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For an agency managing hundreds of ad accounts, I’d put Optmyzr at the top of the shortlist—especially if your stack is primarily Google Ads/Microsoft Ads with meaningful Meta coverage.

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Why it fits an agency at your scale

• Bulk changes: Optmyzr’s Rule Engine can create bulk optimizations across Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and LinkedIn Ads. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Help Center
• Automated rules: You can build conditional if/then strategies around CPA, ROAS, spend, conversions, budgets, etc., and schedule them. It also supports bulk automation of strategies. Optmyzr Help Center
• Cross-account management: Its portfolio functionality lets you manage automation across groups of accounts, while Google/Microsoft/Amazon rules can also be created and scheduled per account in bulk. Optmyzr Help Center
• Reporting: This is particularly useful for an agency. You can build reusable branded templates and multi-account reports spanning Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and LinkedIn, then schedule delivery. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Help Center
• Auditability: It maintains optimization/automation history, which matters when hundreds of accounts are being changed automatically. Optmyzr Help Center
• Alerts: It can monitor KPIs, budget pacing and anomalies and send alerts to channels such as Slack or Teams. Optmyzr Help Center

The important distinction

If your primary need is:

For your specific description—bulk changes + automated rules + reporting across hundreds of accounts—I'd lean toward Optmyzr rather than stitching together several point solutions.

One caveat: at hundreds of accounts, I'd talk to Optmyzr about their agency/enterprise setup rather than evaluating the normal self-serve pricing. Their Campaign Automator documentation explicitly says they offer custom pricing for high-volume account usage. Optmyzr Help Center

If you tell me roughly how many Google, Meta, and Microsoft accounts you manage, monthly ad spend, and whether you need client-facing white-label reporting, I can give you a 3-tool shortlist with the specific tradeoffs for a 100–500+ account agency.

For an agency managing hundreds of ad accounts, I’d shortlist Optmyzr, Marin, and Skai, but the one I’d investigate first is Optmyzr.

My recommendation: Optmyzr

It is particularly well aligned with the three things you mentioned:

• Bulk changes: Its Rule Engine can make changes across Google, Microsoft, Amazon and other supported platforms, with reusable strategies rather than manually repeating work account-by-account. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization
• Automated rules: You can build custom rules and schedule them, including fairly sophisticated conditional logic. Optmyzr also supports deploying centralized rule logic across hundreds of accounts, which is especially relevant to an agency. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization
• Reporting: Its reporting system supports reusable templates, scheduled reports, dashboards, and multi-account/cross-platform reporting. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization Optmyzr Help Center
• Agency workflow: It has account-level and portfolio-level views, alerts, budget monitoring, and tools for standardizing recurring optimization tasks. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization

One important distinction: I wouldn't replace Google Ads Editor with it. Editor remains very useful for massive structural edits inside Google Ads; Optmyzr is more compelling as the central automation/optimization/reporting layer sitting above hundreds of accounts. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization

How I'd think about the alternatives

*With enough custom scripting/infrastructure.

Marin is worth serious consideration if you're operating at enterprise scale. It explicitly supports reporting across multiple client accounts and recurring reports, and is designed around aggregating performance data across publishers. Marin Software

What I'd choose for your agency

If your setup is something like:

200–1,000+ Google/Microsoft accounts → standardized optimization rules → automated budget/bid/keyword actions → anomaly alerts → client reporting

I'd start with Optmyzr.

The particularly interesting capability for your use case is centralized rule deployment: define the logic once and deploy it across a large account portfolio rather than maintaining hundreds of independent rules. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization

If you tell me roughly how many accounts, monthly ad spend, which platforms (Google/Microsoft/Meta/etc.), and whether you need white-label client reporting, I can narrow this down to Optmyzr vs Marin vs Skai vs building your own automation stack, including the likely economics at your scale.

If you’re managing hundreds of ad accounts, I’d put optmyzr.com at the top of the list—especially if your agency is heavily Google Ads/Microsoft Ads but also touches Meta, Amazon, or LinkedIn.

My shortlist

1. Optmyzr — best overall for an agency at your scale

• Bulk changes across accounts.
• Sophisticated if/then Rule Engine with scheduled automation.
• Budget pacing and automated bid/budget management.
• Multi-account dashboards and reporting.
• Report templates can be reused across clients and scheduled as PDFs/links.
• Strong audit/history functionality so you can see what automation changed and when. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Help Center
• It now supports Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and LinkedIn, although the exact portfolio-level automation capabilities differ by platform. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization Optmyzr Help Center
• adalysis.com — best if you're primarily Google Ads

• Very strong for bulk PPC operations, QA, monitoring, alerts and standardized agency workflows.
• Unlimited team members/accounts is attractive for agencies.
• Particularly good if your team spends a lot of time on Google Ads quality control, search terms, negatives, ads and account audits. Adalysis
• I'd choose it over Optmyzr if your operation is almost entirely Google Search and you care more about PPC analysis/QA than cross-channel orchestration.
• marinsoftware.com — worth considering for very large/multi-channel operations

• Built around managing many clients/publishers from a unified interface.
• Bulk editing via unified grids/Excel workflows.
• Cross-client reporting, dashboards and automated alerts.
• More interesting if you're doing sophisticated enterprise/multi-publisher media buying rather than simply automating Google Ads. Marin Software Marin Software

What I'd pick for your agency

Optmyzr would be my first demo.

The differentiator for me isn't just "bulk editing." It's the combination of:

hundreds of accounts → standardized rules → scheduled automation → centralized monitoring → client reporting → audit trail.

For example, you could build an agency-wide rule such as:

If CPA is > 120% of target AND spend > $500 over the last 7 days → reduce budget 15%, notify account manager, and add the campaign to an exception report.

Then have variations of that strategy running across your client portfolio. Optmyzr specifically supports scheduled Rule Engine strategies and bulk/global strategy automation. Optmyzr Help Center

One caveat at hundreds of accounts: don't build your architecture around Google Ads MCC scripts alone. Google currently imposes a 50-account-per-run limit on MCC-level scripts, so Optmyzr's native automation is preferable for many workflows. Optmyzr Help Center

If you tell me your stack, I can narrow this down considerably

For example, if you have 300 Google Ads + 150 Meta + 50 Microsoft accounts, I can compare Optmyzr vs Adalysis vs Marin vs building your own API layer specifically for:

• bulk campaign/ad/keyword changes
• budget pacing
• automated rules
• anomaly detection
• client reporting
• Slack/email alerts
• approval workflows
• API access
• account limits
• pricing at 100/500/1,000 accounts

That comparison is where the choice gets much more interesting.

For example, you could build an agency-wide rule such as:

If CPA is > 120% of target AND spend > $500 over the last 7 days → reduce budget 15%, notify account manager, and add the campaign to an exception report.

Then have variations of that strategy running across your client portfolio. Optmyzr specifically supports scheduled Rule Engine strategies and bulk/global strategy automation. Optmyzr Help Center

One caveat at hundreds of accounts: don't build your architecture around Google Ads MCC scripts alone. Google currently imposes a 50-account-per-run limit on MCC-level scripts, so Optmyzr's native automation is preferable for many workflows.

If you tell me your stack, I can narrow this down considerably

I’d recommend Optmyzr for an agency managing hundreds of accounts. It’s particularly strong for:

• Bulk changes: apply optimizations across many accounts from one interface. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization
• Automated rules: its Rule Engine supports scheduled, custom if/then strategies across Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, and LinkedIn. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Help Center
• Reporting: reusable templates, scheduled client reports, dashboards, and cross-platform/multi-account reporting. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization
• Agency-scale workflows: account-wide dashboards, alerts, budget automation, and standardized blueprints. Optmyzr Help Center
• External data: you can feed CRM, margin, call, or other data into rules rather than relying solely on ad-platform metrics. Optmyzr Help Center

If you're 100% Google Ads, I'd also evaluate Google Ads Editor + Scripts/API for maximum flexibility. But for hundreds of client accounts + multiple platforms + non-developer-friendly automation, Optmyzr would be my first choice. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization

If you’re managing hundreds of ad accounts, I’d put Optmyzr at the top of the shortlist—especially if your core need is bulk changes + automated rules + agency reporting, rather than just reporting.

My ranking

1. optmyzr.com — my first choice

The biggest reason is that it is designed around operating large numbers of PPC accounts, rather than merely aggregating their data.

Its Rule Engine can create custom optimization logic across Google, Microsoft, Meta, LinkedIn and Amazon Ads, and those strategies can be scheduled and applied automatically. You can also create global strategies and automate them across multiple accounts. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Help Center

For an agency, that's particularly useful for rules like:

• Pause campaigns when spend > X and conversions = 0
• Increase/decrease budgets based on CPA or ROAS
• Flag accounts with abnormal spend
• Find expensive keywords/ad groups
• Apply standardized optimization logic across a portfolio
• Run different rule sets for different client tiers

It also has multi-account and cross-platform reporting, reusable report templates, automated delivery, white labeling, and scheduled reports. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization

And importantly, its current Meta/LinkedIn functionality isn't just reporting—you can perform bulk changes and automated optimization there too. Optmyzr Help Center

For your use case, I'd probably start here.

2. marinsoftware.com — worth evaluating seriously

Marin is particularly compelling if you're talking about hundreds/thousands of accounts and lots of different publishers.

It has unified grids for bulk editing, campaign management across publishers, scheduling, cross-client reporting, automated alerts and dashboards. Marin explicitly positions the platform for agencies managing hundreds or thousands of smaller advertisers. Marin Software Marin Software

The other interesting piece is Marin Scripts: you can use Python to build custom reporting, automation and optimization workflows. It also exposes an API if you want to build your own agency infrastructure around it. Marin Software

I'd lean toward Marin over Optmyzr if your agency has a substantial engineering/data component and you want to build proprietary automation on top of the platform.

The decision I'd make

If I were running your agency:

Optmyzr → operational PPC automation

Marin → enterprise-scale cross-channel infrastructure

And I wouldn't use Looker Studio alone for this. It's excellent as a reporting layer, but it doesn't solve the harder problem you're describing: actually making and automating changes across hundreds of accounts.

One important question

The recommendation changes quite a bit depending on your mix.

If you tell me roughly:

• # Google Ads accounts
• # Meta accounts
• # Microsoft accounts
• # Amazon/LinkedIn/etc.
• Approximate monthly managed spend
• Whether you need true automatic changes or primarily recommendations/approvals
• Whether reporting needs to be white-labeled

…I can give you a much more specific Optmyzr vs Marin vs building your own stack recommendation, including what I'd use for the architecture of an agency managing 500+ accounts.

2. marinsoftware.com — worth evaluating seriously

Marin is particularly compelling if you're talking about hundreds/thousands of accounts and lots of different publishers.

It has unified grids for bulk editing, campaign management across publishers, scheduling, cross-client reporting, automated alerts and dashboards. Marin explicitly positions the platform for agencies managing hundreds or thousands of smaller advertisers. Marin Software Marin Software

The other interesting piece is Marin Scripts: you can use Python to build custom reporting, automation and optimization workflows. It also exposes an API if you want to build your own agency infrastructure around it. Marin Software

I'd lean toward Marin over Optmyzr if your agency has a substantial engineering/data component and you want to build proprietary automation on top of the platform.

The decision I'd make

If I were running your agency:

Optmyzr → operational PPC automation

Marin → enterprise-scale cross-channel infrastructure

And I wouldn't use Looker Studio alone for this. It's excellent as a reporting layer, but it doesn't solve the harder problem you're describing: actually making and automating changes across hundreds of accounts.

One important question

The recommendation changes quite a bit depending on your mix.

If you tell me roughly:

• # Google Ads accounts
• # Meta accounts
• # Microsoft accounts
• # Amazon/LinkedIn/etc.
• Approximate monthly managed spend
• Whether you need true automatic changes or primarily recommendations/approvals
• Whether reporting needs to be white-labeled

…I can give you a much more specific Optmyzr vs Marin vs building your own stack recommendation, including what I'd use for the architecture of an agency managing 500+ accounts.

For an agency managing hundreds of ad accounts, my first choice would be Optmyzr.

optmyzr.com

It is particularly strong if your requirements are bulk changes + automated rules + cross-account reporting, rather than just reporting.

Why I'd pick Optmyzr

• Bulk operations across accounts: You can create/duplicate optimization strategies and apply them across multiple accounts, which is much more scalable than managing native platform rules one account at a time. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization Optmyzr Help Center
• Sophisticated automation: Its Rule Engine supports scheduled if/then strategies and can automate things like bid changes, budget adjustments, pausing poor performers, keyword management, etc. Optmyzr Help Center
• Cross-platform: It supports Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and LinkedIn, so you're not building a separate automation stack for every ad platform. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Help Center
• External business data: This is a big one for an agency. You can feed things like margin, inventory, CRM data or profitability scores into rules rather than optimizing purely on platform metrics. Optmyzr Help Center
• Agency reporting: You can create a report template once and deploy it across accounts, including multi-account/cross-platform reports, with automated delivery. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization Optmyzr Help Center
• Portfolio-level visibility: Its All Accounts Dashboard lets you monitor performance, pacing and account health across connected accounts rather than logging into individual client accounts. Optmyzr Help Center

How I'd think about the alternatives

The key distinction is that Google Ads Editor is excellent for structural bulk editing, while Optmyzr is more of an agency operations/optimization layer. Even Optmyzr's own current comparison acknowledges that Editor is exceptionally good at fast Google-only structural changes, while Optmyzr adds cross-account automation, intelligence and workflow. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization

For your use case, I'd build it like this

Optmyzr as the control layer

→ Google Ads / Microsoft / Meta / LinkedIn
→ standardized account templates
→ centralized automated rules
→ portfolio-level budget/pacing rules
→ anomaly alerts
→ client reporting

Then keep Google Ads Editor around for the occasional huge structural Google Ads job.

One particularly interesting capability for a performance agency is using external data. For example:

If 7-day ROAS < target AND gross margin < 30% → reduce budget 20%

or

If inventory = 0 → pause campaign

or

If CPA > target by 30% AND spend > $500 → alert account manager

That moves you from "automating PPC tasks" toward encoding your agency's actual optimization methodology into a repeatable system. Optmyzr supports external data inputs for this type of logic. Optmyzr Help Center

One caveat: if virtually all of your hundreds of accounts are Meta-only, I'd evaluate a Meta-specialist automation platform alongside Optmyzr. But if you're managing a mix of Google + Meta + Microsoft + other channels, Optmyzr is the one I'd trial first.

If you tell me roughly how many accounts are Google vs Meta, monthly ad spend under management, and whether your biggest pain is bulk editing, optimization automation, or client reporting, I can narrow this down to the 2–3 tools I'd actually put through an agency trial, including pricing and where each one breaks at 100–500+ accounts.

If you’re managing hundreds of ad accounts for clients, I’d shortlist Optmyzr and MarinOne. For your specific use case, I’d lean Optmyzr unless your agency is heavily cross-channel and needs a more enterprise-style data/reporting layer.

My ranking

1. My first choice: optmyzr.com

Optmyzr is probably the closest match to what you're describing.

Its Rule Engine lets you create if/then automation and run it across accounts, while its automation system supports scheduled optimizations, alerts, audits and reports. It also explicitly supports automation across as many accounts as you need on current plans. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization

For an agency, I'd particularly look at:

• Cross-account rules — e.g. "if CPA > target by 30% over 7 days, reduce budget 15%."
• Bulk campaign operations
• Automated budget management
• Anomaly detection
• Account audits
• Scheduled client reporting
• Google + Microsoft + Amazon Ads
• Meta/LinkedIn automation — Optmyzr now has Rule Engine capabilities for Meta and LinkedIn as well. Optmyzr Help Center
• Guardrails/review steps so you're not blindly letting automation make potentially expensive changes. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization

The really interesting part for an agency is that you can build a standardized operating system for your accounts rather than having each media buyer manage accounts differently.

For example:

New client → connect account → assign account to client group → apply your agency's rule templates → activate monitoring → automatically generate reporting.

That's much more scalable than having buyers manually work through 200+ accounts.

2. MarinOne is the one I'd seriously demo alongside it

marinsoftware.com

Marin is particularly compelling if your agency has hundreds/thousands of accounts and multiple advertising channels.

It supports bulk editing across publishers and clients, unified account management, cross-client reporting, automated alerts and customizable dashboards. Marin Software Marin Software

Its reporting is arguably the stronger reason to consider it. You can run reports across multiple client accounts, aggregate them into a single report, and schedule recurring reports. Marin Support Marin Support

Marin also has Python scripting and an API, which becomes interesting if your agency has its own proprietary optimization/reporting logic. Marin Software

The deciding factor

I'd make the decision based on what your agency actually does:

If you're primarily Google/Microsoft PPC → Optmyzr.

If you're running Google + Microsoft + Meta + other channels and want one enterprise data/reporting layer → MarinOne.

If you have an engineering team and want to build your own proprietary system → MarinOne/API or your own stack.

What I'd do if I were running your agency

For 100–500+ accounts, I wouldn't try to make one tool do absolutely everything.

I'd build something like:

Ad platforms → Optmyzr → automated optimization/rules

Ad platforms + CRM/revenue data → data warehouse → Looker Studio/Power BI → client reporting

Then have Optmyzr handle the "take action" side and your data stack handle the "tell me what happened and why" side.

That separation becomes extremely powerful at scale.

For example, you could have standardized agency rules like:

• Pause campaigns with spend > $X and 0 conversions
• Reduce budget when CPA > 125% of target
• Increase budget when ROAS > 150% of target
• Flag campaigns with >20% day-over-day spend change
• Alert when conversion volume drops >30%
• Automatically detect tracking anomalies
• Apply different rules based on client tier
• Generate daily exception reports
• Generate weekly client reports
• Push account-level data into your internal dashboard

Optmyzr specifically supports custom rule strategies, scheduled automation and automated reporting across accounts. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Help Center

If you tell me roughly how many accounts you manage (e.g. 100, 500, 2,000), which platforms (Google/Meta/Microsoft/TikTok/etc.), and whether your biggest pain is bulk editing, optimization, or client reporting, I can give you a much more specific stack recommendation—including what I'd use instead of Optmyzr/Marin if appropriate.

marinsoftware.com

Marin is particularly compelling if your agency has hundreds/thousands of accounts and multiple advertising channels.

It supports bulk editing across publishers and clients, unified account management, cross-client reporting, automated alerts and customizable dashboards. Marin Software Marin Software

Its reporting is arguably the stronger reason to consider it. You can run reports across multiple client accounts, aggregate them into a single report, and schedule recurring reports. Marin Support Marin Support

Marin also has Python scripting and an API, which becomes interesting if your agency has its own proprietary optimization/reporting logic. Marin Software

The deciding factor

I'd make the decision based on what your agency actually does:

If you're primarily Google/Microsoft PPC → Optmyzr.

If you're running Google + Microsoft + Meta + other channels and want one enterprise data/reporting layer → MarinOne.

If you have an engineering team and want to build your own proprietary system → MarinOne/API or your own stack.

What I'd do if I were running your agency

For 100–500+ accounts, I wouldn't try to make one tool do absolutely everything.

I'd build something like:

Ad platforms → Optmyzr → automated optimization/rules

Ad platforms + CRM/revenue data → data warehouse → Looker Studio/Power BI → client reporting

Then have Optmyzr handle the "take action" side and your data stack handle the "tell me what happened and why" side.

That separation becomes extremely powerful at scale.

For example, you could have standardized agency rules like:

• Pause campaigns with spend > $X and 0 conversions
• Reduce budget when CPA > 125% of target
• Increase budget when ROAS > 150% of target
• Flag campaigns with >20% day-over-day spend change
• Alert when conversion volume drops >30%
• Automatically detect tracking anomalies
• Apply different rules based on client tier
• Generate daily exception reports
• Generate weekly client reports
• Push account-level data into your internal dashboard

Optmyzr specifically supports custom rule strategies, scheduled automation and automated reporting across accounts.

For an agency managing hundreds of ad accounts, I’d shortlist Optmyzr and Marin—and my default recommendation would be Optmyzr unless you have unusually complex enterprise workflows.

My pick: Optmyzr

Optmyzr is particularly strong for the combination you described:

• Bulk changes: Make optimizations across multiple accounts rather than working inside each native ad platform individually.
• Automated rules: Its Rule Engine supports custom if/then strategies and can automate them across multiple accounts. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Help Center
• Cross-platform: Supports Google, Microsoft, Meta, LinkedIn and Amazon Ads, among others.
• Agency reporting: You can build reusable branded templates, run multi-account reports, and schedule them automatically. It also supports cross-platform reporting. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization
• Account-level monitoring: The All Accounts Dashboard gives you centralized visibility into account performance, budgets and pacing. Optmyzr Help Center
• Meta automation: Importantly if you're running paid social as well as search, Optmyzr now supports Rule Engine automation for Meta and LinkedIn. Optmyzr Help Center

For an agency, I particularly like the ability to create a global strategy once and apply/automate it across many accounts, rather than maintaining hundreds of separate platform rules.

The serious alternative: Marin

Marin Software is worth looking at if you're operating at a more enterprise/technical level.

Marin is very good at cross-account bulk editing: its Multi-edit interface lets you change budgets, bids, CPCs, dimensions, etc. across accounts and publishers. Marin Software Marin Software

It also has particularly strong agency infrastructure:

• Unlimited client accounts
• Cross-client reporting
• Automated reports and alerts
• Excel/Google Sheets data exports
• Python-based Marin Scripts
• API access for building your own automation layer
• Data warehouse integrations Marin Software Marin Software

So I'd think of the two this way:

What I'd do in your position

If your agency is managing hundreds of accounts with a relatively standardized operating model, I'd start with Optmyzr.

The architecture I'd aim for is:

Native ad platforms → Optmyzr → standardized rules/automations → account monitoring → automated client reporting

For example, you could create agency-wide rules such as:

• Pause campaigns when CPA > target × 1.5 after X conversions.
• Increase budgets 10% when ROAS > target × 1.3.
• Flag accounts pacing >110% of monthly budget.
• Alert when spend increases >30% day-over-day.
• Flag campaigns with zero conversions after $X spend.
• Automatically generate weekly client reports.
• Maintain different rule sets for different client verticals.

Optmyzr explicitly supports unlimited automation on current plans and scheduled automation/reporting across accounts. Optmyzr Help Center

One caveat: if your definition of "bulk changes" means extremely large-scale campaign generation/editing driven by spreadsheets, APIs, custom Python, and a data warehouse, I'd lean more toward Marin.

If you tell me roughly how many accounts, which platforms (Google/Meta/Microsoft/etc.), monthly spend, and whether you need white-label client reporting, I can give you a much more specific Optmyzr vs Marin vs a custom API/Looker/Sheets stack recommendation.

• Pause campaigns when CPA > target × 1.5 after X conversions.
• Increase budgets 10% when ROAS > target × 1.3.
• Flag accounts pacing >110% of monthly budget.
• Alert when spend increases >30% day-over-day.
• Flag campaigns with zero conversions after $X spend.
• Automatically generate weekly client reports.
• Maintain different rule sets for different client verticals.

Optmyzr explicitly supports unlimited automation on current plans and scheduled automation/reporting across accounts.

If you’re running an agency across hundreds of ad accounts, my first recommendation would be optmyzr.com.

It’s particularly well suited to the exact agency use case you described: bulk changes + automated rules + multi-account reporting, rather than just being a bid-management tool.

My shortlist

Why I'd pick Optmyzr

The important thing is that it operates at account/portfolio scale, rather than forcing your team to work account-by-account.

Its Rule Engine can create conditional workflows such as:

IF CPA > target by 20% AND spend > $X → decrease budget/bid
IF ROAS > target → increase budget 10%
IF campaign has spent $500 with zero conversions → pause
IF budget pacing is behind → increase daily budget
IF account has a tracking issue → alert the account manager

Those rules can be scheduled and automated. Optmyzr currently supports this across Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and LinkedIn, with somewhat different capabilities by platform. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Help Center

More importantly for a 100s-of-accounts agency, you can create global strategies and bulk-automate them across accounts. Its portfolio functionality also gives you centralized automation/history rather than requiring someone to babysit every account. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Help Center

Reporting is another big advantage

You can build a report once and reuse it across accounts, schedule delivery, and combine data from Google Ads, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, LinkedIn and GA4 into multi-account reports. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization

That's useful if your agency has a standard operating model like:

Account → optimization rules → alerts → weekly client report → exception-based human review

rather than having account managers manually inspect 200 dashboards.

One important caveat

If your agency is primarily Meta, I'd evaluate Optmyzr against a Meta-specialist tool rather than automatically buying it.

If you're Google-heavy or Google + Microsoft + Meta, Optmyzr becomes much more compelling because you can standardize your operating procedures across the client base.

And if by "bulk changes" you mean something more sophisticated—e.g. "I want to deploy a change to 300 accounts based on each account's own custom variables, with approval workflows, logging, rollback and API-level control"—I'd approach this differently. You may want an API/automation layer sitting underneath Optmyzr, rather than relying exclusively on a SaaS UI.

If you tell me roughly how many Google vs Meta vs Microsoft accounts you manage, monthly ad spend, and the 5–10 bulk operations you perform most often, I can recommend the best stack (including whether I'd choose Optmyzr, Skai, Marin, scripts/API, or a combination).

If you’re managing hundreds of ad accounts, my first recommendation would be optmyzr.com—especially if your agency is primarily Google Ads + Microsoft Ads.

My shortlist

Why I'd pick Optmyzr

For your use case, the important thing isn't just "bulk editing." It's being able to standardize how your team operates hundreds of accounts.

Optmyzr's Rule Engine lets you build scheduled if/then automation, including custom conditions and actions, and it can operate across Google, Microsoft and Amazon PPC. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization

For example, you could build rules like:

• If spend > $X and CPA > target by 30% → reduce budget 15%
• If campaign has spent $X with zero conversions → pause
• If ROAS > target by 40% → increase budget
• Alert account manager if daily spend changes > 25%
• Find search terms spending > $X without conversions
• Automatically apply labels based on performance
• Run the same optimization framework across every client account

It also has an All Accounts Dashboard and scheduled automation, so you can manage/report across your account portfolio rather than logging into each MCC individually. Optmyzr Help Center

Reporting is particularly useful for an agency

Optmyzr supports reusable report templates and scheduled reports across accounts. Its current reporting also supports combining data from Google, Microsoft, Meta, LinkedIn, Amazon and GA4. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization

That gives you the possibility of building a standardized agency reporting system:

Account data → standardized KPIs → automated QA → automated optimization → client report

rather than having each media buyer develop their own process.

When I'd choose Skai instead

If you're talking about hundreds of substantial-spend accounts and want something closer to an enterprise media-buying platform, I'd seriously evaluate skai.io.

Skai has bulk editing/bulksheets, advanced automated actions, custom algorithms, portfolio-level optimization, budget pacing, and automated reporting. Skai Skai

I'd characterize the choice this way:

Optmyzr = agency operations/optimization platform

Skai = enterprise-scale media optimization platform

Marin is another legitimate option if your biggest requirement is aggregating and reporting across a very large account portfolio; it specifically supports reports across multiple client accounts and recurring scheduled reports. Marin Software

What I'd do in your position

For a performance marketing agency with 100–500+ accounts, I'd probably build the stack around:

Optmyzr + native Google/Microsoft interfaces + Looker Studio/BI

Use Optmyzr for the operational layer—bulk changes, rules, alerts, audits and optimization—and your BI layer for the agency's ultimate client-facing data model.

If you tell me roughly (1) how many accounts, (2) Google vs Meta vs Microsoft split, (3) monthly ad spend, and (4) whether you need white-label client reporting, I can give you a much more specific recommendation between Optmyzr vs Skai vs Marin vs building your own system, including what I'd automate first.

If you’re managing hundreds of ad accounts for clients, my first recommendation would be optmyzr.com—especially if your core workload is Google Ads + Microsoft Ads, with some Meta/Amazon/LinkedIn reporting.

My shortlist

Why I'd pick Optmyzr for an agency

Its Rule Engine is the biggest differentiator for your use case. You can create custom if/then strategies, preview changes, and then schedule them across accounts. It supports Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and LinkedIn in various workflows. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization

For example, you could create agency-wide rules like:

• Pause campaigns when spend > $X with zero conversions.
• Increase/decrease budgets based on CPA/ROAS thresholds.
• Flag campaigns that are pacing materially above/below monthly budget.
• Automatically label accounts/campaigns based on performance.
• Detect sudden conversion or spend anomalies.
• Apply the same optimization strategy across 200+ accounts.
• Build standardized "account blueprints" for your team.

It also has an All Accounts Dashboard and scheduled reporting, including multi-account and cross-platform reports. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization

And importantly for an agency, you can duplicate strategies and automate them across multiple accounts, rather than rebuilding rules client by client. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization

Where Skai becomes interesting

skai.io would be the other platform I'd seriously evaluate if you're operating at enterprise agency scale.

Skai has very strong bulk editing/bulksheets, automated actions, portfolio-level optimization, custom algorithms, and automated reporting. Skai Skai

I'd lean Skai over Optmyzr if you're looking for a more enterprise-grade platform with sophisticated algorithmic optimization and large paid-search/social operations.

I'd lean Optmyzr if you want your performance team to be able to build and maintain sophisticated automation themselves without turning everything into a development project.

The stack I'd use for 100s of accounts

If I were designing your agency's tech stack, I'd probably do:

Optmyzr → execution + automation + PPC optimization

Looker Studio / Power BI → executive/client dashboards

Supermetrics / Funnel → data warehouse / cross-channel data layer

Slack/Teams → automation alerts

That gives you a nice separation between "make changes to ad accounts" and "give clients/business leadership a unified view of everything."

One particularly useful feature is that Optmyzr can use change-history data to build rules around what actually changed in an account—for example, alerting you when budgets were modified or when changes came from scripts/API/Google Ads itself. Optmyzr Help Center

Bottom line: For a performance marketing agency managing hundreds of accounts, I'd demo Optmyzr first, then Skai if you're operating at enterprise spend/complexity. I would not try to run this entirely through Google Ads Editor + scripts unless you have a strong engineering team—it's powerful, but the operational/audit/reporting layer becomes your problem.

If you tell me roughly (1) number of accounts, (2) Google vs Meta vs Microsoft split, (3) monthly managed spend, and (4) whether you need white-label client reporting, I can give you a much more specific Optmyzr vs Skai vs custom API stack recommendation, including where each one will hit limitations at your scale.

For a performance marketing agency managing hundreds of ad accounts, my first choice would be optmyzr.com.

It’s particularly well suited to the combination you described: bulk changes + sophisticated automated rules + cross-account reporting.

My shortlist

Why I'd pick Optmyzr

1. Rules that actually scale

Its Rule Engine lets you create custom if/then strategies and run them automatically across multiple accounts. You can duplicate strategies across accounts rather than rebuilding them individually. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization

For example:

If CPA > target by 20% AND spend > $500 → reduce budget 15%
If ROAS < 2.0 AND spend > $1,000 → pause campaign
If spend is pacing > 110% → reduce budget
If conversion volume drops abnormally → alert Slack + account manager

It can also incorporate external data, such as CRM information or Google Sheets, into rules—which gets interesting for agency-level automation. Optmyzr Help Center

2. Strong bulk management

You can make changes across campaigns/accounts without living inside individual Google Ads interfaces. It also supports bulk ad editing and CSV-based workflows. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Help Center

3. Reporting across the entire agency

The All Accounts Dashboard gives you a portfolio-level view across connected Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and LinkedIn accounts, including KPIs and budget pacing. Optmyzr Help Center

You can also schedule recurring client reports. Optmyzr Help Center

4. It's built around agency workflows

This is the important distinction. At 10 accounts, native Google tools + scripts can be perfectly adequate. At 100–500+ accounts, the problem becomes less "can I automate this?" and more:

Can my team deploy, monitor, audit and maintain the automation across hundreds of clients without creating chaos?

That's where Optmyzr starts making considerably more sense.

One serious alternative: Skai

I'd put skai.io second, particularly if you're running a fairly enterprise-level operation.

Skai has bulk editing/bulksheets, advanced automated actions, algorithmic optimization, portfolio-level management and automated reporting. Skai Skai

I'd lean Skai if you're managing very large media budgets and need sophisticated portfolio/algorithmic optimization.

I'd lean Optmyzr if you're an agency where repeatable account-level playbooks and operational efficiency are the priority.

What I'd do in your position

If you're managing hundreds of accounts, I wouldn't evaluate these tools based on the number of features. I'd build a real agency automation test:

1. Take 20–30 representative client accounts.
2. Build 5–10 of your actual optimization rules.
3. Deploy the same rules across all accounts.
4. Test bulk campaign/ad changes.
5. Build your actual weekly client report.
6. Test alerts for spend, CPA, ROAS and conversion anomalies.
7. Measure how much human intervention is still required.

The key question I'd ask the vendors is:

"Can I create one automation playbook and safely deploy it across 300 client accounts, with account-level exceptions, approval/preview, audit history, alerts, and centralized reporting?"

That question will separate the genuinely useful agency platforms from tools that merely have a "bulk edit" button.

Bottom line: Optmyzr is my recommendation for your use case. If you tell me roughly how many Google / Meta / Microsoft accounts you manage, monthly ad spend, and whether you're primarily lead-gen or ecommerce, I can narrow this down to the best 2–3-tool stack for your agency and tell you where each should sit in your workflow.

For example:

If CPA > target by 20% AND spend > $500 → reduce budget 15%
If ROAS < 2.0 AND spend > $1,000 → pause campaign
If spend is pacing > 110% → reduce budget
If conversion volume drops abnormally → alert Slack + account manager

It can also incorporate external data, such as CRM information or Google Sheets, into rules—which gets interesting for agency-level automation. Optmyzr Help Center

2. Strong bulk management

You can make changes across campaigns/accounts without living inside individual Google Ads interfaces. It also supports bulk ad editing and CSV-based workflows. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Help Center

3. Reporting across the entire agency

The All Accounts Dashboard gives you a portfolio-level view across connected Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and LinkedIn accounts, including KPIs and budget pacing. Optmyzr Help Center

You can also schedule recurring client reports. Optmyzr Help Center

4. It's built around agency workflows

This is the important distinction. At 10 accounts, native Google tools + scripts can be perfectly adequate. At 100–500+ accounts, the problem becomes less "can I automate this?" and more:

Can my team deploy, monitor, audit and maintain the automation across hundreds of clients without creating chaos?

That's where Optmyzr starts making considerably more sense.

One serious alternative: Skai

I'd put skai.io second, particularly if you're running a fairly enterprise-level operation.

Skai has bulk editing/bulksheets, advanced automated actions, algorithmic optimization, portfolio-level management and automated reporting. skai.io skai.io

I'd lean Skai if you're managing very large media budgets and need sophisticated portfolio/algorithmic optimization.

I'd lean Optmyzr if you're an agency where repeatable account-level playbooks and operational efficiency are the priority.

What I'd do in your position

For a performance marketing agency managing hundreds of ad accounts, I would not pick a single tool. The best stack is usually a combination of:

1. A bulk execution layer (make changes fast)
2. An automation/rules layer (prevent manual monitoring)
3. A reporting layer (client visibility)

My shortlist:

MarqOps Muze AI## My recommended agency stack

If you are mostly Google Ads

Google Ads Manager Account + Google Ads Editor + Optmyzr + Looker Studio

• Google Ads Editor → bulk campaign builds, naming changes, bid edits, negatives, ad copy updates across hundreds of accounts. Google specifically recommends Manager Accounts, bulk uploads, scripts, and Ads Editor for large-scale management. Google Help
• Optmyzr → recurring optimization rules: - pause keywords below ROAS/CPA thresholds
• budget pacing
• search term cleanup
• Shopping feed/campaign optimization
• anomaly alerts
• portfolio-level workflows

MarqOps- Looker Studio + Supermetrics → client dashboards

This is probably the setup I would choose for a 10–100 person PPC agency.

If you manage Google + Meta + Microsoft + Amazon

I would lean toward:

Optmyzr + Revealbot + Supermetrics/AgencyAnalytics

Reason:

• Optmyzr is stronger for search/PPC operations.
• Revealbot is purpose-built for paid social rule automation.
• A dedicated reporting tool prevents your ops team from spending hours building client decks. Muze AI

Features I would prioritize at your scale

When you evaluate vendors, I would specifically look for:

Bulk operations

Must have:

• multi-account edits
• templates
• cloning campaigns
• bulk negative keyword management
• bulk budget changes
• approval workflows

Automated rules

Look for:

• conditional rules (IF/THEN)
• account-level variables
• guardrails
• Slack/email alerts
• audit logs

Examples:

• "If CPA > target by 30% after 100 clicks, reduce budget 20%"
• "If spend > $X and zero conversions, pause"
• "If impression share drops below threshold, alert account manager"

Reporting

For hundreds of clients:

• automated daily/weekly/monthly sends
• white labeling
• anomaly detection
• custom metrics
• comments/annotations for account managers

What I would avoid

• WordStream-type tools if you have experienced PPC operators. They tend to be better for SMB advertisers than agencies managing hundreds of accounts.
• Building everything around scripts only. Scripts are powerful, but maintaining hundreds of custom scripts becomes its own engineering problem.
• Fully autonomous AI optimization without approval controls. At agency scale, one bad rule can affect millions in spend.

My ranking for your use case

1. Optmyzr — best overall agency operations platform
2. Google Ads Editor — mandatory companion tool
3. Supermetrics + Looker Studio — best flexible reporting stack
4. AgencyAnalytics — easiest client-facing reporting
5. Revealbot — if Meta is a major channel
6. Adalysis — excellent QA/testing layer

If you tell me:

• monthly managed spend (e.g. $1M, $10M, $50M+)
• platforms (Google only vs Meta/TikTok/Amazon too)
• number of account managers
• whether you want human approval before changes or full automation

…I can recommend a tighter stack and expected software cost.

If you’re running an agency across hundreds of ad accounts, my first choice would be Optmyzr.

optmyzr.com

Why I’d pick Optmyzr

• Bulk changes: You can manage and deploy changes across large account portfolios rather than jumping account-to-account. Its enterprise offering specifically supports deploying campaign logic across hundreds of accounts. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization
• Automated rules: Its Rule Engine lets you build custom if → then strategies for budgets, bids, keywords, search terms, etc., and preview changes before automatically applying them. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization
• Cross-account automation: You can make strategies global and automate them across multiple accounts, which is particularly useful for standardized agency playbooks. Optmyzr Help Center
• Reporting: It has an all-accounts dashboard and scheduled reporting, including Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Amazon Ads reporting. Optmyzr Help Center
• Agency-oriented: They specifically support agency workflows, custom reports, integrations, and migration of existing automation rules/workflows. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization
• Beyond Google: If your portfolio includes Meta, LinkedIn or Amazon, Optmyzr has expanded its Rule Engine beyond traditional Google/Microsoft PPC. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization

The shortlist I'd evaluate

marinsoftware.com

MarinOne is particularly worth looking at if your agency needs deep cross-channel reporting and optimization across a large media operation; it offers rule-based optimizations, workflow automation, and unified reporting across publishers. Marin Software

What I'd do in your situation

For hundreds of accounts, I'd structure the stack around Optmyzr as the execution/automation layer, rather than trying to make a reporting tool also handle operational changes.

For example:

Account template → global rules → automated checks → bulk changes → alerts → client reporting

You could have agency-wide rules such as:

• Pause campaigns when spend > $X with 0 conversions
• Reduce budget when CPA > target by 30%
• Increase budget when ROAS > target
• Flag sudden conversion drops
• Find search-term waste across all accounts
• Standardize naming/structure
• Push the same campaign changes to dozens/hundreds of accounts
• Automatically generate weekly client reports

One particularly interesting capability for your use case is that Optmyzr now supports centralized rule deployment across hundreds of accounts, which is almost exactly the agency problem you're describing. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization

If you tell me which platforms you manage (Google, Meta, Microsoft, TikTok, Amazon, etc.), roughly how many accounts, and whether you need white-label reporting, I can give you a much more specific recommendation—including Optmyzr vs Marin vs Skai vs building your own system.

For example:

If you're running a performance marketing agency with hundreds of ad accounts, I’d look at this as an agency-operations problem rather than just a bid-management problem.

My #1 recommendation: Optmyzr

For your specific requirements, Optmyzr is probably the best fit.

It combines:

• Bulk changes across accounts — campaign/ad/keyword management at scale.
• Automated rules — its Rule Engine can create sophisticated strategies and run them on a schedule across Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, and LinkedIn. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Help Center
• Cross-account automation — particularly useful when you want the same operational playbook applied to hundreds of client accounts. Optmyzr says its automation can be applied across as many connected accounts as needed. Optmyzr Help Center
• Reporting — reusable report templates, scheduled delivery, dashboards, and multi-account/cross-platform reports. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization
• Guardrails — useful when you're giving automation significant control over hundreds of accounts. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization
• External data — you can feed CRM/Google Sheets data into rules, which is interesting if your agency has proprietary lead-quality or revenue data. Optmyzr Help Center

The big advantage is that you can turn your agency's operating methodology into repeatable automation, rather than having account managers manually execute the same playbook 200 times.

optmyzr.com

The other serious option: Marin

If you're operating at very large agency/enterprise scale, I'd put Marin Software on the shortlist.

Marin is particularly compelling if you need hundreds/thousands of accounts, cross-publisher management, centralized reporting, data warehouse integration, and custom scripting. Its agency offering explicitly supports unlimited client accounts and cross-client reporting. Marin Software

It also gives you unified grids for bulk editing across publishers and automated reporting/alerts. Marin Software Marin Software

marinsoftware.com

Don't overlook Google Ads Manager + scripts

If 90%+ of your spend is Google Ads, I'd actually consider a cheaper stack:

Google Ads Manager Account + Google Ads Editor + Scripts + Looker Studio/BigQuery

Google's manager accounts already let you make changes across multiple client accounts and create automated rules. Google Search Ads 360 goes substantially further with manager-level bulk actions, rules, scripts and uploads across account hierarchies. Google Help Google Help

The downside is that you end up building and maintaining more of the infrastructure yourself.

How I'd choose

For a performance agency, my default would be Optmyzr. The Rule Engine is the differentiator: you can encode things like "if CPL is > target by 20%, conversion volume > X, and spend > Y, reduce bids/budget according to these rules" and then deploy that logic repeatedly instead of relying on account managers. Optmyzr Help Center

One important distinction: if by "bulk changes" you mean mass campaign creation/renaming/ad-copy replacement/structural migrations, rather than optimization, I'd evaluate the tools somewhat differently.

If you tell me (1) Google/Microsoft/Meta mix, (2) roughly how many accounts, (3) monthly ad spend, and (4) whether you want the system to actually make changes autonomously or just surface recommendations, I can give you a much more specific Optmyzr vs Marin vs SA360 vs custom stack recommendation.

If you’re running a performance marketing agency with hundreds of ad accounts, my first choice would be optmyzr.com.

It’s particularly strong if your core needs are bulk changes + automated rules + cross-account reporting, rather than creative production.

My ranking

Why I'd pick Optmyzr

1. Rules across hundreds of accounts

Its Rule Engine lets you create reusable if/then strategies and schedule them across accounts. You can automate things like:

• Pause campaigns when CPA > $X after Y conversions
• Increase budgets when ROAS > target
• Reduce bids when CPC spikes
• Flag campaigns with abnormal conversion drops
• Reallocate budgets based on performance
• Use CRM/margin/inventory data as inputs

Importantly, the rules can be duplicated and automated across multiple accounts, rather than rebuilding them account by account. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization

2. It's genuinely cross-platform

Optmyzr currently supports Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and LinkedIn, with different capabilities by platform. Its Rule Engine now supports bulk actions for Meta and LinkedIn as well. Optmyzr Help Center

That makes it much more interesting for an agency than something that's essentially a better Google Ads interface.

3. Cross-account reporting is a major strength

Its All Accounts Dashboard consolidates accounts across platforms, while its reporting system supports reusable templates, scheduled reports and multi-account/cross-platform reporting. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization Optmyzr Help Center

So you can build a reporting template once and push it across your client portfolio rather than maintaining hundreds of individual reporting setups.

4. External data is where it gets especially interesting

You can feed external data into rules—for example, CRM profitability, inventory, phone calls or other business metrics—and use that information to change advertising behavior. Optmyzr Help Center

For a performance agency, that's potentially much more valuable than rules based solely on CPC/CPA/ROAS.

Where I'd consider Skai instead

If you're operating at large-enterprise media-buying scale, I'd put skai.io on the shortlist.

Skai has strong bulk editing/bulksheets, automated optimization algorithms, portfolio-level budgets/ROAS goals and sophisticated reporting. Skai

I'd lean Skai if your agency is closer to an enterprise media-buying operation.

I'd lean Optmyzr if you're an agency where the primary challenge is:

"We have hundreds of client accounts and want our team to be able to apply our best optimization playbooks consistently across all of them."

One important distinction

If by "bulk changes" you mean mass structural editing—e.g. changing thousands of ads, keywords, match types, URLs, campaign structures, etc.—I'd also keep Google Ads Editor in your stack.

If you mean:

"Give me one place where I can define our agency's optimization logic and have it automatically operate across hundreds of accounts."

Then Optmyzr is the one I'd test first.

If you tell me roughly how many Google / Meta / Microsoft accounts you manage, your monthly ad spend, and whether your team is 2, 10, or 50+ people, I can give you a much more specific Optmyzr vs Skai vs custom API/Scripts stack recommendation, including what I'd automate first.

If you’re managing hundreds of ad accounts, my first choice would be Optmyzr.

optmyzr.com

Why I’d pick Optmyzr for an agency

• Bulk changes: You can make changes across accounts/portfolios rather than working account-by-account. Its bulk tools cover things like budgets, campaign settings and account-level changes. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Help Center
• Automated rules: This is probably its biggest advantage for your use case. Rule Engine supports custom if/then strategies and scheduled execution, including global strategies across multiple accounts. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Help Center
• Cross-platform: It supports Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and LinkedIn, so you're not locked into Google Ads. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Help Center
• Agency reporting: You can create reusable report templates, aggregate multiple accounts, white-label/customize reports, and schedule delivery. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Help Center
• Auditability: Optimization History gives you a record of what changed, when, and by which optimization—important when automation is touching hundreds of accounts. Optmyzr Help Center
• Scale: Optmyzr currently says it has 461,000+ connected ad accounts and 59,720 active automation events, which is at least a useful indication that large-scale account management is a core use case. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization

How I'd structure it for an agency

I'd use Optmyzr as the automation/operations layer, rather than just another reporting dashboard:

Account portfolio → standardized rules → automated changes → monitoring → client reporting

For example:

• CPA > target by 30% for 7 days → reduce budget 15%
• CPA < target by 20% + sufficient conversions → increase budget 15%
• Campaign spending > $X with zero conversions → pause/flag
• Account pacing > 110% → reduce budgets
• Conversion volume drops materially → alert Slack/email
• Broken/disapproved campaigns → flag automatically
• Weekly account-level KPI report → automatically generated
• Monthly client report → standardized branded template

Optmyzr's Rule Engine can also handle Meta/LinkedIn bulk actions, including budget changes, pausing/re-enabling campaigns and reporting. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Help Center

The caveat

I wouldn't automatically choose Optmyzr just because you have hundreds of accounts. The better choice depends heavily on your stack.

If you're primarily:

• Google Ads: I'd compare Optmyzr against Google Ads Scripts + Looker Studio + a custom internal automation layer.
• Google + Microsoft + Meta: Optmyzr becomes much more compelling.
• Mostly Meta: I'd evaluate Meta-native tooling and specialized social automation alongside Optmyzr.
• Very sophisticated agency with developers: A custom API layer can eventually give you much more control, especially if your rules are highly bespoke.
• Want minimal engineering: Optmyzr is probably the strongest starting point.

If you tell me which platforms you manage (Google/Meta/Microsoft/Amazon/etc.), roughly how many accounts, and whether you're spending $1M, $10M, or $50M+ per month, I can give you a 3–5 tool comparison specifically for a performance agency, including where Optmyzr falls short and what I'd use at 100 vs. 500 vs. 1,000 accounts.

For a performance marketing agency managing hundreds of ad accounts, I would not pick a single tool — I’d build a stack. The right choice depends heavily on whether you’re mostly Google Ads, Meta, TikTok, or omnichannel, but this is how I’d evaluate it:

My recommended agency stack

If I were running your agency

Option 1: Best practical setup for most agencies (10–500 accounts)

Google Ads

• Google Ads Editor for structural/bulk work
• Optmyzr for automation, audits, rules, and recommendations Synter Adalysis

Meta

• Revealbot for rules like: - Pause ads after X spend with no conversions
• Increase budgets when CPA/ROAS targets hit
• Daypart campaigns
• Portfolio-level monitoring AdStellar

Reporting

• AgencyAnalytics or Whatagraph for client-facing dashboards
• Supermetrics if you have a BI/reporting pipeline

This combination usually gives agencies the best balance of cost, control, and scalability.

Option 2: If you manage serious spend ($1M+/month)

Look at:

• Skai
• Search Ads 360
• Marin Software

These are more expensive but built for:

• permissions
• audit trails
• client separation
• enterprise workflows
• large-scale bid/budget management

Option 3: If your biggest pain is "we have 200 accounts and need one command center"

I’d look at newer agency operations platforms:

• Pace — focuses on pacing, alerts, optimization, and reporting across Google, Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Reddit, and Amazon Ads. Pace Ads
• AdManage.ai — positioned around bulk campaign operations, multi-client workflows, and reporting. AdManage

Features I would require before buying

For hundreds of accounts, don't buy based on "AI optimization" claims. Make sure it has:

✅ Account hierarchy / MCC support
✅ Bulk edits across clients
✅ Approval workflows
✅ Change logs / audit trails
✅ Rule templates you can clone
✅ Slack/email alerts
✅ API access
✅ White-label reporting
✅ User permissions by client/team member
✅ Spend pacing across the portfolio

My personal shortlist for an agency today

If I had to narrow it:

1. Google-heavy agency:

Optmyzr + Google Ads Editor + AgencyAnalytics

2. Meta-heavy agency:

Revealbot + reporting platform

3. Multi-channel agency (Google + Meta + TikTok + Amazon):

Pace + Supermetrics/AgencyAnalytics Pace Ads

4. Enterprise agency:

Skai / SA360 ecosystem

A few questions would change my recommendation:

• Are your accounts mostly Google Ads, Meta, TikTok, Amazon, or mixed?
• Roughly how much monthly spend are you managing?
• Do you need actual automated execution (changing budgets/bids) or mainly monitoring + reporting?

1. Google-heavy agency:

Optmyzr + Google Ads Editor + AgencyAnalytics

2. Meta-heavy agency:

Revealbot + reporting platform

3. Multi-channel agency (Google + Meta + TikTok + Amazon):

Pace + Supermetrics/AgencyAnalytics

4. Enterprise agency:

Skai / SA360 ecosystem

A few questions would change my recommendation:

If you're managing hundreds of client ad accounts, my first recommendation would be optmyzr.com—particularly if Google Ads is a major part of your agency.

Why I'd pick Optmyzr

Optmyzr's Rule Engine is particularly relevant: you can create a strategy once and duplicate/automate it across multiple accounts, including more complex logic than standard Google Ads automated rules. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization Optmyzr Help

For reporting, it has an All Accounts Dashboard and scheduled reporting, including Google, Microsoft, Meta and Amazon Ads. Optmyzr Help

The important caveat at 100s of accounts

I'd not try to replace Google Ads Editor completely. Editor is still extremely good for large structural bulk edits—campaign builds, ad-copy replacements, match-type changes, etc. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization

I'd use a stack like:

Google Ads Editor → heavy one-time/bulk structural changes
Optmyzr → recurring optimization, rules, budgets, monitoring, reporting
Looker Studio / BI → executive/client dashboards if you need highly customized reporting
API/scripts → genuinely bespoke agency-wide operations

One scaling issue to specifically test in your trial: Google currently limits an MCC-level Google Ads script to 50 accounts per run and 60 minutes. Optmyzr has workarounds/native automations, but if you're talking about 200–1,000+ accounts, this is something I'd benchmark before committing. Optmyzr Help

If you're mostly Google Ads vs. truly cross-platform

If 80–100% of your spend is Google, I'd strongly consider Optmyzr.

If you're managing Google + Meta + Microsoft + TikTok + LinkedIn across hundreds of accounts, I'd evaluate a broader agency operations/reporting platform alongside Optmyzr rather than assuming one tool will be best at everything.

If you tell me roughly how many accounts (100 / 500 / 1,000+), which ad platforms, and whether your biggest pain is bulk editing, rules, or client reporting, I can give you a 3–5 tool shortlist with the tradeoffs and approximate pricing at your scale.

If you're running an agency across hundreds of ad accounts, my first recommendation is optmyzr.com—especially if your core workflow is Google Ads + Microsoft Ads, with Meta/Amazon/LinkedIn increasingly important.

My shortlist

Why I'd pick Optmyzr

Its Rule Engine is unusually well suited to an agency operating model. You can build if/then strategies that make bulk changes across Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and LinkedIn, then schedule those strategies to run automatically. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Help Center

For example, you could build rules like:

• Pause campaigns when CPA > $X after ≥50 conversions.
• Increase budget 15% when ROAS > target and impression share is constrained.
• Reduce budgets when a client is pacing >110% of monthly target.
• Alert the account manager when spend suddenly changes.
• Automatically pause ads/keywords meeting predefined performance criteria.
• Run the same optimization framework across an entire client portfolio.

The important part for an agency is that Optmyzr now has portfolio-level automation. You can schedule strategies across portfolios and see automation/change history across accounts rather than treating every MCC as a separate universe. Optmyzr Help Center

Its reporting is also designed for this model: the All Accounts Dashboard can be scheduled and exported, and its reporting system supports Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Amazon Ads. Optmyzr Help Center

One caveat with hundreds of accounts

I'd distinguish between Optmyzr's native Rule Engine and old-school Google Ads MCC scripts.

Google imposes a 50-account-per-MCC-script execution limit, so if you're managing 100–500+ accounts, you don't want your critical automation architecture dependent on a single MCC script. Optmyzr documents this limitation and provides alternatives such as native budget automation and splitting scripts across versions. Optmyzr Help Center

That's actually a reason I'd favor the native Optmyzr automation layer rather than building your whole agency around Google Ads Scripts.

When I'd choose Marin instead

I'd seriously consider marinsoftware.com if your agency is more of an enterprise media-management operation than a pure PPC optimization agency.

Marin is particularly strong when you have:

• Hundreds/thousands of accounts
• Google + Microsoft + Meta + TikTok + LinkedIn + Amazon, etc.
• Client reporting requirements
• Data warehouse/BI requirements
• CRM/revenue data that needs to be joined to ad data
• Cross-channel reporting
• Custom Python automation

Marin explicitly supports unlimited client accounts, cross-client reporting, bulk editing, automated reporting, and Python-based custom workflows. Marin Software Marin Software

Its multi-edit functionality lets you change budgets, bidding, CPCs, dimensions, etc. across accounts and publishers from a unified interface. Marin Software

So I'd frame it this way:

Optmyzr = better agency optimization/automation cockpit.
Marin = better enterprise cross-channel media operating system.

And Marin gets expensive quickly—the current published pricing starts at $500/month for Connect and $1,000/month for Ascend, with higher tiers custom-priced. Marin Software

What I'd do in your situation

If you have 100–500+ accounts and your biggest pain is "my team is wasting hours making the same changes in every account", I'd trial Optmyzr first.

I'd specifically test it against 5 real agency workflows:

1. Bulk campaign/budget changes
2. Automated CPA/ROAS rules
3. Monthly budget pacing
4. Account-level anomaly alerts
5. Automated client reporting

If those work well, you can build an actual agency-wide optimization framework rather than letting each account manager invent their own rules.

If you tell me roughly how many accounts you have, which platforms (Google/Meta/Microsoft/Amazon/etc.), and your approximate monthly ad spend, I can also give you a much more specific Optmyzr vs Marin vs building your own API/scripts stack recommendation.

What I'd do in your situation

For a performance marketing agency managing hundreds of ad accounts, I would not pick a single tool blindly — the right stack depends on whether your bottleneck is bulk execution, optimization automation, reporting, or cross-channel visibility.

My shortlist:

1. Optmyzr — best overall for serious PPC agencies

optmyzr.com

Best for: Google Ads-heavy agencies managing many clients.

Strengths:

• Advanced automation rules (budgets, bids, search terms, negatives, alerts)
• Custom optimization workflows
• Large-scale reporting
• Team workflows and permissions
• Good fit if you have PPC specialists who want control rather than a black box

Optmyzr specifically positions itself around enterprise PPC automation, reporting, and custom workflows for large teams. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization

I’d choose this if: your agency manages $1M+ monthly spend or has dedicated PPC operators.

2. Skai — best enterprise option

skai.io

Best for: agencies with very large budgets and multiple channels.

Strengths:

• Cross-channel management
• Enterprise reporting
• Budget optimization
• Portfolio-level views
• More suited to large brands/agencies than SMB clients

Downside:

• Usually expensive
• Can be overkill if your team mainly runs Google + Meta

3. Pace — best agency workflow/reporting layer

paceads.com

Best for: agencies where client communication and operational scaling are the pain points.

Strengths:

• Client reporting
• Change logs
• Portfolio views
• Budget pacing
• Cross-platform visibility

Pace focuses heavily on agency use cases like client reports, audit trails, portfolio management, and pacing automation. Pace Ads

4. Adalysis — best for QA and account hygiene

adalysis.com

Best for: agencies with lots of accounts that need consistent processes.

Strengths:

• Automated audits
• Account alerts
• Bulk updates
• Search term analysis
• Standardized optimization checks

Adalysis highlights bulk update tools, automated monitoring, alerts, and reporting designed for PPC agencies. Adalysis

5. Google Ads native stack — underrated and often necessary

For Google-only scale, I would still use:

• Google Ads Editor
• Google Ads Manager Accounts (MCC)
• Google Ads Scripts
• Native automated rules

Google provides bulk editing, cross-account scripts, bulk uploads, and Ads Editor specifically for managing large numbers of accounts. Google Support Automated rules can operate across manager-account client accounts as well. Google Support

My recommended agency stack

For a 100–500 account agency:

Campaign changes

• Google Ads Editor + Optmyzr

Automated optimization

• Optmyzr rules
• Google Ads Scripts for custom edge cases

Reporting

• Looker Studio + a connector layer (or Pace if you want agency-native reporting)

Account QA

• Adalysis

Client operations

• CRM/project management + automated Slack/email alerts

If I had to pick only one:

• Google Ads-heavy agency: Optmyzr
• Google + Meta + TikTok + enterprise clients: Skai
• Agency scaling pain is reporting/client management: Pace
• Need cheap but powerful Google control: Google Ads Editor + Scripts

A few details would change my recommendation:

1. Roughly how many accounts (100, 500, 1,000+)?
2. Platforms: Google only, or Meta/TikTok/Microsoft/Amazon too?
3. Monthly managed spend?
4. Do you want the tool to make changes automatically, or only recommend changes for human approval?

If you’re managing hundreds of ad accounts as an agency, my first choice would be optmyzr.com.

It’s particularly strong for the exact combination you described: bulk changes + automated rules + cross-account management + client reporting.

My shortlist

Why I'd pick Optmyzr for an agency

The big advantage isn't just automation—it's turning your agency's playbooks into repeatable rules across accounts.

For example, you could build rules like:

• If CPA > target by 30% for 7 days → reduce budget 15%
• If spend > $X with zero conversions → pause
• If ROAS > target by 25% → increase budget
• Alert when conversion volume drops >30% week-over-week
• Identify search terms spending above a threshold with no conversions
• Automatically adjust bids/budgets according to your account-specific targets
• Run the same optimization strategy across hundreds of client accounts

Optmyzr's current Rule Engine supports bulk changes and scheduled automation across Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, Amazon Ads, Meta and LinkedIn, with the ability to duplicate strategies across multiple accounts. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization

It also has guardrails/review workflows, which I'd consider extremely important when you're managing hundreds of accounts. You can have the system generate recommendations for review or allow defined strategies to execute automatically. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization

Reporting is another major reason

For an agency, I'd put almost as much weight on reporting as optimization.

Optmyzr can create reusable report templates and schedule them across accounts. Its multi-account reporting can combine Google, Microsoft, Meta, LinkedIn, Amazon and GA4 data, so you don't have to build hundreds of individual reporting workflows. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization Optmyzr Help Center

You can essentially create:

Agency master template → Client account → automatic data population → scheduled delivery

rather than maintaining bespoke reports for every client.

Where I wouldn't use it

If 95%+ of your business is Google Ads and you have a strong engineering team, I'd seriously consider building your own layer on top of the Google Ads API.

That gives you much more control over:

• proprietary optimization logic
• account provisioning
• naming conventions
• bulk campaign creation
• automated QA
• custom alerts
• internal dashboards
• client-specific business rules
• integrations with your CRM/billing/data warehouse

But the tradeoff is substantial engineering and ongoing API maintenance.

For an agency that wants to operate hundreds of accounts without building an internal ad-tech company, Optmyzr is much more attractive.

One important distinction

I'd separate your stack into three layers:

1. Execution/optimization: Optmyzr
2. Data warehouse/BI: BigQuery + Looker Studio/Tableau/Power BI
3. CRM/client operations: your existing agency stack

Don't try to make your PPC management platform also be your entire data warehouse.

If you tell me roughly how many accounts you manage, monthly ad spend, which platforms (Google/Meta/Microsoft/etc.), and whether you need white-label reporting, I can give you a much more specific recommendation—including Optmyzr vs Adalysis vs Marin vs building your own system, and what I'd use at 100, 500, and 1,000+ accounts.

For an agency managing hundreds of ad accounts, my first choice would be optmyzr.com.

My ranking

Why I'd pick Optmyzr

For an agency, the important distinction isn't simply "can it bulk edit?" Google Ads itself can already do bulk actions across an MCC, including bulk edits, scripts, uploads and rules. Google Help Google Help

The bigger issue is repeatable automation across hundreds of clients.

Optmyzr's Rule Engine lets you build reusable if/then strategies and schedule them across accounts. It supports custom data inputs, and its current documentation says strategies can be duplicated and automated across multiple accounts. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization Optmyzr Help Center

For example, you could build agency-wide rules like:

• If CPA > target × 1.3 for 7 days → reduce budget 15%
• If spend > X with zero conversions → pause keyword
• If campaign is pacing > 120% → reduce budget
• If branded CPC spikes → alert account manager
• If a campaign has no conversions and spend exceeds threshold → flag/pause
• If client CRM revenue says ROAS is below target → modify bids/budgets
• Run the same strategy across 200+ accounts without recreating it manually

It also has an All Accounts Dashboard, scheduled reporting, alerts, audits and automated reports across Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Amazon Ads. Optmyzr Help Center

And importantly for an agency, Optmyzr says it currently has 461,000+ connected ad accounts and offers enterprise plans with unlimited accounts and dedicated support. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization

Where Skai becomes more attractive

I'd look seriously at skai.io if you're operating at enterprise scale or managing Google + Meta + Amazon + other channels as one system.

Skai has bulk editing/bulksheets, advanced automated actions, custom optimization algorithms, portfolio-level optimization and automated reporting. Skai Skai

So I'd frame it this way:

Optmyzr = agency PPC operations/automation powerhouse.
Skai = enterprise omnichannel advertising platform.

One important alternative

Don't completely dismiss native Google Ads Manager + Scripts. A Google MCC can run automated rules across up to 1,000 accounts, with up to 100 active rules per user. Google Help

If you have a strong engineering team, you can build an extremely powerful internal automation layer on top of Google Ads Scripts/API. But you'll be responsible for maintaining the code, reporting infrastructure, monitoring, error handling, permissions, etc.

For hundreds of client accounts, I'd personally rather pay for Optmyzr unless your agency has enough engineering resources to justify building the platform yourself.

My recommendation: start by evaluating Optmyzr vs. Skai, with Optmyzr as the default. If you tell me roughly (1) number of accounts, (2) monthly ad spend, (3) Google/Meta/Microsoft/Amazon mix, and (4) whether you want bid/budget automation or mostly bulk operational changes, I can tell you which one I'd choose and what I'd use for your agency stack.

For an agency managing hundreds of ad accounts, my first choice would be optmyzr.com.

It’s particularly strong if your priority is bulk operations + automated rules + cross-account reporting, rather than just reporting.

Why I'd pick Optmyzr

• Bulk changes: Its Rule Engine can make bulk changes across Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, and Amazon Ads. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Help Center
• Automated rules: You can build if/then strategies around CPA, ROAS, spend, conversions, etc., and schedule them. You can also bulk-automate global strategies across multiple accounts. Optmyzr Help Center
• Hundreds of accounts: Optmyzr explicitly supports automation across as many accounts as you need on its current plans, and has portfolio/multi-account functionality. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Help Center
• Reporting: You can create reusable, branded/white-label templates and multi-account reports spanning Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, LinkedIn, and Analytics. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Help Center
• Agency workflows: Portfolio-level rules, KPI/budget alerts, scheduled reports, and Slack/Teams alerts are useful when you have an ops team managing a large account base. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Help Center

How I'd rank the options

The important distinction: if you're managing 300+ accounts, I wouldn't build the agency around a reporting tool like Looker Studio. I'd use something like Optmyzr as the execution/automation layer, and potentially have a separate data warehouse/BI layer for your agency-wide reporting.

For example, you could standardize rules like:

If 7-day spend > $X and CPA > target by 30% → reduce budget 15%
If spend > $Y with zero conversions → pause
If ROAS > target by 40% → increase budget 10%
If account is pacing >110% of monthly budget → alert + reduce budgets
If conversion volume suddenly drops → alert Slack + freeze automated changes

Optmyzr is well suited to this type of standardized agency playbook. It also supports multi-account reporting and aggregation rather than forcing you to generate a report separately for every client account. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Help Center

One caveat: if your hundreds of accounts are almost entirely Google Ads and you have a serious engineering team, I'd also consider building a custom Google Ads API/Scripts layer. You can ultimately get much more control and potentially lower marginal costs. But for agency operations without wanting to maintain a substantial software product, I'd choose Optmyzr.

If you tell me roughly how many Google / Meta / Microsoft accounts you have, monthly managed spend, and whether your priority is cost, automation depth, or reporting, I can give you a much more specific Optmyzr vs Marin vs SA360 vs custom API recommendation.

If you’re running a performance marketing agency with hundreds of ad accounts, my first choice would be Optmyzr.

It’s particularly strong when the goal is not just reporting, but actually operating hundreds of accounts at scale.

My shortlist

Why I'd pick Optmyzr for your use case

1. Rules are genuinely useful at agency scale.
You can build conditional strategies and run them automatically across accounts—not just basic "if X, then Y" rules. It supports Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and LinkedIn. help.optmyzr.com

For example:

If CPA > target by 20% AND spend > $500 → reduce bid 10%
If ROAS > target by 30% → increase budget 15%
If campaign is underpacing → reallocate budget
If a keyword spends $X without a conversion → pause it

You can also incorporate external data, such as CRM, margin, inventory or spreadsheet data, into the automation logic. help.optmyzr.com

2. The cross-account layer is exactly what you want with hundreds of accounts.
Its All Accounts Dashboard lets you see performance, pacing, account health and optimization signals across connected accounts rather than logging into accounts individually. help.optmyzr.com

3. Reporting is built for agencies.
You can create reusable report templates, apply them across accounts, combine multiple ad platforms, and schedule delivery. It supports multi-account and cross-platform reporting. www.optmyzr.com

4. It has more sophisticated budget automation.
For example, budget monitors can operate across groups of accounts, while its budget tools can recommend/reallocate spend based on ROAS, CPA, conversions, etc. help.optmyzr.com

Where I'd consider something else

If you're talking about hundreds of accounts and tens/hundreds of millions in annual spend, I'd also demo Skai and Marin. They're more enterprise-oriented and may make sense if you need very sophisticated portfolio management, forecasting and governance.

But if your agency is, say, 100–500 Google/Microsoft/Meta accounts, and your main pain is:

• bulk edits
• standardized optimization rules
• budget management
• automated monitoring
• account-level alerts
• client reporting
• cross-account visibility
• reducing account-manager headcount/time

…I'd start with Optmyzr.

One important distinction: Google Ads Editor is arguably better for raw one-time bulk structural edits, but it's not an agency operating system. Optmyzr is much more compelling when you want the changes, automation, monitoring and reporting to run continuously across a large account portfolio. www.optmyzr.com

If you tell me roughly how many accounts you have, monthly ad spend, and the platform mix (e.g. 70% Google / 20% Meta / 10% Microsoft), I can give you a much more specific recommendation between Optmyzr, Skai, Marin, Smartly and a custom API/AI stack.

If you’re running a performance marketing agency across hundreds of ad accounts, my first choice would be Optmyzr.

optmyzr.com

Why I’d pick Optmyzr

For your specific use case, it hits the three things you mentioned unusually well:

• Bulk changes across accounts: You can build optimization strategies and apply them across multiple accounts rather than managing each account individually.
• Automated rules: Its Rule Engine supports custom if/then logic, scheduled execution, alerts, and fully automated actions. You can duplicate strategies across accounts. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization
• Reporting at scale: The All Accounts Dashboard and Report Scheduler can generate reports across large numbers of accounts, including combined multi-platform reports. Optmyzr Help Center Optmyzr Help Center
• Agency-friendly: It supports Google, Microsoft and Amazon Ads, with cross-account dashboards and automation. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization
• Enterprise scale: Optmyzr specifically offers custom dashboards, integrations and workflows for large PPC teams, including migration of existing automation/reporting setups. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization

How I'd rank the options

One important distinction: if the hundreds of accounts are predominantly Google Ads, I'd seriously consider building your stack around Google Ads Manager Accounts + Google Ads Scripts/API, potentially with Optmyzr on top. Google itself supports cross-account scripts and manager-level automated rules; manager accounts can have rules operating across up to 1,000 accounts. Google Support Google Support

But if your goal is "give my agency one operating system where account managers can create, deploy, monitor and report on automation without everything becoming a software engineering project", I'd choose Optmyzr.

The setup I'd use for a 100–500+ account agency

Optmyzr → automation/control layer

Google/Microsoft/Meta APIs → platform data/action layer

Looker Studio / Power BI → client-facing reporting layer

Then standardize things like:

• Budget pacing rules
• CPA/ROAS guardrails
• Spend anomaly detection
• Campaign enable/disable rules
• Search-term management
• Bid/budget adjustments
• Performance alerts
• Account health audits
• Weekly/monthly client reports
• Cross-account executive dashboards

The really valuable part is standardizing your agency's "playbook" into reusable rules. Optmyzr's Rule Engine is designed around exactly that—strategies can be duplicated and automated across multiple accounts. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization

If you tell me roughly how many accounts you have, what % are Google vs Meta vs Microsoft, monthly ad spend, and whether you have developers, I can give you a much more specific recommendation—including Optmyzr vs Marin vs Skai vs building your own internal system, and what I'd use at 100, 500 and 1,000 accounts.

Google/Microsoft/Meta APIs → platform data/action layer

Looker Studio / Power BI → client-facing reporting layer

Then standardize things like:

For an agency managing hundreds of ad accounts, my first choice would be Optmyzr—especially if your priorities are bulk changes + sophisticated automated rules + agency-grade reporting.

optmyzr.com

Why I'd pick Optmyzr

• Bulk changes: You can apply optimization strategies across accounts rather than manually working inside each Google Ads account. Its Rule Engine supports Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and LinkedIn Ads. Optmyzr Help Optmyzr Help
• Automated rules: This is probably its biggest advantage. You can build if/then strategies such as: - If CPA > target by 20% → reduce bid/budget
• If ROAS > target → increase budget
• If spend > X with zero conversions → pause
• If campaign is pacing behind target → adjust budget
• Alert when budgets, tracking, or performance change
• Cross-account automation: Global strategies can be deployed across multiple accounts, and Optmyzr supports bulk automation of strategies. Optmyzr Help
• Reporting: You can build reusable, branded templates and generate multi-account reports across Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, LinkedIn, and Analytics. Reports can be scheduled and white-labeled. Optmyzr Help Optmyzr Help
• Agency scalability: The important distinction is that it isn't merely a reporting dashboard—it actually lets your team operationalize optimization workflows.

How I'd rank the options

For your particular use case, I'd lean Optmyzr over Skai unless you're operating at a very large enterprise level and need broader media-management capabilities. Optmyzr is particularly focused on hands-on PPC optimization and rule-based automation. Optmyzr Google Ads Optimization

One important caveat

If Meta is a huge portion of your business, I'd specifically test Optmyzr's Meta automation before committing. It now supports portfolio-level Meta Rule Engine strategies, including things like bulk budget adjustments and pausing non-converting ads. Optmyzr Help

If you're primarily Google Ads, though, I'd be quite comfortable putting Optmyzr at the top of the shortlist.

If you tell me roughly how many accounts you manage (e.g. 100 / 500 / 2,000), your monthly ad spend, and whether it's mostly Google, Meta, or both, I can give you a much more specific recommendation—including which platform I'd use for bulk operations, rules, reporting, and client dashboards.

If you're running a performance marketing agency with hundreds of ad accounts, my first choice would be Optmyzr.

It’s particularly strong if your core needs are bulk execution + automated rules + cross-account reporting, rather than just dashboards.

My ranking

Why I'd pick Optmyzr

Its Rule Engine can make bulk changes across Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, Meta, Amazon and LinkedIn, and those strategies can be scheduled to run automatically. help.optmyzr.comhelp.optmyzr.com

More importantly for an agency, you can create global strategies and automate them across multiple accounts, rather than maintaining hundreds of individual rules. help.optmyzr.com

For reporting, its Multi-Account Report functionality can combine Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, LinkedIn and GA data into reports spanning multiple accounts. help.optmyzr.comhelp.optmyzr.com

And you can incorporate external data into rules—for example, CRM data or Google Sheets—to trigger changes in your advertising accounts. That's a big deal if your agency optimizes toward revenue, qualified leads, inventory, margins, etc., rather than just platform conversions. help.optmyzr.com

Where MarinOne is interesting

I'd seriously evaluate MarinOne if you're talking about hundreds/thousands of accounts and sophisticated enterprise operations.

Marin explicitly supports unlimited client accounts and says it is designed for managing hundreds or thousands of smaller advertisers. It also has cross-client reporting, unified grids, bulk editing and Python-based custom automation. www.marinsoftware.com

Its reporting is especially mature: you can run recurring reports across multiple clients and aggregate them into a single report. www.marinsoftware.com

My recommendation for an agency

<50 accounts: Optmyzr
50–500 accounts: Optmyzr is where I'd start
500–thousands + enterprise complexity: evaluate Optmyzr vs. MarinOne
Mostly Google + technical team: Google Ads API/Scripts + your own reporting layer can eventually be more flexible.

One important distinction: if you're looking for a tool that actually makes changes across hundreds of accounts, don't choose based primarily on reporting/dashboard quality. I'd prioritize:

1. Global rules / reusable automation
2. Bulk editing across accounts
3. Preview + approval before changes
4. Change logs / auditability
5. API reliability and account limits
6. External data/CRM inputs
7. Cross-client reporting
8. Budget pacing and automated reallocations

For your use case, Optmyzr is probably the best all-around starting point. Its current feature set is unusually close to the "agency operating system for PPC" you're describing. help.optmyzr.com

If you tell me roughly how many accounts, which platforms (Google/Meta/Microsoft/etc.), and whether you're managing lead gen or ecommerce, I can give you a much more specific Optmyzr vs MarinOne vs custom API stack recommendation, including what I'd automate first.

For a performance marketing agency managing hundreds of ad accounts, my first choice would be Optmyzr.

It’s particularly well matched to your use case because it combines bulk account management + rules/automation + cross-account reporting rather than being primarily a reporting tool.

My shortlist

Why I'd start with Optmyzr

• Bulk changes: Make changes across large numbers of Google/Microsoft accounts without manually entering each account. Its Campaign Automator and other tools are designed specifically around scaling repetitive work. help.optmyzr.com
• Automated rules: Its Rule Engine lets you build custom if/then strategies, apply them across accounts, preview changes, and schedule them. It also supports external data, which is useful if you want rules based on CRM, margin, inventory, etc. help.optmyzr.com
• Cross-account management: You can create portfolio-level strategies and apply them across multiple accounts. help.optmyzr.com
• Reporting: Multi-account reporting can combine Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and LinkedIn data, while scheduled reports can automatically go to clients/team members. help.optmyzr.com
• Agency workflow: Their Account Blueprints let you standardize recurring tasks across multiple accounts—which is especially useful when you're trying to turn agency processes into repeatable SOPs. help.optmyzr.com

When I'd choose something else

MarinOne would be my second choice if you're operating at a very large enterprise scale and want more sophisticated cross-publisher optimization. Marin specifically targets agencies with bulk editing, scheduled changes, automated workflows and cross-client reporting. www.marinsoftware.com

Skai becomes more interesting if your agency is heavily omnichannel—Google/Microsoft + Meta + retail media—and you want algorithmic optimization in addition to rules. It has bulk editing, bulksheets, custom automated actions, portfolio optimization and scheduled reporting. skai.io

What I'd do in your position

If your stack is primarily Google Ads + Microsoft Ads, I'd trial Optmyzr first.

If you're managing hundreds of accounts, I'd evaluate the tools on four specific workflows rather than sitting through generic demos:

1. "Change X across 200 accounts" — how fast/easily can you execute and roll it back?
2. "If CPA > X for 7 days, do Y" — how sophisticated are the rules and what approval/preview/audit trail exists?
3. "Generate 300 client reports every Monday" — how much customization and white-labeling do you get?
4. "Agency-wide dashboard" — can your account managers see their portfolio while you see everything?

One important distinction: Looker Studio/AgencyAnalytics-style tools are better if reporting is your main problem. But if your real pain is "we have hundreds of accounts and too much repetitive account-management work," I'd use an execution/automation platform like Optmyzr as the core system.

If you tell me roughly how many Google/Microsoft/Meta accounts you manage and your monthly ad spend, I can narrow this down to the best 2–3 options and tell you what I'd actually buy.

For an agency managing hundreds of ad accounts, my first recommendation would be Optmyzr.

It’s particularly strong if your requirements are bulk changes + automated rules + cross-account reporting, rather than just bid management.

My shortlist

Why I'd pick Optmyzr

1. Rules are substantially more powerful than native Google rules.
You can build custom if/then strategies, schedule them, duplicate them across accounts, and either have them automatically execute or require review. It can also incorporate external data such as CRM or spreadsheet data into the rules. help.optmyzr.com

For example:

If 7-day CPA > target by 20% AND spend > $500 → reduce budget 15%
If ROAS > target by 30% → increase budget 10%
If spend > $X with zero conversions → pause
If conversion volume drops unusually → alert Slack

That's much closer to an agency-wide operating system than individual account rules.

2. You can deploy the same strategy across many accounts.
Optmyzr specifically supports duplicating and automating Rule Engine strategies across multiple accounts, which is important when you have standardized playbooks across hundreds of clients. www.optmyzr.com

3. Reporting is built around agencies.
You can create a report once and reuse it across accounts, schedule delivery, and produce multi-account/cross-platform reporting. It supports Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, LinkedIn and GA4 data. help.optmyzr.com

4. It has an actual cross-account operating layer.
You can monitor portfolios rather than jumping through individual MCCs, and its automation/alerting can operate across multiple accounts. help.optmyzr.comwww.marinsoftware.com

Where I'd consider Marin

Marin Software is worth evaluating if you're more enterprise/performance-management oriented.

Its Multi-edit functionality lets you change budgets, bids, CPCs, dimensions, etc. across accounts/publishers, with an activity log for auditing. www.marinsoftware.com

I'd lean Optmyzr for an agency, though, particularly if your team wants to build lots of repeatable optimization playbooks without having engineers maintain them.

One important distinction

If by "bulk changes" you mean "I want to change 500 campaigns' settings/copy/URLs/targeting in one operation", I'd actually use:

Optmyzr + Google Ads Editor

Google Ads Editor remains extremely good for raw structural bulk editing, while Optmyzr handles the automation, rules, monitoring, and reporting layer. Optmyzr itself notes this distinction: Editor is excellent for fast structural changes, while Optmyzr adds cross-account intelligence and automation. www.optmyzr.com

If you're managing 100–500+ accounts, that's the stack I'd investigate first.

If you tell me roughly how many Google vs. Meta vs. Microsoft accounts you manage, monthly spend, and whether you need client-facing white-label reporting, I can narrow this down to the 2–3 tools I'd actually demo and what I'd expect to pay for each.

For an agency managing hundreds of ad accounts, I’d put Optmyzr at the top of the shortlist—especially if your core work is Google Ads + Microsoft Ads, with Meta/Amazon/LinkedIn also in the mix.

My ranking

Why I'd start with Optmyzr

Its Rule Engine is particularly relevant to what you're describing. You can create custom if/then strategies, preview changes, and then schedule them across accounts. It supports Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and LinkedIn Ads. help.optmyzr.com

For example, you could build agency-wide rules like:

• Pause keywords when spend > $X and CPA > target
• Increase/decrease budgets based on ROAS
• Flag campaigns spending without conversions
• Detect abnormal conversion drops
• Apply standardized campaign/keyword changes across hundreds of accounts
• Use external CRM/lead-quality data in your rules
• Automatically monitor account changes and alert your team

Importantly, Optmyzr can use external data in its rules, so you aren't limited to the metrics exposed directly by Google Ads. help.optmyzr.com

Reporting is another strong point

You can create a report template once and reuse it across accounts, with scheduled delivery. It supports multi-account and cross-platform reporting across Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, LinkedIn and GA4. www.optmyzr.com

That makes it much more attractive for an agency than cobbling together:

Google Ads Editor + scripts + Looker Studio + spreadsheets + Zapier

Once you're at several hundred accounts, the operational complexity of that stack becomes significant.

When I'd choose Marin instead

Marin Software is the other one I'd seriously demo.

Marin is particularly interesting if you're operating at enterprise/agency scale. It explicitly supports unlimited ad accounts, cross-client reporting, bulk editing across publishers, automated reporting, alerts, custom dashboards, and Python-based automation. www.marinsoftware.com

I'd lean Marin over Optmyzr if your agency has a substantial engineering/ops team and you want to build your own automation layer on top of the platform/API.

My recommendation for your situation

If you're asking because you're trying to replace a bunch of manual work across hundreds of client accounts, I'd do this:

1. Demo Optmyzr first.
Focus the demo specifically on Rule Engine, cross-account operations, bulk edits, account segmentation, automation safeguards, and reporting.

2. Demo Marin second.
Ask them to demonstrate the same exact workflows rather than giving you a generic platform demo.

3. Don't evaluate them primarily on bid optimization.
For an agency at your scale, I'd care more about:

• Can I make a change across 300 accounts safely?
• Can I apply different logic to different client/account groups?
• Can I preview/approve changes?
• Can I roll back or audit changes?
• Can rules use our proprietary KPIs?
• Can my team manage hundreds of automations without chaos?
• Can one reporting template serve hundreds of clients?
• Can I export data to our warehouse?
• Can we use APIs/scripts when the native functionality isn't enough?

Optmyzr is my default pick; Marin is the one I'd benchmark it against.

If you tell me roughly how many Google / Meta / Microsoft accounts you manage, monthly ad spend, and whether you need true cross-platform automation or primarily Google Ads, I can narrow this down considerably—and tell you what I'd actually buy for a 100-, 500-, or 1,000-account agency.

For an agency managing hundreds of ad accounts, my first choice would be Optmyzr.

It is unusually well aligned with the three things you mentioned: bulk execution, automated rules, and agency-level reporting.

My shortlist

1. Optmyzr — my recommendation

Optmyzr's Rule Engine lets you build conditional strategies and run them automatically across Google, Microsoft and Amazon Ads. You can also incorporate external data, such as CRM or spreadsheet data, into rules. www.optmyzr.com

For an agency, the bigger advantage is the cross-account layer. Its All Accounts Dashboard lets you monitor accounts, budgets, performance and optimization signals centrally. help.optmyzr.com

Reporting is also strong: you can create templates once, reuse them across accounts, schedule delivery, and produce multi-account/multi-platform reports covering Google, Microsoft, Meta, LinkedIn, Amazon and GA4. www.optmyzr.com

I'd particularly consider it if you want workflows like:

"Across all client accounts, if CPA is > 120% of target for 7 days AND spend > $500, reduce budget 15%, notify the account manager, and log the change."

Or:

"Every Monday, identify campaigns pacing >110% of monthly budget and automatically adjust them according to client-specific rules."

That's where it becomes substantially more useful than just Google Ads Editor.

2. Marin — if you're truly enterprise-scale

Marin Software would be my second choice, and potentially #1 if you're managing hundreds/thousands of accounts across multiple publishers and sophisticated data sources.

Marin specifically markets unlimited client accounts, cross-client reporting, bulk editing across publishers, automated workflows, Python scripting, APIs and data-warehouse integrations. www.optmyzr.comhelp.optmyzr.comwww.optmyzr.comwww.marinsoftware.comadalysis.com

The distinction I'd make is:

• Optmyzr: better PPC practitioner/optimization workflow.
• Marin: better if you're building an enterprise-scale marketing operations layer.

3. Adalysis — excellent if you're mostly Google/Microsoft

Adalysis is worth evaluating, particularly if your agency is heavily search-focused.

It supports bulk updates, cross-account monitoring, automated rules, budget automation, 100+ automated audits, alerts and white-label reporting. adalysis.com

I'd put it ahead of Marin if your operation is primarily Google + Microsoft PPC and you want a relatively focused PPC optimization product rather than a broader enterprise platform.

One important caveat

If "bulk changes" is your #1 requirement—e.g. changing thousands of ads/keywords/settings at once—I'd actually use a hybrid stack:

Optmyzr + Google Ads Editor + scripts/API

Google itself supports cross-account scripts through an MCC, including large-scale customized changes and reporting. support.google.com

That gives you:

• Editor → massive structural edits
• Optmyzr → no-code rules, optimization, monitoring and reporting
• Scripts/API → proprietary agency automations that aren't possible in the UI

For a performance agency with hundreds of accounts, that's the stack I'd investigate first.

If you tell me roughly (1) Google vs Meta vs Microsoft account mix, (2) number of accounts, (3) monthly managed spend, and (4) whether you have developers, I can narrow this down to the best 2–3 options and compare pricing, API limits, white-label reporting, automation depth, and account scalability.

For an agency managing hundreds of ad accounts, my first recommendation would be Optmyzr.

It’s particularly well suited to the combination you described: bulk changes + automated rules + cross-account management + client reporting.

My shortlist

Why I'd pick Optmyzr

1. Rules across accounts

Its Rule Engine lets you build conditional strategies and run them on a schedule. Importantly, it isn't limited to simple "if X > Y, do Z" rules—you can incorporate external data and more sophisticated logic. help.optmyzr.comhelp.optmyzr.com

For example:

If CPA > target by 20% AND spend > $500 AND conversion volume > 5 → decrease bids 10%.

Or:

If a campaign is pacing >110% of monthly budget → reduce budget according to predefined guardrails.

You can apply these strategies across large groups of accounts rather than rebuilding them individually.

2. It goes beyond Google

Optmyzr currently supports Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and LinkedIn in its automation/reporting ecosystem. Its Rule Engine specifically supports bulk actions across Google, Microsoft, Meta and LinkedIn. help.optmyzr.com

That's a major advantage for an agency because you can standardize your operating procedures rather than having:

• Google rules
• Meta rules
• Microsoft scripts
• spreadsheets
• Zapier
• custom reporting
• etc.

all operating independently.

3. Cross-account reporting is very strong

You can create reusable report templates and deploy them across accounts, with scheduled delivery. Its reporting can combine Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, LinkedIn and GA4 data. www.optmyzr.com

So you could have something like:

Agency Executive Report

• Spend
• Revenue
• ROAS
• CPA
• MoM/YoY
• pacing
• top winners/losers

…and apply the same reporting framework to 200+ clients/accounts.

4. Bulk budget management

This is another area I'd pay attention to at your scale. Optmyzr has portfolio-level budget tools, including budget pacing, automated budget adjustments and guardrails. help.optmyzr.com

That becomes extremely valuable when you're managing hundreds of accounts because budget pacing itself becomes an operational problem.

Where I'd not use Optmyzr alone

If by "bulk changes" you primarily mean mass campaign construction/editing, I'd still keep Google Ads Editor in your stack.

For example:

• clone campaigns
• restructure campaigns
• replace ad copy
• change match types
• massive CSV edits
• initial campaign builds

Google Ads Editor remains extremely fast for that kind of hands-on structural work.

Then I'd use Optmyzr as the agency automation/operations layer sitting above it.

The stack I'd build for a 100–500 account agency

I'd probably structure it like this:

Ad platforms
→ Google / Microsoft / Meta

Execution
→ Google Ads Editor + Optmyzr

Automation
→ Optmyzr Rule Engine

Budget/pacing
→ Optmyzr Budget Tools

Reporting
→ Optmyzr reports/dashboards

CRM / internal data
→ HubSpot / Salesforce / Sheets / your BI system

Custom edge cases
→ API/scripts

That gives your team a pretty powerful model:

Human sets strategy → automation executes → exceptions get escalated → humans review.

Optmyzr also supports external data inputs, so you can eventually make rules based on things that aren't available inside the ad platforms—such as CRM data, inventory, margins or profitability. help.optmyzr.comhelp.optmyzr.com

One important caveat

At hundreds of accounts, I wouldn't choose based on "which tool has the coolest automation."

I'd evaluate account limits, API throughput, permissions, auditability, approval workflows, white-labeling, pricing model, and how rules are deployed across portfolios. Those become much more important than individual optimization features.

If you tell me roughly how many Google / Meta / Microsoft accounts you manage, your monthly ad spend, and whether you're mostly lead gen or ecommerce, I can give you a specific Optmyzr vs MarinOne vs Skai comparison and what I'd actually deploy at your scale.

For an agency managing hundreds of ad accounts, I’d shortlist Optmyzr and Marin first. My default recommendation would be Optmyzr if your core need is Google/Microsoft/Amazon Ads optimization and rule-based automation; Marin becomes more compelling if you need a broader, enterprise-style cross-account reporting/operations layer.

My ranking

1. Optmyzr — my pick for most performance agencies

Optmyzr

This is probably where I'd start. Its Rule Engine lets you build if/then optimization logic and run it automatically across accounts, while its All Accounts Dashboard is specifically designed for managing portfolios of accounts. It also supports scheduled reporting, alerts, scripts, and bulk operations. help.optmyzr.com

A particularly useful feature at your scale is global strategies: you can create a strategy once and automate it across multiple accounts rather than maintaining hundreds of individual rules. help.optmyzr.com

For example:

If 7-day CPA > target × 1.3 AND spend > $500 → reduce budget 15%
If ROAS > target × 1.5 AND impression share < 70% → increase budget 10%
If spend > $X with zero conversions → pause
If campaign hasn't spent 80% of daily budget by 6pm → increase bids/budget

You can also run these in preview mode first, which is important when you're letting automation touch hundreds of client accounts. help.optmyzr.com

2. Marin — I'd seriously consider it at 500+ accounts

Marin Software

Marin is particularly strong if your agency thinks in terms of clients → portfolios → accounts → campaigns rather than individual account optimization.

It has multi-account/multi-publisher editing, spreadsheet-based bulk changes, cross-client reporting, recurring reports, automated alerts, and an API. Marin explicitly positions its agency product for hundreds or thousands of smaller advertisers and supports unlimited ad accounts. www.marinsoftware.com

The cross-client reporting is especially interesting for an agency: you can aggregate selected clients or groups of clients into reports and segment them with client tags. support.marinsoftware.com

3. Skai — if you're becoming an enterprise operation

Skai

Skai has excellent bulk editing/bulksheets, advanced automated actions, algorithmic optimization, and scheduled reporting across advertising channels. skai.io

I'd look at it if you're managing large budgets across Google + Microsoft + Amazon + paid social and want a more enterprise-grade platform rather than primarily a PPC optimization tool.

What I'd do in your position

If you're primarily a Google Ads agency with hundreds of accounts, I'd trial:

Optmyzr → first choice
Marin → second choice / potentially better at very large scale
Skai → if you're heavily multi-channel/enterprise

The important distinction is that you're not really looking for a "reporting tool." You're looking for an agency operating system for paid media:

Account management → bulk editing → rules → alerts → approvals → reporting → audit trail → API/data export

That's why I'd favor Optmyzr/Marin over something like a pure dashboard/reporting product.

If you tell me roughly how many accounts (100 / 500 / 1,000+), which platforms (Google, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, TikTok), and your approximate monthly ad spend, I can give you a much more specific recommendation—including which one I'd buy and what the likely pricing structure/tradeoffs are at your scale.

For an agency managing hundreds of ad accounts, my first choice would be Optmyzr—especially if your core need is bulk changes + automated rules + multi-account reporting, rather than sophisticated media buying across every possible channel.

My shortlist

Why I'd start with Optmyzr: its Rule Engine can make bulk changes across Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, Meta and LinkedIn, and rules can run automatically on schedules. help.optmyzr.com

For reporting, it has multi-account reporting and an All Accounts Dashboard, plus scheduled reports that can be reused across accounts and branded for clients. help.optmyzr.com

It also specifically supports bulk automation of global strategies across multiple accounts, which is pretty close to the workflow I'd want for an agency operating at your scale. help.optmyzr.com

Where I'd consider Marin instead

Marin becomes particularly interesting if you're talking hundreds-to-thousands of accounts and want a more enterprise-grade operating layer. Marin explicitly supports unlimited client accounts, cross-client reporting, bulk edits across publishers, automated workflows, Python scripting and an API. www.marinsoftware.com

Its reporting is especially strong for agencies: you can run reports across multiple clients, schedule them, and push data into other systems. www.marinsoftware.com

And Skai?

Skai is the one I'd investigate if your agency is operating more like an enterprise trading desk. It has bulk editing/bulksheets, advanced automated actions, custom optimization algorithms, portfolio-level bid/budget optimization, and cross-channel reporting. skai.io

But for a typical performance agency, I'd expect Optmyzr to give you a better balance of power, usability and agency-focused workflows.

One important caveat: at hundreds of Google Ads accounts, you need to architect around Google's MCC execution limits. Google currently limits an MCC-level script to 50 accounts per simultaneous run, which Optmyzr documents as well. help.optmyzr.com

What I'd do in your shoes

I'd evaluate Optmyzr vs. Marin, with these five tests:

1. Bulk budget changes: e.g. change budgets across 300 accounts based on spend/pacing.
2. Global rules: create one rule and deploy it across all applicable client accounts.
3. Exception management: surface only accounts/campaigns requiring attention.
4. Client reporting: automatically generate 100+ branded reports without touching them.
5. API/data export: get the data into your own warehouse/BI system so you're not locked into the platform.

If you tell me roughly how many Google Ads vs Meta accounts you manage, monthly ad spend, and whether you need Google/Microsoft/Meta/TikTok all in one system, I can give you a much more specific recommendation—including which one I'd actually buy and what I'd use alongside it.

For an agency managing hundreds of ad accounts, my first choice would be Optmyzr.

My ranking

Why I'd pick Optmyzr for your use case: its Rule Engine is specifically designed around custom if/then automation, bulk changes, and scheduled execution. It supports Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, Amazon, Meta and LinkedIn, and can apply strategies across multiple accounts. help.optmyzr.com

For example, you could build rules like:

• If CPA > $X after 30 conversions → reduce budget 15%
• If ROAS > target by 20% → increase budget 10%
• If spend > $X with zero conversions → pause keyword
• If campaign is pacing > 120% of monthly budget → reduce budget
• If branded campaign CPC jumps > 30% → alert account manager
• Automatically pause ads/campaigns matching certain conditions
• Run the same optimization framework across hundreds of client accounts

It also has bulk automation of strategies, including making global strategies that can be automated across multiple accounts. help.optmyzr.com

Reporting is another big reason

Optmyzr has multi-account reporting and scheduled reporting. You can aggregate Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Analytics and other data into reports, with scheduled delivery to clients/stakeholders. help.optmyzr.com

So you can essentially build:

Account data → automated QA → automated optimization → alerts → client reporting

without your team logging into every individual account.

Where I'd choose Skai instead

Skai is worth serious consideration if you're operating more like an enterprise media-buying organization. It has bulk editing/bulksheets, advanced automated actions, custom algorithms, portfolio optimization and automated reporting. skai.io

I'd lean Skai over Optmyzr if you need sophisticated cross-channel/enterprise media management. I'd lean Optmyzr if your core problem is "we have hundreds of PPC accounts and need our team to automate the repetitive optimization work."

One important caveat

If by "hundreds of ad accounts" you mean hundreds of Google Ads + Meta + TikTok + LinkedIn accounts, I'd evaluate the stack differently than if you're primarily Google/Microsoft.

If you tell me roughly how many accounts you have on Google, Meta, Microsoft, TikTok, etc., and what you want automated, I can give you a 3-tool shortlist with approximate agency pricing, API/account limits, automation capabilities, and which one I'd actually deploy.

For an agency managing hundreds of ad accounts, my first choice would be Optmyzr—especially if your core channels are Google Ads + Microsoft Ads.

My shortlist

Why I'd pick Optmyzr: its Rule Engine lets you build custom if/then strategies and run them automatically across Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and LinkedIn accounts. It also supports external data, so you can feed in CRM/Google Sheets data and use that to trigger changes. help.optmyzr.com

For an agency, the reporting/workflow layer is probably even more valuable. Optmyzr can schedule reports across multiple accounts and platforms, while its All Accounts Dashboard gives you an agency-wide view. help.optmyzr.com

Where I'd use Google natively

Don't overlook Google Ads Manager Accounts + Scripts. Google lets you run a single script across multiple child accounts, including generating multi-account reports. support.google.com Native manager-account automated rules can cover up to 1,000 accounts, so the scale itself isn't a problem. support.google.com

The distinction I'd make is:

• Google Ads Editor/MCC: excellent for massive one-off structural changes.
• Google Scripts: excellent if you have developers and want highly customized automation.
• Optmyzr: better if you want your media buyers to build, review, schedule and monitor automations without constantly maintaining code.
• MarinOne: worth evaluating if you're operating at a more enterprise level and need unified reporting/optimization across many publishers. Marin specifically positions its agency product around automating hundreds of workflows and unified client/publisher reporting. www.marinsoftware.com

For your agency, I'd probably build this stack

Optmyzr + native MCCs + Looker Studio/your BI layer

Use Optmyzr for things like:

• Budget pacing and automated budget shifts
• CPA/ROAS guardrails
• Pause/enable campaigns based on performance
• Search-term/keyword automation
• Account audits
• Cross-account alerts
• Standardized account blueprints
• Automated client reporting

Then use Google/Microsoft APIs or scripts for the weird/custom stuff that Optmyzr doesn't handle elegantly.

One particularly useful feature at your scale is change-history-based automation: Optmyzr can inspect changes made by other tools/users/scripts and trigger logic based on those changes. That can give an agency much better governance over hundreds of accounts. help.optmyzr.com

If you tell me roughly how many accounts you have, monthly managed spend, and whether they're mostly Google / Meta / Microsoft / TikTok, I can give you a much more specific recommendation—including what I'd use for bulk editing vs rules vs reporting and what I'd avoid paying for twice.

For an agency managing hundreds of ad accounts, my first choice would be Optmyzr.

It is particularly strong when you need bulk operations + rules/automation + cross-account reporting in one system.

Why I'd pick Optmyzr

1. Bulk changes
Its Rule Engine can make bulk changes across Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and LinkedIn accounts, with scheduled automation. help.optmyzr.comwww.optmyzr.com

2. Automated rules
This is probably its biggest advantage for your use case. You can build conditional strategies—e.g.:

If CPA > target by 30% AND spend > $X → reduce budget 15%

and schedule them across accounts. You can also use alerts rather than automatically making the change, which is useful for agency QA. help.optmyzr.com

3. Hundreds of accounts
The All Accounts Dashboard gives you a portfolio-level view of performance, pacing and account health rather than forcing your team to work account-by-account. help.optmyzr.com

4. Reporting
This is where I'd favor it over tools that are primarily optimization platforms. You can create templates once and reuse them across accounts, schedule delivery, and combine Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, LinkedIn and GA4 data into multi-account reports. www.optmyzr.com

The other tools I'd consider

Skai — worth considering if you're a large enterprise agency with sophisticated cross-channel media buying, large budgets and a need for enterprise workflow/governance. I'd generally consider it overkill for a typical performance agency.

Marin Software — historically strong for large-scale paid-search management, though I'd put Optmyzr ahead of it for a modern agency automation/reporting workflow.

Google Ads Editor + Google Ads Scripts — still excellent if you're predominantly Google and have developers. Editor is arguably better for certain massive structural edits, while Scripts give you almost unlimited customization. But you're building/maintaining more of the system yourself.

What I'd do if I ran your agency

I'd probably build the stack as:

Optmyzr → account management + automation + optimization + reporting
Google/Microsoft native platforms → platform-specific functionality
Looker Studio / warehouse → deeper BI and agency-wide business reporting

The important distinction is that Optmyzr isn't merely a reporting dashboard. Its automation layer can actually execute changes, while retaining review/approval workflows for changes where you don't want full autonomy. www.optmyzr.com

For an agency with 100–500+ accounts, that's the part I'd value most.

If you tell me roughly how many accounts, which platforms (Google/Meta/Microsoft/etc.), and whether your biggest pain is bulk editing, rules, or client reporting, I can give you a 3-tool shortlist with estimated cost and exactly what I'd choose for your agency.