Creative Operations Automation
Automate creative workflows without breaking your brand
Connect creative modules to automate repeatable workflows - with built-in reviews, approvals, and brand safety for teams operating at scale. Built for modern teams that want to safely incorporate AI into their creatives.
Too many tools, no integration
Creative teams need 3-5 different platforms for video, images, voiceover, and approvals. Nothing talks to each other.
Workflows break over time
Generic tools require endless setup, workarounds, and manual upkeep. Every new channel, market, or change creates another workflow to manage.
No brand safety at scale
Existing automation tools weren't built for creative work. No brand checks, no approval flows, no guardrails. One bad automation can damage your brand.
Spreadsheets become bottlenecks
CSVs, email chains, and back-and-forth slow everything down. Manual handoffs kill velocity when you need to produce at scale.
Replace duct-taped workflows with a single AI-powered system
A single system to design, run, and govern creative production - replacing fragmented tools and fragile workflows.
What it's not
Not a design tool (not Canva, Photoshop, Figma)
Not a generic automation platform (not Zapier, Make, n8n)
Not for one-off, bespoke creative work
Not replacing your creative team
Example Workflows
Automate any repeatable creative workflow
From ad production to localization to internal videos. Build automations that match how your team actually works.
Social media ads
Mobile app development company generates 100s of social media ads per week to test different hooks, models and messaging.
Localized campaigns
Global skin care brand generates localized campaigns for their monthly performance marketing campaigns.
Personalized videos
Customer success team generates personalized renewal videos before going into renewal meetings to support ROI claims.
Human-in-the-loop
Route assets through review stages with multi-stakeholder sign-off. Nothing goes live without approval.
Visibility
Teams know what’s been generated, what’s approved, what’s live and why.
Brand safety
Guardrails ensure every asset follows brand rules and approved messaging, even when generated at scale.
Security
ISO 27001 certified and GDPR compliant. Built for organizations that take security seriously.
Trusted by creative teams worldwide
Collaborating with Plainly was a seamless experience. Their team was committed and proficient, allowing us to achieve our campaign goals and create great experiences for our supporters.
Toma Delafosse
Head of Performance @ Unicef Australia
You know you often hear business owners say we really just want technology to help us run our business better? Like this is it. This is what you do to run your business better.
Jody Poole
Team Lead Design @ Leads.io
We use Plainly for crucial tasks to automate creative production for our clients, and whilst they have a great product we're even more happy about their support.
Kasimir Hellman
CEO @ Plug
Why this exists
Creative operations teams deserve real infrastructure
In the age of AI, everyone is trying to do more with less. That's true for agencies. It's true for in-house teams.
The pressure to scale creative output is increasing daily. When demand grows, the bottleneck isn't your designers. It's the way creative work gets produced. Spreadsheets, handoffs, disconnected tools, and manual reviews don't scale - no matter how good your team is.
Generic automation tools are great at moving data between apps, but they fall apart when you try to orchestrate real creative workflows. Creative teams need automation systems that let them set up templates, generate assets using AI, and safely hand work off to others - without losing brand control or quality.
This isn't about replacing your creative team. It's about giving them leverage so they can focus on craft and decisions, while the repetitive, operational work happens safely in the background.
Plainly Flows exists because we've spent 5+ years working closely with in-house creative teams and agencies, helping them automate video production at scale.
The pressure to scale creative output is increasing daily. When demand grows, the bottleneck isn't your designers. It's the way creative work gets produced. Spreadsheets, handoffs, disconnected tools, and manual reviews don't scale - no matter how good your team is.
Generic automation tools are great at moving data between apps, but they fall apart when you try to orchestrate real creative workflows. Creative teams need automation systems that let them set up templates, generate assets using AI, and safely hand work off to others - without losing brand control or quality.
This isn't about replacing your creative team. It's about giving them leverage so they can focus on craft and decisions, while the repetitive, operational work happens safely in the background.
Plainly Flows exists because we've spent 5+ years working closely with in-house creative teams and agencies, helping them automate video production at scale.
This product is a direct result of listening to where things break and building the infrastructure they’ve been missing.
Built by the Plainly Team
creators of Plainly Videos
Plainly Videos is used by Fortune 500 companies to automate video production at scale. It's now one of the modules inside Plainly Flows.
100,000+
Videos automated daily
5+ years
Automating creative at scale
Fortune 500
Companies trust Plainly
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Currently, we're accepting teams at mid-to-large companies that run creative operations at scale and want to shape the future of creative automation with us.
Compared to my old in-house rendering setup, it's like night and day. It scales effortlessly, performs consistently, and has been rock-solid reliable.
Tony Sajdak, CTO @ Perfect Fools
