Minute Verdict
$69 a month buys PowerAdSpy Basic, and Basic covers two networks: Facebook and Instagram. The plan that covers all 11 networks is Palladium at $399 a month. In between, Standard at $99 adds Pinterest and the Google Display Network and unlocks the ad tracker and the targeting filters, and Platinum at $279 adds YouTube, Native and Google Search. Paying for a year changes the unit and not the ladder: Basic falls to $27 a month, Standard to $39, Platinum to $83 and Palladium to $119, billed as one annual charge. The useful way to read this pricing is by network count. If the research stays on Meta, $69 is a fair price for unlimited ad views on two networks with a brand limit of one. If TikTok is on the list, the answer is $399, and the site labels TikTok niche coverage even there.
What PowerAdSpy does
PowerAdSpy is an ad spy tool. It indexes ads that are running on 11 networks and makes them searchable by keyword, by advertiser or by domain. The networks named on the pricing page are Facebook, Instagram, Google PPC, YouTube, Native, Google Display, Reddit, Quora, Pinterest, LinkedIn and TikTok. All four plans carry the same three search modes and the same Keyword Explorer, so the ladder buys networks and narrowing rather than search itself.
The filters are split across the ladder in a way worth reading closely. Core filters by category, call to action, country and sort, plus the AI metadata filters on intent, hook and colours, are on every plan including Basic. Targeting filters by ad type, position, gender and age start at Standard. Device, affiliate, ecommerce, marketing and funnel filters, with an estimated ad budget, start at Platinum.
Two other pieces matter. The Ad Tracker records brands and alerts on new creatives; it is unlimited from Standard upwards and absent from Basic. Market Trends, a chart view of what is rising in a category, is labelled beta on Basic and Standard and full access on Platinum and Palladium, and a note under the comparison table explains that it is free on all plans during the beta and restricted to the two top plans once the beta ends.
The interface is a web app. Nothing on the pricing page mentions an API, a desktop client or a bulk export format.
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What you get for the money
The monthly view and the yearly view were both read on October 29, 2026, on the English pricing page.
| Plan | Month to month | Billed yearly | Yearly as a monthly rate | Networks | Brands |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | $69 | $331 | $27 | 2 | 1 |
| Standard | $99 | $475 | $39 | 4 | 5 |
| Platinum | $279 | Not published | $83 | 7 | 10 |
| Palladium | $399 | $1,436 | $119 | 11 | 30 |
Three things about that table. Basic, Standard and Palladium publish a yearly total; Platinum publishes only the monthly equivalent at $83, so its buyer learns the annual charge at checkout. The yearly rate is not the monthly rate multiplied by twelve: twelve times $27 is $324 against $331 billed, twelve times $39 is $468 against $475 and twelve times $119 is $1,428 against $1,436, which is our arithmetic and reads as rounding rather than as a second discount. The discount is also announced three ways, at 50 to 70 percent in the top badge, 58 to 70 percent in the annual note and 60 or 70 percent on the plan cards.
The trials deserve a second read. Basic is $1 for three days, then $69 a month. Standard, Platinum and Palladium are $7 for three days, then the full monthly rate. Every trial rolls into the monthly rate at the end of the three days unless the subscription is cancelled first.
What the money does not buy at any tier is a published search quota. The headline claim is unlimited ad views, and no plan card carries a daily or monthly ceiling. Capacity is expressed as a brand limit and as an AI ChatBot multiplier that runs 1x, 2x, 5x and 10x across the four plans, which is a different unit from the search counts the category usually sells.
Where it falls short
The distance between the headline and the entry plan is the first problem. Unlimited ad views is true and mostly moot at $69, because Basic has no Ad Tracker and no targeting filters: you may view as many ads as you like, with fewer tools to narrow them than a Standard subscriber has. Unlimited describes viewing, not research capacity, and the gap shows up in the second week of a project.
TikTok is the second. It appears only on Palladium at $399 a month, labelled niche coverage there, alongside LinkedIn, Quora and Reddit, so a TikTok first buyer is looking at the top of the ladder for a network the tool itself describes as partial.
The trial wording is inconsistent in a way that costs money if the wrong line is read. Two places advertise a seven day risk free trial, the hero band and a badge lower on the page, while the plan cards and the billing FAQ describe three day trials at $1 or $7. Someone who plans around seven days and cancels on day five has paid the full monthly rate. It is a page defect rather than a policy, and it is the kind of defect that ends in a chargeback.
None of the three annual figures is the number a buyer needs, which is the yearly charge for the plan they want, and Platinum does not publish that charge at all.
Market Trends is in beta on the two cheaper plans and, per the note under the comparison table, becomes a Platinum and Palladium feature when the beta ends. A Standard subscriber who builds a weekly ritual on it is building on a feature that is scheduled to leave the plan.
Finally, the social proof is a claim. The page carries a 10,000+ marketers figure with no source behind it, and it is not a reason to buy or to avoid.
PowerAdSpy alternatives
- BigSpy, $69 a month month to month or $49 a month billed yearly, with a free plan capped at 10 searches a day and a Starter tier on Facebook and Instagram that costs the same as PowerAdSpy Basic and includes a free way in. Read the BigSpy review.
- Adheart, $69 a month for Start, with 3,000 unique searches a month and 239 ad geographies on Meta, which is the closest match on entry price for a Meta only workflow. Read the Adheart review.
- PPSPY, $39 a month month to month or $19.50 a month billed yearly, the cheapest entry of the three and the one to look at when the budget is the constraint rather than the network list. Read the PPSPY review.
The three amounts are the vendor figures read on October 29, 2026, the same day as the PowerAdSpy prices, and they are quoted in the billing view stated next to each one.
Who it is for: PowerAdSpy
PowerAdSpy fits a Meta first media buyer or dropshipper who wants unlimited ad views on Facebook and Instagram, does not need TikTok, LinkedIn or Reddit, and watches one brand. At $69 that is a single brand research seat. Standard at $99 is the first plan that behaves like a competitive research tool, because the ad tracker and the targeting filters start there.
It does not fit an agency watching 30 brands across several networks on a small budget, because that is Palladium at $399. It does not fit a team that needs an API or a structured export, because none is published. It also does not fit a buyer who compares tools on a search quota, because PowerAdSpy does not sell one and the comparison has to be rebuilt on brands and networks.
How we checked
We did not use PowerAdSpy. This is a research review: no account was created, no trial was started and no search was run, so nothing here describes the interface in use. Everything about the product comes from the English pricing page read on October 29, 2026, in both billing views.
What was checked on that page: the four plan prices in both views, the four trial prices and their three day windows, the network count per plan at 2, 4, 7 and 11, the brand limits at 1, 5, 10 and 30, the point on the ladder where the Ad Tracker, the targeting filters and the estimated ad budget appear, the AI ChatBot multipliers and the Market Trends beta note. The yearly totals for Basic, Standard and Palladium are the ones printed on the page, and the monthly equivalents are the ones printed beside them. The twelve times arithmetic in the table section is ours and is labelled as arithmetic.
The trial and discount inconsistencies described above were visible in the same reading, without an account.
When this review becomes hands-on, the first two things to measure are what unlimited ad views means at the limit and whether the niche coverage label on TikTok and Reddit reflects a real gap in the index.
What to do next
The plan table sits on PowerAdSpy pricing, and the trial and coupon notes are kept on PowerAdSpy promo codes.
If the research is Meta only, take Basic at $69 for a month before any annual commitment and count how often the missing Ad Tracker sends you back to the ad library by hand. If it does, Standard at $99 is the plan that fixes it and the yearly rate at $39 a month is the cheaper way to hold it. If TikTok is on the list, compare Palladium at $399 against BigSpy at $49 a month billed yearly, since the platform list is wider for a fraction of the price.
Before paying, get two answers in writing: what unlimited ad views means when a heavy session meets the interface, and what the yearly charge is for Platinum.
FAQ
How much does PowerAdSpy cost? $69 a month for Basic, $99 for Standard, $279 for Platinum and $399 for Palladium. Billed yearly the monthly rates are $27, $39, $83 and $119.
Is there a free trial? Three days, at $1 on Basic and $7 on the three other plans, then the monthly rate unless the subscription is cancelled first.
How many ad networks do I get? Two on Basic, four on Standard, seven on Platinum and all 11 on Palladium. TikTok, LinkedIn, Quora and Reddit appear only on Palladium.
Is there a search quota? No. The offer is unlimited ad views on every plan, and capacity is gated through the brand limit instead, from one brand on Basic to 30 on Palladium.
Can I cancel? Yes. There is no long term contract, the subscription is cancelled from the account, and access runs to the end of the paid period.
Sources
Sources
- https://poweradspy.com/pricing/ (checked October 29, 2026, both billing views)
- https://poweradspy.com/ (checked October 29, 2026)
- https://bigspy.com/pricing (checked October 29, 2026)
- https://adheart.me/en/pricing (checked October 29, 2026)
Update log
- October 29, 2026: first publication, research review, both billing views read on the same day.
