# AdSpy review (2026): is it worth $149 a month? > Searchable database of Facebook and Instagram ads Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. AdSpy is a searchable archive of Facebook and Instagram ads. Users search by ad text, advertiser, comments, affiliate network or offer ID and filter by country, audience demographics and how long an ad has run. The site shows one subscription at a flat monthly price. - **Category:** Ad Creative & Reporting - **Made by:** Ad Navigator Ltd. - **Website:** https://adspy.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you research TikTok, Google or other networks, as only Facebook and Instagram are covered. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, AdSpy is a paid product, starting at $149 per month. - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | AdSpy subscription | $149 per month | The single plan shown: the site calls it virtually unlimited usage and an introductory offer that will not stay the same. | Read from https://adspy.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with AdSpy before buying. ## Key features - **Ad search:** Search by ad text, advertiser, page name or landing page URL, and sort by likes, reactions, when an ad was last seen or how long it has run. - **Comment search:** Search the comments under ads, for example to track feedback on a competitor's brand or on your own. - **Audience demographics:** Shows the location, gender and age range an ad appears to target, based on data from the site's contributor network. - **Affiliate and offer filters:** Find ads by affiliate network, affiliate ID, offer ID or landing page technology. The site says it gets past cloakers to reach the real landing pages. - **Large ad archive:** The homepage counts more than 214 million ads, 30 million advertisers and 225 countries, all taken from Facebook and Instagram. ## Good for - Affiliate marketers hunting for offers that other advertisers already run - Dropshippers watching which products get Facebook and Instagram ads ## Worth knowing - Covers Facebook and Instagram only; the pages read mention no other ad platform. - One plan at $149 a month, which the site labels an introductory offer; the pages give no plan tiers and no free trial. - The refund policy is a full refund within 24 hours of purchase, with later refunds at AdSpy's discretion. - No public pricing page was readable; the price comes from the homepage. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. AdSpy is a searchable archive of Facebook and Instagram ads at $149 a month on one plan. It covers no other network, has no trial, and gives a full refund only within 24 hours. - **Value for money: C.** One plan at $149 a month, which the site calls an introductory price. That is in the dearer quarter of ad tools ($129 and up). - **Free plan and trial: F.** Nothing free: no plan and no trial, and the refund window is 24 hours. - **Features: C.** Ad search, comment search, audience demographics, affiliate and offer filters and a large archive. It covers Facebook and Instagram only. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You learn its filters before the results make sense. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** A web app only. No integrations, API or phone apps were found. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from AdSpy's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among ad creative and reporting tools - AdSpy's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 1 of the 39 other ad creative and reporting tools we grade, and level with 6. - It stands best on value for money (C, above 9 of 39) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $149 a month, against a middle price of $49 for the category: 27 of the 32 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 22 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ad-tools ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace AdSpy you would be making a library of papers and sources to search. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 32 of the 39 other ad creative and reporting tools grade higher. It costs $1,788 a year. - You could not: A library of papers and sources to search. - You could not: Ad images and videos made to each network's sizes. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Research, Ad creative ## Alternatives - [BigSpy](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bigspy): Ad library for researching competitor ads on 11 platforms. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/adspy-vs-bigspy) - [PowerAdSpy](https://toolgpa.com/tools/poweradspy): Ad spy tool covering up to 11 social and display ad networks. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/adspy-vs-poweradspy) - [Minea](https://toolgpa.com/tools/minea): Ad spy and product research tool for dropshippers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/adspy-vs-minea) - [Foreplay](https://toolgpa.com/tools/foreplay): Save, search and track competitors' ads, and report on your own. 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