Who this page is for: For marketers and agencies looking at Porter’s “full-stack MCP” to run ads from Claude or ChatGPT. Both products can change ad accounts from a chat (on Orphex: 50 changes a month on Free, 500 on Action, once switched on for your workspace); this page compares how a change is checked, approved and recorded.
In short: Porter Metrics runs 750+ actions from Claude through one tool, gated by your assistant’s permission prompt, and charges Automation credits for writes. Orphex gives each change its own preview and confirmation, keeps one change history you can show a client, and charges no credits for changes.
If changes to Meta and Google budgets need a preview, a confirmation on the product’s side and a record you can show a client or a manager, plus alerts and Impact Analysis in the Orphex web app.
Choose Porter
If you want a low price per account, dashboards your assistant builds, or writes beyond ads (social posts, HubSpot, Klaviyo).
Why Teams Look for a Porter Metrics Alternative
Every action, from a budget change to a HubSpot update, runs through a single tool with no preview of its own.
There is no change log for users. Porter points you to each platform’s own history.
Writes use Automation credits, so an active account costs more to manage.
At a Glance
Facts about Porter Metrics are from its own documentation and pricing pages, checked on 29 September 2026.
Feature
Orphex
Porter Metrics
Data sources
50+ integrations; 25 of them also take changes
32 connectors in the MCP docs (marketing pages say 25+ or 30+)
AI in the app
Web app: Orpheus, Insights, Weekly Summary. MCP: a skill catalog with ready methods for weekly reviews, creative checks and budget proposals
Analysis runs in your Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini; in-app alert builder with an AI analysis step
MCP clients
Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Grok, Cursor; also Claude Code and Codex CLI
Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Gemini, n8n
Changes to ad accounts
25 platforms, 15 of them ad platforms: Google Ads, Meta, TikTok, Microsoft Advertising, Apple Ads, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, Reddit, X, OpenAI Ads and more. Also GA4, Tag Manager, Shopify, Insider, Google Sheets and Slides
Meta, Google Ads, LinkedIn, TikTok, Microsoft, Apple Ads; docs also list Pinterest, X and DV360. Also social, CRM and email tools
Where approval happens
Orphex’s side: a preview, then a confirmation bound to it (15 minutes). Optional second approver on the web screen
The assistant’s permission prompt. All 750+ actions run through one tool
Preview / readiness check
Before-and-after preview; readiness check that changes nothing
No server-side preview, diff or dry run found
Change history and undo
Merged history (platform + Orphex); undo that previews the reverse change
No Porter change log for users; points to the platform’s own change history. “Changes can be reverted”, no revert tool documented
Second approver
Optional, per workspace
Not found
Proactive alerts
Web app: anomaly detection; daily alerts by email, Slack, WhatsApp, Teams; Weekly Summary
Rule-based alert builder (Slack, Zapier, email) in the app; over MCP, email only
Creative analysis
Web app: Creative AI reads each image and video and ties its traits to results; Watchlist for competitor ads
MCP Free $0 (250 reads, 50 changes a month), Read $39.99/mo, Action $149.99/mo (500 changes). Changes run once switched on for the workspace. Web app packages priced on request
Reporting from $15 per account; writes use Automation credits (Free 100, Build $28 for 500, Grow $100, Scale $250)
A check marks rows where Porter Metrics has no equivalent.
Where Orphex Is Different
How Each Change Is Approved
Porter routes every action, from a budget change to a HubSpot update, through a single tool marked “destructive”. Your assistant’s permission prompt is the only gate, and it covers all 750+ actions at once. Porter’s own guidance asks the assistant to name the campaign, the current value and the new one, one change per confirmation. That lives in instructions to the assistant, not in the product.
In Orphex, on the Free or Action plan with changes switched on for the workspace, the product enforces the steps. Each change is proposed, previewed with values read from the platform, and confirmed with a confirmation that carries that preview. A separate readiness check can test whether a change would be accepted without proposing it.
For example: On a $200K/month account you ask for a 20% budget cut on three Meta campaigns. If “Always allow” was clicked earlier on Porter’s action tool, the three changes can run without a prompt. In Orphex each one first comes back as a before-and-after preview with live values, and with a second approver on, a colleague has to confirm it.
A Record You Can Show
Porter’s server logs the tool name, latency and error type, and not the tool’s arguments. For a record of what changed, it points you to each platform’s change history.
Orphex keeps one change history that merges the platform’s own history with Orphex’s log of previews and confirmations.
For example: A client asks on Monday who cut the budget on Friday and why. In Orphex you open Approvals, or ask the assistant, and see the change with its old and new values, who asked for it and when it ran, next to changes made directly in Ads Manager.
Example
Change history · Prospecting BroadLast 7 days
Daily budget $4,300 → $3,440 · confirmed by DenizOrphex
Proposed by assistant in Claude · previewedOrphex
Audience edited directlyAds Manager
Status Paused → ActiveAds Manager
What a Change Costs
Porter charges one Automation credit per successful write, and bulk actions bill per item: pausing 50 campaigns costs 50 credits (as of September 2026).
In Orphex, previews, approved changes, undo and creating campaigns cost no credits. Once changes are switched on for the workspace, the Free plan includes 50 changes a month and the Action plan 500. Each confirmed change counts once, even a keyword batch; previews and changes you reject or let expire do not count.
For example: An agency pausing out-of-season campaigns across 10 client accounts runs hundreds of pauses in one week. In Porter that is hundreds of credits. In Orphex it is hundreds of previews and confirmations against the monthly allowance, with no credits.
Who Orphex Is Best For
You manage Meta and Google budgets for clients and need a record of every change.
You want each change previewed with live values before it runs.
You don’t want to count credits every time a budget moves.
You want alerts and Impact Analysis from the Orphex web app next to the changes.
Price per account. Reporting from $15 per account (as of September 2026).
Writes beyond ads. Social posting, HubSpot and Klaviyo.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Porter need approval before it changes something?
As of September 2026 the approval is your assistant’s permission prompt. Porter creates new campaigns paused. We found no Porter-side preview or approval queue.
Is Orphex GDPR compliant?
Yes. Orphex is GDPR and KVKK compliant and holds ISO 27001. Porter’s own review page (March 2026) says it is not GDPR compliant yet.
Can Orphex post to social media or update my CRM?
Orphex does not post to social media. Orphex can change 25 platforms. The 15 ad platforms are Google Ads, Meta, TikTok, Microsoft Advertising, Apple Ads, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, Reddit, X, OpenAI Ads, Yandex Direct, Criteo, Taboola and RTB House. GA4, Google Tag Manager, Adjust, AppsFlyer, Singular, App Store Connect, Shopify, Insider, Google Sheets and Google Slides take changes too. Porter also writes to social, HubSpot and Klaviyo.
Can I undo a change in Orphex?
Budget and status changes can be undone with the undo tool, which previews the reverse change before you confirm it. Deletes cannot be undone, and most newly created campaigns and ads cannot be undone.
Connect your Meta and Google accounts free. Once changes are switched on for your workspace (50 a month on Free, 500 on Action), every change is previewed, confirmed and kept in one history.
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