Pacing Console vs Whatagraph: a reporting platform with a pacing agent, or a pacing tool
By the PlanConversion Strategy Team.
Whatagraph is a marketing reporting platform for agencies with unlimited users and reports, from €699 a month billed annually, and its IQ Agents include a budget pacing agent that checks spend against budgets on a schedule, projects month-end spend and alerts by Slack or email, without changing budgets. Pacing Console is a dedicated pacing tool for Google Ads, Microsoft Ads and LinkedIn Ads with hourly pace, one-click budget changes applied by your own script and CRM pipeline by campaign, at $49 USD per workspace a month on Pro after a free first month. Pick Whatagraph if client reporting across many channels is the main job; pick Pacing Console if budget pacing and spend to pipeline are the main 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 | Whatagraph |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A budget pacing tool for Google Ads, Microsoft Ads and LinkedIn Ads, set up in about 15 minutes | A marketing reporting and data platform with AI agents, aimed at agencies and marketing teams |
| 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 | Max from €699 a month billed annually (published in euros), from 50 credits where 1 credit is 1 connected data account; Prime custom |
| Users | 10 on Pro, then $5 USD per extra user | Unlimited users and reports |
| Budget pacing | Built in on every plan: hourly cut-to-date pace per campaign, weekday schedules, flight dates | A budget pacing agent that you brief; budgets come from Google Sheets, a file or the brief, and spend from connected channels |
| Pace math | Expected spend to the hour of the pull, in your time zone, with a tolerance band (10% by default) | Pace against expected spend to date, projected month-end spend and the daily spend needed, as described on its agent page |
| Alerts | Daily email with only the off-pace campaigns and the budget to set; no email when all is on pace | Morning alerts by Slack, email or a project tool, with budget, spend, pace, projection and likely cause; replies “none” when on track |
| Budget changes | One-click changes on Pro, applied by your own script, with a change log | Its agent page recommends detect and notify only, with changes left to the account manager |
| Forecast | Month-end spend, conversions and cost per conversion; P10 to P90 range on Pro | Projected month-end spend in each agent run |
| Spend to pipeline | CRM lifecycle stages by campaign on Pro; pipeline and revenue by campaign on Enterprise | Possible with CRM sources blended in its Data Hub |
| AI | Pacing Console AI on Enterprise, with a person approving every change | IQ Agents and Whatagraph IQ on every plan; price depends on agent usage tier |
| Platforms | Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, LinkedIn Ads | Many channels; its pacing examples use Google Ads and Meta Ads |
Where Pacing Console wins
- Pacing works the day you connect, with no agent brief to write or tune
- One-click budget changes applied by your own script, with a change log, where Whatagraph recommends notify only
- Published USD pricing from $49 USD a month on Pro, against a published starting price of €699 a month billed annually
- Weekday schedules, flight dates and month-by-month plans built into the pace math
- CRM lifecycle stages (Pro) and pipeline and revenue (Enterprise) by campaign next to pace
- Enterprise finance controls: budget groups, purchase orders, approvals, guardrails and an audit log
Where Whatagraph wins
- Full client reporting with unlimited users and reports across many channels, including Meta
- A pacing agent can follow a custom brief and explain a likely cause on every plan
- Alerts to Slack and project tools, not only email
- Data Hub blends, source groups and automatic currency conversion for cross-channel reports
An AI pacing agent or a pacing tool
Whatagraph’s budget pacing agent is a real pacing option: you brief it with budgets and rules, it runs on a schedule, and it flags campaigns above or below your bands with a projection and a likely cause. Its own page advises keeping the agent on detect and notify, with every change made by a person.
Pacing Console takes a different route. The pace math is fixed and audited (expected spend to the hour, weekday schedules, flight dates), the daily budget to set is on every row, and Pro turns an accepted recommendation into a change applied by your own script, with a log. Pacing Console AI on Enterprise adds explanations and reallocation ranked by effect on leads and cost per lead, and still never changes a budget unless a person accepts it.
How to switch from Whatagraph
- 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 the budgets from the sheet or file your Whatagraph agent reads into each campaign, with flight dates.
- Group Google, Microsoft and LinkedIn accounts into one client on the client map.
- Keep Whatagraph for client reports and send clients the Pacing Console read-only link for live budget status.
How we checked
Every fact about Whatagraph on this page comes from Whatagraph’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 Whatagraph 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
- Budget pacing is the daily job and reporting is handled elsewhere
- You want pace math you do not have to brief or maintain
- You want accepted changes applied and logged
- You report spend to pipeline by campaign for B2B clients
Choose Whatagraph when
- Client reporting across many channels is the main job
- You want pacing alerts in Slack with an AI-written cause
- You need Meta in the same pacing view
Frequently asked questions
Does Whatagraph have budget pacing?
Yes, as an AI agent. Its budget pacing agent checks spend against budgets on a schedule, flags over and under spend, projects month-end spend and suggests the daily spend needed. It is set to detect and notify; people make the changes.
How much does Whatagraph cost?
Its pricing page lists Max from €699 a month billed annually, from 50 credits, and Prime at custom pricing. Prices are published in euros, and the final price depends on agent usage.
Can Pacing Console change budgets for me?
On Pro, you accept a recommendation and it is queued; your own Google Ads or Microsoft Ads script applies it on its next run and logs it. Nothing changes without a person accepting it.
Can agencies use both?
Yes. Many agencies would keep Whatagraph for client reports and use Pacing Console for daily pacing, sharing the read-only report link with clients.
Sources
Competitor pages checked on .
- Whatagraph pricing (whatagraph.com/pricing)
- Whatagraph: budget pacing AI agent (whatagraph.com/ai-agents-for-marketing/budget-pacing)
- Whatagraph blog: ad spend tracking (whatagraph.com/blog/articles/ad-spend-tracking)