Social Blade vs Tubegrow (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Social Blade grades higher than Tubegrow: 2.8 against 1.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Social Blade grades higher on value for money, the free plan and ease of use. They get the same grade on features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Social Blade
Daily follower and view statistics for YouTube and four other networks
Tubegrow
YouTube keyword, competitor and trending-video research tools
Which one is for you
Pick Social Blade if
- Fits if you check your own and rivals' daily subscriber and view counts
- Works for agencies shortlisting creators by country and category across five networks
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want keyword research or help with titles and tags, as it only reports numbers
- Watch out: a profile's history starts when Social Blade first added it, and YouTube history stops at three years
- Tight if you're staying free, with ads, 5 favorites per platform and only a short window of daily data
- Watch out: plans are listed billed yearly, and no monthly price was in the page text on record
- Pricey if you need the API, as credits are bought separately and the included ones don't roll over
Pick Tubegrow if
- Fits if you're an agency or brand keeping watch on rivals' YouTube channels
- Works for advertisers picking specific channels and videos to place YouTube ads on
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you're one creator, as the only priced plan is $199 a month
- Not for you if you want to try it first, as there's no free plan or trial
- Tight if you study more than a few rivals, at 3 competitor channels and 3 optimizations a month
- Watch out: the homepage puts Lite's keyword tool at 5 keywords a month, the pricing page at unlimited
- Watch out: anything bigger than Lite is quoted on request, and refunds cover the first order only
How we grade them
| 2.8GPASocial BladeGood | 1.2GPATubegrowWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | ABronze is $59.99 a year, $5 a month, well under the $7.20 that's 60% of this category's cheaper quarter. Daily charts need Silver at $149.99 a year ($12.50 a month), just above that quarter's $12. | FLite is $199 a month, more than ten times this category's $19 middle and almost four times where its dearest tenth starts ($49.99). For that you get 1 channel report, 3 competitor channels and 3 video optimizations a month. |
| Free plan and trial | BFree with ads: profile stats, live counts, projections, top lists of 100 and 5 favorites per platform. You could live on that for checking channels, but daily table data only covers a short window. | FNothing free: no free plan and no trial. A 30-day refund covers the first order only, asked for by email, and that isn't a trial. |
| Features | CDaily stats for about 171 million creators on five networks, top lists, a favorites dashboard, PDF report cards and an API. It does tracking fully, but that's a smaller job than this category's, and report cards cover YouTube only. | CKeyword search, title and tag suggestions, channel and competitor reports, trending videos and an ads tool. The basics are there, but Lite caps reports at 1 channel and 3 competitors a month. |
| Ease of use | BNo rating on record. You type a channel name and the numbers are there, with nothing to connect or set up first. | CNo rating on record. It's a web app of several separate tools with monthly caps to work within. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with no app or extension. The Business API is the one way to connect it to anything, and its credits are bought separately beyond the 5 to 50 a month on Silver and up. | CWeb only, with no app, extension, API or integrations on record. |
| Best for | checking any creator's daily numbers | watching rivals' YouTube channels |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Social Blade and Tubegrow. How we grade
Price against what you get
Social Blade starts at $5 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Tubegrow starts at $199 a month and scores 2.0.
Social Blade scores higher and starts $194 a month lower. Of the other YouTube SEO tools on the chart, none scores higher than Social Blade for less, and 19 score higher than Tubegrow for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Tubegrow also covers keyword research and youTube SEO.
At a glance
| Social Blade | Tubegrow | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Paid |
| Starts at | $59.99 per year, billed annually ($5.00 a month) | $199 per month |
| Free plan | Free account: profile statistics with ads, live counts, future projections, 5 favorites per platform, top lists of 100 and a short window of daily table data. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Social Blade, LLC | TubeGrow |
| Price read from | web.archive.org (not the vendor's own page) | tubegrow.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Social Blade
- Paid plans are shown billed yearly; the monthly-billing prices were not in the page text read.
- Data begins only when a profile was first added to Social Blade, and YouTube history stops at three years.
- Report cards cover YouTube channels only.
- Business API credits are bought separately; Silver and above include 5 to 50 a month, which are used first and do not roll over.
Tubegrow
- No free plan or trial is listed; the only priced plan is Lite at $199 a month, and anything larger is quoted.
- Lite caps channel insights at 1 channel, competitor analysis at 3 channels and video optimization at 3 videos a month.
- The homepage lists Lite's keyword tool at 5 keywords a month, while the pricing page says it is unlimited.
- Refunds within 30 days apply to the first order only and are requested by email.
Key features
Social Blade
- Daily statistics on five networks
- Tracks daily growth for about 171 million creators across YouTube, TikTok, Twitch, Facebook and Instagram, with live counts and future projections.
- Top lists
- Ranks the most followed or subscribed profiles globally, by country or by category, or by Social Blade's own SB Rank. Paid plans show longer lists.
- Favorites dashboard
- Favorited profiles appear in a sidebar and on a personal dashboard that compares their past month: 5 per platform free, up to 500 on Platinum.
- Historical data and charts
- Free users get a short window of daily figures plus weekly and monthly charts; memberships add longer daily tables, up to a year or more, and daily-level charts.
- YouTube report cards
- Downloadable PDF summaries of a YouTube channel's performance, for sharing with brands or clients. From 1 to 100 a month depending on plan.
- Custom reports and Business API
- Filtered lists of creators that export to Excel, open to anyone, and a paid API for pulling Social Blade data into other systems.
Tubegrow
- Keyword search tool
- Enter a keyword to get related keywords, see how videos rank for it, and find the keywords competitors put in their titles and descriptions.
- Video optimization for SEO
- Suggests keywords for a video's title, description and tags and advises on description length; Lite covers 3 videos a month.
- Channel insights
- Reports on your channel's subscriber growth, views growth and how views are spread across its videos; 1 channel a month on Lite.
- Competitor channel analyzer
- Views, subscriber counts and channel history for rival channels from a database Tubegrow updates daily; 3 channels a month on Lite.
- Trending videos
- Shows YouTube's trending videos from around the world on one screen, filtered by country and category, such as Entertainment in Canada.
- YouTube ads tool
- Helps advertisers pick specific channels and videos to place YouTube ads on, rather than broad audience targeting.
Plans
Social Blade
Free (Logged In)$0
Profile statistics with ads, 5 favorites per platform and top lists of 100.
Bronze$59.99
per year, billed annually ($5.00 a month)
No ads, 15 favorites per platform, top 250 lists, 1 YouTube report card a month and up to 30 days of table data.
Silver$149.99
per year, billed annually ($12.50 a month)
25 favorites, top 500 lists, 10 report cards a month, 60 days of table data, weekly and daily charts, and 5 Business API credits a month.
Gold$599.99
per year, billed annually ($50.00 a month)
100 favorites, top 1,000 lists, 50 report cards a month, 180 days of table data and 20 Business API credits a month.
Platinum$1,439.99
per year, billed annually ($120.00 a month)
500 favorites, top 5,000 lists, 100 report cards a month, 365 days of table data and 50 Business API credits a month.
Tubegrow
Lite$199
per month
Unlimited keyword, trending, inspiration and ads tools; 1 channel insights report, 3 competitor channels and 3 video optimizations a month.
CustomCustom
The same set of tools, with the price given on request through Contact Us.
Ways to pay less
Social Blade
- Annual discount
Save up to 20% with yearly billing
Social Blade's plan page lists a 17% saving on Bronze, Silver and Gold and 20% on Platinum when billed yearly instead of monthly.
Tubegrow
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Social Blade or Tubegrow?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Social Blade is cheaper to start with: $5 a month when paid by the year, against $199 a month for Tubegrow. Social Blade starts at $59.99 per year, billed annually ($5.00 a month), and Tubegrow starts at $199 per month.
Which has a free plan, Social Blade or Tubegrow?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Social Blade has a free plan. Tubegrow does not.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.