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Adspy pricing 2024

What AdSpy charged in 2024 - the Single user tier, Team quotes, the alternatives that started catching up, and how the 2024 stack compares to today.

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AdSpy pricing

Currency: USD · Last verified May 20, 2026

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Pricing tiers

Single user (2024)

$149

$129/mo billed annually annual

Solo Meta-side competitive researchers in 2024

  • Unlimited Facebook ad searches
  • Unlimited Instagram ad searches
  • Then ~11B historical ad database
  • Keyword, advertiser, country, device, gender filters
  • CSV exports up to 10,000 rows per query
  • Email alerts on saved searches
  • Single concurrent login
  • Same headline price as 2020-2023 - AdSpy held flat
  • No TikTok or LinkedIn coverage (Meta only)
  • Cancellation already email-only in 2024

Team (2024 quote)

From ~$279

Quote-based annual

Mid-sized agencies running Meta-heavy creative research in 2024

  • Everything in Single user
  • Multi-user access (3-10 seats)
  • Shared saved searches
  • Priority support
  • Read-only API access
  • Pricing was opaque - typical agency quotes were $279-479/mo
  • Annual commitment standard
  • Worth negotiating only above 3 seats

Refund window (unchanged)

$149 with refund

n/a annual

2024 buyers who wanted to validate niche coverage before subscribing

  • 7-day money-back guarantee
  • Functions as a refundable trial
  • Full Single-user access in the window
  • No formal free trial in 2024 either
  • Refunds processed manually by support

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Hidden costs

  • Foreplay and Motion were already catching up

    In 2024, Foreplay had matured into a multi-platform alternative at $99-199/mo, and Motion's performance-creative analytics was a credible bundled offering. AdSpy's flat price began looking less defensible against tools that had added TikTok and YouTube coverage at the same spend.

  • Per-seat compounding (same shape, smaller archive)

    Multiple Single-user accounts ran $447/mo for 3 seats in 2024 - same as today. The Team tier was opaque and quotes ranged $279-479/mo. Teams that didn't negotiate ate the per-seat tax.

  • No TikTok coverage during the TikTok ads boom

    2024 was peak TikTok-ad-spend growth for DTC brands. AdSpy's Meta-only coverage forced most 2024 buyers into a second tool - BigSpy, Minea, or Pipiads at $99-199/mo - turning the effective monthly stack into $250-350+.

  • Database shallower than today

    AdSpy advertised ~11B ads in 2024 vs ~13B+ today. The 2024 archive depth was already strong but every vertical's available history was 18 months shorter than in 2026 - relevant if you're doing year-over-year creative-strategy analysis.

What AdSpy looked like on the 2024 pricing page

One retail tier, one price: $149/month for a Single-user seat, or $129/month billed annually. Identical to 2020-2023. The Team tier was sales-quote only, and the marketing site (then as now) pushed Single user as the default purchase.

What 2024 buyers got for $149 was meaningful: the largest publicly-indexed archive of Meta ads outside the Meta Ad Library itself, around 11B records at that point, with filtering on advertiser, keyword, country, device, and gender. Bulk CSV exports up to 10,000 rows per query made it usable for systematic competitive sweeps.

The catch in 2024 was already visible: a flat headline price next to alternatives that had quietly added coverage (TikTok, YouTube), workflow features (swipe files, ad-set tagging), and lower team-pricing transparency. Foreplay in particular had reached parity-or-better on most workflow dimensions by mid-2024.

How AdSpy 2024 compared to the 2024 alternatives

Foreplay (2024): $99-199/mo, multi-platform, swipe-file workflows. Already the leading recommendation for new buyers by Q3 2024.

Motion (2024): $149-399/mo. Performance-creative analytics layer that AdSpy never built. Better for in-house performance teams that needed attribution + creative intel in one tool.

BigSpy (2024): $99-199/mo. Closest shape-for-shape competitor on multi-platform coverage. Slightly smaller archive, slightly cheaper. The natural side-by-side comparison.

Minea (2024): $49-129/mo. DTC/dropshipping focus. Cheaper alternative for product researchers, but narrower scope.

The 2024 pattern was already clear: AdSpy was still functional but no longer the obvious default. The 'still-on-AdSpy' subscribers were largely there for archive depth and workflow inertia, not because it was the best new-buyer choice.

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What changed between 2024 and now

Headline price: unchanged. Still $149/mo Single-user, still $129/mo annual. AdSpy continues to hold the line on price even as inflation has pushed peer tools higher.

Archive depth: grew from ~11B to ~13B+ ads. Two extra years of indexing, better backfill on previously thin verticals.

Feature surface: marginal. A handful of filter improvements and the API tier matured. No major workflow additions - no swipe files, no native creative-collaboration features, no multi-platform expansion.

Competitive context: worse. Every alternative that was credible in 2024 (Foreplay, Motion, BigSpy) has continued shipping. The 2026 multi-platform landscape makes AdSpy's Meta-only focus harder to justify for new buyers.

Reading 2024 pricing in 2026 context

If you're researching what to budget for 2024 archived spend (for finance reconciliation or contract-renewal benchmarking), AdSpy in 2024 cost the same as today: $149 Single, ~$279-479 Team-quote range.

If you're comparing 2024-vs-now to inform a 2026 buying decision, the price didn't move but the relative value did - downward. The same $149 today buys a tool that's been lapped on platform coverage and team workflow by competitors who've shipped harder in the same window.

If you're auditing a 2024 contract before renewing, this is the conversation to have with the AdSpy account manager: 'pricing has been flat, but competitor coverage has expanded - what's the case for staying?' The honest answer is usually historical archive depth + workflow inertia, both real reasons to stay but neither a reason to recommend AdSpy to a new buyer.

FAQ

Frequently asked

How much did AdSpy cost in 2024?
$149/month Single-user ($129/mo billed annually). Team tier was quote-based and typically ran $279-479/mo for 3-5 seats. Same headline pricing as today.
Did AdSpy have a free trial in 2024?
No - 2024 already used the 7-day money-back guarantee model. Same as today. Buyers committed the $149, then requested a refund inside the window if it didn't fit.
What did the 2024 AdSpy database look like?
Around 11B+ Meta ads indexed in 2024 vs ~13B+ today. Same coverage breadth (Meta-only) but ~18 months less historical data than the current archive.
Was AdSpy the best Meta ad spy tool in 2024?
Still the leader on raw Meta archive depth, but Foreplay had already become the more recommended choice for new buyers needing multi-platform coverage and swipe-file workflows. AdSpy was already the 'legacy choice' in 2024.
Has AdSpy pricing changed since 2024?
No - the Single-user tier has been flat at $149/mo since 2020. Team-tier quotes have crept up slightly with inflation but the published price has not moved.
Should I budget the same as 2024 for AdSpy in 2026?
Yes - same headline numbers. The thing to budget more for is the alternatives stack you'll likely add (TikTok coverage, swipe files, creative tooling) which has gotten richer and more useful since 2024.

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Budget the research. Compound it into creative.

Looking back at 2024 AdSpy spend is useful for finance. Looking forward, the bigger leverage is turning that competitive intel into your own ads - which is exactly what Shuttergen automates.