Pacing Console vs Two Minute Reports: a reporting tool with pacing, or a pacing tool
By the PlanConversion Strategy Team.
Two Minute Reports is a marketing reporting tool that pulls 35+ sources into its own dashboards, Google Sheets and Looker Studio, and its Goals page tracks spend against a budget with projected spend and the daily spend needed; All-in starts at $97 a month ($81 billed yearly) for 3 accounts per connector, with unlimited users. Pacing Console is built only to pace Google Ads, Microsoft Ads and LinkedIn Ads: hourly cut-to-date pace, a daily email of off-pace campaigns and, on Pro at $49 USD per workspace a month, one-click budget changes and CRM pipeline by campaign. Pick Two Minute Reports for client reporting across many channels, including Meta and TikTok; pick Pacing Console when landing budgets and acting on them is the job.
Pacing Console at a glance
- What it is
- A budget pacing tool from PlanConversion: hourly pace for every campaign, month-end forecasts and the daily budget that lands the month
- Platforms
- Google Ads, Microsoft Ads and LinkedIn Ads
- CRM
- HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, or any CRM by CSV or API: lifecycle stage counts by campaign (Pro)
- Pipeline and revenue
- Enterprise: opportunities, pipeline value, average deal size, won revenue, customers, win rate, pipeline-to-spend, ROAS and CAC for every campaign, credited to the campaign that first brought in the contact
- 1 month free
- First month free at any spend, for up to 3 users. Then Pro, or the workspace pauses with its data kept
- Pro
- $49 USD per workspace a month, or $490 USD a year (12 months for the price of 10); 10 users included, then $5 USD per extra user
- Enterprise
- $1,500 USD a month, billed annually, 10 users included, then $20 USD per extra user a month
- With Link Console
- Pro: add Link Console for $39 USD a month, so both products are $88 USD per workspace a month ($880 USD a year); Enterprise adds Link Console for $199 USD a month for all users. One account for both products: the same login, team and billing
- Start and sign-in
- First month free, no credit card; Google or Microsoft sign-in
At a glance
| Criterion | Pacing Console | Two Minute Reports |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A budget pacing tool for Google Ads, Microsoft Ads and LinkedIn Ads, set up in about 15 minutes | A reporting tool and data connector: 35+ connectors into its own dashboards, Google Sheets, Looker Studio (listed as Google Data Studio) and AI tools by API and MCP |
| Price | First month free for up to 3 users at any spend; then Pro $49 USD per workspace a month or $490 USD a year, 10 users included, then $5 USD per extra user; Enterprise $1,500 USD a month, billed annually, with 10 users included, then $20 USD per extra user | All-in $97 a month ($81 billed yearly) for 3 accounts per connector, $297 ($248) for 30, $597 ($498) for 100; Enterprise by quote |
| Users | Pro includes 10 users, then $5 USD per extra user | Unlimited seats on All-in |
| Trial | First month free, no credit card | 14-day trial, no credit card |
| Ad platforms | Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, LinkedIn Ads | Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, Microsoft Ads and more |
| Data refresh | Hourly | Scheduled hourly, daily, weekly or monthly |
| Pacing calculation | Expected spend cut to the hour the data was pulled, in your time zone, with weekday-only schedules and a pace tolerance band | Goals page tracks spend against a monthly, quarterly, yearly or one-time budget, with spent, remaining, projected spend and daily spend needed; budgets can be filtered to campaigns |
| Forecast | Month-end spend, conversions and cost per conversion; P10 to P90 range from the last seven days on Pro | Trend chart projects each goal metric to the end of the period; Simulate mode moves budget or rate sliders |
| Alerts | Daily email listing only off-pace campaigns and the budget to set, plus stale-data warnings | Pacing alerts are not described on its goals page; its error alerts cover broken queries and failed automations |
| Budget changes | One-click changes for Google Ads and Microsoft Ads (Pro), applied by your own script on its next run, with a change log | Not described; changes are made in each ad platform |
| CRM pipeline by campaign | Lifecycle stages by campaign on Pro; pipeline and revenue by campaign on Enterprise | Not described on the pages we checked |
| Client reporting | Read-only live report links for clients or finance | Client reports and dashboards, AI dashboards and report templates |
Where Pacing Console wins
- Pace judged at the exact hour of the pull, with weekday-only schedules, so a campaign is not flagged as behind at 9 am
- A daily email that lists only the off-pace campaigns and the budget to set, and stays quiet when everything is on pace
- Stale-data warnings when a platform stops sending spend
- Every recommendation with its dollar impact, and one-click budget changes for Google Ads and Microsoft Ads on Pro
- CRM lifecycle stages by campaign on Pro, and pipeline and revenue by campaign on Enterprise
- Pro covers up to 25 ad accounts per platform for $49 USD a month; Two Minute Reports All-in is $97 a month for 3 accounts per connector
Where Two Minute Reports wins
- Far more channels: 35+ connectors, including Meta and TikTok, which Pacing Console does not pace
- A full client reporting tool: dashboards, report templates, AI dashboards and data into Google Sheets and Looker Studio
- Unlimited seats on every All-in size
- Goal trees with AI goal suggestions and a Simulate mode that link budget to outcome targets
- Monthly, quarterly, yearly and one-time budgets in the same Goals view as every client
Two Minute Reports already paces budgets: what is different
Two Minute Reports is not only a connector. Its Goals page tracks spend against a budget every day and shows what has been spent, what remains, projected spend and the daily spend needed to stay on pace, for every client in one list. If you already use it for client reporting across Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn and TikTok, that view may be all the pacing you need.
Pacing Console goes deeper on fewer platforms. It calculates expected spend to the hour the data was pulled, handles weekday-only schedules and flight dates, emails only the campaigns that are off pace, and on Pro lets you accept a budget change that your own Google Ads or Microsoft Ads script applies. It also puts CRM lifecycle stages, and on Enterprise pipeline and revenue, next to the spend of each campaign. Many agencies would keep a reporting tool for client decks and use a pacing tool for daily budget control.
How to switch from Two Minute Reports
- Create a Pacing Console workspace; the first month is free, no credit card.
- Paste the pre-filled scripts into Google Ads and Microsoft Ads (one per manager account), schedule them hourly and connect LinkedIn Ads.
- Copy each campaign’s monthly budget from your Two Minute Reports goals, or set a month-by-month plan, and add flight dates and weekday schedules where they apply.
- Run both for a month and compare projected spend with the Pacing Console month-end forecast.
- Keep Two Minute Reports for client reporting and Meta or TikTok, and share the read-only Pacing Console report link for budget status.
How we checked
Every fact about Two Minute Reports on this page comes from Two Minute Reports’s own public pricing, product and help pages, checked on November 11, 2026, and listed under Sources. Prices are in USD as published that day and change over time, so confirm them with Two Minute Reports before you buy. Where a feature is described as not listed, we did not find it on those pages; it may exist elsewhere.
Which one fits your team
Choose Pacing Console when
- Your spend is in Google Ads, Microsoft Ads and LinkedIn Ads, and daily budget control is the job
- You want to be told only when a campaign is off pace, with the budget to set
- You want budget changes applied and logged from the same screen
- Leadership wants cost per lifecycle stage or pipeline by campaign next to pacing
Choose Two Minute Reports when
- You need client reports across many channels, including Meta and TikTok
- You want pacing as one view inside the reporting tool you already pay for
- You need unlimited seats and data in Google Sheets or Looker Studio
Frequently asked questions
Does Two Minute Reports do budget pacing?
Yes. Its Goals page tracks spend against a monthly, quarterly, yearly or one-time budget and shows spent, remaining, projected spend and the daily spend needed to stay on pace. The pages we checked do not describe off-pace alerts or budget changes from the tool.
How much does Two Minute Reports cost?
Its pricing page lists All-in at $97 a month ($81 billed yearly) for 3 accounts per connector, $297 ($248) for 30 and $597 ($498) for 100, with unlimited seats and a 14-day trial. Enterprise is priced on request.
Is Pacing Console a Two Minute Reports alternative?
For budget pacing on Google Ads, Microsoft Ads and LinkedIn Ads, yes. For client reporting across many channels, no: Pacing Console is not a reporting tool and does not pace Meta or TikTok.
How often does each refresh?
Two Minute Reports can schedule refreshes hourly, daily, weekly or monthly. Pacing Console pulls Google Ads and Microsoft Ads through scripts scheduled hourly in your own accounts, and LinkedIn Ads through a LinkedIn connection.
Is Pacing Console free?
The first month is free at any spend for up to 3 users, with no credit card. After that, the workspace moves to Pro at $49 USD a month, or $490 USD a year, with 10 users, or it pauses.
Sources
Competitor pages checked on .
- Two Minute Reports pricing (twominutereports.com/pricing)
- Two Minute Reports: goals and budget tracking (twominutereports.com/goals)
- Two Minute Reports: Microsoft Ads integration (twominutereports.com/integrations/bing-ads)