Adspy.sh vs AdClarity

AdClarity (adclarity.com), by BIScience and also sold in Semrush, estimates competitors' ad spend and impressions across display, video, social and TV from a panel of users, one market per plan. Adspy (adspy.sh) is creative research on public Meta and Google ads: every ad read and tagged, unlimited followed brands from $19 a month for one source of Meta, Google or TikTok, or $39 for all three, in Claude, Codex or any remote MCP client.

Adspy wrote this comparison from public information.Facts checked on Sep 24, 2026.Not affiliated with AdClarity.Corrections: info@adspy.sh

Choose AdClarity if

you need estimated ad spend, impressions and share of voice, placements and buying methods across display, video, social and TV.

Choose Adspy if

you research the creative itself, each ad read and tagged, with followed brands across Meta and Google, in your AI assistant, from $39 a month (Pro).

AdClarity and Adspy, feature by feature

Each AdClarity entry links to the public page it comes from, checked on the date in the sources below. Adspy’s own gaps are marked the same way.

Yes
Partly, or on some plans
No
Not published

AdClarity compared with Adspy, feature by feature
Feature	AdClarity	Adspy
Ad sources
Meta ads (Facebook, Instagram)	Yes: Facebook and Instagram in its Social channel, measured by a panel¹²	Yes: Facebook and Instagram; most of the library
Google and YouTube ads	Yes: Google Display and YouTube ads¹²	Partly: Ads Transparency Center, including YouTube; smaller than Meta
TikTok ads	Yes: TikTok in its Social channel¹²	No: Not covered; the organic posts of brands' TikTok accounts are
Ads kept after they end	Partly: 3, 6 or 12 months by plan; since 2018 on Enterprise¹³	Yes: Kept after they end, with recorded activity
Analysis
AI analysis of each ad	Not published: Not published	Yes: Hook, angle, format, tone, call to action
Video transcripts	Not published: Not published	Yes: Transcripts of video ads, where available
Automatic AI tags	Partly: Topic, sub-topic and tag filters, pitched to Enterprise teams⁶	Yes: Native AI tags in 23 creative categories
Patterns across a brand	Partly: Ad-type mix, top ads, placements and spend trends per advertiser²	Yes: Brand Full Analysis and side-by-side brand comparison
Following brands
Followed brands	Yes: Subscribe to advertisers for weekly or monthly emails²	Yes: Followed from your assistant, on every plan
Change reports on followed brands	Partly: Weekly or monthly emails on top campaigns and creatives²	Partly: No change reports; ask for a followed brand's newest ads
Adding a missing brand	Not published: Not published	Yes: Requested from your assistant: 94% collected within 10 minutes
Workflow
Team workspace	Partly: 1 seat on adclarity.com's self-serve plans; unlimited on Enterprise³	Yes: Shared collections and notes; $5, $15 or $29 a month per extra user, by plan
AI assistants (MCP)	Not published: Not published	Yes: Claude, Claude Code, Codex and other MCP clients
API	Not published: Not published	Partly: REST API on Enterprise; every plan works through MCP
Browser extension	Not published: Not published	No: No browser extension
Your own ad accounts	Not published: Not published	No: Public ads only: no spend or ROAS
Free plan or trial	Yes: 7-day free trial; no free plan¹³	No: No free plan or trial
Price and library
Price	In Semrush: Starter $129 a month (1 market, 1 channel, 3 months of history), Professional $298, Team $349; extra markets $69 each. On adclarity.com: Basic $129, Advanced $289, Team $349, 1 seat each; Enterprise custom.¹²³	Starter $19 a month (one source: Meta, Google or TikTok; 2,000 credits), Pro $39 (every source; 6,000 credits), Unlimited $99 (every source; no credit count, fair use) and Enterprise on contract. One user included; an additional user is $5 a month on Starter, $15 on Pro and $29 on Unlimited. Research runs in your AI assistant.
Library	AdClarity says a panel of 30M+ people, 2B ad creatives and 2M brands across 52 markets.⁴	Library records · October 2026: 2.2M+ creative records, 7.5M+ source-ad records, 2.5k+ advertiser profiles.

Where AdClarity is the better choice

You need spend and impression estimates
AdClarity reports estimated ad spend, impressions, CPM and share of voice per advertiser, publisher and campaign. Adspy shows no spend.²
You research display, video and TV
Its coverage spans display, online video, social and mobile apps; adclarity.com's Enterprise plan adds connected and linear TV.³⁴
You study placements and buying
Reports show top publishers and apps, where ads appeared, and whether they were bought directly, programmatically or through ad networks.²
You benchmark many advertisers
You can group advertisers or compare up to 10 domains or groups, and export to PDF or Excel.²

Where Adspy is different

The creative, read ad by ad
Adspy reads each ad: the hook and when it lands, the angle, format, tone and call to action, next to its transcript and AI tags in 23 creative categories. AdClarity's AI Insights narrate market and spend shifts, on its Enterprise plan.³⁵
Every country on every plan
Every Adspy plan searches ads across the countries in its library. Starter ($19 a month) covers one source of Meta, Google or TikTok; Pro ($39) and above cover all three. AdClarity's self-serve plans cover one market, and its entry plan one channel: display, social or video.¹³
From $19 a month
Adspy's plans are Starter $19 a month (one source: Meta, Google or TikTok; 2,000 credits), Pro $39 (every source; 6,000 credits), Unlimited $99 (every source; no credit count, fair use) and Enterprise on contract, with unlimited followed brands on every plan. AdClarity starts at $129 a month for one market and one channel.¹
Research in your AI assistant
Adspy's MCP server lets Claude, Codex or any remote MCP client search ads, read their analysis and save them to your workspace, on every plan.

The same research in your AI assistant, with Adspy

Connect Adspy to your AI assistant, then ask for a brand, a product or a phrase, for example Meta video ads that mention collagen.
Ask for AG1's ads: its creatives across Meta, their formats and their recorded activity.
Ask for AG1's Brand Full Analysis: the hooks and formats across its ads, its organic posts where Adspy collects them, and the ads behind each finding.
Ask your assistant to compare AG1 with another brand side by side.
Follow AG1, then ask for its newest ads, newest first, to see what it started running.

Questions

Does Adspy estimate ad spend like AdClarity?

No. Adspy shows public ads and their analysis, not spend, impressions or ROAS. AdClarity estimates spend and impressions from its user panel.

Do both cover several countries?

Adspy's plans search its whole library, whatever the country. AdClarity's self-serve plans cover one market; Semrush sells extra markets at $69 a month each.

Can I try them?

AdClarity offers a 7-day free trial. Adspy has no free plan or trial; its plans are Starter $19 a month (one source: Meta, Google or TikTok; 2,000 credits), Pro $39 (every source; 6,000 credits), Unlimited $99 (every source; no credit count, fair use) and Enterprise on contract.

Sources and method

This page compares published facts only. AdClarity’s entries come from its own public pages, listed below with the date each was checked; Adspy’s come from this site’s plans and product pages. Adspy's time to collect a missing brand is measured from its own job records: 663 requests from March to September 2026, median 2.3 minutes, 94% within 10 minutes, counted until the brand's ads are collected. Sources are checked again at least every 90 days and when a price changes. To report an error, write to info@adspy.sh.