# Microsoft Advertising API vs X Ads API (slim)

> Microsoft Advertising scores 60.3 (C) to X Ads's 57.3 (C) for ad reporting. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Microsoft Advertising API scores 60.3 (C) on agent readiness against X Ads API's 57.3 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. X Ads API leads on reliability. Both do ad reporting.

- Microsoft Advertising API: C 60.3, rank #522 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/microsoft-advertising-api.min.md
- X Ads API: C 57.3, rank #616 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/x-ads.min.md
- Microsoft Advertising API, good for Agents that manage or report on Microsoft Advertising accounts, including Google Ads imports. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 79 against 64; Security & auth, 60 against 48; Payments & pricing, 30 against 20.
- 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. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 60.

| Category | Microsoft Advertising API | X Ads API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 60 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 79 | 64 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 63 | 62 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 60 | 48 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 61 | 63 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 62 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Microsoft Advertising API | X Ads API |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Microsoft | X Corp. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://campaign.api.bingads.microsoft.com/CampaignManagement/v13` | `https://ads-api.x.com/mcp` |
| Licence | Proprietary service. The .NET, Java, Python and PHP SDKs are MIT | Proprietary service under the X Developer Agreement and its incorporated Developer Policy |
| Tools exposed | 7 | none |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-09-17 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-04-27 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-01 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |
| Popularity | 128 stars, 19k PyPI/wk | none |