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AdSpy alternative for the Google ads a Facebook database misses

AdSpy is a deep, long-standing Facebook and Instagram ad database, and it is honest to say it covers a platform AdEye does not. If your research lives entirely on Meta, AdSpy has the bigger archive and the stronger commenter and demographic filters, and $149 a month buys all of it.

AdEye solves the other problem: the ads your competitors run on Google, which a Facebook-first database cannot see at all. Search a brand or a domain and AdEye returns their live ads from the Google Ads Transparency Center, each one showing how long it has been running, so a wall of creatives becomes a shortlist of the ones a competitor keeps funding. Paid plans add AI hook, angle and format tags, and anything worth keeping saves to a swipe file. Entry price is $39 a month, or $19.50 billed yearly. Public ad-library data only.

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Google Ads Transparency has no ads on record for that search. Google indexes ads by advertiser, so the brand's exact domain works best, for example nike.com.

Google Ads Transparency has no ads on record for . That is an answer about the brand, not a problem with the search: they are not running Google ads that Google publishes, or they advertise under a different registered name.

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Live Google Ads Transparency data · Run length · Public data only

AdSpy is a deep Facebook and Instagram database and covers a platform AdEye does not. AdEye covers Google: every ad an advertiser runs in the Google Ads Transparency Center, ranked by run length, with AI hook and angle tags on paid plans, from $39 a month against AdSpy's flat $149.

Side by side

AdEye vs AdSpy, honestly

A fair look at what each does well. Both are capable tools. Here is where they differ.

What matters	AdEye	AdSpy
Platform coverage	Google Ads Transparency Center only	Deep on Facebook and Instagram
AI hook and angle tags	Auto-tagged on every creative, on paid plans	Search and filter by metadata
Working signal	Ranked by run length	Filter by likes and run dates
Swipe file	Boards, with a link back to each original ad	Saved searches
How you search	By brand name or domain	By keyword, text, advertiser and demographics
Data source	Google Ads Transparency Center, public data only	Public ad data
Entry price	From $39 per month, or $19.50 billed yearly	Flat $149 per month, all features (July 2026)
Best suited for	Marketers who need the Google side of a rival	Deep Facebook-first ad search

Comparison reflects general, publicly understood positioning. Capabilities change, so check each product for the latest. AdSpy is a trademark of its owner, used here for fair comparison.

Why marketers pick AdEye

The ad spy tool that shows you the why

The half a Facebook database cannot see

A Meta-only archive tells you nothing about the Search, Shopping and Display ads the same brand is buying. AdEye searches the Google Ads Transparency Center, so the Google half of a competitor stops being a blind spot.

Read the winners

Google publishes each ad's first-seen date and its run length. AdEye puts both on every result, so a big list turns into a shortlist of the creatives a brand is actually still funding.

Priced for research

AdSpy is a flat $149 a month for its Facebook database. AdEye starts at $39 a month, or $19.50 billed yearly, because it does one library properly rather than modelling a whole market.

Good questions

AdSpy vs AdEye, answered

It depends on the platform you research. AdSpy covers Facebook and Instagram, which AdEye does not, so for Meta work AdSpy is the deeper tool. AdEye covers Google: search a brand or domain and you get every ad they run in the Google Ads Transparency Center, with run length and AI hook and angle tags on paid plans, from $39 a month.

As of July 2026 AdSpy runs a single flat plan at $149 per month, with no tiers and no annual option, giving full access to its Facebook and Instagram ad database, filters and demographic data. AdEye starts at $39 per month, or $19.50 billed yearly, and covers Google rather than Meta. Pricing changes, so check adspy.com before you buy.

From the Google Ads Transparency Center, which Google publishes so the public can inspect the ads running to them. Every result links back to its original transparency record, so nothing is scraped from behind a login and nothing is taken on trust.

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