Same as in town, but simpler

June 6, 2018 1:49 PM

I'm looking for a tool or app that makes it easy for someone to check how much money they have spent on Adwords each month without logging into Adwords.

Ideally, it'd automatically update daily or hourly. The API seems comprehensive, so I'm keeping in mind the DIY route, but am hoping to find something pre-built. I'm fine paying a monthly fee but not a percentage of spend, and I don't need any campaign management features.

posted by michaelh to Computers & Internet (4 answers total)

I'm sorry I don't have an answer but I'm curious !

Do you want to be able to use the tool/app that you seek without logging in or is it just Adwords you don't want to logon to ?

I appreciate this might sound like I'm being snarky, I'm not, I'm just trying to understand your requirement.

Thanks.
posted by southof40 at 6:41 PM on June 6, 2018

Response by poster: The latter (though the former would be fine.) I just want a really simple interface for people who just want to know what’s been spent so far.
posted by michaelh at 8:36 PM on June 6, 2018

Best answer: Google Data Studio! It should be free as part of G Suite if you have that (or maybe a regular google account) and you can just connect it to your adwords account to pull the data, then just create a visualisation of spend - you can cut it by week / month / day, whatever you like. You can share the data studio report like any other Google doc. It’s really simple and we use it for this exactly at my work.
posted by ukdanae at 10:56 PM on June 6, 2018 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Just to update: ukdanae's suggestion worked quite well! Thank you.
posted by michaelh at 9:15 AM on June 26, 2018 [1 favorite]