookAuthority Transfer
Creative Intelligence Report

monday.com's ads lean on Process Teaser hooks and Competence Restoration, with 63% of ads closing on a Direct CTA.

Heista identified 20 untapped opportunities across hooks, formats, psychology, and closing.

Your category is reaching buyers you're not.

monday.com Creative Playbook

What winning ads look like

Ad Format
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70%Talking Head Screen
Talking Head Screen70%
Voiceover B-Roll20%
Talking Head B-Roll10%
Hook
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20%Process Teaser
Process Teaser20%
Pattern Observation20%
Role-specific Opening20%
Provocation10%
Contrast Setup10%

How monday.com Sells

The strategy behind the pitch

Marketing Angle
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50%How To Tutorial
How To Tutorial50%
Problem Solution30%
Guarantee Risk Reversal20%

How monday.com Closes

What drives the purchase

Buying Trigger
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80%Competence Restoration
Competence Restoration80%
Threat Reduction20%
CTAs
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+1
50%Direct CTA
Direct CTA50%
Open Loop10%
Try This Today10%
Lesson10%

monday.com Ad Formula

The production blueprint

monday.com Creative Playbook

Inside your ads. Decoded.

monday.com HOOKS
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Process Teaser
20%of openings
Process Teaser
20%
Pattern Observation
20%
Role-Specific Opening
20%
Provocation
10%
Contrast Setup
10%
monday.com FORMATS
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+3
Talking Head Screen
70%of all ads
Talking Head Screen
70%
Voiceover B-Roll
20%
Talking Head B-Roll
10%
monday.com PSYCHOLOGY
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+4
Competence Restoration
80%of all ads
Competence Restoration
80%
Threat Reduction
20%
monday.com CTAs
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+1
Direct CTA
50%of closings
Direct CTA
50%
Open Loop
10%
Try This Today
10%
Lesson
10%
Ad formulas your category is scaling with

20 winning ad formulas
monday.com could be using.

monday.com HOOKS
5New entry points to test

Direct Question Hook runs at 12% across your category. It doesn't appear once in your decoded ads.

Process Teaser hooks dominate at 20% in your ads. However, Direct Question Hook runs at 12% across the category and doesn't appear in your decoded ads. Open Loop Statement is at 5% category-wide and also missing. Each missing hook is an audience segment that never sees your ads.

Hook Gaps
Direct Question HookUntapped
Cat 11%You 0%
Open Loop StatementUntapped
Cat 5%You 0%
Tribe Call-outUntapped
Cat 4%You 0%
Curiosity SpikeUntapped
Cat 4%You 0%
Diagnostic QuestionUntapped
Cat 4%You 0%
monday.com FORMATS
5Format expansion opportunities

Talking Head Screen dominates at 70%. But the category's top format is Talking Head Solo at 7%.

Talking Head Screen dominates your formats at 70%. While effective, relying heavily on this format limits your reach. Missing formats like Talking Head Solo, which runs at 7% across the category, didn't appear in your decoded sample. Each missing format is a buyer type that competitors are reaching and you're not.

Format Gaps
Talking Head B-RollUnderused
Cat 29%You 10%
Talking Head SoloUntapped
Cat 6%You 0%
Product DemoUntapped
Cat 4%You 0%
Talking Head ProductUntapped
Cat 4%You 0%
Founder To CameraUntapped
Cat 3%You 0%
monday.com PSYCHOLOGY
5Untapped buyer triggers

Competence Restoration drives 80% of your psychology. The category distributes more evenly.

Competence Restoration at 80% drives your psychology mix, far above the category average. Social Validation runs at 10% in the category but is absent in your sample. Each psychological trigger reaches a fundamentally different buyer. Missing triggers mean entire buyer conversations you're not having while competitors are.

Psychology Gaps
Social ValidationUntapped
Cat 12%You 0%
Education ValueUntapped
Cat 7%You 0%
Product LaunchUntapped
Cat 7%You 0%
Loss AversionUntapped
Cat 6%You 0%
Closure DeliveryUntapped
Cat 5%You 0%
monday.com CTAs
5Conversion gaps

Direct CTA closes 63% of your ads. The category's top close is Redirect at 13%.

Direct CTA at 63% closes the majority of your ads. Redirect runs at 13% across the category but is absent in your sample. That's the buyer who needs more guidance before committing, and you're barely talking to them. The close is the last thing a viewer sees before deciding. Missing CTA styles mean missing the buyers whose decision-making doesn't match your current approach.

CTA Gaps
RedirectUntapped
Cat 10%You 0%
Soft CTAUntapped
Cat 7%You 0%
Comment PromptUntapped
Cat 5%You 0%
Offer TeaseUntapped
Cat 4%You 0%
Message MeUntapped
Cat 4%You 0%
The Hidden Ad Formula

Your ad scaled for 39 days.
Here’s why.

Live interactive formula decode

6 beats. 30 seconds. Contrast Setup hook. Competence Restoration psychology.

This is what worked. Now scale it.

Generate Winning Variations

Every winning ad
has a formula.

Your ads. Built from what's already winning.

SaaS & Software Winning Formula

Decoded from 30 SaaS & Software brands · · 6 beats is the winning structure ·  · 3.0 cuts/beat
Adrian Chivu
Airtable
Austin Makes Ads
Blue Sense
Brevo PushOwl
Canva
Chase Chappell
ClickUp
+22
Start of adEnd of ad
Process Teaser
12%
10s
Process Setup
19%
14s
Inefficiency Pain
14%
11s
Feature Cascade
22%
17s
Expertise Claim
10%
8s
The Easy Way
10%
8s
Direct CTA
12%
10s
Process Teaser12%
Process Setup19%
Inefficiency Pain14%
Feature Cascade22%
Expertise Claim10%
The Easy Way10%
Direct CTA12%
Ad Structure
77sDuration
6Beats
18Cuts/Ad
Hook Metrics
2.9sDuration
5.4Energy
3.0Shots
The old way

You’re already doing this.

Watched the competitor ad scaling to $50K/day.
Saved the TikTok that sold out the product.
Told your team “make something like this.”
Sent your creator a product and a one-line brief.
Launched 30 videos. 80% died in 48 hours.

But you could never see
why it actually works.

The Heista way

Now there’s
Heista.

Decode any ad. See the formula underneath.
Extract the hook, the psychology, the beat structure.
Generate ads based on winning formulas. For your brand.
Brief creators with the winning formula.
Scale creative volume on what already wins.

Not inspiration. Not guesswork.
The formula, decoded.

What happens next

What you do with this

The intelligence above is just the start.
Here is what happens next.

DECODE01

Turn any winning ad into your next one

Your ads. Their ads. The top ads in your category. Decode any of them. Run them as yours.

CREATE02

Scale creative volume based on proven formulas

Pick an ad. Load your brand. Turn proven formulas into ads ready to ship.

SHIP03

Creator briefs your team can shoot today

One shareable link. Shot-by-shot direction. The formula baked in.

Upgrade your ads

The Cost of Guessing

What is guessing
costing you?

Average monthly ad spend$15,000
Creative failure rate80%
Monthly spend on creative that dies in 48 hours$12,000
Annual waste$144,000
Agency creative retainer (if you have one)$5,000–$20,000/mo
Time per creative batch3 weeks

Creatives built on winning formulas.

Every day you're guessing is a day your competitors are scaling
on formulas you're not running.

The brands scaling in
SaaS & Software aren’t making better ads.

They’re decoding what already works, then shipping more winning creative, faster, with the formula already proven.

Get My Winning Formula→
Heista Video Ad Library

Visual DNA

Aggregated visual characteristics from 10 ads.

Framing
screen recording
53
medium close-up
33
medium shot
10
split screen
5
selfie frame
3
text card
2
overhead flat lay
2
from behind
1
Camera Movement
static locked
63
scroll capture
28
subtle handheld
5
tracking forward
4
slow zoom in
2
static handheld
2
pan up
1
push in
1
Color & Mood
clean white minimal
43
neutral palette
32
natural green
9
bright and saturated
8
cool blue steel
6
warm earth tones
4
neon vibrant
2
dark and moody
2
Lighting
screen glow
55
soft window light
27
cool daylight
19
mixed warm and cool
5
studio softbox
3

Every year brands spend billions producing ads. And every year 70–90% of them fail. Not because the brands aren't smart. Not because the budgets aren't big enough. But because the formula behind every winning ad has always been invisible — even to the people who made them.

Heista makes it visible.

Heista is the first platform that makes the formula inside any winning ad completely visible. The hook. The psychology. The beat structure. The exact mechanism that made someone stop scrolling and buy. Visible. In seconds.

And then it rebuilds that formula for your brand. In minutes.

We're not making ads faster.
We're making the invisible visible.
For the first time.

Frequently Asked Questions

1

How were monday.com's ads decoded?

Heista decoded 10 of monday.com's high-performing video ads into their structural formulas. Not summaries. The actual beat-by-beat architecture: hook type, psychological mechanism, visual cuts, and timing. The same intelligence a $120K/year creative strategist would extract, done in 30 seconds per ad.

2

What hook types does monday.com use in these ads?

Their most-used hooks are Process Teaser, Pattern Observation, Role-Specific Opening. But the real insight is which hooks are scaling. This report shows hook performance by ad lifespan across the decoded sample, so you can see which openers run for weeks vs. which burn out in days.

3

How does monday.com compare to other SaaS & Software advertisers?

Based on the ads decoded in this report, you can see where monday.com over- or under-indexes on hook types, psychology usage, format mix, and beat count relative to other SaaS & Software brands Heista has analyzed. These structural patterns reveal what monday.com is doing differently.

4

Can I use monday.com's ad formulas for my own brand?

That's the point. Every decoded ad produces a reusable formula: the beat structure, the psychology, the hook pattern. Sign up for Heista to load your brand, generate ready-to-shoot scripts built on monday.com's proven formulas, and brief creators with shot-by-shot specs and visual direction. Same winning architecture. Your brand's voice, product, and messaging.

5

How often is monday.com's creative intelligence updated?

This report snapshots monday.com's currently live Meta and TikTok ads. Heista re-decodes the brand whenever new ads are detected in the public ad libraries. The "Last updated" date on this page reflects the most recent refresh of the structural intelligence from newly-decoded creatives.

6

What's the difference between this and Foreplay or MagicBrief?

Foreplay and MagicBrief show you the ad. Heista shows you the formula — the beat-by-beat psychological architecture that made it work. Hook type, psychology mechanism, scaling curve, visual DNA. Then it rebuilds that exact structure for your brand in minutes. Swipe files don't do that. You can't paste a swipe into your brief.

7

Can I decode my own brand's ads the same way monday.com's are decoded here?

Yes. Sign up for Heista, paste any ad URL or brand handle, and get the same structural decode: hook type, psychology, beat architecture, visual DNA, and ready-to-run scripts built on your own winning formulas. The same intelligence that produced this monday.com report is available for any brand.

8

Where does Heista source monday.com's ads from?

Heista sources live-running video ads from Meta Ad Library and TikTok Creative Center — the same public ad libraries competitive teams monitor. Each ad is then reverse-engineered into its structural formula by Heista's multi-agent decode pipeline. No scraping, no private data.

Last updated Aug 26, 2026

monday.com runs 10 video ads decoded by Heista into their structural formulas — hook type, psychological mechanism, beat architecture, and visual DNA. Category: SaaS & Software.

  • —Ads analyzed: 10 live-running creatives reverse-engineered into repeatable formulas
  • —Top hooks: Process Teaser, Pattern Observation, Role-Specific Opening
  • —Vertical: SaaS & Software
  • —Avg beat count: 6.4 beats per ad over 37s

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