Beta Ads vs Twitch Ads
Twitch Ads are video, display and sponsorship formats sold through Amazon Ads. Beta Ads puts your brand inside the stream itself, as a custom animated overlay, priced per 1,000 played views.
Brands that run campaigns with Beta Ads
The comparison at a glance
Checked 26 October 2026. Sources at the bottom.
What changes when you switch
Unskippable video, display units around the player, and Creator Sponsorships with channel skins and readouts
Custom animated overlay in a corner of the stream, rendered in the streamer's broadcast
Through the Amazon DSP, self-serve or managed
Direct with us, or self-serve login for agencies
Amazon DSP, including Twitch video, launched in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland in 2021; Creator Sponsorships are listed for Sweden only
Built for Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland
Your own video for media ads; sponsorship skins use a logo and a fixed call to action, with no animation
Animated from scratch for your brand
Amazon mentions a minimum spend but publishes no figure
Per 1,000 fully played animation views. Campaigns from 100,000 NOK
Video ads are served by the platform around the content
The overlay is part of the video, so it is in the VOD and clips too
When Twitch Ads is the better fit
We would rather tell you now than after a campaign.
You already buy through Amazon
If your media plan runs in the Amazon DSP, Twitch video sits in the same buying path as Prime Video and display.
You need Amazon's audiences
Amazon offers first-party shopping and streaming audiences and its own measurement, which we do not have.
You want full-screen video reach
For an unskippable video spot across large audiences, platform video ads are the format built for it.
- Based in
- Oslo, Norway (registered in Frosta)
- Founded
- 2024
- Market focus
- Nordic brands and agencies: Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland
- Based in
- San Francisco, USA (Twitch, owned by Amazon)
- Founded
- Owned by Amazon since 2014
- Market focus
- Global; Twitch Creator Sponsorships in 17 countries, Sweden the only Nordic one
Questions buyers ask
Can I buy Twitch Ads in Norway?
Twitch video can be bought programmatically through the Amazon DSP, which launched self-service in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland in 2021. Twitch Creator Sponsorships were launched in 17 countries, and Sweden is the only Nordic one.
What does Twitch advertising cost?
Amazon's Twitch page says campaigns need a minimum spend but does not publish the figure. Beta Ads campaigns start from 100,000 NOK, priced per 1,000 played views.
Can I run both?
Yes. They do different jobs: platform video ads for reach around the content, a Beta Ads overlay for presence inside the streams your audience is watching.
Weighing Twitch Ads against us? Ask us anything.
A 30 minute call with Andreas. Bring your budget and market, and we will tell you straight if Twitch Ads fits you better.
Sources
- Amazon Ads: Twitch, checked 26 Oct 2026
- Amazon Ads: Twitch ad specs, checked 26 Oct 2026
- Amazon Ads: Channel Takeover specs, checked 26 Oct 2026
- Amazon Ads: Amazon DSP launches in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway (archived), 18 Oct 2021
- ChannelX: Amazon Ads launches Twitch Creator Sponsorships, 30 May 2025
- Amazon: Amazon.com to acquire Twitch, 25 Aug 2014
Something out of date about Twitch Ads? Email sales@beta-ads.no and we will correct it.










