comparison
AdBuyMCP vs Google and Meta
Search and social ads reach the buyers who are looking now. AdBuyMCP puts your company in front of the rest of your market every week, alongside them.
Free, with no card. We read your homepage, draft who buys from you and show your monthly price before you join the waitlist. Nothing is bought until you've approved the plan and the ads.
By James Rooney Updated
- where Google and Meta are ahead
- 4 strengths
- where AdBuyMCP fits
- 4 reasons
- stage
- Launch phase
- published sources cited
- 3
their promise
What Google and Meta offer
Ads that reach people as they search on Google and scroll Facebook and Instagram, bought in an auction you can change every day, with conversions reported back to the platform.
side by side
How the two compare on price, minimums and channels
The facts about Google and Meta are desk research, and each figure taken from a published page carries that page and the date we checked it.
| Compared on | Google and Meta | AdBuyMCP |
|---|---|---|
| How you pay | Google and MetaYou pay the auction price for each click or impression, with no separate platform fee. | AdBuyMCP£100 a month for every 1,000 people in your market, for each time a week they should see you. All-in: the media, the ads we make for each channel from your website, the planning, buying and balancing across the four channels, and your weekly report, with no fee on top. Prices are shown before VAT. |
| Published minimum | Google and MetaYou set the budget and can change it every day. | AdBuyMCPFrom £3,000 a month, at 3 times a week. Plans are priced on a market of at least 10,000 people, so all four channels get enough to run. |
| Channels | Google and MetaSearch and social, which took 63% of UK advertising investment in 2025: search 38.3% and social 24.7%.Source: Advertising Association and WARC, UK advertising expenditure in 2025, checked 20 October 2026 | AdBuyMCPFour channels in one plan: out-of-home, streaming TV, podcasts and ChatGPT ads, with the budget balanced between them by us. |
| How it reaches B2B buyers | Google and MetaSearch ads match the words someone types. Social ads use each platform's own audience options and your customer lists. | AdBuyMCPEach channel is aimed at your market with the targeting its seller offers: places and times of day for out-of-home, business data such as company size and industry for streaming TV where the seller offers it, shows and categories for podcasts, and the topic of the conversation for ChatGPT ads. None of them targets people by job title in the UK. |
| Where it runs | Google and MetaWorldwide, including the UK. | AdBuyMCPPlans run in the UK, and every price is in pounds. |
| What it reports | Google and MetaConversions report back to the platform that bought them. | AdBuyMCPFrequency is planned: each week we buy enough ads aimed at your market for it to see you that many times on average. Some of every channel's audience sits outside your market, and the weekly report shows what each channel delivered against the plan. |
| How you buy it | Google and MetaSelf-serve, in Google Ads and Meta Ads Manager. | AdBuyMCPYou type your website or work email, see your plan and its price, then join the waitlist in five questions with no card. ChatGPT ads run in your own OpenAI ad account, which we set up with you. Nothing is bought until the plan, the ads and the start date are confirmed with you. No media has been bought through AdBuyMCP yet, so your campaign would be among the first. |
A cell with no source under it is our own summary. “Not stated” means the sources we cite give no figure. AdBuyMCP’s prices are explained on the pricing page.
both columns
Where each one is stronger
What they do better today
- 01Search ads reach a buyer at the moment they look for what you sell
- 02You set the budget and can change it every day
- 03Conversions report back to the platform, so sign-ups and leads are counted where you bought them
- 04Your pixel, your audiences and your conversion history are already there
What AdBuyMCP does for you
- 01The buyers who aren't in the market yet: about 95% of business buyers in a given quarter, on Professor Dawes's rule of thumb
- 02Places your buyers spend time away from search and social: the commute, the TV at home, the podcasts they choose and ChatGPT
- 03One monthly price for 3, 5 or 12 times a week, set by the size of your market
- 04Your budget balanced across four channels by us, with the plan and the ads approved by you before anything runs
If the first list holds what your plan depends on, Google and Meta are the better buy. If you're not sure, ask the founder on a 30-minute call.
before you decide
Ask which one fits your market.
Bring your market and the plan you're weighing. If the alternative fits you better, that's the answer you'll get on the call.
Free, with no card.
Talk your market and your plan through with James Rooney, who built AdBuyMCP and wrote its code.
the decision
Each one suits a different buyer
Choose Google and Meta when
You need meetings this month, or most of your buyers search for what you sell. Put the money into search and outbound first, because they reach the buyers who are looking now, and come back to awareness for the rest of your market.
Choose AdBuyMCP when
Search and social already catch the buyers who are looking, and you want your company in front of the rest of your market before they start. Keep search and social running alongside it.
Google and Meta are the better buy for the buyers who are already looking. AdBuyMCP is for the rest of your market, and the two work together.
If neither block describes your situation, book a 30-minute call with the founder and talk your market through.
where to check this
These sources back the facts about Google and Meta
Each fact about Google and Meta that rests on a published page links it below, with the date we checked it. The supply status page grades each of AdBuyMCP’s connectors on what it has done with a real seller so far.
Sources
- Ehrenberg-Bass Institute, Advertising effectiveness and the 95-5 rule (Professor John Dawes) marketingscience.info · checked 20 October 2026
- Harvard Business Review, What B2Bs Need to Know About Their Buyers (Bain & Company) hbr.org · checked 20 October 2026
- Advertising Association and WARC, UK advertising expenditure in 2025 adassoc.org.uk · checked 20 October 2026
Our trust page sets out how each channel is bought, what your weekly report shows and how we handle your data.
Trust and limitsSee what your market costs at 3, 5 or 12 times a week, for all four channels, before you join the waitlist.
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Agency or in-housevs doing it yourself
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Agency or in-house
What buyers ask when they weigh Google and Meta against AdBuyMCP
Are Google and Meta a better choice than AdBuyMCP for me?
Yes, if you need meetings this month, or most of your buyers search for what you sell. Put the money into search and outbound first, because they reach the buyers who are looking now, and come back to awareness for the rest of your market.
When is AdBuyMCP a better choice than Google and Meta?
Choose AdBuyMCP when search and social already catch the buyers who are looking, and you want your company in front of the rest of your market before they start. Keep search and social running alongside it.
What are Google and Meta better at than AdBuyMCP?
Search ads reach a buyer at the moment they look for what you sell; you set the budget and can change it every day; conversions report back to the platform, so sign-ups and leads are counted where you bought them; your pixel, your audiences and your conversion history are already there.
Where does AdBuyMCP fit better than Google and Meta?
The buyers who aren't in the market yet: about 95% of business buyers in a given quarter, on Professor Dawes's rule of thumb; places your buyers spend time away from search and social: the commute, the TV at home, the podcasts they choose and ChatGPT; one monthly price for 3, 5 or 12 times a week, set by the size of your market; your budget balanced across four channels by us, with the plan and the ads approved by you before anything runs.