How has AdTAO done against a plain AI setup, run by run?
Newest first, four dated runs so far. On the same live Google Ads account, AdTAO won 4 of 5 tests and tied 1 against Claude working from a full account export, and lost none. The clearest gain comes on the newest run: before you add a negative keyword or block a placement, AdTAO checks it against results drawn from more than 400,000 websites where ads run, so it can stop you blocking a placement that earns money for advertisers like you. A single-account login never sees that. Every run below is published as its own dated page and never edited; the comparison overview tracks the latest one.
Runs differ in what they cover, so read each on its own terms: how many tests, real accounts or test data, and which setups were compared. The accounts here are small, low-spend Search and Shopping accounts, so the dollar figures are small; the same checks scale with your budget. Every run page states its own scope and caveats, so a number from one run is never mistaken for another.
Runs
What can AdTAO tell me that my own account cannot?
Scope · 24 cross-account read tools · scored by pass/fail scripts, no AI opinion
The setup where the extra data pays off. AdTAO checks a website or a search term against results drawn from more than 400,000 websites where ads run before you act, so it can warn you off blocking a placement that earns money for advertisers like you. It also brings theme network intelligence and a write-safety axis. A single-account login cannot see that, no matter how good the AI is. Checked against the live mcp.adtao.io server. Two older comparison numbers are retired here, and the honest tie on plain report reads is kept in view.
Claude on its own vs AdTAO on the same live account
Scope · First fair head-to-head · evidence shown per test
Both setups work over the same real Google Ads account. AdTAO: 4 wins, 1 tie, 0 losses. Every test shows the prompt, both answers, the scoring, and who won, including the tie where Claude on its own, handed a full account export, got it right too. The wins come from catching a missing conversion goal, reading every answer straight from the live account, and giving a bid-change estimate as a range instead of a single made-up number.
What does AdTAO actually do across 28 account questions?
Scope · 28 account questions · prompt, tools used, and answer for each
AdTAO's real work on 28 account questions: 22 answered straight from the account's own numbers, 4 asked for a specific detail first, 1 needed no look-up, and 1 timed out. Each entry shows the exact prompt, the live look-ups it ran, and the real answer. For questions that span more than one account under a manager account, the answer body is withheld to protect those advertisers; the look-ups it ran are still shown.
The early test-data run, kept for the record
Scope · Test data, not real accounts · 4 setups, 5 questions
The first small run across setups, kept as history. It used test data, not real accounts. The one result worth keeping is the made-up-benchmark test: asked for a figure that did not exist, the weaker setups invented one and AdTAO said it did not have enough data. That contrast still stands on the comparison overview.
Newest first. Each entry stays fixed. When results change, a new dated run is added on top.