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# Meta Spend Metrics

> Track Meta advertising spend in Upstack. Monitor your Facebook and Instagram ad budget consumption with real-time spend tracking.

Spend metrics track your Meta advertising budget consumption. Monitor how much you're spending across campaigns to manage budgets and calculate efficiency ratios.

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  **Data Source:** Meta Marketing API\
  **Metrics:** 1
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## Metrics in This Group

| Metric                                                                  | Description                      | When to Use                                                    |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Meta Spend](/reference/metrics/advertising/meta/meta-spend/meta-spend) | Total ad budget consumed by Meta | Track budget consumption, calculate ROAS and efficiency ratios |

## How Spend Works

Meta Spend represents the actual amount billed by Meta for your advertising. This value is pulled directly from Meta's reporting API and reflects real ad delivery costs including any platform fees.

## Choosing the Right Metric

Meta Spend is the foundation metric for all efficiency calculations. Use it to:

* **Budget tracking**: Monitor daily/weekly spend against targets
* **ROAS calculation**: Divide revenue by spend to measure return
* **CPA analysis**: Divide spend by conversions to measure acquisition cost
* **Channel comparison**: Compare spend efficiency across platforms