Adspy.sh vs Pipiads

Pipiads (pipiads.com) is a TikTok and Facebook ad spy tool with TikTok Shop and store data, metered in credits per result and per detail view. 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 Pipiads.Corrections: info@adspy.sh

Choose Pipiads if

you research TikTok ads and TikTok Shop products, e-commerce stores, or want estimated spend and conversion filters.

Choose Adspy if

you research brands' Meta and Google creative in your AI assistant with browsing included, details and analysis too, every ad read and tagged and unlimited followed brands.

Pipiads and Adspy, feature by feature

Each Pipiads 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

Pipiads compared with Adspy, feature by feature
Feature	Pipiads	Adspy
Ad sources
Meta ads (Facebook, Instagram)	Yes: Facebook ads and Meta Ad Library data²⁴	Yes: Facebook and Instagram; most of the library
Google and YouTube ads	No: Its product and API cover TikTok and Facebook²⁵	Partly: Ads Transparency Center, including YouTube; smaller than Meta
TikTok ads	Yes: TikTok ads, TikTok Shop products and stores²⁴	No: Not covered; the organic posts of brands' TikTok accounts are
Ads kept after they end	Yes: Collected ads stay after they end, Pipiads says³	Yes: Kept after they end, with recorded activity
Analysis
AI analysis of each ad	Partly: AI main hook, script and tags on analysed ads, per its API⁵	Yes: Hook, angle, format, tone, call to action
Video transcripts	Partly: AI script on analysed ads; a transcript tool billed in AI credits¹⁵	Yes: Transcripts of video ads, where available
Automatic AI tags	Yes: AI categorizes and tags ads, Pipiads says²⁵	Yes: Native AI tags in 23 creative categories
Patterns across a brand	Partly: Store analytics: ad copy statistics, longest-running ads, regions⁵	Yes: Brand Full Analysis and side-by-side brand comparison
Following brands
Followed brands	Partly: Ad Tracker: 2 on Basic, 10 on Advanced, 100 on Enterprise¹	Yes: Followed from your assistant, on every plan
Change reports on followed brands	Yes: Reports and notifications on launches and creative changes²	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: 10 users on Enterprise ($900); sub-accounts share credits¹	Yes: Shared collections and notes; $5, $15 or $29 a month per extra user, by plan
AI assistants (MCP)	Partly: An MCP package linked from its site; needs its separately billed API²⁶	Yes: Claude, Claude Code, Codex and other MCP clients
API	Yes: A separate API, from $200 per 10,000 results⁴	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: Free trial: 500 credits, no card¹³	No: No free plan or trial
Price and library
Price	Basic $49 a month (30,000 credits, 2 trackers), Advanced $99 (100,000 credits, 10 trackers), Enterprise $900 (10 users), shown as a flash sale. 1 credit per result listed, 20 per detail view; unused credits are cleared each month. AI tools and the API are billed separately.¹⁴	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	Pipiads says more than 50 million ads, in 200 countries.³	Library records · October 2026: 2.2M+ creative records, 7.5M+ source-ad records, 2.5k+ advertiser profiles.

Where Pipiads is the better choice

You research TikTok ads and TikTok Shop
Pipiads covers TikTok ads and TikTok Shop products and stores, with sales signals. Adspy does not cover TikTok ads or TikTok Shop.⁴
You research products and stores
It links ads to products, Shopify and WooCommerce stores and landing pages, with store-level ad copy and region analytics.²⁵
You filter by estimated spend and conversions
Its filters include estimated ad spend and estimated conversions. Adspy shows no spend.⁵
You start with a free trial
Pipiads gives 500 trial credits with no card. Adspy has no free plan or trial.¹³

Where Adspy is different

Browsing included, details and analysis too
Adspy includes browsing on every plan, with fair use: each creative with its source ads, transcript and analysis costs no credits, and credits pay for results such as a Brand Full Analysis (90 credits). Pipiads charges 1 credit per result listed and 20 per detail view, and unused credits are cleared each month.¹
Unlimited followed brands from $19 a month
Every Adspy plan follows as many brands as you want. Pipiads' Ad Tracker follows 2 on Basic ($49 a month) and 10 on Advanced ($99).¹
Google and YouTube ads
Adspy includes creatives from Google's Ads Transparency Center, including YouTube ads, next to Meta. Pipiads covers TikTok and Facebook.⁵
An MCP server on every plan
Adspy's MCP server is included in every plan, from $19 a month. The MCP package Pipiads links to needs its API, billed separately from $200 per 10,000 results.⁴⁶
Every ad read and tagged
Adspy analyzes the ads it collects: hook, angle, format, tone, call to action, transcript and AI tags in 23 creative categories. Pipiads' API flags whether AI analysis was performed on each ad.⁵

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

How are Pipiads' credits used?

Pipiads charges 1 credit per result listed and 20 per detail view; Basic includes 30,000 credits a month, cleared at each reset. Adspy includes browsing on every plan, with fair use, and charges credits only for results: 2,000 credits a month on Starter and 6,000 on Pro; Unlimited has no credit count (fair use).

Does Adspy cover TikTok?

Not TikTok ads. Adspy covers ads from Meta (Facebook and Instagram) and Google's Ads Transparency Center, including YouTube, and collects the organic posts of brands' TikTok and YouTube accounts. Pipiads covers TikTok and Facebook ads.

How many brands can I follow?

Adspy follows unlimited brands on every plan, from $19 a month. Pipiads' Ad Tracker follows 2 on Basic, 10 on Advanced and 100 on Enterprise.

Sources and method

This page compares published facts only. Pipiads’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.