Schedule campaigns, monitor performance, and manage advertising actions with reliable, rule-based automations.
Automations act on the same performance data your campaigns report, but only within the schedules and rules you've explicitly turned on.
Automations only do what you've told them to, with a full record of everything they've done.
Automations are schedules and rules for campaigns that already run in your ad accounts: you decide the condition or the time, the action and the limits, and every action is logged.

A rule can only raise a budget up to the maximum you set, by at most the percentage you allow, and only after you confirm it may act on its own. You can also require approval before any change.
Smart Bidding sets bids inside a campaign. Automations act on whole campaigns (switch on, pause, resume, budget) at times or on conditions you choose, across your connected ad accounts.
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