Pricing & Services
Done For You vs Done With You Marketing
By Adedon · Updated 2026-08-14
What is the difference between Done For You and Done With You marketing?
Done For You means the specialist operates the advertising week: campaigns, creative coordination, monitoring, and reporting, while you approve decisions that move money. Done With You means they install the system with your team, train operators, and stay on a lighter retainer for review and harder problems. Neither is ‘set and forget software.’ Adedon sells both as peer packages for Meta and Google. The advertising OS is coming soon for teams that want the workflow in a product; it is not a live DIY substitute for these packages.
Who does Tuesday
DFY: we do Tuesday. DWY: your marketer does more of Tuesday, we review. If nobody will do Tuesday, DWY becomes DFY by accident — and should be scoped that way.
What you still own in both
Offer, fulfillment, sales follow-up, and approval of spend changes. Adedon does not autonomously mutate budgets in either model. Hands-off is not eyes-off for money.
Price and involvement trade
DFY setup $3,000–$8,000 and $2,000–$5,000/mo. DWY setup $1,500–$5,000 and $1,000–$2,500/mo. You are trading cash for hours of your team’s time, not buying a morally superior model.
When DWY fails
No internal owner, no time to produce creative, no CRM dispositions. Then ‘with you’ is a slogan. We would rather recommend DFY than pretend.
When DFY fails
You vanish from approvals and sales quality notes. Then we are flying without the business context. DFY still needs a responsive counterpart.
Frequently asked questions
Can we start DWY and switch to DFY?+−
Yes. Scope can change when hiring or time changes. Keep account ownership constant so the switch is operational, not a hostage negotiation.
Is Done With You just cheaper Done For You?+−
It is a different labor split. If we still do all the hours, it should be priced as DFY.
Does either include the OS?+−
Services are live. The OS is coming soon. Do not buy a package expecting a live self-serve SaaS seat today.
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