Minute Verdict
The price page opens on the yearly view. Standard reads $19.50 a month there, which is $234 paid once a year. One click away, the monthly view reads $39. The gap is not a rounding detail: a reader who takes the first number for a monthly price is reading half the real monthly rate, and the same inversion runs through Pro at $49.50 against $99 and Business at $149.50 against $299.
The three plans carry the same features. They differ on trackers, 30, 100 and 300, and on credits, 10,000, 100,000 and 500,000 a month. Data export and the Chrome extension are unlimited on all three. So the purchase decision is how many competitor stores you follow, and the price decision is which billing view you were looking at when you decided.
What PPSPY does
PPSPY is a Shopify spy. It indexes Shopify stores, the products they sell and the ads they run, then puts a search over that index. You find a store, read what it sells, watch its sales estimates move, and open the creatives it runs on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and the other networks. The navigation splits the product into a shop explorer, a product library, an ad library, an ad tracker, a sales tracker and traffic research.
Two parts sit outside the subscription. The Chrome extension reads live sales on a store page you open in your own browser, and it is included on every plan with a daily cap that rises with the tier. The API service and the MCP and CLI tools are a separate line in the navigation rather than a feature of the three plans on the price page.
The tool is a web app. Everything happens in the browser, and the export of data and the download of creatives are unlimited on all three plans, which is worth noting before the metering discussion, because it is the part most ad spy tools hold back.
On this page
What you get for the money
Both billing views were read on October 29, 2026, on the official pricing page.
| Plan | Yearly view, per month | Monthly view, per month | Billed yearly | Trackers | Credits a month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | $19.50 | $39 | $234 | 30 | 10,000 |
| Pro | $49.50 | $99 | $594 | 100 | 100,000 |
| Business | $149.50 | $299 | $1,794 | 300 | 500,000 |
The figures in the second column are the ones that load with the page. They are yearly charges divided into months, and the annual total sits next to each one: $234, $594 and $1,794. The third column is what you pay after switching the toggle to Monthly.
The arithmetic is the point of this review, so here it is. Standard at $39 a month for twelve months is $468, against $234 on the yearly view, so the yearly view is half. Pro at $99 is $1,188 a year against $594. Business at $299 is $3,588 against $1,794. Those three totals are our own multiplication of the monthly rates by twelve, not figures displayed with the plans, and they land on the same 50 percent the page advertises.
Above the plans there is a promotion: annual plan 50 percent off, promotion period Q4 until December 31, annual plans only, monthly plan excluded. That is why the yearly view is the default, and it is the fact to hold on to once the promotion ends, because the monthly view is the price that does not move.
The plans differ on two counts. Trackers run 30, 100 and 300, credits run 10,000, 100,000 and 500,000 a month. Data export and the extension are unlimited on all three. The daily cap on live sales through the extension is 200, 1,000 and 10,000, and an enterprise line above the plans quotes a custom offer instead of publishing a fourth price.
Where it falls short
- The page opens on the yearly view. Every rate in the yearly column is a monthly figure built from an annual charge, and the monthly price only appears after a click. A reader comparing PPSPY to Adheart at $69 or BigSpy at $69 is comparing $19.50 to $69, when the honest comparison at entry is $39 to $69.
- The promotion has an end date. The 50 percent is written as a Q4 offer running until December 31 on annual plans only, so the yearly rate is temporary and the monthly rate is the durable one.
- Credits are the meter. A plan gives 10,000 credits a month at entry, and no top-up price appears anywhere near the plans, so a busy month has a cost that cannot be read before signing up.
- Trackers are counted per competitor, so 30 covers a short list. A seller watching a dozen niches in three markets lands on Pro, which is $594 a year on the yearly view.
- The API is not part of the three plans. The navigation lists an API service and an MCP and CLI set as separate products, so a workflow that needs structured access has a second invoice attached to it.
PPSPY alternatives
- Adheart, $69 a month on Start and $89 on Pro, with 3,000 and 9,000 unique searches a month and Meta ad libraries in 239 geographies. Read the Adheart review.
- BigSpy, $69 a month month to month or $49 a month billed yearly on Starter, with a free plan below it and a Growth plan at $119 billed yearly for five seats. Read the BigSpy review.
- PowerAdSpy, $69 a month for Basic, which covers Facebook and Instagram only, or $27 a month billed yearly, with all 11 networks only on the top plan. Read the PowerAdSpy review.
The three quotes were read on the vendor pages on October 29, 2026. PPSPY is the cheaper entry of the four on paper, at $19.50 on its yearly view against $69, and it is also the only one whose entry price doubles the moment the billing toggle moves.
Who it is for: PPSPY
PPSPY fits a Shopify seller or a dropshipping operator who already has a list of competitor stores and wants one place to watch their products, their sales estimates and their ads. It also fits a small team that needs the Chrome extension on a live store page, because the extension is unlimited on every plan and the daily live sales cap is the only limit written against it.
It does not fit a media buyer who runs Meta campaigns without a store behind them, because the product is organised around Shopify stores and products. It does not fit a team that needs API access, because the API is sold as a separate line. And it does not fit anyone who reads the first figure on the page and subscribes without touching the toggle, because that is exactly how a yearly rate gets mistaken for a monthly one.
How we checked
We read the official pricing page at ppspy.com/rank on October 29, 2026, in both billing views: the yearly view first, as it loads, then the monthly view after the toggle, then back to yearly to confirm the first reading. The three annual charges and the three monthly rates in the table are the two views as served. The yearly totals of $468, $1,188 and $3,588 are our own multiplication of the monthly rates by twelve, and they are labelled as such in the text above.
The address matters for anyone rechecking this review. The pricing link on the site points to an address that answers 404, and the page carrying the plans is /rank, which is the address cited here and in the sources below.
We did not use PPSPY. This is a research review: no account was created, no store was searched, no credit was spent and no result from the interface was observed. The trackers, the credits, the daily live sales caps and the unlimited export are the limits published with each plan on that page, and the trial and cancel paths are the ones described in its FAQ. When this review becomes hands-on, the credit behaviour at the limit and the accuracy of the sales estimates are the first two things to measure.
What to do next
The coupons and dates for this tool are kept on the PPSPY promo codes and coupons page, and the plan table sits on PPSPY pricing.
Start on the monthly view at $39 for Standard, not on the yearly view. One month at $39 tells you whether 30 trackers and 10,000 credits cover your list, and the yearly view at $234 saves $234 over twelve months of the monthly rate, but it commits the year before you know whether the credits hold. If the month works, the yearly view is the better purchase. If the credits run out in week two, Pro at $99 a month costs less than a yearly Standard plan you cannot use.
Before paying, ask the vendor two questions in writing: what happens when the monthly credits reach zero, and how a tracker is counted, per store or per competitor.
FAQ
How much does PPSPY cost? Standard is $19.50 a month on the yearly view, which is $234 a year, and $39 a month on the monthly view. Pro is $49.50 against $99, and Business $149.50 against $299.
Why is the first price so low? Because the page opens on the yearly view with a 50 percent promotion running until December 31 on annual plans only. The $19.50 figure is a yearly charge divided into months.
Is there a free trial? Yes. The FAQ of the page describes a trial account created with an email and no card. Which features the trial covers is not broken down by plan.
How many trackers do I get? 30 on Standard, 100 on Pro and 300 on Business, with 10,000, 100,000 and 500,000 credits a month over the same three plans.
Can I cancel? Yes, from the subscription page of the account, and invoices with country, company and VAT fields are on the invoice page.
Sources
Sources
- https://www.ppspy.com/rank (checked October 29, 2026, both billing views)
- https://www.ppspy.com (checked October 29, 2026)
- https://adheart.me/en/pricing (checked October 29, 2026)
- https://bigspy.com/pricing (checked October 29, 2026)
- https://poweradspy.com/pricing/ (checked October 29, 2026)
Update log
- October 29, 2026: first publication, research review, both billing views read on the same day.
