Adspy.sh vs AdLibrary.com

AdLibrary.com (adlibrary.com) is an ad search engine across Meta, Google, TikTok and other networks, with AI enrichment paid per ad and daily brand tracking in beta. 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 AdLibrary.com.Corrections: info@adspy.sh

Choose AdLibrary.com if

you want one search across many networks, including TikTok, X, Pinterest and mobile ad networks, with spend estimates, a heat score and daily brand digests.

Choose Adspy if

you want each analyzed ad's reading included in every plan, and research in Claude, Codex or any remote MCP client from $19 a month.

AdLibrary.com and Adspy, feature by feature

Each AdLibrary.com 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

AdLibrary.com compared with Adspy, feature by feature
Feature	AdLibrary.com	Adspy
Ad sources
Meta ads (Facebook, Instagram)	Yes: Facebook, Instagram and Threads ads²	Yes: Facebook and Instagram; most of the library
Google and YouTube ads	Yes: Google Ads Transparency Center ads, including YouTube²³	Partly: Ads Transparency Center, including YouTube; smaller than Meta
TikTok ads	Yes: TikTok ads in search; not in brand tracking²⁴	No: Not covered; the organic posts of brands' TikTok accounts are
Ads kept after they end	Yes: Followed brands keep stopped ads, with an end date⁴	Yes: Kept after they end, with recorded activity
Analysis
AI analysis of each ad	Yes: AI enrichment: hook, angle, audience and triggers, 1 credit per ad¹⁵	Yes: Hook, angle, format, tone, call to action
Video transcripts	Yes: A timestamped transcript within AI enrichment, 1 credit⁶⁷	Yes: Transcripts of video ads, where available
Automatic AI tags	Partly: Automatic hook, offer and format tags on followed brands' ads⁴	Yes: Native AI tags in 23 creative categories
Patterns across a brand	Partly: A beta portfolio scan of a brand's Meta ads, with shared traits⁴	Yes: Brand Full Analysis and side-by-side brand comparison
Following brands
Followed brands	Yes: Follow brands on Meta, Google, YouTube and LinkedIn; free in beta⁴	Yes: Followed from your assistant, on every plan
Change reports on followed brands	Yes: A daily email of launched and stopped ads per followed brand⁴	Partly: No change reports; ask for a followed brand's newest ads
Adding a missing brand	Yes: Follow any brand; first crawl when its page opens, then daily⁴	Yes: Requested from your assistant: 94% collected within 10 minutes
Workflow
Team workspace	Partly: Unlimited seats on Business (€329); not stated on other plans¹	Yes: Shared collections and notes; $5, $15 or $29 a month per extra user, by plan
AI assistants (MCP)	Partly: MCP server on Business (€329 a month) only¹⁷	Yes: Claude, Claude Code, Codex and other MCP clients
API	Partly: REST API on Business only; 10 requests a minute⁶	Partly: REST API on Enterprise; every plan works through MCP
Browser extension	Yes: A Chrome extension listed on its plans¹	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: Free Mode searches with a cooldown; 25 onboarding credits¹	No: No free plan or trial
Price and library
Price	Shown in euros: Starter €29 a month (€3 for the first 3 months), Pro €179, Business €329; €19, €159 and €299 a month billed yearly. 1 credit per search page and per AI enrichment; 50, 300 or 1,000+ credits a month.¹	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	AdLibrary.com says over 1 billion ads, including 200M+ Google ads and 50M+ Meta ads.²	Library records · October 2026: 2.2M+ creative records, 7.5M+ source-ad records, 2.5k+ advertiser profiles.

Where AdLibrary.com is the better choice

You search many networks at once
AdLibrary.com says one search covers Meta, Google and YouTube, TikTok, X, Pinterest and mobile networks such as AdMob and Unity Ads. Adspy covers Meta and Google's Ads Transparency Center.²³⁶
You want spend estimates and a heat score
Each result carries a spend estimate and a 0 to 1000 heat score; followed brands get daily reach, estimated spend and CPM. Adspy shows no spend.⁴⁶
You want daily brand digests
Followed brands are crawled daily across Meta, Google, YouTube and LinkedIn, with a daily email of launched and stopped ads and a PDF report; following is free during its beta.⁴
You want to search for free
Free Mode searches without credits, with a cooldown and without advanced filters.¹

Where Adspy is different

Every analyzed ad already read
Adspy's analysis already exists for each analyzed ad: your assistant reads it, and each creative, at no credit cost, included in every plan with fair use. Credits pay only for results: 2,000 credits a month on Starter and 6,000 on Pro; Unlimited has no credit count (fair use). AdLibrary.com charges 1 credit per AI enrichment and 1 per page of search results, with 50 credits a month on Starter and 300 on Pro.¹
AI assistants from $19 a month
Adspy's MCP server is on every plan, from $19 a month. AdLibrary.com's MCP server and API need its Business plan, at €329 a month.¹⁷
AI tags on every analyzed ad
Analyzed ads carry AI tags in 23 creative categories, from asset type to hook style. AdLibrary.com tags followed brands' ads automatically; other ads need a paid enrichment.¹⁴

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.
Follow AG1, then ask for its newest ads, newest first, to see what it started running.
Ask your assistant to save the ads worth keeping in a collection, with a note for your team.

Questions

What does an ad analysis cost in each?

AdLibrary.com charges 1 credit per AI enrichment (longer videos cost more), from 50 credits a month on Starter. In Adspy, your assistant reads an ad's analysis at no credit cost, included in every plan with fair use. Credits pay only for results: 2,000 credits a month on Starter and 6,000 on Pro; Unlimited has no credit count (fair use).

Can I use them in Claude?

Yes. Adspy's MCP server is on every plan, from $19 a month. AdLibrary.com's MCP server requires its Business plan, at €329 a month.

Does Adspy cover TikTok or X?

Not their ads. Adspy covers ads from Meta and Google's Ads Transparency Center, including YouTube, and collects the organic posts of brands' TikTok and YouTube accounts. AdLibrary.com searches TikTok, X, Pinterest and mobile network ads too.

Sources and method

This page compares published facts only. AdLibrary.com’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.