Connor vs Adclear: financial promotions review compared
Both review financial promotions with AI and watch them once they're live. Connor checks each one against only the rules that apply to it, and takes about a week to set up.
In short
- Rules: Connor's come from each regulator's own text, and each promotion is checked only against the ones that apply to it. Adclear applies the rules and policies you configure, with rule packs for the main UK and US regulators. Both let you add your own rules.
- Findings: Connor's quote the words they are about, give the fix and link to the regulator's text where one is published.
- Coverage: Connor checks promotions in 9 jurisdictions and holds the rules of 35 regulators and legislatures. Adclear's coverage page lists 11 jurisdictions and 39 regulators.
- Getting started: Connor takes about a week, and the first week is free. Adclear says “Pilots go live in 6 weeks”.
- Pricing: neither publishes a price list. Connor charges a monthly platform fee plus credits for each promotion checked.
We make Connor. What we say about Adclear comes from its own website, read on 24 October 2026, and is linked in the sources. If we've got anything about Adclear wrong, email hi@runconnor.com and we'll correct it.
Feature by feature
| Feature | Connor | Adclear |
|---|---|---|
| Rules and coverage | ||
| Jurisdictions it reviews promotions for | 9 | 11 |
| Regulators and legislatures whose rules it holds | 35 | 39 regulators |
| Custom rule packs for your own policies | Yes | Yes |
| Checks each promotion only against the rules that apply to it | Yes | Not stated |
| Links each finding to the regulator's text | Yes | Not stated |
| Reviewing promotions | ||
| Images, videos, PDFs, presentations, Figma designs and text | Yes | Yes |
| Reads the audio in videos, including what is said | Yes | Not stated |
| Checks a social post from its link | Yes | Not stated |
| Approvals and collaboration | ||
| Takes each promotion from submission to approval, with every version on record | Yes | Yes |
| Comments on the creative and on each finding | Yes | Not stated |
| Reports on turnaround, approval rates and common issues | Yes | Not stated |
| Monitoring after launch | ||
| Affiliates' and influencers' social accounts | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, X and LinkedIn company pages | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X and LinkedIn |
| Finds anyone's posts under your hashtags | Yes | Not stated |
| Finds Meta ads by anyone that mention you | Yes | Not stated |
| Monitors websites | Yes | Yes |
| Reads websites as visitors in each market see them | UK, EU, US, UAE and Australia | Not stated |
| Monitors Discord and Telegram | No | Yes |
| Working with your tools | ||
| Answers rule questions in Claude and ChatGPT | Yes | Not stated |
| Other integrations | Slack, Teams, Jira and Notion; Monday.com, a REST API and others on request | Slack, Teams, Figma, Google Docs, Jira, Monday.com, Workfront and more; REST API |
| Getting started | ||
| Time to go live | About a week, first week free | 6 weeks for a pilot |
What Connor does differently
- Rules from the regulator's own textConnor's library holds 206,492 provisions from 35 regulators and legislatures, collected from each one's official source. Each finding cites the rule and links to it where the regulator publishes it.
- Only the rules that applyConnor works out which of its 548 rules apply from your home regulator, your markets and your products, and shows you before the check runs. In our test, a fictional UK broker's gold CFD banner was checked against 109 of them. You can add your own rules too.
- Nine jurisdictions, including ADGMThe UK, EU, Cyprus, Ireland, the US, Australia, the UAE onshore, DIFC and ADGM, with the UAE's onshore rules from the CMA, the Central Bank and VARA.
- Video, including what is saidImages and carousels, videos including their audio and spoken words, PDFs up to 20 pages, presentations and Figma designs saved as PDFs or images, social posts by link and web pages.
- Websites as each market sees themAdd each site with the markets it serves, and Connor reads every page the way a visitor in that market sees it.
- Affiliates and influencers, checked dailyTheir accounts on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook and X, and LinkedIn company pages, with each new post scored for whether it's about you.
- A record you can show the regulatorEvery version, the rules as they stood that day and who decided what, as a PDF or a read-only link.
- Answers in Claude and ChatGPTAsk whether a claim is allowed and get the provision quoted and linked, from the same library the checks use. You can ask in Slack and Microsoft Teams too.
A firm approving promotions for unauthorised businesses must confirm each one complies before approving it (COBS 4.10.2R), so whichever tool you use, check how its record would show that.
Which to choose
- Connor if you want your own rules checked alongside the regulators', an app that's simple for marketers and approvers to use, and a price based on the promotions you check, with the first week free. Each promotion is checked only against the rules that apply to it, each finding links to the regulator's text, and you can be up and running in about a week.
- Adclear if you need promotions reviewed in jurisdictions Connor doesn't cover, such as China, Hong Kong or South Africa, audio files reviewed on their own, or monitoring of Discord and Telegram.
The fairest test is the same set of your own promotions through both, including some you know fail. Connor's first week is free.
Questions people ask
Is Connor an alternative to Adclear?
Yes. Both review financial promotions with AI before they go out and monitor content once it's live. They differ in where the rules come from, how each promotion is scoped, the jurisdictions covered and how long it takes to get started.
Which covers more jurisdictions?
Adclear lists more. Its coverage page names 11 jurisdictions and 39 regulators, including China, France, Hong Kong, Portugal and South Africa. Connor checks promotions in 9 jurisdictions (the UK, EU, Cyprus, Ireland, the US, Australia, the UAE onshore, DIFC and ADGM) and holds the rules of 35 regulators and legislatures.
How much do Connor and Adclear cost?
Neither publishes a price list. Adclear says pricing “is based on volume and workflow configuration”. Connor charges a monthly platform fee plus credits for each promotion checked, and your first week is a free trial.
Sources
8 sources, read on
This page explains the rules; it is not legal advice. Rules change: read the provision itself before relying on it. If you find an error, email hi@runconnor.com and we will correct it.
James Zhao
Co-founder, ConnorJames is a co-founder of Connor. After a corporate career at Barclays and KPMG as a software engineer, he built and exited his own software company. He has spent the last three years at the forefront of AI, and the most recent of them building AI-native products and the agent platform behind Connor.
Kashif Rafiq
Co-founder, ConnorKashif is a co-founder of Connor. He spent his career inside two of the most heavily monitored industries there are, investment banking at Goldman Sachs and energy at BP, working on the security and technology systems that keep regulated communications and data under control. He now builds Connor, which checks financial promotions against the rules that apply to them.
