Adspy.sh vs VidTao

VidTao (vidtao.com) is a YouTube-only ad library: 31M+ video ads including unlisted ones, spend estimates, landing pages and an affiliate module, with a free 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 VidTao.Corrections: info@adspy.sh

Choose VidTao if

you research YouTube ads in depth, including unlisted ads and Shorts, with spend estimates, landing pages and affiliate offers, or want a free plan.

Choose Adspy if

you research Meta and Google creative together, with every ad read and tagged today and followed brands, in Claude, Codex or any remote MCP client.

VidTao and Adspy, feature by feature

Each VidTao 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

VidTao compared with Adspy, feature by feature
Feature	VidTao	Adspy
Ad sources
Meta ads (Facebook, Instagram)	No: YouTube only, VidTao says¹	Yes: Facebook and Instagram; most of the library
Google and YouTube ads	Yes: YouTube video ads, including Shorts and unlisted ads¹	Partly: Ads Transparency Center, including YouTube; smaller than Meta
TikTok ads	No: YouTube only, VidTao says¹⁵	No: Not covered; the organic posts of brands' TikTok accounts are
Ads kept after they end	Yes: Past ads kept, with all-time spend and test volume over time²⁸	Yes: Kept after they end, with recorded activity
Analysis
AI analysis of each ad	No: Not live yet: AI hook and angle breakdown announced for VidTao 3.0⁹	Yes: Hook, angle, format, tone, call to action
Video transcripts	Partly: Searchable transcripts on Premium plans³⁸	Yes: Transcripts of video ads, where available
Automatic AI tags	Not published: Not published	Yes: Native AI tags in 23 creative categories
Patterns across a brand	Partly: Premium brand pages: spend, test volume and geography²⁸	Yes: Brand Full Analysis and side-by-side brand comparison
Following brands
Followed brands	Partly: Save brands to swipes; competitor tracking announced for VidTao 3.0²⁸	Yes: Followed from your assistant, on every plan
Change reports on followed brands	Not published: Not published	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: Share swipe boards with your team; no seats or team plan listed⁴⁸	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	Yes: Chrome extension logs the YouTube ads you see⁷	No: No browser extension
Your own ad accounts	No: Not live yet: Google Ads account benchmarks announced for VidTao 3.0⁹	No: Public ads only: no spend or ROAS
Free plan or trial	Yes: Free plan with no card; a 24-hour trial of Premium²⁴	No: No free plan or trial
Price and library
Price	Free $0; Premium $87 a month (24-hour trial) or $797 a year ($66 a month). No seat or team pricing listed.²³	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	VidTao says 31.1M+ YouTube video ads, 19M+ of them unlisted, and 2.8M brands, with 100,000+ ads added each week.¹	Library records · October 2026: 2.2M+ creative records, 7.5M+ source-ad records, 2.5k+ advertiser profiles.

Where VidTao is the better choice

You research YouTube in depth
VidTao covers YouTube only and says it indexes 31.1M+ video ads, including 19M+ unlisted ones, with a filter for Shorts. Adspy's YouTube ads come from Google's Ads Transparency Center and are a smaller part of its library than Meta.¹
You want spend estimates and brand timelines
Ads sort by estimated spend over 30 days, 90 days or all time; Premium brand pages show a year of spend, test volume and geographic targeting. Adspy shows no spend.²⁶⁸
You study landing pages and funnels
VidTao links ads to landing pages and offers ad-to-lander funnel analysis on paid plans.¹²
You research affiliate offers
Its affiliate module shows YouTube ads by network, such as ClickBank and Digistore24: 100 searches on Free, unlimited on Premium.²³
You want a free plan
VidTao's free plan needs no card. Adspy has no free plan or trial.²⁴

Where Adspy is different

Meta and Google in one place
Adspy covers Facebook and Instagram, most of its library, next to Google's Ads Transparency Center creatives, including YouTube. VidTao covers YouTube only.¹
Every ad read and tagged, today
Adspy analyzes the ads it collects: the hook and when it lands, the angle, format, tone and call to action, the transcript and AI tags in 23 creative categories. VidTao announces AI video analysis for its next version, VidTao 3.0.⁸⁹
Followed brands and their newest ads
Follow as many brands as you want on every plan, then ask your assistant for a brand's newest ads, newest first, to see what it started running. VidTao saves brands to swipes and announces competitor tracking.⁸
A missing brand on request
Ask your assistant to add a missing brand (400 credits) and Adspy collects its ads on the spot: 94% of 663 requests from March to September 2026 finished within 10 minutes, with a median of 2.3 minutes. VidTao says most ads appear in its library within 1 to 4 weeks of launch.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.
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

Which one has more YouTube ads?

VidTao, which covers YouTube only and says it indexes 31.1M+ video ads. Adspy includes YouTube ads from Google's Ads Transparency Center, a smaller part of its library than Meta.

Does VidTao analyze each ad with AI?

VidTao announces AI video analysis of hooks and angles for VidTao 3.0. Adspy reads each ad's hook, angle, format, tone and call to action today.

Is VidTao free?

VidTao has a free plan with no card; Premium is $87 a month or $797 a year. 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. VidTao’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.