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Technology Advertisement Video Examples: 17 Tech Ads

Introduction

A technology ad answers one doubt at a time

Most technology ads open the same way. A glowing globe. Lines of light between servers. A voice about the future.

Swap the logo and nobody could tell whose ad it was. Your buyer can't either. And a buyer who can't tell you apart puts you on the later pile.

But a B2B tech buyer watches with one doubt at a time. Why should I care now? How does it actually work? What does it replace? Why switch from what I run today?

The short answer: the technology advertisement videos that work answer one buyer doubt with one move. Threat Scene answers “why now?” by showing the risk before the product. Exploded View answers “how does it work?” by taking the technology apart on screen. Control Room answers “what does it replace?” with one screen where scattered tools used to be. Head-to-Head answers “why switch?” by putting the old way next to the new one. The 17 tech ads below are sorted by the doubt they answer.

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17 examples

Technology Advertisement Video examples

Move 1 · Threat Scene

“Why now?” Show the threat before the product.

Nobody buys a lock for a door they think is already shut. Your buyer's current setup is that door. Until they see someone try the handle, your product is a nice-to-have.

I call it the Threat Scene: one scene of what can go wrong today, played before your product shows up. Four examples.

F5 AI Guardrails technology ad

F5's ad sells guardrails for AI models and agents. It opens on what companies now hand to AI: financial data, medical records and database access.

What works here:

  • The risk is named in plain words. Attackers can manipulate models with prompt injections, and models can produce harmful outputs on their own.
  • Then it kills the obvious workaround. You could hire people to watch your models, but no human can oversee billions of interactions every day.
  • The close flips trust in two short lines: don't trust your models, trust F5's guardrails.

The move: Name the workaround your buyer would try first, then show why it breaks at scale. If your ad skips it, the buyer will raise it for you.

AWS Security Hub technology ad

AWS Security Hub helps security teams find and fix critical issues faster. The ad opens on the work it removes: manual correlation across multiple tools.

What works here:

  • The pain is a process, not a disaster. Manual correlation is “time consuming and prone to missing crucial connections between security signals.”
  • Three verbs carry the product. It detects, correlates and enriches security signals, through native integration with AWS security services.
  • The payoff is speed. Automated response workflows and ticketing system integration speed up remediation.

The move: If your buyer's risk is slow work, not a breach, show the slow work. Name the one manual step your product deletes.

OPSWAT MetaDefender B2B technology video

OPSWAT MetaDefender for Secure Storage protects files kept in cloud storage. The ad starts with the growing problem of securing company data across many clouds.

What works here:

  • The threat gets a picture. Deep Content Disarm and Reconstruction rebuilds a weaponized document into a safe file on screen.
  • Compliance is named, not implied. Automatic redaction of personal data is tied to PCI-DSS, GDPR and HIPAA.
  • It ends on simple deployment: one platform in place of separate security tools.

The move: Show the threat as one object your buyer handles every day, like a file. Then show your product changing that object.

CorVel Enterprise software video

CorVel works in healthcare and claims management. Its 60-second ad opens on abstract visuals of challenges that keep changing, then answers with CorVel's technology.

What works here:

  • It claims a track record first: early leadership in virtual care.
  • Then it names what it uses now: AI and machine learning to manage claims, shown through data visuals and interface animation.
  • One blue palette and a confident narration hold the whole minute together.

The move: If your ad is about change, name one change your buyer already feels. Abstract visuals work only once the viewer knows what they stand for.

Move 2 · Exploded View

“How does it work?” Take the technology apart on screen.

Once they feel the risk, the next doubt arrives. Is this real, or just a promise?

A mechanic trusts an engine once the hood is open. Your buyer's IT lead is that mechanic. I call it the Exploded View: your technology shown in parts your buyer can name. Four examples.

Loop Industries technology video

Loop Industries makes PET plastic from waste plastic. The ad starts with where plastic comes from today, fossil fuels, then shows the process that replaces it.

What works here:

  • The old way gets a vivid line: plastic made from “dead dinosaurs.”
  • The process is taken apart step by step. Waste PET and polyester fiber break down at low heat and no pressure into DMT and MEG, then become food-grade PET again.
  • Numbers close the case. Loop shows its own impact figures, including a 63% reduction in global warming and an 88% reduction in smog.

The move: If your technology is a process, give each step its own frame. A buyer who can name the steps can explain them to their boss.

Salvi METRO luminaire video

Salvi's METRO is an industrial LED luminaire. In 37 seconds, the ad takes the light apart to show why it lasts.

What works here:

  • It opens on two lines: “Endurance in its purest form” and “Maximum Efficiency.”
  • Then a 3D teardown names the parts: anticorrosive aluminum, a reflector for even light, and a pressure-compensating valve that removes internal humidity.
  • Icons show where it goes, from sports venues to tunnels. The Smarttec system adds control.

The move: Pick the 3 parts that prove your main claim and label them on screen. Skip every part that proves nothing.

AxxonSoft B2B technology video

AxxonSoft and Intel sell AI video surveillance. The ad explains deep learning with one picture: an “AI security guard with a PhD.”

What works here:

  • The metaphor does the explaining. Everyone knows what a guard does. The PhD tells you this one understands behavior.
  • Then the guard goes to work: face mask compliance, social distancing and fall detection, in airports, retail stores and banks.
  • Proof closes it: Intel hardware, 24/7 operation and “150,000+ successfully implemented projects.”

The move: Turn your AI into a job title your buyer already hires for. Then show it doing three tasks from that job.

Pendo in-app messaging video

Pendo's video explains in-app messaging one format at a time. It reads like a glossary, with Pendo as the tool behind every entry.

What works here:

  • Each format gets its own frame: lightboxes, tooltips, banners, interstitials and user guides, shown inside a generic interface.
  • Then the bigger use: multi-step guides and surveys for onboarding, feature adoption and customer feedback.
  • The category is explained before the product is sold, so the viewer leaves knowing the words.

The move: If your buyer doesn't know your category's words yet, teach 4 or 5 of them on screen. Teach first. Then sell.

Move 3 · Control Room

“What does it replace?” Show one screen where scattered tools used to be.

Knowing how it works isn't enough. Next they ask: what happens to the tools they already run?

A pilot reads every gauge from one seat. Your buyer's team reads theirs from ten tabs. I call it the Control Room: one screen and one source of truth, where scattered tools used to be. Five examples.

CargoWise Product feature highlight video

CargoWise sells one global application for logistics. The ad's promise is one consistent source of truth, from quote to invoice.

What works here:

  • The internal flow comes first: quotation to invoice, animated as one process.
  • Then the map. Data entered once shows up across every country the business runs in.
  • Outside systems join in: financial packages, customer ERP systems and government customs platforms such as AMS, AFR and ACI.

The move: Show one piece of data entered once, then follow it to every screen it reaches. That's how a buyer sees one source of truth.

Rubrik Enterprise software video

Rubrik's ad sells one way to manage data across hybrid and multi-cloud setups. Colored pieces scattered across the screen come together into one whole.

What works here:

  • The picture is the pitch. Separate colored elements converge into one shape, and that shape is Rubrik.
  • Automation does the work: archival to cloud storage and on-demand app instances for recovery or migration, governed by policy.
  • It closes on protection for IaaS and PaaS workloads, run from one SaaS product.

The move: Draw your buyer's mess as separate pieces, then pull them into one shape. If the shape needs a caption, simplify it.

OpenText technology explainer video

OpenText sells managed services for moving information to Google Cloud. The ad lists the fears first: unpredictable costs, data security and global compliance.

What works here:

  • Each fear becomes a plain, named problem on screen.
  • Then the answer is one contract. Applications, infrastructure and operations sit under a single SLA, confirmed with checkmarks.
  • Google Cloud's reach, across more than 200 countries and territories, carries the scale claim.

The move: If your buyer worries about who's accountable, show one name and one contract. Fewer vendors is the feature.

CDW ServiceTrack B2B technology video

CDW's ServiceTrack is a procurement platform for business buying. The ad shows ordering, tracking and reporting in one place.

What works here:

  • Custom catalogs hold pre-approved items, so repeat orders are simple and stay compliant.
  • A dashboard streams live information, including real-time shipping notifications, with summary reports in charts.
  • One login covers many languages, currencies and CDW entities, on any device.

The move: Show the dashboard your buyer's finance team will open on Monday. Put one live update on it.

AvaSure Technology marketing video

AvaSure sells virtual care software to hospitals. The ad cuts a hospital open in cross-section, then shows one platform covering its units.

What works here:

  • The cross-section shows each department's needs before any product appears.
  • Then three apps, each with one job. TeleSitter monitors up to 16 patients at once. Verify supports remote clinical checks. Connect links patients to specialists.
  • Reporting closes the loop, with ORNA, Online Reporting of Nursing Analytics.

The move: If your platform has several apps, give each one a single job and a single line. Then show them all in one building.

Move 4 · Head-to-Head

“Why switch?” Put the old way next to yours.

The last doubt is the hardest. Your buyer already owns something that mostly works.

Nobody trades in a car that still starts until they drive the new one. Your buyer's current tool is that car. I call it the Head-to-Head: the tool your buyer runs today, side by side with yours, on the point that matters. Four examples.

Samsung Networks private 5G ad

Samsung Networks sells private 5G to factories, hospitals, ports and campuses. Episode 1 of its series puts private 5G next to Wi-Fi on one point: security.

What works here:

  • The old way is named first. Wi-Fi relies on passwords “that can be shared, leaked, or duplicated,” on public spectrum anyone nearby can detect.
  • Then the difference, as cause and effect. Private 5G uses mutual authentication based on SIM credentials, so unregistered devices cannot connect.
  • One point per episode. The ad ends by teasing the next comparison: wide coverage.

The move: Compare yourself to what your buyer runs today on one point only. Save the next point for the next video.

Veritas Direct Migrator video

Veritas speaks to Enterprise Vault customers who archive on-premises. The ad shows Direct Migrator moving that archive to Veritas Alta, its cloud platform.

What works here:

  • The old setup is the starting point, so current customers see themselves first.
  • Then numbers for the switch, by Veritas's count: a 5x faster full-fidelity migration, 99% savings on one-time migration costs and a 15% lower 3-year TCO.
  • It answers the retraining fear. A modern, familiar interface means no retraining.

The move: If your buyer already owns the old product, open on it. Then give the switch a number: days, dollars or hours.

6sense Revenue AI video

6sense sells Revenue AI to B2B revenue teams. The ad starts in the “dark funnel” of B2B buying, with overwhelmed buyers and wasted marketing.

What works here:

  • Color carries the contrast. Scattered yellow missed opportunities turn into teal targeted accounts.
  • A portal effect reveals the intent signals behind each account: keywords, demo views and peer reviews.
  • Then it maps the buying committee, so the viewer sees who to reach, not just which company.

The move: Give the old way and your way two different colors, and keep them all the way through. The viewer tracks the switch without a word.

Quuu Technology marketing video

Quuu automates social media posting. The ad opens on someone juggling several social apps, then moves everything into one schedule.

What works here:

  • The before is a juggling act most marketers know.
  • Hand-picked content suggestions across hundreds of categories fill the queue.
  • Evergreen recycling re-shares posts that worked, and Quuu says that saves hours each week.

The move: Show the before with the apps your buyer actually opens. A familiar mess makes the switch feel real.

Pick your move

Which doubt does your tech ad answer?

The short answer: ask one question. What does your viewer still doubt: the urgency, the mechanism, the fit or the switch? The answer picks the move. One doubt per ad. If two doubts are loud, make two short ads instead of one long one.

If your buyer asksUseDo thisExample to copy
“Why now?”Threat SceneOne scene of the risk, before the productF5
“How does it work?”Exploded ViewThe technology in parts they can nameLoop Industries
“What does it replace?”Control RoomOne screen where scattered tools used to beCargoWise
“Why switch?”Head-to-HeadTheir current tool next to yours, on one pointSamsung Networks

Now go back to the glowing globe. It answers none of the four doubts. It hopes the buyer finds their own.

The move: ask your sales team which doubt stalls the most deals: why now, how it works, what it replaces or why switch. Make your next ad about that one.

A glowing globe proves you're a tech company. One answered doubt proves they should buy from you.

FAQ

Technology Advertisement Video Examples FAQ

What is a technology advertisement video?
A technology advertisement video is a short ad that sells a technical product to the people who buy it: software, cloud services, hardware or a platform. It covers software advertising videos and hardware ads alike. The best ones answer one buyer doubt, like F5's ad, which shows the risk of unguarded AI before it shows the product.
How long should a technology ad be?
Most run 1 to 2 minutes. 14 of the 17 ads on this page fall in that range. The shortest is Salvi's METRO at 0:37, a 3D teardown with no story to tell. The longest is AvaSure at 2:30, because it introduces three apps. Cut anything that doesn't answer your one doubt.
What should a technology ad show first?
The doubt your buyer has right now. If they don't feel the risk, open on it, the way F5 opens on financial data and medical records handed to AI. If they already feel it, open on the old way they use today, the way Samsung Networks opens on Wi-Fi passwords. Your logo can wait for the end.
What's the difference between a technology ad and a technology explainer video?
An ad sells. It answers one doubt and asks for one next step. A technology explainer video teaches how something works, and can take longer to do it. Pendo's in-app messaging video sits between the two: it teaches the category's words, then puts Pendo behind them.
How do you advertise a technology buyers can't see?
Give it a body. AxxonSoft turns AI video analytics into a security guard with a PhD. OPSWAT shows a weaponized document rebuilt into a safe file. Rubrik draws scattered data as colored pieces that merge into one shape. The buyer can't see the code, but they can see the object it changes.
How do you advertise an AI product?
Show the risk or the job before the model. F5 opens on what companies now hand to AI, then sells control over it. AxxonSoft gives its AI a job title. 6sense shows the signals its AI reads. For more, see these AI advertising videos.
Should a technology ad name a competitor?
Usually, compare against a category, not a brand. Samsung Networks compares private 5G with Wi-Fi. Veritas compares its cloud platform with on-premises archiving. Quuu compares one schedule with juggling several apps. The buyer knows the old way already, so the contrast lands without a name.
How many messages should one technology ad carry?
One. Samsung Networks makes this a format: episode 1 covers security only, and ends by teasing coverage for the next episode. A buyer can repeat one point to their team. Five points blur into a feeling that the product does a lot.
Should a technology ad include numbers?
Yes, if the buyer can check them. Veritas puts 5x faster migration and 99% savings on one-time migration costs on screen. AxxonSoft cites 150,000+ implemented projects. Attribute each number to its source, and keep one per scene so it gets read.
How do you make a tech ad for a non-technical buyer?
Use one picture from their world. AxxonSoft's guard, Rubrik's merging shapes and AvaSure's hospital cross-section all explain a system without a diagram. Then add one line on what changes for the buyer. Most B2B advertisement videos that reach finance or operations buyers work this way.
Should a technology ad use a voiceover?
Usually, yes. A voiceover lets the screen show the product instead of filling it with text. Add captions either way. Plenty of people watch with the sound off, and Salvi's METRO shows a tech ad can carry its claims in on-screen text alone.
Do customer testimonials belong in a technology ad?
Yes, if they're short and specific. One customer naming one result beats three saying they love the product. Put it right after the claim it proves. In a 60-second ad, one line is enough, so the product stays the star.

Patterns from the analysis

Technology Advertisement Video Best Practices

Three of the ads above were broken down from their full transcripts: F5 AI Guardrails, AWS Security Hub and Samsung Networks' private 5G episode. Four patterns showed up. Three is a small sample, so read each count as what these three did, not as market data.

Risk First

Should a technology ad open on the risk or the product?

Observation
F5 opens on what companies now hand to AI: financial data, medical records and database access. AWS opens on manual correlation across multiple tools. Samsung Networks opens on Wi-Fi's password-based authentication. None of the three names its product in the first lines.
Data
3 of 3 opened on a risk or a slow process before naming the product.
The move
Write your first line about your buyer's exposure, not your product. The product earns attention once the risk is on screen.
Named Workaround

Should a tech ad name what the buyer does today?

Observation
Samsung Networks names Wi-Fi. AWS names manual correlation across tools. F5 names the workaround a buyer would try first, hiring people to oversee models, then says no human can oversee billions of interactions every day.
Data
3 of 3 named the buyer's current way before showing the new one.
The move
Name the tool or habit your buyer would use instead of you. If you don't, they compare you to it anyway, off screen.
Plain Mechanism

How much should a tech ad explain how the product works?

Observation
Samsung Networks explains the cause: mutual authentication based on SIM credentials, so unregistered devices cannot connect. AWS gives three verbs: detects, correlates and enriches. F5 says only that buyers can customize their own guardrails.
Data
1 of 3 explained the mechanism as cause and effect. 2 of 3 described what the product does.
The move
Give one “because” line: it works because of one thing. One reason a buyer can repeat beats three features they can't.
Single Close

How should a technology ad end?

Observation
AWS ends on “Get started today.” F5 ends on a two-line flip about trust. Samsung Networks ends by teasing episode two, on coverage. Each one closes on one thing, not a list.
Data
3 of 3 ended on a single closing line: an ask, a slogan or the next episode.
The move
Pick the one thing the viewer should do or remember, and end there. Two endings is none.

How to plan

Where to use your technology ad

Put the ad where the doubt shows up. That one rule decides most placements.

  • Paid social and YouTube. The Threat Scene cut, for buyers who don't feel the risk yet. A shorter tech promotional video works best here.
  • Product and solution pages. The Exploded View or Control Room version, for buyers comparing options.
  • Sales follow-ups. The Head-to-Head cut, sent after a buyer names the tool they run today.
  • Events and trade shows. A captioned loop that makes its point with the sound off.

How do you create a technology advertisement video?

Eight decisions, in order. Each one narrows the next.

  • Buyer. The person who signs, and the person who uses it. Pick which one this ad is for.
  • Doubt. The one question this ad answers: why now, how it works, what it replaces or why switch.
  • Old way. The tool or habit your buyer runs today. Name it on screen.
  • Picture. One object or scene that makes the invisible part visible.
  • Script. Write the last line first. Then the first line. Then the middle.
  • Proof. One number or one named customer your buyer can check.
  • Edit. Cut every second that doesn't answer the doubt.
  • Call to action. Decide the ask before you record, so the whole ad builds to it.

Choosing an animation style for a tech ad

Style isn't decoration. It decides whether the buyer can see the part of your technology that matters.

  • 3D teardown, for hardware and physical systems. Salvi's METRO labels each part. See these 3D exploded view videos for more.
  • 2D shapes and icons, for systems with no body. Rubrik's merging shapes and 6sense's two colors carry the idea.
  • Interface animation, for software buyers will use daily. CDW ServiceTrack shows the real dashboard.
  • A cross-section, for platforms that serve many teams. AvaSure cuts open a hospital.

Whichever style you pick, keep it to one. Mixed styles make technical animation harder to follow, not easier.

How to measure a technology ad

Start with what the ad was for: awareness, demo requests or trial sign-ups. The goal picks the metrics, not the other way around.

  • Attention. Watch time and the second viewers drop off. That second is the next thing to fix.
  • Action. Clicks on the call to action, and the demo requests or sign-ups that follow.
  • Sales signal. Ask reps whether buyers raise the doubt the ad was built to answer. If they stop raising it, the ad worked.

Then test one change at a time: two openings, or two closing asks, on the same audience.

About the author

About Jai Ghosh

Jai Ghosh
Video Producer at Advids · LinkedIn

Jai Ghosh is a Video Producer at Advids, where he has planned and produced videos for B2B software and technology companies for 7 years. He works on product demos, explainer videos and brand videos, from the first script to the final cut, for clients from startups to enterprises.

Before Advids, Jai spent over 11 years in freelance media consulting, after starting out in digital journalism. He writes the Advids blog's breakdowns of product and demo videos, sorting real examples by the question each one answers for a buyer.

  • Focus: SaaS product demos, explainer videos and brand videos
  • Experience: 7 years at Advids, over 11 years in media consulting
  • Background: digital journalism

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