Competitor ad tracking: weekly workflows on Meta and Google

Q: How do I see the ads a competitor is running?

ads.search reads the Meta Ad Library by advertiser or keyword and the Google Ads Transparency Center by advertiser domain. It returns each live creative with its copy, media and the date it first ran.

Competitor ads

10 workflows, each with its prompt, its calls and its cost

Track competitor ads for DTC skincare brands10 rivals on 2 ad libraries, 80 pulls a month, every landing page read.3 stages · about $1.42 a run →
Track competitor ads for B2B SaaS10 rivals on 2 ad libraries, 80 pulls a month, every landing page read.3 stages · about $1.42 a run →
Track competitor ads for consumer fintech apps8 rivals on 2 ad libraries, 64 pulls a month, every landing page read.3 stages · about $1.14 a run →
Track competitor ads for meal kit brands6 rivals on 2 ad libraries, 48 pulls a month, every landing page read.3 stages · about $0.85 a run →
Track competitor ads for online course businesses10 rivals on 2 ad libraries, 80 pulls a month, every landing page read.3 stages · about $1.42 a run →
Track competitor ads for HR software8 rivals on 2 ad libraries, 64 pulls a month, every landing page read.3 stages · about $1.14 a run →
Track competitor ads for real estate brokerages10 rivals on 2 ad libraries, 80 pulls a month, every landing page read.3 stages · about $1.42 a run →
Track competitor ads for fitness apps8 rivals on 2 ad libraries, 64 pulls a month, every landing page read.3 stages · about $1.14 a run →
Track competitor ads for insurance brands10 rivals on 2 ad libraries, 80 pulls a month, every landing page read.3 stages · about $1.42 a run →
Track competitor ads for travel booking brands10 rivals on 2 ad libraries, 80 pulls a month, every landing page read.3 stages · about $1.42 a run →

Costs are one run at the catalog's list prices, with the volumes written in each brief. Describe your own campaign in the workflow generator to get the same plan for it.

FAQ

Questions about competitor ads

How do I see the ads a competitor is running?

ads.search reads the Meta Ad Library by advertiser or keyword and the Google Ads Transparency Center by advertiser domain. It returns each live creative with its copy, media and the date it first ran.

Which ad platforms are covered?

Meta, which includes Facebook and Instagram placements, and Google. Other libraries can be reached through a provider's raw endpoint with the same key when a workflow needs them.

Can I see how much a competitor spends?

No library publishes spend for commercial ads. What you can read is how long a creative has been running and how many variants exist, which is the best public sign that it works.

Why run it weekly?

One pull is a snapshot. The second pull shows what was added, what was stopped and what is still running, and that change is what tells you where a competitor is putting money.

Go deeper

Guides, tools and the other families

GuideCompetitor ads: track every creative on Meta and GoogleThe creatives competitors run, diffed weekly, so you see what appeared, what died and what has been working long enough to copy.Read the guide → GuideAI ad creative: images, edits and video from one APIGenerate the ad, edit it, cut the product out, upscale for placement, then turn the winner into video.Read the guide → ToolsThe capabilities these workflows callWhat each one returns, which providers serve it and what a call costs.See the tools →

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Reading this as an agent? This family as markdown: /workflows/competitor-ads.md

Competitor ad tracking: every live creative, every week