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The marketing change log for agencies and in-house teams Know what moved your metrics before your client asks

Changeline is a marketing change log. Every change to ads, site, tracking and CRM goes on one timeline, with who made it and why. When a number moves, the answer is already written down.

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Daniel Kim · Northwind Coffee · client

Morning Marina. Purchases fell at the end of August. Did something change on our side?

Sofia Marques · Head of Growth

Marina, purchases dropped at the end of August. What changed? I need it for Monday’s review.

Purchases, last 60 daysYour GA4 report · example
01 Aug27 Aug30 Sep
Marina Costa · agency team· marketing analyst

Found it. On 27 Aug prospecting moved to /payments, and the form was hidden on phones there. Fixing it today.

Changeline · 27 Aug · Destination changed

Without a change log: five histories, and none of them says why

Each platform logs its own changes, in its own format, for whoever has access. Answering the question means opening all five and asking around.

Conversions usually drop after a change: a budget cut, a new landing page, a broken or duplicated tag, a consent update or a CRM form edit. Find the date the metric moved, then check every change logged in the days before it, across all channels. A marketing change log makes that a two-minute check.

Where it’s loggedWhat it showsWhy
Google Ads change historyBudget changed. Why?not recorded
Meta Ads activity logDestination editednot recorded
GTM versionsVersion 42 publishednot recorded
CMS revisions/payments page updatednot recorded
CRM audit logSequence v2 activatednot recorded

With Changeline: one timeline for every channel, with the reason next to each change

A client asks why conversions dropped on Tuesday. Changeline shows one timeline with every change to Google Ads, Meta Ads, the website and tracking. Google Ads changes are imported automatically, read-only. Zooming from six weeks to the right week shows that a Target CPA change in Google Ads explains the drop, and the change report lists everything that changed in the period.

Changeline is a marketing change log: a shared, to-scale timeline where agencies and in-house growth teams record every change to ads, website, tracking, CRM and product, with who made it and why, so they can explain what moved a metric.

A change log for marketing agencies and in-house teams

Marketing agencies

On the 3rd, the client asks why purchases fell in late August.

Open their project, filter to August, and point at the destination change on the 27th. The client already has viewer access to the same timeline. Example scenario.

  • One project per client, with only the right people in each
  • Clients join as read-only viewers
  • New account managers read the history on day one
In-house growth teams

Monday review: cost per acquisition is up this week.

Filter to last week. A Performance Max budget increase and a new landing page went live the same day, each with the reason. Example scenario.

  • Explain a metric shift in the weekly review
  • Hand over channels without losing context
  • Keep the timeline open next to your GA4 or Looker Studio charts
Change report

What changed this month, on two pages

Pick the last 7, 14 or 30 days, or any two dates. Changeline turns every change in the period into a two-page PDF, ready for the client call.

  • Big numbers firstChanges in the period, split by group and platform.
  • Highlights you can editBiggest budget move, campaigns launched and paused, busiest day.
  • Every change in detailBudgets with before and after, tracking fixes, site releases.
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Every role can generate it, viewers included.

Google Ads import

Your Google Ads history, kept for good

Connect Google Ads read-only. Every 6 hours, budget, bidding, status, campaign and ad changes come in, with who made each one.

  • Compare with last yearSee what the team changed before last year’s Black Friday, not only what the numbers did.
  • Past Google’s limitsThe API hands over 30 days and change history stops at 2 years. Your timeline never expires.
  • Read-only by designChangeline’s server blocks any change to your account.
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Meta Ads import is coming soon.

Changeline started inside a marketing agency. Every month a client asked why a number moved, and we rebuilt the answer from chat threads and memory. Now we log changes as we make them, and use Changeline every day.
The Changeline team
Data stored in the EU (Ireland)Row-level security per projectFull edit historyAd accounts: read-only, only if you connect them

Frequently asked questions

About marketing change logs and Changeline.

What is a marketing change log?

A marketing change log is a dated record of every change a team makes to campaigns, websites, tracking and CRM: budgets, audiences, creatives, landing pages, tags and automations, with who made each change and why. When a metric moves, the team checks the log for the days before it instead of guessing.

How does marketing change tracking work?

Marketing change tracking means recording every change that can move a metric, such as budgets, audiences, landing pages, tags and automations, with its date, owner and reason. In Changeline you log a change in seconds or import it from Google Ads, then read everything on one to-scale timeline. When a number moves, you check the days before it.

What should I log in a marketing change log?

Log anything that can move a number: budget and bid strategy changes, new campaigns and audiences, creatives and ad destinations, site releases and new landing pages, GTM, GA4 and consent changes, CRM automations and form fields, and product launches. Skip single bid tweaks and typo fixes, so the timeline stays easy to read.

Is Changeline free?

Yes. The Free plan has no time limit and asks for no card: 1 project, 2 editors and the last 15 days of change history, with no cap on changes. Upgrade to Pro or Team when you need the full history, more projects, editors or the PDF report, and cancel anytime.

Is logging changes by hand worth it?

A change takes a few seconds to log: date, title and tag. One unexplained drop in conversions can cost a team hours of digging and a hard client call. You only log changes that can move a number, and Google Ads changes can be imported automatically (Meta Ads is coming soon). Everything you log now stays on the same timeline.

How is Changeline different from GA4 annotations?

GA4 annotations live inside one analytics property and only people with access to it can see them. Changeline keeps changes from every channel on one to-scale timeline per client, with tags, notes, links, roles and a full edit history, so a whole team and its clients read the same record.

Doesn't Google Ads already keep a change history?

Yes, and Meta Ads keeps an activity history. Each shows only its own changes, as a list, to people with access to that account. Changeline puts them next to website, tracking, CRM and product changes on one axis, so you can see that a budget increase and a landing page change happened in the same week.

How far back does the Google Ads import go?

On the first connection, the Google Ads API only hands over the last 30 days of changes. From then on, Changeline imports every 6 hours and keeps each change for good, past the 2 years of Google Ads’ own change history. Next year you can compare a period with the same period a year earlier and see what was done then.

How do I add annotations to Looker Studio reports?

Looker Studio has no built-in annotation feature, so teams add text boxes or blend a sheet of dates into their charts. Changeline keeps those changes in a dated, shared timeline that you open next to the report, with the reason for each change.

Is it built for agencies?

Yes. Each client gets its own project with its own tags and people. You choose who sees which client, give editors permission to log changes and invite clients as read-only viewers, so the timeline doubles as a record of the work you did.

Where is my data stored?

Changeline runs on Supabase in the European Union (Ireland region), with row-level security so people only see projects they were added to. Every edit is recorded with who made it and when. Changeline only reads your ad accounts if you connect Google Ads, and its server blocks any change to them.

Which languages does Changeline support?

The site and the app work in English, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), Spanish, French, Italian, Persian, German, Japanese and Hindi. Changeline picks your browser's language, and you can switch at any time from the language menu.

Can I send a client a report of what changed?

Yes. Open the project, click Report and pick the period: the last 7, 14 or 30 days or any two dates. You get a two-page report with the number of changes, the split by group and platform, the highlights and every change with its date and value. Save it as a PDF from the browser's print dialog. Viewers can generate it too.

Your next unexplained drop is already coming

Log the last five changes you remember. It takes a minute, and next time a metric moves you'll know where to look.

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