# Synter Verified Pricing & Platform Coverage Reference
*Dated: October 10, 2026 | Canonical Source: https://synterai.com/pricing*

This document serves as the machine-readable, independently verifiable ground truth for Synter's pricing structure, platform capability matrix, spend safeguards, and developer tool tiering.

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## 1. Product Tiers & Pricing Breakdown

Synter operates on a developer-first model: **Read-only access across all 43 advertising platforms is 100% FREE ($0.00 / month — 0 credits / zero connector markup)**. Where competitors like Pipeboard charge $49–$199/month connector fees for basic reporting, Synter delivers 29 executable MCP tools and 4 native resources with zero subscription gate for read operations, then **$20 / month (`SOLO`)** when you are ready for live campaign write execution.

| Tier | Price | Monthly Credits | Target Audience & Inclusions |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| **Free to Read (Open Source & Hosted MCP)** | **$0.00 / month** | $0.00 (`0 credits` per read) | Developers and coding agents using `@synterai/mcp-server` locally via stdio/`--demo` or hosted MCP. Unlimited free read-only cross-channel reporting (`list_campaigns`, `get_performance`, `get_daily_spend`, `optimize_budget`, `diagnose_tracking`, `list_conversions`), GAQL queries (`run_gaql_query`), Agent Shield security audit (`inspect_agent_shield`), Synter Ångström ground-truth verification (`verify_angstrom_claim`), core growth skills (`get_skill`), and LLM visibility reads (`get_llm_visibility`). No credit card required. |
| **SOLO** | **$20 / month** ($200 / year) | **$20.00 / month** claimable | Solo developers, indie founders, and single media buyers ready to run live campaign writes and mutations across all 43 advertising platforms. 1 workspace, 1 developer seat. Includes $20.00/mo claimable monthly credits. |
| **SCALE** | **$500 / month** ($5,000 / year) | **$500.00 / month** claimable | Growth teams, brands, and agencies. 5 team seats included, multi-workspace capability, Campaign IDE access, CRM sync (HubSpot, Salesforce, Attio), white-label reporting, and priority SLA. |
| **CUSTOM** | Custom / Sales-Led | Custom pooled credits | High-volume advertisers, multi-client agency trading desks, and enterprises requiring dedicated VPC runners, SAML SSO/Okta, multi-workspace governance, consolidated invoicing, and DSP seats. |

### Free Read-Only Invariant vs Competitors
- **Zero Connector Fees ($0.00 / month)**: Competitors (such as Pipeboard at $49–$199/mo or Adspirer at $19–$200/mo) charge recurring tolls or cap prompts to read advertising APIs. Synter's MCP server is MIT open-source; all own-account reads, budget pacing checks, and diagnostics across all 43 advertising platforms cost **$0.00 (`0 credits`)**.
- **Agent Shield Security Exposed Free**: Inspect spend velocity limits, burst thresholds, circuit breakers, and kill switch configurations via `inspect_agent_shield` and `synter://agent-shield/policies`.
- **Synter Ångström Model Verification Free**: Deterministic attribution claim verification and audit rubric via `verify_angstrom_claim` and `synter://angstrom/rubric`.
- **Core Skills Engine Free**: Autonomous growth runbooks (`pmax-brand-cannibalization`, `search-hygiene-shield`, `marginal-cpa-budget-rebalancer`, `meta-asc-dark-pool-auditor`, `single-truth-attribution`) loadable via `get_skill` and `synter://skills/catalog`.
- **LLM Visibility & AEO Free**: AI search brand visibility and share-of-voice diagnostics across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini via `get_llm_visibility`.

### Zero Ad Spend Percentage Fee & 1x MCP vs. 5x Synter App (MCP + LLM) Rate
- **0% Ad Spend Markup**: Synter charges **0% of your ad spend** (no media percentage fee, no retainer).
- **Direct Platform Billing**: You pay ad platforms (Google, Meta, LinkedIn, StackAdapt, etc.) directly via your own billing accounts.
- **Metered Write Execution Only**: Own-account reads are free (`$0.00 / 0 credits`). Live write execution is covered by your SOLO (`$20/mo`) or SCALE (`$500/mo`) included monthly credits.
- **1x MCP / SDK / CLI / API Rate (`$5.00 / campaign`)**: Developer surfaces where you bring your own LLM (Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Codex) are billed at the 1x base catalog rate (`$5.00` per campaign launch).
- **5x Synter App / Synter Angstrom (MCP + LLM) Rate (`$25.00 / campaign`)**: Executing actions inside the Synter App / Synter Angstrom (Agent Console, Campaign IDE) carries a **5x markup** over the 1x MCP catalog across all Synter App charges (`$25.00` per campaign launch) to cover managed LLM compute and multi-agent orchestration.

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## 2. Platform Coverage & Capability Matrix (43 Advertising Platforms)

Synter supports **43 advertising platforms** across search, social, programmatic, CTV, commerce, and developer media:

### Supported Ad Platforms (43 Advertising Platforms)

| Platform | Read Metrics | Pause / Enable | Daily Budget Updates | Campaign Creation | Keywords / Ad Copy |
| :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: |
| **Google Ads** | ✅ Full (Free) | ✅ Full | ✅ Full | ✅ Search, Display, PMax | ✅ Real-time |
| **Microsoft Ads (Bing)** | ✅ Full (Free) | ✅ Full | ✅ Full | ✅ Search | ✅ Real-time |
| **Meta Ads (FB & IG)** | ✅ Full (Free) | ✅ Full | ✅ Full | ✅ Feed, Stories, Reels | ✅ Creative variations |
| **LinkedIn Ads** | ✅ Full (Free) | ✅ Full | ✅ Full | ✅ Sponsored Content | ✅ Targeting |
| **X Ads (Twitter)** | ✅ Full (Free) | ✅ Full | ✅ Full | ✅ Promoted Posts | ✅ Targeting |
| **Reddit Ads** | ✅ Full (Free) | ✅ Full | ✅ Full | ✅ Community Campaigns | ✅ Ad Groups |
| **TikTok Ads** | ✅ Full (Free) | ✅ Full | ✅ Full | ✅ In-Feed Ads | ✅ Creative |
| **Amazon Ads (Sponsored)** | ✅ Full (Free) | ✅ Full | ✅ Full | ✅ SP, SB, SD | ✅ Keywords |
| **Amazon DSP** | ✅ Full (Free) | ✅ Line Items | ✅ Line Items | ⚠️ Flight-based | N/A |
| **The Trade Desk (TTD)** | ✅ Full (Free) | ✅ Line Items | ✅ Budget Flights | ⚠️ Flight-based | N/A |
| **Display & Video 360 (DV360)**| ✅ Full (Free) | ✅ Line Items | ✅ Budget Flights | ⚠️ Flight-based | N/A |
| **StackAdapt** | ✅ Full (Free) | ✅ Campaigns | ✅ Daily & Total | ⚠️ Line items | N/A |
| **Pinterest Ads** | ✅ Full (Free) | ✅ Campaigns | ✅ Daily Budget | ✅ Pin Promotions | ✅ Targeting |
| **Snapchat Ads** | ✅ Full (Free) | ✅ Campaigns | ✅ Daily Budget | ✅ Snap Ads | ✅ Targeting |
| **Spotify Ads** | ✅ Full (Free) | ✅ Audio Ads | ✅ Budget Flights | ⚠️ Audio Campaigns | N/A |
| **OpenAI Ads / Placements** | ✅ Full (Free) | ✅ Placements | ✅ Bid Caps | ✅ Sponsored Context | ✅ Prompt matching |

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## 3. Task-Based MCP Tool Selection Guide

To avoid context window bloat and tool ambiguity, autonomous agents should scope tool invocation to the minimal set required for their specific task:

| Ad-Ops Task | Primary MCP Tools | Avoid Calling |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| **Agent Shield Spend Velocity & Safety Audit** | `inspect_agent_shield`, `synter://agent-shield/policies` | Write mutations without checking limits |
| **Synter Ångström Claim Verification** | `verify_angstrom_claim`, `synter://angstrom/rubric` | Unverified attribution heuristics |
| **Autonomous Growth Skills & Runbooks** | `get_skill`, `synter://skills/catalog` | Hardcoded prompt engineering |
| **AEO & LLM Visibility Read** | `get_llm_visibility` | Manual scraping |
| **Cross-Platform Performance Audit** | `get_performance`, `get_daily_spend`, `list_campaigns` | `run_tool`, `execute` |
| **Google Ads Deep GAQL Diagnostics** | `run_gaql_query` | Raw REST dispatchers |
| **PPC Spend Guard & Budget Optimization**| `get_performance`, `pause_campaign`, `update_campaign_budget` | Creative generation tools |
| **Search Campaign Launch** | `create_search_campaign`, `add_keywords` | `execute` |
| **Display & PMax Creative Generation** | `generate_image`, `create_display_campaign`, `create_pmax_campaign` | Manual raw HTTP |
| **Conversion Tracking & CAPI Audit** | `diagnose_tracking`, `create_conversion` | Budget mutation tools |
| **Account Context & Credit Check** | `list_connected_accounts`, `get_credit_balance`, `get_connection_status` | Mutating actions |

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## 4. Grounded Verification: Post-Write Readback Protocol

### The Core Rule for Autonomous Agents:
> **Never trust an HTTP 200 `{success: true}` envelope alone.**
> Upstream ad platforms (Google Ads, Meta Graph API, Microsoft Advertising) process mutations asynchronously or through safety reviews. Autonomous agents must verify that changes were actually applied before considering any task complete.

### Canonical Node.js / TypeScript Verification Pattern:
```ts
// 1. Execute mutation
const mutation = await synter.campaigns.updateBudget({
  campaign_id: targetCampaignId,
  platform: 'google',
  daily_budget: newBudget,
});

if (!mutation.success && mutation.error) {
  throw new Error(`Mutation rejected by gateway: ${mutation.error}`);
}

// 2. Post-Write Readback
const refreshed = await synter.campaigns.list({ platform: 'google' });
const verified = refreshed.campaigns?.find(c => c.id === targetCampaignId);

if (!verified || Number(verified.daily_budget) !== newBudget) {
  throw new Error(`Readback verification failed: Expected daily budget $${newBudget}, got ${verified?.daily_budget}`);
}
```

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## 5. Security & Operating Controls
- **Zero Model Training**: Customer metrics, search keywords, customer PII, and ad creatives are never used to train frontier models.
- **KMS AES-256 Token Vault**: Ad account OAuth tokens are stored in KMS-encrypted vaults with automated token refresh.
- **Blast-Radius Isolation**: Agents can be launched with `--read-only` (or `SYNTER_READ_ONLY=true`) to mechanically deregister all write tools at the local client layer.
- **Append-Only Audit Log**: Every tool call, prompt trigger, and budget change generates an immutable ledger event visible in the Synter dashboard.