{
  "schemaVersion": "1.0",
  "item": {
    "slug": "meta-ads",
    "name": "Meta Ads",
    "category": "sales-and-marketing",
    "description": "Meta advertising accounts provide billing activity, receipts, and invoices according to payment method, country, and business setup.",
    "status": "researched",
    "website": "https://www.facebook.com/business/ads",
    "invoiceHelpUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/business/help",
    "accessMethods": [
      "vendor_portal",
      "email_forward",
      "manual_upload"
    ],
    "authentication": {
      "oauth": false,
      "apiToken": false,
      "browserSession": true,
      "requiredRole": "Ad Account Administrator or Finance Editor with payment access"
    },
    "capabilities": {
      "accountDiscovery": {
        "supported": false,
        "notes": "No public workflow for discovering every account from billing data is documented."
      },
      "billingHistory": {
        "supported": true,
        "notes": "Billing records are documented at Meta Ads Manager > Billing & payments > Payment activity."
      },
      "invoiceMetadata": {
        "supported": true,
        "notes": "Issued billing records include the core details needed to identify the charge."
      },
      "invoicePdf": {
        "supported": "partial",
        "notes": "A PDF or equivalent document is available only for some plans or regions."
      },
      "creditNotes": {
        "supported": "unknown",
        "notes": "Credit-note availability is not confirmed by the reviewed source."
      },
      "lineItems": {
        "supported": "partial",
        "notes": "Line-item depth varies by document type, plan, or contract."
      },
      "usage": {
        "supported": true,
        "notes": "The vendor documents usage detail alongside its billing workflow."
      },
      "subscriptions": {
        "supported": false,
        "notes": "The documented charges are usage or transaction based, not subscriptions."
      },
      "paymentMethod": {
        "supported": true,
        "notes": "The documented billing area includes payment-method management or detail."
      }
    },
    "billing": {
      "cadence": [
        "threshold-based",
        "monthly invoicing"
      ],
      "invoiceLocation": "Meta Ads Manager > Billing & payments > Payment activity",
      "emailedAutomatically": "unknown",
      "currencies": [],
      "documentTypes": [
        "receipt",
        "invoice",
        "billing activity"
      ]
    },
    "billproof": {
      "retrieval": false,
      "normalization": true,
      "transactionMatching": true,
      "connectionAvailable": false,
      "limitations": [
        "Billproof does not currently have a direct Meta Ads billing connection.",
        "Retrieval requires an authorized user to download or forward the document."
      ]
    },
    "normalizedFields": [
      "vendor_name",
      "invoice_number",
      "invoice_date",
      "billing_period",
      "subtotal",
      "tax",
      "total",
      "currency",
      "payment_method",
      "account_id"
    ],
    "commonCardDescriptors": [],
    "researchedAt": "2026-08-29",
    "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-08-29",
    "sources": [
      {
        "title": "Meta Business Help Center: Billing",
        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/business/help",
        "type": "official"
      }
    ],
    "guide": {
      "quickAnswer": "Open the correct Meta ad account's Billing & payments area, filter payment activity by date, and download the available receipt or invoice.",
      "requiredRole": "Ad Account Administrator or Finance Editor with payment access",
      "steps": [
        "Open Meta Ads Manager and select the ad account that incurred the spend.",
        "Go to Billing & payments and open Payment activity.",
        "Set the date range and select the transaction or monthly invoice.",
        "Download the available receipt or invoice for that payment setup."
      ],
      "historyLocation": "Meta Ads Manager > Billing & payments > Payment activity",
      "missingInvoice": "Confirm ad account, business portfolio, date range, payment method, and country; the available document can be a receipt rather than an invoice.",
      "formats": [
        "payment receipt",
        "invoice when available",
        "billing activity export"
      ],
      "commonProblems": [
        "The wrong ad account or business portfolio is selected.",
        "Threshold payments are expected to align to calendar months."
      ],
      "matchingTips": [
        "Match ad account ID, transaction ID, payment date, currency, and amount.",
        "Group threshold charges to the campaign-spend period before reconciling a monthly document."
      ]
    },
    "statusLabel": "Billing guide available",
    "cta": "Request this integration",
    "manualGuide": "https://billproof.io/guides/find-meta-ads-invoices",
    "urls": {
      "html": "https://billproof.io/integrations/meta-ads",
      "json": "https://billproof.io/api/public/vendors/meta-ads.json",
      "capabilities": "https://billproof.io/api/public/vendors/meta-ads/capabilities.json"
    }
  }
}