# AdSpy review: pricing, pros and cons · Campaign Buyer > Source: https://campaignbuyer.com/reviews/adspy Tool reviewmedia buyer software ## AdSpy review The largest searchable database of Facebook and Instagram ads By [Dana Rourke](/authors/dana-rourke), Lead reviewer. Reviewed by [Campaign Buyer Editorial](/authors/editorial). Updated 8 September 2026\. **Disclosure:**We may earn a commission when you buy through links on this page. It never affects our rankings. At a glance Starts at $149/mo Best for Meta and Instagram affiliate and dropship research Founded 2016 Website [Official site](https://www.adspy.com/) [Visit AdSpy (opens in a new tab) ](https://www.adspy.com/?utm%5Fsource=campaignbuyer.com&utm%5Fmedium=affiliate&utm%5Fcampaign=review) Our verdict AdSpy is the pick if you research Facebook and Instagram ads seriously and want to search by page, offer, affiliate network or landing page. When the job is to reverse-engineer what is working on Facebook and Instagram, AdSpy has the deepest archive and the sharpest filters. You can drill in by page, ad copy, reactions, country, offer id and even landing-page technology, which is exactly how an affiliate or dropshipper finds a proven angle before spending on it. Nothing else here matches its Meta depth. The pricing is simple and flat at $149/mo, with no per-seat math to worry about. Know its edges. It covers Facebook and Instagram only, so native buyers need Anstrex instead. At $149/mo it earns its cost when competitor research is a weekly habit. And it stops at search: turning your finds into swipe files or briefs your team can build from is a job for Foreplay. AdSpy ranks first here for pure Meta intelligence, which is what most paid-social affiliates actually need. ### Pros and cons ##### What works * The deepest Meta and Instagram ad archive, with granular filters * Filter by advertiser, offer id, affiliate network and landing-page tech * Flat $149/mo with no per-seat surprises ##### What to watch * Covers Facebook and Instagram only, so native and push buyers need a second tool * At $149/mo it only pays off if you use it weekly * Saving, tagging and briefing the ads you find happens somewhere else #### What buyers keep saying Research: unverified ##### Data freshness and saturation The archive is deep, but affiliates and dropshippers report that some results feel stale or show products that are already saturated by the time they appear. The consistent advice is to treat what AdSpy surfaces as patterns and angles to validate, not proof of a currently scaling campaign. > “clunky and expensive” Anonymous [Reddit: Best Ad Spy Tool? : r/Affiliatemarketing ](https://www.reddit.com/r/Affiliatemarketing/comments/1oc1qkh/best%5Fad%5Fspy%5Ftool/) Jan 2025 > “a little stale sometimes” Anonymous [Reddit: Best Ad Spy Tool? : r/Affiliatemarketing ](https://www.reddit.com/r/Affiliatemarketing/comments/1oc1qkh/best%5Fad%5Fspy%5Ftool/) Jan 2025 ##### Comment mining is a repeatedly named strength ↑ frequently praised Media buyers cite AdSpy's comment search as a specific reason to use it, mining ad comments for objections, hooks and pain points that feed new creative. > “Adspy for comment mining” Anonymous [Reddit: Best tools for Facebook/Meta Ads : r/FacebookAds ](https://www.reddit.com/r/FacebookAds/comments/1oo03wz/which%5Fare%5Fsome%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fbest%5Ftools%5Ffor%5Ffacebookmeta/) Jan 2025 ##### Price only pays off with heavy use At a flat $149 a month AdSpy is described as expensive and only worth keeping if you research competitors weekly or can tie one good angle to more than the subscription cost. > “clunky and expensive” Anonymous [Reddit: Best Ad Spy Tool? : r/Affiliatemarketing ](https://www.reddit.com/r/Affiliatemarketing/comments/1oc1qkh/best%5Fad%5Fspy%5Ftool/) Jan 2025 ### The receipts We read the threads before we ranked. Here is where the sentiment above comes from, at links you can open. > “clunky and expensive” Anonymous [Reddit: Best Ad Spy Tool? : r/Affiliatemarketing ](https://www.reddit.com/r/Affiliatemarketing/comments/1oc1qkh/best%5Fad%5Fspy%5Ftool/) Jan 2025 > “a little stale sometimes” Anonymous [Reddit: Best Ad Spy Tool? : r/Affiliatemarketing ](https://www.reddit.com/r/Affiliatemarketing/comments/1oc1qkh/best%5Fad%5Fspy%5Ftool/) Jan 2025 > “Adspy for comment mining” Anonymous [Reddit: Best tools for Facebook/Meta Ads : r/FacebookAds ](https://www.reddit.com/r/FacebookAds/comments/1oo03wz/which%5Fare%5Fsome%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fbest%5Ftools%5Ffor%5Ffacebookmeta/) Jan 2025 ### Pricing Plans from $149/mo. One flat plan at $149 a month, whoever logs in, with close to unlimited searching. There is no free trial. A full refund is available only within 24 hours of purchase. Prices as of 24 September 2026 [See the full AdSpy pricing breakdown, tier by tier](/reviews/adspy/pricing). ### Changelog * 8 September 2026. First published. Verified pricing and features against the vendor and ranked AdSpy in its category. ### Frequently asked questions How much does AdSpy cost? The cheapest plan is $149 a month. ### Sources #### Other sources 3 discussions and reviews read for this page. Quotes are excerpts; open a link to read the original in context. 1. \[value\] [Best Ad Spy Tool? : r/Affiliatemarketing ](https://www.reddit.com/r/Affiliatemarketing/comments/1oc1qkh/best%5Fad%5Fspy%5Ftool/) Reddit, 1 Jan 2025 2. \[freshness\] [Best Ad Spy Tool? : r/Affiliatemarketing ](https://www.reddit.com/r/Affiliatemarketing/comments/1oc1qkh/best%5Fad%5Fspy%5Ftool/) Reddit, 1 Jan 2025 3. \[comments\] [Best tools for Facebook/Meta Ads : r/FacebookAds ](https://www.reddit.com/r/FacebookAds/comments/1oo03wz/which%5Fare%5Fsome%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fbest%5Ftools%5Ffor%5Ffacebookmeta/) Reddit, 1 Jan 2025 ### Ready to try AdSpy? AdSpy is the pick if you research Facebook and Instagram ads seriously and want to search by page, offer, affiliate network or landing page. [Try AdSpy (opens in a new tab) ](https://www.adspy.com/?utm%5Fsource=campaignbuyer.com&utm%5Fmedium=affiliate&utm%5Fcampaign=review) ### Related reading * Not sold? Read [AdSpy alternatives](/alternatives/adspy). * Head-to-head: [AdSpy vs Anstrex](/compare/adspy-vs-anstrex) * Head-to-head: [AdSpy vs Foreplay](/compare/adspy-vs-foreplay) * Head-to-head: [AdSpy vs Minea](/compare/adspy-vs-minea) * Head-to-head: [AdSpy vs BigSpy](/compare/adspy-vs-bigspy) * Browse [all head-to-heads](/compare) and [every review](/reviews). Written by Dana Rourke Lead reviewer Dana Rourke is the lead reviewer at Campaign Buyer. She owns the tracker and attribution coverage: reading what long-term users report about each tool, checking its documentation and pricing, and verifying prices with the vendor before writing the verdict. Keeping the rankings honest mostly means writing down what the top pick gets wrong, so she does that first. [danar@campaignbuyer.com](mailto:danar@campaignbuyer.com) Last checked 2026-09-08 --- Campaign Buyer reviews the trackers, landing page builders, attribution tools and ad-spy software that performance media buyers actually run. 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