# Google Ads API vs X Ads API (slim)

> Google Ads scores 76.4 (BB) to X Ads's 57.3 (C) for ad reporting. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Google Ads API scores 76.4 (BB) on agent readiness against X Ads API's 57.3 (C), and leads in every scored category. Both do ad reporting.

- Google Ads API: BB 76.4, rank #33 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-ads-api.min.md
- X Ads API: C 57.3, rank #616 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/x-ads.min.md
- Google Ads API, good for It suits an agent that reports on or manages Google Ads accounts for an advertiser or agency that can get a Cloud project approved. Ahead on Reliability, 82 against 75; Schema & documentation, 84 against 64; Agent ergonomics, 87 against 62; Security & auth, 71 against 48; Payments & pricing, 40 against 20; Maintenance & community, 87 against 63; Transparency & trust, 82 against 62. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Runs on your own machine.
- X Ads API, good for An agent that manages or reports on X campaigns for an advertiser with an approved developer app, especially through the MCP server, where scopes separate reads from writes and writes start paused.

| Category | Google Ads API | X Ads API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 82 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 64 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 87 | 62 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 71 | 48 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 87 | 63 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 82 | 62 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Google Ads API | X Ads API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Google | X Corp. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://googleads.googleapis.com` | `https://ads-api.x.com/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the Google Ads API terms. The client libraries and the google-ads-mcp server are Apache-2.0 | Proprietary service under the X Developer Agreement and its incorporated Developer Policy |
| Tools exposed | 3 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-17 |
| Terms last updated | 2019-02-21 | 2026-04-27 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 753 stars, 3.1M PyPI/wk | none |