Google Ads Transparency Monitor

See every Google ad a company runs. Enter a company domain or an advertiser name and get one row per ad from Google's Ads Transparency Center, with the format, first and last shown dates, a creative link, and the ad's permalink. Each input also gets one company summary row that answers the question most teams actually ask: does this company run Google ads, how many, and in which formats.

Rows are flat and snake_case, so they load straight into a spreadsheet, a CRM, or a Clay table.

✨ Features

• Company keyed. A domain such as stripe.com in, the ads Google lists for that domain out. No advertiser ID lookup needed.
• Advertiser names too. Enter a name such as HubSpot, Inc. and the actor finds the matching verified advertisers, up to 5, and says on every row whether the match was exact or the closest suggestion.
• A company summary row. Ads returned, Google's own ad count band (for example 8,000 to 9,000), formats seen, and the first and last dates seen.
• Filters that run on Google's side. Region by country code, and format (text, image, or video).
• Last shown window. Keep only ads shown in the last N days, 90 by default.
• Safe when Google changes its page. The actor checks the shape of every response. If Google changes it, you get a free source_changed row instead of empty rows that look real.
• Reads robots.txt on every run and stops with a free blocked row if Google ever disallows the pages it reads.
• Batch input. Up to 500 domains or advertiser names per run.

📥 Input

Field	Type	Description
company_domain	string	A company domain, for example stripe.com
advertiser_name	string	An advertiser name, for example Stripe, Inc.
domains	list	Several domains, one per line
advertiser_names	list	Several advertiser names, one per line
region	string	anywhere (default) or a two letter country code
formats	list	text, image, video; empty means all
max_ads	string	Ad rows per input, 1 to 1,000, default 50
since_days	string	Only ads last shown in this many days, default 90; 0 for all
include_summary	string	true (default) or false
max_charge_usd	string	Optional cost cap for the run
skipCache	string	true to skip the 24 hour cache
proxy_mode	string	auto (default): direct, then the Apify proxy default pool if Google refuses a request; direct: proxy off, never use a proxy, so a refused request returns a free blocked row; or residential: the Apify residential proxy from the start. Proxy use adds nothing to your price

Supported region codes: US, CA, MX, BR, AR, CL, CO, PE, GB, IE, DE, FR, ES, IT, PT, NL, BE, LU, CH, AT, DK, SE, NO, FI, IS, PL, CZ, SK, HU, RO, BG, GR, HR, SI, RS, UA, EE, LV, LT, CY, MT, TR, IL, AE, SA, QA, EG, ZA, NG, KE, MA, IN, PK, BD, SG, MY, ID, TH, VN, PH, JP, KR, TW, HK, AU, NZ.

Example:

{ "company_domain": "stripe.com", "max_ads": "20", "since_days": "90" }

📤 Output

One row per ad (row_type ad) and one summary row per input (row_type summary). Every row carries every field; a field that does not apply is null.

Field	Example	Notes
row_type	ad	ad or summary
company_domain	stripe.com
advertiser_id	AR16951989901585285121	Google advertiser ID
advertiser_name	Stripe, Inc.	Verified advertiser name
ad_id	CR17494586812444704769	Google creative ID
format	image	text, image, video, or unknown
first_shown, last_shown	2024-08-13T02:39:41Z	UTC
days_running	798	First to last shown, inclusive
creative_url	link	Creative image, or Google's preview script for text and video ads
ad_url	link	The ad's page on the Ads Transparency Center
advertiser_url	link	The advertiser's page
ads_returned	20	Summary row
total_ads_min, total_ads_max	8000, 9000	Summary row: Google's ad count band for the input and filters
advertisers_count, advertisers_json	2	Summary row. A domain can be advertised by resellers and agencies too
formats_seen	["image","text"]	Summary row
first_seen_any, last_seen_any	dates	Summary row
runs_google_ads	true	Summary row: Google lists at least one ad for the input and filters
row_status	ok	ok, no_ads, blocked, source_changed, error
error_reason	null	Why a row is not ok
billable_events_json	{"ad-found":1}	What the row was billed as; {} is free
from_cache, source, checked_at

💵 Pricing

Pay per event. You pay for ad rows returned and for a summary row when ads were found, plus a small start fee per run.

Event	Free plan	Bronze	Silver	Gold
Ad found (ad-found), per ad row	$0.00200 ($2.00 per 1,000)	$0.00190 ($1.90 per 1,000)	$0.00180 ($1.80 per 1,000)	$0.00170 ($1.70 per 1,000)
Company summary (company-summary), per input with ads	$0.00300 ($3.00 per 1,000)	$0.00285 ($2.85 per 1,000)	$0.00270 ($2.70 per 1,000)	$0.00255 ($2.55 per 1,000)
Actor start (apify-actor-start), per run	$0.0005	$0.0005	$0.0005	$0.0005

• Free rows: no_ads, blocked, source_changed, and error rows cost nothing, and so do rows served from the 24 hour cache.
• A run stops at the maximum cost per run you set in Apify, and at max_charge_usd if you set it.
• Free Apify plan: 1.50 USD of evaluation a month, which is 750 ad rows at the free plan price. Any paid Apify plan removes the cap.
• max_ads caps the ad rows, and so the cost, per input. 20 ads plus a summary costs $0.0435 on the free plan price, start fee included.
• Proxy traffic is included. You pay only the events above: Mamba Labs pays the platform costs of your run, Apify proxy traffic included. proxy_mode is a reliability setting. In the default auto mode a run that Google refuses switches to the Apify proxy and keeps going; direct never uses a proxy, so a refused input returns a free blocked row instead.

🚀 Usage examples

Console or API. POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/mambalabs~google-ads-transparency-monitor/runs with the input above, then read the default dataset.

Batch of accounts.

{ "domains": ["stripe.com", "hubspot.com", "notion.so"], "max_ads": "10", "region": "US" }

Video ads only, by advertiser name.

{ "advertiser_name": "Nike, Inc.", "formats": ["video"], "max_ads": "25" }

Clay. Call the actor from a Clay column with the domain column mapped to company_domain. Clay sends every field as a string, which this actor expects. Set include_summary to true and max_ads to 1 for a cheap "runs Google ads" column.

MCP. The @mambalabsdev/mcp-google-ads-transparency-monitor server exposes the tool get_google_ads to AI agents.

⚠️ Error handling

Situation	What you get
Google lists no ads	One free summary row, row_status no_ads, runs_google_ads false
Ads exist but none in the since_days window	One free summary row, no_ads, runs_google_ads true
No advertiser matches the name	One free summary row, no_ads
Google refuses a request (HTTP 429, a challenge page, or its sorry page)	In auto mode the run switches to the Apify proxy default pool and tries twice more; if that is refused too, one free blocked row, and ads already read are kept
robots.txt disallows the pages read, or cannot be read	One free blocked row per input; no request is made
Google changes its response shape	One free source_changed row naming the missing piece
Anything else	One free error row with the reason

⚠️ Limitations

• The data comes from Google's own public page, which is not a documented API. When Google changes it, this actor reports source_changed until it is updated.
• The ad count is Google's band (for example 8,000 to 9,000), not an exact number.
• A domain search returns every advertiser Google lists for that domain, which can include resellers and agencies. advertisers_json shows who ran what.
• Text ads are shown as Google's rendered preview image or preview script, not as plain headline text.
• One format filter runs on Google's side. Choosing two formats filters on the actor's side, so the count band then covers all formats.
• Google rate limits bursts from one address. In auto mode the run moves to the Apify proxy default pool when that happens, at no extra cost to you.
• No login, no key, and no personal data: the rows describe advertisers and ads.

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Every actor in the suite takes a domain or a company and returns flat rows, so they stack in the same table without reshaping anything.

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🆘 Support

Found a bug? Open an issue on the Issues tab. Response time is typically within 48 hours.

ℹ️ Sourcing. Ads come from Google's public Ads Transparency Center at adstransparency.google.com. No login is used and robots.txt is read on every run. You are responsible for how you use the output.

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