Google Ads MCP alternative
The Google Ads MCP server alternative that is hosted and makes changes
Google’s own server is read-only and runs on your machine or on Cloud Run. Get MCP Ads is hosted: sign in with Google, tick your accounts, and change budgets, statuses and bids from Claude or ChatGPT after a preview, with GA4 and Search Console on the same URL.
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By the Get MCP Ads teamUpdated
The short version
Get MCP Ads and Google Ads MCP, in six lines.
| Dimension | Get MCP Ads | Google Ads MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Hosting | Hosted, sign in with Google | Local or Cloud Run; a hosted pilot by allowlist |
| Changes | 13 write tools, each previewed | Read-only |
| Tools | 48 | 3 |
| Manager accounts | Listed and ticked one by one | Accessible customers |
| GA4 and Search Console | On the same URL | Not on this server |
| Price | Free, then $39 a month | Free |
The complete comparison
Where Get MCP Ads goes further than Google Ads MCP, one point at a time.
Changes
Changes, each previewed
Google’s server is strictly read-only. Get MCP Ads changes budgets, statuses, CPC bids and dates, each change previewed by the server and applied once you confirm.
- Budgets, statuses and bids
- Campaign dates
- Only the accounts you tick
Launches
Campaigns created paused
Search, Display, Shopping, Performance Max and Demand Gen campaigns, created paused from one proposal, beside Meta and TikTok if you launch there too.
Setup
Hosted, nothing to run
No Google Cloud project, no OAuth client, no server to keep running. Add one URL to Claude or ChatGPT, sign in with Google and tick your manager and client accounts.
Measurement
GA4 and Search Console beside it
Google Ads, GA4 and Search Console on the same connection, in one review, so a question about spend also reads conversions and organic clicks.
Why people switch from Google Ads MCP to Get MCP Ads
Changes
13 write tools, each previewed.
Hosted
No Cloud project, no OAuth client.
Manager accounts
Your MCC hierarchy, ticked one by one.
GA4 and Search Console
On the same URL.
Still struggling to choose?
Pick Get MCP Ads if
- You want to change budgets, statuses and bids from the chat
- You don’t want to run a server
- You manage clients under an MCC
- You want GA4 and Search Console beside Google Ads
Pick Google Ads MCP if
You want Google’s own read-only server, run it yourself, and only need GAQL queries.
Everything side by side
Setup
| Dimension | Get MCP Ads | Google Ads MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | Hosted | Your machine or Cloud Run |
| What you create | Nothing: sign in with Google | Your own OAuth client |
What it does
| Dimension | Get MCP Ads | Google Ads MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Reads | Reports, GAQL, MCC hierarchy | GAQL search, accessible customers, metadata |
| Changes | Budgets, statuses, bids, dates; campaigns created paused | None |
| Views | The ads cockpit, the ads manager and the creative gallery, in Claude and ChatGPT | None |
Around it
| Dimension | Get MCP Ads | Google Ads MCP |
|---|---|---|
| GA4 and Search Console | Same URL | Separate; none for Search Console |
| Alerts and Sheets | Hourly alerts, scheduled exports | None |
| Open source | 7 servers, Apache 2.0 | Apache 2.0 |
What you can do with Get MCP Ads
The ads cockpit inside Claude and ChatGPT, from the first question to the launch.
Get MCP Ads, view by view
A preview before every change
Budgets, statuses and bids come back as a preview from the server. Nothing changes until you confirm.
Every client in one cockpit
Spend, results and what needs attention across every account you ticked, opened in the conversation.
Bulk launches, created paused
Point at a folder on Google Drive or Dropbox: one proposal across platforms, approved once, every campaign and ad created paused.
Your creatives, ranked
Every ad with its spend and results, compared side by side and followed day by day.
Work that runs after the chat
Hourly alerts by email, Google Sheets refreshed on a schedule, and a log of every change with its author.
Frequently asked questions
- Yes, strictly, with 3 tools, as of its documentation of October 16, 2026. Get MCP Ads changes budgets, statuses and bids after a preview.
- No longer: Google removed developer tokens on September 9, 2026. It still needs your own OAuth client; Get MCP Ads needs neither.
- Google’s has no public URL: you run it yourself, or join its hosted pilot. Get MCP Ads uses https://mcp.getmcpads.com/google-ads/mcp for Google Ads alone, and https://mcp.getmcpads.com/mcp for every platform.
- Yes. Add both to the same assistant, each with its own sign-in.
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