Rival Ads

Quick start

This guide takes a new workspace from sign-up to useful competitor ad data.

1. Create the account and workspace

  1. Sign up with your work email.
  2. Use the verification message in your inbox.
  3. Enter the workspace name. An agency normally uses its agency name; an in-house team normally uses the company name.
  4. Add a competitor during onboarding.
  5. Choose a plan. Subscription plans begin with the first month free.

The first competitor starts fetching after plan setup. Results normally begin to appear within a minute or two, although a public source can occasionally take longer.

2. Add another competitor

From Monitors, select Add competitor. The Track a competitor dialog starts with Competitor website.

Enter a normal website such as example.com. Rival Ads tries to find its Meta and Google presence. Confirm the Competitor name, Project, Locations to monitor and Channels to track, then select Start tracking or Start tracking all.

Each selected channel creates one monitor and uses one plan slot. For every field and channel-specific example, see Add a competitor.

3. Review the first results

Open the competitor from Monitors and stay on Ads:

  1. Under Ad activity, choose Day, Week or Month.
  2. Choose Gallery for visual browsing, Board for Started/Stopped/Continued columns, or Table for a compact comparison.
  3. Use Location, Status, Ad type or Angle to narrow the results.
  4. Select Save on a useful ad to add it to Library.
  5. Select Intelligence to see creative details when they are ready.

The first source check establishes the baseline. Later checks reveal what started, stopped or continued.

4. Check Reporting

Select Reporting on the monitor. The panel shows when the first AI strategy read is scheduled for the plan. Once a read is complete, owners and admins can use Download PDF report or enable a Public report link.

5. Set up email

Owners and admins can open Alerts:

  • Instant new-ad alerts can be turned on or off per monitor.
  • Weekly digest is always on for members who can see at least one relevant monitor.
  • First source checks do not send instant alerts because every ad would appear new.

6. Invite a teammate or client

  1. Open Team.
  2. Select Invite teammate.
  3. Choose Admin for full workspace access or Member for scoped access.
  4. For a Member, select Access and grant Whole project, Specific monitors or All projects — current & future.

For a client-safe example, follow Manage client access.

Next steps