# See the ads your competitors are running, without logging in anywhere

Ad creative intelligence with DataXAPI: 1 ready-made Skill on 3 platforms. The example run makes 2 calls and costs at most $0.0040; a failed call is never charged.

## Who it is for

For performance and creative teams who study the ad libraries before they brief. Your AI searches LinkedIn, Meta Ad Library, TikTok for a brand or keyword and lays the creatives out in one table.

- **Performance and growth**: Before setting a budget, see what rivals push in each ad library.
- **Creative teams**: Before the brief, see the formats and the copy this category relies on.
- **Ad agencies**: Review a client's competitors' ads without screenshotting them one by one.

## The questions it answers

- **What ads are competitors running right now?** Advertiser, title, copy, format and link for every ad the libraries return.
- **Which creatives have run the longest?** First-shown and last-shown dates sit on every row, so the long runners are a sort away.
- **What formats does this category lean on?** Your AI groups the rows by format and by advertiser and tells you what repeats.

## What you get

Every Skill hands back one table. These are its columns, and what each one holds.

### [Ad creatives](https://dataxapi.com/skills/ads/)

- `platform` Platform: The ad libraries to search, at most 3
- `ad_id` Ad ID: ID; pass it unchanged to the ad's get endpoint
- `advertiser` Advertiser: Advertiser's name
- `title` Title: Headline
- `text` Copy: Body text
- `format` Format: Format of the creative; other is a format of the platform's own
- `first_shown_at` First shown: When the ad was first shown
- `last_shown_at` Last shown: When the ad was last shown; for an ad still running, when the platform last saw it
- `url` Link: The ad's page in the platform's ad library

## The data it reads

Public data only. Each row is one endpoint, with its price per call.

| Endpoint | Example run | Price |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Meta Ad Library search](https://dataxapi.com/apis/meta/ads/search/) `GET /v1/meta/ads/search` | yes | $0.0020 |
| [TikTok Ads Library search](https://dataxapi.com/apis/tiktok/ads/search/) `GET /v1/tiktok/ads/search` | yes | $0.0020 |
| [LinkedIn Ad Library search](https://dataxapi.com/apis/linkedin/ads/search/) `GET /v1/linkedin/ads/search` | on request | $0.0020 |

## Say this to your AI

Once DataXAPI is connected, any of these works.

- What ads are running for “running shoes” on Meta and TikTok right now?
- Show me the ads for this competitor's brand in the Meta Ad Library, the longest-running first.

Not connected yet? [It takes one prompt](https://dataxapi.com/mcp/)

## Ready-made skill

| Skills |  | / run |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Ad creatives](https://dataxapi.com/skills/ads/) | What ads are competitors running? | $0.0040 | 2 calls |

## How teams do it today, and with DataXAPI

**By hand: Library by library**

- Open each ad library and search the brand again.
- Screenshot creatives into a deck.
- Dates and formats stay in your head.

**With DataXAPI: $0.0040 a run, 2 calls**

- Name the brand or keyword once.
- One call a library returns a page of ads with the same columns.
- Dates, formats and links are data you can sort.

## Questions

### Do I need to write code?

No. You paste one prompt into your AI to connect it, then ask in plain words. Code is there if your team wants it: every row in the table above is one GET.

### What does it cost?

The example run of Ad creatives makes 2 calls and costs at most $0.0040. Run it every day for 30 days and that is $0.12. There is no subscription, and a failed call is never charged.

### Can it see private accounts, or data behind a login?

No. It reads what anyone can see on the platform: public posts, public counts, comments, and the ads the platforms publish in their ad libraries. It cannot post, message or sign in to an account.

### Which platforms does it cover?

3 for this job: LinkedIn, Meta Ad Library, TikTok. Each Skill's page lists its own.

## The other 5 jobs

- [Competitor monitoring](https://dataxapi.com/solutions/competitor-monitoring/): What did competitors post this week, and which post took off? $0.0040 / run
- [Word of mouth and comment insight](https://dataxapi.com/solutions/word-of-mouth/): What are people praising and complaining about under this post? $0.0060 / run
- [Finding and vetting creators](https://dataxapi.com/solutions/creators/): Who are the accounts to work with in this category? $0.0040 / run
- [Trends and topics](https://dataxapi.com/solutions/trends/): What is trending right now? $0.0060 / run
- [Product research](https://dataxapi.com/solutions/products/): What is selling, and what do buyers say? $0.0080 / run

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