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Marketing data, MCP and AI assistants.

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Everything we have learned connecting ad platforms to Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot Studio and Gemini Enterprise: per-platform realities, honest setup guides, security, quotas and the reporting patterns that survive production. No fluff, written by the people who ship the connector.

Platform guides

What an MCP connection means for each platform: the tools, the quirks, the honest limits.

Platform guides

Meta Ads MCP: Facebook and Instagram Ads, inside your AI assistant

A Meta Ads MCP server lets Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot Studio and Gemini Enterprise read your Facebook and Instagram Ads data directly: spend, ROAS,…

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Google Ads MCP: your campaigns, queryable in plain language

A Google Ads MCP server turns GAQL into plain-language questions in Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot Studio or Gemini Enterprise: campaign performance, search…

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Google Analytics MCP: GA4 reporting as a conversation

A GA4 MCP server lets Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot Studio and Gemini Enterprise run Google Analytics reports conversationally: sessions, conversions,…

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TikTok Ads MCP: campaign data in your assistant, with TikTok’s rules

A TikTok Ads MCP server brings spend, ROAS and creative performance into Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot Studio and Gemini Enterprise, read-only. Includes the…

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Snapchat Ads MCP: Snap campaign data without the console

A Snapchat Ads MCP server exposes organizations, ad accounts and campaign stats to Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot Studio and Gemini Enterprise, read-only. What…

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GTM MCP: read your containers by asking

A GTM MCP server lets your assistant read containers, tags, triggers, variables and versions. Debug tracking by asking…

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CM360 MCP: floodlights and placements, minus the console

A CM360 MCP server brings floodlight conversions, placements and reach into your assistant, read-only. Includes the…

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DV360 MCP: programmatic buying data, conversationally

A DV360 MCP server exposes partners, advertisers, line items and performance to your assistant, read-only. Programmatic…

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Adobe Analytics MCP: Workspace answers without Workspace

An Adobe Analytics MCP server brings report suites, segments and metrics into Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot Studio and Gemini Enterprise, read-only, using your…

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Platform guides

MCP servers for marketing data: the complete guide

What an MCP server is, why marketing data is its killer use case, and how to evaluate connectors for Google, Meta,…

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How-to

Step-by-step connections, current for the 2026 Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot Studio and Gemini Enterprise flows.

How-to

How to connect Google Ads to Claude

Connect Google Ads to Claude in about two minutes with an MCP connector: paste one URL, OAuth with Google, then query…

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How to connect Google Ads to ChatGPT

Connect Google Ads to ChatGPT via MCP: enable Developer mode, add one plugin URL, OAuth with Google, and query…

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How to connect Meta Ads to ChatGPT

Connect Facebook and Instagram Ads to ChatGPT with an MCP plugin: Developer mode, one URL, then a Facebook OAuth.…

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How to connect Meta Ads to Claude

Connect Facebook and Instagram Ads to Claude via a custom MCP connector: one URL, a Facebook OAuth with read-only…

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How to connect Google Analytics 4 to Claude

Connect GA4 to Claude with an MCP connector: one URL, one Google OAuth, then run reports conversationally: channels,…

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How to connect Google Analytics 4 to ChatGPT

Connect GA4 to ChatGPT through an MCP plugin: Developer mode, one URL, one Google OAuth. Then ask for channels,…

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Google Ads reports in ChatGPT, from live data

Stop exporting CSVs: with an MCP plugin, ChatGPT builds Google Ads reports from live data: pacing notes, search-term…

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Using Claude for marketing analytics, practically

How marketers actually use Claude for analytics: connect ad platforms and GA4 via MCP, then run investigations, weekly…

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Connect your marketing data to ChatGPT: the whole setup

One plugin, ten platforms: how to connect Google, Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and Adobe data to ChatGPT with MCP, and the…

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How to connect TikTok Ads to ChatGPT (and Claude)

Connect TikTok Ads to ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot Studio or Gemini Enterprise via MCP: the plugin setup, the TikTok consent, and the 30-day token reality…

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Audit a Google Ads account with ChatGPT, in about 30 minutes

Developer mode, one URL, then the five-question sequence: waste, settings, delta, creative, trend, live from the API…

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Audit a Google Ads account with Claude, from directory install to deliverable

One click from the Claude directory, Free plan included, ending in an artifact deliverable rather than a chat scroll…

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Audit Google Ads with Gemini Enterprise: one rollout, every buyer equipped

Admin registers once, every buyer signs in with their own Google: the org-wide audit workflow, team rituals included…

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Comparisons

Trade-offs, priced honestly: MCP vs the alternatives.

Comparisons

Supermetrics alternatives, for the AI-assistant era

Looking beyond spreadsheet-era data pulls? How the alternatives compare for AI-first marketing workflows, and where an…

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Comparisons

MCP connectors vs Custom GPTs for marketing data

Custom GPTs with Actions or an MCP connector? For marketing data access the trade-offs are portability, auth depth and…

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Comparisons

Best MCP servers for marketing data: how to actually choose

Four categories, one evaluation checklist, and the honest map of where each wins, including where we lose…

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Comparisons

Funnel.io alternatives, sorted by what you actually need

Flexpoints, the closed free plan, the $200 floor: where Funnel refugees actually land, sorted by lane…

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Supermetrics vs Funnel.io: two meters, one honest decision

Per-destination versus flexpoints: how the two meters bill the same team differently, and the lane both ignore…

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Comparisons

Windsor.ai alternatives: what to use when cheap ELT is not the point

Windsor wins the price war for pipelines. The honest reasons to leave: depth, governance, or a different destination…

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Comparisons

Improvado vs Adverity: the enterprise ETL decision, decoded

Two quote-priced giants, compared on the axes that survive the sales deck, plus the questions to ask in the cycle…

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Agency reporting tools, compared: portals, and what comes after them

AgencyAnalytics, Whatagraph, DashThis on price and fit, and the lane where the report builds itself…

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Fivetran vs Supermetrics for marketing data: rows, destinations, and the slice both overserve

MAR volatility vs destination stacking on ad data, who genuinely fits each, and the slice both overserve…

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