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Scaley vs Synter

Scaley vs Synter AI for Ecom Store Owners

Synter is an ads agent you run from your AI chat, pitched at B2B teams (companies that sell to other companies) and developers. If you run your own store's Google Ads, pick Scaley.

Burning cash on clicks that never buy? Scaley fits your store better. Synter is an ads agent for B2B teams and developers, run from Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT. Its main pages skip Google Shopping. For a store owner on Google Ads, pick Scaley, because Media Buyer reads your live account and names what spent and sold nothing.

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Synter's homepage calls it "the AI Agent media buyer". You add it to Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT as a plug-in (an MCP). You sign in to each ad platform, then ask the agent in chat. Scaley is the AI media buyer for Google Ads I built for store owners. Scaley Consultant reads your screenshots and connects to nothing. Scaley Media Buyer reads the live account, read-only. Scaley Suite makes changes, and only after your yes on each one.

Scaley AI compared with Synter, row by row
FeatureScaleySynter
Built forStore owners running their own Google AdsB2B marketing teams, engineers and multi-client agencies
How you use itLog in and ask. Consultant: send a screenshot. Media Buyer: a one-click, read-only Google Ads connectionA plug-in for Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT (an MCP). Or a code package a developer runs with a secret key. Or its own app
Price modelConsultant $99/mo flat, for all your stores. Media Buyer $99/mo for all your stores + 1% of total ad spend. Suite $199/mo for all your stores + 4% of total ad spendReading is free. Solo $20 a month, Scale $500 a month. Each plan's price comes back as usage credit. Past that, a fee per action
Fee on ad spendMedia Buyer 1%, Suite 4%. Consultant is flatNone. You pay the plan plus usage
Google ShoppingMedia Buyer names the products that spent and sold nothing. Suite's Labelizer sorts every product into Hero, Workhorse or BleedNot mentioned on its homepage, pricing, MCP or integrations pages. Its Google Ads row lists Search, Display, Demand Gen and Performance Max creation
Ad platformsGoogle Ads only43 claimed, some in beta or by request, including Meta, Microsoft, TikTok and Amazon
Who says yesConsultant and Media Buyer change nothing. Suite asks on every changeSolo: approvals 1 by 1. Scale adds a 24/7 Autopilot. Changes above a set limit wait for a person
Free trial3-day free trial. Card required. Cancel anytimeNone stated. Reading is free with no plan. Its MCP page offers $100 in usage with a promo code, checked at signup
RefundsBase fee already paid is not refunded. Media Buyer and Suite carry the Leak GuaranteeFees and usage are "non-refundable" unless the law says otherwise

Where Synter Loses a Store Owner

Nine places a store owner on Google Ads gets less from Synter, each tied to the Synter page it came from.

  1. Who it is built for. The first use case on Synter's homepage is "B2B MARKETING TEAMS". Its pricing page says it is "Designed for engineers and builders". Its pricing page also pitches a plan "For high-volume advertisers, multi-client agencies, and enterprise brands." Scaley is built for one person: the store owner running their own Google Ads. Store owners ask about budget and products. In ZenoX Media's question library, 95 clients asked "Should we increase our ad budget right now?" 438 times. Scaley Media Buyer answers raise-or-hold from what your account did this week.
  2. How you use it. Synter is built to run from an AI chat. You add its plug-in (an MCP) to Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT, sign in to each ad platform, then ask. There is also a code package a developer runs with a secret key. If you have never added a plug-in to Claude or ChatGPT, that is a new job before you get one answer. Its own app skips the plug-in, but a launch there is $25 instead of $5. With Scaley you log in and ask in plain words. The answer comes from your own account. Scaley Consultant needs nothing connected. Send a screenshot and ask. Scaley Media Buyer reads the live account through a one-click, read-only Google Ads connection.
  3. Your Google Shopping campaigns. Synter's homepage, pricing, MCP and integrations pages never say Merchant Center, Google Shopping, Shopping campaign or product feed. Its Google Ads row lists "Search, Display, Demand Gen and Performance Max creation". Scaley Media Buyer reads your live search terms and products. It names what spent and sold nothing. That is where the leak hides: "I’ve been trying Google ads and I’ve spend $400 dollars and got 800 clicks and no sales" (someone trying Google Ads, on Reddit). In ZenoX Media's question library, 120 clients asked "How do I decide which products to remove from my store, and how many can I safely remove at once?" 419 times.
  4. Who says yes. On Solo, Synter says you get "manual 1-by-1 optimization approvals". That is a fair line. Scale adds "24/7 Autonomous ROAS Optimization (Autopilot) and 1-click bulk execution". Its MCP page says new campaigns start paused and daily spend increases are capped. Changes above a set limit wait for a person to approve. I could not find where that limit sits on the pages I read. Scaley Consultant and Media Buyer never change anything. Scaley Suite asks on every change, with the reason next to it.
  5. The bill. Synter's pricing page lists Solo at $20 a month and Scale at $500 a month. Each plan's price comes back as credit you spend on actions. Reading is free. Changes cost money. A pause is $0.05, and any tool without a set price is $0.25. A campaign launch is $5 on MCP, or $25 in its own app. An image is $2 and a video is $27.50. Its pages disagree on top-ups. Its terms charge your card right away "in $30 increments", while its pricing page says month-end. It takes no cut of ad spend. Scaley never bills per call.
  6. At $25,000 of spend. Synter recommends Scale once your ad budget reaches $25,000 a month. Scale is $500 a month per workspace. You can also stay on Solo and pay per action. Scaley Media Buyer is $349 at that spend, less than Scale. Scaley Suite is $1,199, more than Scale. Scaley Consultant stays $99 a month flat.
  7. Trying it. Synter's pricing page does not list a free trial. Its MCP page offers $100 in usage value with a promo code, if you qualify at signup. Live changes need Solo or Scale, card first. Its terms say "Shopify plans do not include a trial." Every Scaley level starts with a 3-day trial, card required.
  8. Leaving. Both say cancel anytime. Synter's terms say cancelling stops future charges, and fees and usage are "non-refundable" unless the law says otherwise. Cancel Scaley any day. The ad spend fee stops that day, and the base fee you already paid is not refunded. Media Buyer and Suite also carry the Leak Guarantee.
  9. Their numbers. Synter's homepage prints "73% Lower CPA", "11X+ Return on ad spend" and "$2M+ Pipeline generated". Its own note says these are "Reported outcomes from different programs." Those are its figures, and I cannot check them. Pipeline is a B2B number. It counts deals still in talks. A store counts orders. Scaley is new. It was trained on data from ZenoX Media, my Google Ads agency: $200M+ in client revenue tracked through our campaigns, across 400+ store accounts. That record is the agency's, not a Scaley result.

Synter fits developers and B2B teams who buy ads on many networks from an AI chat. If Google Shopping pays your bills, start with Scaley Media Buyer. It reads your search terms and products and names what spent and sold nothing.

See the Waste in Your First 3 Days

You get 3 days free on every level, card required, and Media Buyer reads the live account.

  1. Day 1

    Media Buyer Connects. Nothing Changes

    On Media Buyer you sign in with Google and never share a password. The read cannot change a setting. Consultant uploads a file instead.

  2. Then

    You Read What It Found

    Media Buyer names the waste, with the spend next to it. On Suite, each fix waits until you say yes to that line.

  3. Day 3

    You Decide. What You Approved Stays

    On day 3 you decide if the answers earned the bill. Cancel before the trial ends and you pay nothing. Every change you said yes to stays in your account.

We take your card upfront. Your first base fee is charged when your trial ends.

One Monthly Bill, No Per-Call Fees

Once the plan's credits run out, Synter charges per action: $5 per campaign launch through its chat plug-in, $2 per image, $27.50 per video. Scaley Media Buyer is $99/mo for all your stores + 1% of total ad spend, with nothing billed per call. It reads the live account, read-only, and names what spent and sold nothing. Media Buyer and Suite carry the Leak Guarantee. Every month, if the wasted ad spend Scaley shows you is smaller than that month's bill, we refund the whole bill. Wasted spend means money spent in that 30-day billing cycle on search terms and products that, over 14 days, passed Scaley's spend line and made back 1.7 times their cost or less. Your conversion tracking has to be working, your ads have to be running, and your Google Ads account has to stay connected to Scaley. It covers every paid bill. Ask within 14 days of the bill.

3-day free trial. Card required. Cancel anytime

3-Day Free Trial

Scaley Consultant

$99/mo flat

One fee. Any number of stores

Always $99 a month

3-day free trial. Card required. Cancel anytime

  • Trained on ZenoX Media's own data, not forum threads
  • Upload screenshots, CSVs and reports. One straight answer
  • VIP seat included (normally $299/mo)
  • Weekly live calls with Chris, the founder
  • The ZenoX Scaling SOP Vault: every playbook behind our client stores
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Scaley Media Buyer

$99/mo + 1% of total ad spend

One fee. Any number of stores

10 stores, $50K total spend: $99 + $500 = $599 a month. Not $990. The base is paid once.

3-day free trial. Card required. Cancel anytime

Leak Guarantee: any month we show you less waste than your bill, we refund it

See the conditions

Wasted spend means money spent in that 30-day billing cycle on search terms and products that, over 14 days, passed Scaley's spend line and made back 1.7 times their cost or less. Your conversion tracking has to be working, your ads have to be running, and your Google Ads account has to stay connected to Scaley. It covers every paid bill. Ask within 14 days of the bill. Full terms

  • Everything in Scaley Consultant
  • One-click Google Ads connection, read-only
  • Reads live campaign, product and search term data
  • Ask any hour, 24/7. It answers from the live account
  • 1% of your total ad spend. No minimum, no cap
  • Ask Scaley where your money leaks. See the waste right away
  • Weekly live calls with Chris, the founder
3-Day Free Trial

Scaley Suite

$199/mo + 4% of total ad spend

One fee. Any number of stores

10 stores, $50K total spend: $199 + $2,000 = $2,199 a month. Not $1,990. The base is paid once.

3-day free trial. Card required. Cancel anytime

Leak Guarantee: any month we show you less waste than your bill, we refund it

See the conditions

Wasted spend means money spent in that 30-day billing cycle on search terms and products that, over 14 days, passed Scaley's spend line and made back 1.7 times their cost or less. Your conversion tracking has to be working, your ads have to be running, and your Google Ads account has to stay connected to Scaley. It covers every paid bill. Ask within 14 days of the bill. Full terms

  • Everything in Scaley Media Buyer. The Suite can also make changes. Each one waits for your yes
  • More budget for winners, with the reason (Scaling Rules)
  • Every product sorted by the Labelizer: Hero (best earners), Workhorse (steady margin) or Bleed (losing money)
  • New product labels every day, each queued for your yes
  • Finds dead search terms and products daily, queues them to cut
  • The same dashboard ZenoX Media clients use
  • See what to scale, what to cut, and your best price bands
  • Each change waits until you approve that line
  • Ask Scaley where your money leaks. See the waste right away
  • Weekly live calls with Chris, the founder

Pick Scaley If

  • You own the store and run its Google Ads yourself, with no developer and no AI chat plug-in to set up
  • You are burning cash on clicks that never buy. Scaley Media Buyer reads the live search terms and products, read-only, and names what spent and sold nothing
  • Google Shopping carries your sales, and Synter's main pages do not mention it
  • You are terrified to raise the budget and want the call made from what your account did this week
  • You want every change asked first. Scaley Suite asks on each one. Synter's Scale plan adds a 24/7 Autopilot
  • A refund rule matters to you. Scaley Media Buyer and Suite carry the Leak Guarantee. Synter's terms say fees are "non-refundable"
  • Nobody to ask, and no way to judge the help you get. Scaley Media Buyer answers from your live account, trained on 262,792 messages in ZenoX Media's own Slack

Pick Synter If

  • Meta, Microsoft, TikTok or Amazon are in your mix too. Synter says it runs ads on 43 platforms, some in beta or by request. Scaley covers Google only
  • You spend big and want no cut of ad spend. Synter bills the plan plus usage. It takes no percent of spend
  • You want a free look first. Reading your accounts on Synter is free with no plan, and Solo is $20 a month
  • You want campaigns built for you. Synter creates Search, Display, Demand Gen and Performance Max campaigns, and makes images and video per call
Bottom line

If you own the store and run its Google Ads, pick Scaley. Pick Synter if you are a developer or a B2B team buying on many networks from an AI chat. Start with Scaley Media Buyer. It reads the live account, read-only, and names what spent and sold nothing.

Questions About Synter, Answered

Synter is an ads agent you run from Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT through a plug-in (an MCP server). It calls itself "the AI Agent media buyer" and says it runs ads on 43 platforms, Google Ads among them. On Google Ads it can read, build and change campaigns. Read on synterai.com, 11 November 2026.

Ask Where Your Ad Money Went

Scaley Media Buyer connects read-only. Within minutes of connecting, it names the search terms and products that lost money.

3-day free trial. Card required. Cancel anytime