Spy on competitors · See Competitors' Google Ads
Check competitors' Google ads and see, find or view every live ad a rival runs
To check or see a competitor's Google ads, search their domain or brand name in Google's Ads Transparency Center, or in AdEye, which reads the same public record and returns every live Search, Shopping, Display and YouTube ad in one feed, sorted by how long each has run. Google does not publish a rival's keywords, bids or budget anywhere, so the ads themselves are the part you can check with certainty.
Typing your own keywords into Google and scrolling past the sponsored results shows you a thin, personalized slice: whatever one competitor happened to serve to you, at that minute, in your ZIP code. You miss their Display and YouTube creative entirely, you cannot tell a three-day test from an ad they have funded all year, and every search you run adds an impression to their account. Google's free Ad Preview and Diagnosis tool fixes the impression problem for Search, but not the rest.
AdEye is built for the check most buyers actually want to make. Enter a competitor's domain in the search box above, and it pulls their current Google ads across every surface, marks the date each creative first appeared, and on paid plans tags the hook, angle and format. Save the ones worth keeping to a board, then run the same check on the next rival. Plans are $60, $99, $300 and $600 a month, or $30, $49.50, $150 and $300 billed yearly, for 500, 2,000, 10,000 or 20,000 searches, and there is a one-time demo so you can check a competitor before you pay. For keyword and bid estimates, see our PPC spy tools comparison.
Public Google Ads Transparency data. Nothing behind a login.
Comparing rivals? Separate up to 5 domains with commas to see their ads in one feed. Each one counts as one search.
Type a brand or a domain first, for example nike.com or Notion.
live ads from of competitors, in one feed
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- no ads on record at Google Google could not be reached, not counted not searched, your searches ran out not searched, up to 5 competitors at a time
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One version on Google, no variations
Live Google Ads Transparency data · Run length · Public data only
Run length on every ad
AI-tagged hooks & angles
Why it works
What you can see about a competitor's Google ads, and where each piece comes from
The ads themselves, observed word for word
Every verified Google advertiser's creative is published in the Ads Transparency Center. That covers Search text ads, Shopping listings, Display banners and YouTube video. It is the advertiser's own approved ad, not a reconstruction, so you can quote it in a client deck or a creative brief without a caveat. AdEye searches that record by domain or brand name and returns the lot in one feed instead of one format and one region at a time.
How long each ad has run is the closest honest signal of what works
Nobody can show you a competitor's conversion rate. What you can see is how long they have kept paying for an ad. An ad that has run for three months is one the advertiser keeps renewing, which usually means it earns its budget. AdEye marks the first-seen date on every creative and sorts by run length, so the long runners rise to the top and the one-week tests sink.
Your own Auction Insights shows who you compete with in the auction
Inside your own Google Ads account, Auction Insights lists the domains that appear in your auctions, with six statistics for Search, such as overlap rate and outranking share, and three for Shopping. It is free and authoritative, and it shows no creative at all. Google also withholds it when your impression share is under 10 percent. The practical workflow is to take the top domains from Auction Insights and then check what each one is saying.
Keywords, bids and budgets are estimated, never seen
Google never publishes another advertiser's keyword list, bids or spend. Tools that show those numbers, including SpyFu, Semrush and Adbeat, estimate them by running searches at scale and working backwards. Those estimates are useful for direction, but they miss Performance Max, tight geo targeting and most low-volume brand terms. If a page promises to show you exactly what a competitor spends on Google, it is showing you a model.
A record you keep after the ad stops
Once an ordinary commercial ad stops running, you cannot count on finding it again later. If a competitor's ad matters to you, save it while it is live. AdEye boards keep the creative, the advertiser, the format and the dates together, so the ad your rival ran last quarter is still there when the client asks why their new campaign looks familiar. CSV export of a board is available on the paid plans.
Side by side
Four ways to see a competitor's Google ads, compared
Each method answers a different part of the question. This is what each one shows, what it misses and what it costs.
| Method | What you see | What you miss | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search Google yourself | The Search ads served to you, at that moment, where you are | Display, YouTube and Shopping; other locations; how long ads have run. Adds impressions to their account | Free |
| Ad Preview and Diagnosis (in Google Ads) | Search results for any keyword and location without adding impressions | Only one keyword at a time, Search only, no history | Free with a Google Ads account |
| Google Ads Transparency Center | A verified advertiser's creative across Google, filterable by region, platform and format | No sorting by run length, no saving, one advertiser at a time | Free |
| Auction Insights (in Google Ads) | Which domains compete in your auctions, with overlap and outranking share | All creative. Withheld below 10 percent impression share | Free with active campaigns |
| AdEye | Every live Google ad a competitor runs, sorted by run length, tagged, saved to boards | Keywords, bids and spend, which no tool can observe | $60, $99, $300 or $600 a month; $30 to $300 billed yearly |
| SpyFu or Semrush | Estimated paid keywords, CPCs and spend, plus ad copy samples | Display and YouTube creative; accuracy on PMax and local campaigns | SpyFu from $39; Semrush Advertising $99 or $220 |
What it surfaces
Every ad card carries the hook, angle and a working signal
You type a brand or a domain. AdEye pulls that advertiser's live public Google ads into one feed and AI-tags each creative on the paid plans, so you read the strategy and spot the long-running winners before you save a single one.
- Check any competitor's Google ads by domain or brand name
- Search, Shopping, Display and YouTube in one feed
- First-seen date and run length on every ad
- Long-running ads sorted to the top
- AI hook, angle and format tags on paid plans
- Save ads to a board per competitor or client
- No impressions added to a rival's account while you look
- Public ad-library data only, nothing behind a login
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Why AdEye
One feed, the AI read, the working signal in view
Not a stale doc full of screenshots. One query for a brand, the run length on every creative, and a swipe file worth reopening. Public ad-library data only.
Every Google ad at once
The Google Ads Transparency Center searched by brand or domain, so competitor ad research is one query instead of clicking through Google's own viewer.
The AI reads the why
Creatives are tagged with their hook, angle and format on the paid plans, a few per search and kept once read, and a working signal flags the long-runners, so you see why an ad works, not just what it ran.
A swipe file that stays current
Save winners to boards, each keeping its run length and a link back to the original creative on Google, so the file is still useful months later.
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Public Google Ads Transparency data only. Nothing behind a login, no private data. Every CTA opens a quick signup, not a checkout.
Live Google Ads Transparency data · Run length · Public data only