# Compare competitors' Google Ads strategy

**Use case:** 

One row per competitor: ads running now, ads launched in the last 7 and 30 days, formats, how long their ads run, their top messages, longest-running ads, top landing pages and campaigns. Put your competitors' domains in targets.

## Input

```json
{
  "mode": "summary",
  "targets": [
    "canva.com",
    "figma.com",
    "miro.com"
  ],
  "region": "US",
  "format": "all",
  "platform": "all",
  "minDaysShown": 0,
  "activeOnly": false,
  "sortBy": "lastShown",
  "includeDetails": false,
  "includeAdContent": false,
  "ocrTextAds": true,
  "ocrLanguages": [],
  "onlyNew": false,
  "includeStopped": false,
  "advertisersPerName": 1,
  "maxItems": 50,
  "maxScanPages": 20
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "target": {
    "label": "Competitor",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "adCountMin": {
    "label": "Ads from",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "adCountMax": {
    "label": "Ads to",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "adsAnalyzed": {
    "label": "Ads analysed",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "activeAds": {
    "label": "Running",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "newAds7d": {
    "label": "New in 7 days",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "newAds30d": {
    "label": "New in 30 days",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "medianDaysShown": {
    "label": "Median days shown",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "messageCount": {
    "label": "Messages",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "topMessage": {
    "label": "Top message",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "topLandingPage": {
    "label": "Top landing page",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "topCampaign": {
    "label": "Top campaign",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "formats": {
    "label": "Formats",
    "format": "object"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Google Ads Transparency Scraper - Ad Copy, Reach & New Ads](https://apify.com/crawlplant/google-ads-transparency.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/crawlplant/google-ads-transparency.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/crawlplant/google-ads-transparency.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).