Text ads, local ads and shopping ads
ads, local_ads and shopping_results arrive as separate groups, each with the advertiser, the link and the copy Google showed.
// google ads api Alpha
The world's cheapest Google Ads API
Paid search ads, local ads and shopping ads for a query at a named location, with the organic results around them. Ad inventory changes by place and device, and both are parameters.
$0.15 / 1K requestsPay as you go10 free calls, no card
// live playground
See the ads Google serves
The key below is created for this browser with 10 free calls and works on every Litescrape endpoint. Results are drawn the way the source shows them, with the JSON one click away.
Your API key
Verifying browser…Paste an existing key to see its credits and top it up, or use the free key created for this browser. Keep it safe: anyone with the key can spend its balance.
Ready
Run the request to draw its results here. This endpoint returns:
adslocal_adsshopping_resultsorganic_resultsrelated_questionsrelated_searchespagination
// use it anywhere
Take this exact request to your terminal.
Every public search, maps, place, and reviews endpoint accepts the same bearer key and exposes its full documented parameter surface here.
# pip install litescrape-sdk
# GET https://api.litescrape.com/api/google/ads
from litescrape_sdk import scrape
[result] = scrape(
[
{
"endpoint": "google_ads",
"q": "coffee maker",
"location": "Austin, Texas, United States",
"hl": "en",
"device": "desktop",
}
],
api_key="ls_live_your_key",
)
print(result.raise_for_error())// what you get
What the Google Ads API returns
A named location is required
location is the origin Google serves ads for, such as Austin, Texas, United States. Inventory differs from one city to the next.
Desktop, tablet or mobile inventory
device returns the layout and ad slots Google serves to that device.
The rest of the page too
Organic results, People also ask and related searches come with the ads at no extra credit.
Language and filtering controls
hl, safe and nfpr behave as they do on Google Search.
// use cases
What teams build with it
- 01
Competitor ad intelligence
Which advertisers bid on your category terms in each city, with the headlines and sitelinks they run.
- 02
Brand bidding alerts
Query your brand name by market and alert when a competitor's ad appears above you.
- 03
Ad copy monitoring
Snapshot headlines and descriptions daily to see what competitors test and what they keep.
- 04
Shopping ad price checks
Read the prices and merchants in shopping ads for your products at the places you sell.
// why it's the cheapest
Google Ads API pricing, per 1,000 requests
Public list prices for 100,000 requests a month, read on September 17, 2026. Litescrape's rate is flat at every volume.
| Provider | Plan modeled | Per 1,000 requests | Monthly cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Litescrape | Flat prepaid rate | $0.15 | $15.00 |
| DataForSEO | Standard queue, paid items in organic | $0.60 | $60.00 |
| Scrapingdog | Standard, 10 credits with advance_search | $0.90 | $90.00 |
| HasData | Basic, 10 credits per search | $0.99 | $99.00 |
| Oxylabs | Starter, google_ads source | $0.99 | $99.00 |
| Decodo | Business, google_ads target | $0.99 | $99.00 |
| Bright Data | Pay as you go, ads maximized | $1.50 | $150.00 |
| SearchApi | BigData, ads optimization strategy | $2.50 | $250.00 |
| VALUE SERP | 1,000,000 credits, ads_optimized | $10.00 | $1,000.00 |
Start pulling Google Ads data in five minutes.
Your first 10 calls are free. Top up the same key from $10 whenever you need more.