The closest TrendTrack alternative for shops, products and ads in one tool is Minea, at $99 a month for the plan that includes shops. For TikTok ads, PiPiADS starts at $49 a month. For the step after an ad is found, Playhead watches the ad and names the second of every hook, beat and claim, from $0 and $19 every 4 weeks. TrendTrack's own Starter plan at €49 a month does not include its ads library.
Key takeaways
- TrendTrack's Starter plan, €49 a month or €34 on the annual rate, includes shop research and 5 lookups a week. The ads library, the email library and the API start on Pro at €89 a month.
- Minea is the closest like-for-like replacement: ads and products from $49 a month, and shops from Premium at $99, read on 9 October 2026.
- 7 of the 8 tools find ads. 1 of them watches the ad and writes down what happens at each second, and it read a 5 second ad in 12.05 seconds.
- 4 of the 8 name an agent endpoint on the pricing page: TrendTrack from Pro, Foreplay from $175, Atria from $129 and Playhead on every plan including the free one.
- Meta's own Ad Library is free and holds every active ad on Facebook and Instagram. Every paid tool on this list reads from it.
What is on this page and on no other
Most pages on this subject repeat the same advice and the same figures. These are the facts this one produced itself, and how each one was made.
TrendTrack's pricing page shows two annual prices for each of its 3 plans. Read from Germany, the plan cards say €34, €62 and €111 a month, and the comparison table below them says $42, $63 and $105 a month, billed yearly.
3 of TrendTrack's 4 product areas are switched off on the €49 Starter plan: Mail, Ads and Advertisers. The Starter plan holds Shops, 5 lookups a week and 2 tracked brands.
5 of the 7 paid tools meter the work in credits or quotas: TrendTrack at 5 lookups a week on Starter, Minea at 10 AI ad analyses a month on Starter, PiPiADS at 30,000 PiPiADS credits with 20 for each ad opened, Atria at 600 MCP calls a month, and Playhead in credits per reading.
Playhead read a 5 second vertical ad in 12.05 seconds and named every beat with its second. Minea's $49 Starter plan holds 10 AI analyses a month, which is $4.90 for each one.
A 115.30 second supplement ad, taken apart by Playhead, has 33 cuts at 0.29 a second, 7 beats and 6 quoted claims, with the product on screen at 0:01.5 and the proof beat running 42.1 seconds.
What happened to TrendTrack
Nothing shut down. TrendTrack is live and sells 3 self-serve plans at €49, €89 and €159 a month. The ads library starts on Pro, the API and MCP access start on Pro with 20,000 API credits, and a second seat needs Business at €159, where 3 are included and each further seat is $29. [1]
TrendTrack is ecommerce intelligence: a database of Shopify stores with traffic from SimilarWeb, an ads library that indexes 2 to 3 million new ads a day, an advertisers view, an email library, and a brand tracker that refreshes every 24 hours. Most people who search for an alternative use one or two of those five and pay for the plan that unlocks them.
How we chose these tools
- Every price is the lowest monthly tier on the vendor's own pricing page, read on 25 September 2026. Where a vendor shows no price to a visitor with no account, the entry says so.
- A tool is on this list when it does at least one job a TrendTrack customer pays for: finding competitor ads, finding winning shops and products, or understanding why a competitor's ad works.
- Every entry names at least one thing the product does not do, including ours.
- Playhead is second, not first. Minea is the closer like-for-like replacement, and Playhead does a job that starts after the ad is found.
The shortlist
Every price is the lowest published tier, read off the vendor's own pricing page. The date it was read is at the foot of this page.
| Tool | From | Best for | Watches the video |
|---|---|---|---|
Minea
An all-in-one ecommerce research tool: a Meta ads library, influencer product placements, a product list and a shop list, with AI analysis and transcripts of ads on every plan.
- What it costs
- Best for
- Rated
What it actually sees in the ad
What it does
- A Meta ads listing with dozens of filters
- Influencer product placements beside the paid ads
- Product and shop listings, with daily niche lists
- AI analysis of an ad, and an AI transcript of it
- A free .store domain with every plan
Stronger at
- The ads library is on the $49 Starter plan, where TrendTrack's starts at €89
- Influencer placements, which no other tool on this list tracks
Where it stops
- 10 AI ad analyses a month on the $49 plan, which is $4.90 an analysis. Unlimited analyses need Business at $199.
- Snapchat, Pinterest and TikTok ads are marked as coming soon on the pricing page, so the ads library is Meta first.
Playhead
OursPlayhead watches a competitor's ad and tells you how it is built, second by second: the hook and how it reaches a viewer, every beat with its start and length, every claim quoted at the second it is legible, and the cuts counted off the file.
- What it costs
- Best for
- Rated
What it actually sees in the ad
What it does
- Paste a link from the Meta Ad Library, TikTok, Instagram or YouTube, or upload a file
- Each ad becomes a teardown with the same fields: hook, beats, claims, cuts, first face, first product, and whether it works muted
- Up to 10 ads in one set, each watched blind to the others, then stacked into one comparison
- Ask a new question about a saved ad later, for a fraction of the first reading
- An MCP endpoint on every plan, so Claude or another agent can read ads for you
Stronger at
- Watches the ad and names the second of every part, which no other entry on this list documents. A 5 second ad is read in 12.05 seconds
- $19 every 4 weeks is the lowest paid price here, with 3 seats included where TrendTrack includes 1 below €159
- About $0.04 a reading for a 5 second ad on the $19 plan, measured, against $4.90 for an AI analysis in Minea's Starter plan
Where it stops
- Playhead does not search for ads. It has no database of shops, products or advertisers, so you bring the link from TrendTrack, Minea or the Meta Ad Library.
- Playhead connects to no ad account and knows no spend, reach or ROAS. It reads what is in the video file and nothing about how the ad performed.
- A reading costs credits by length, so a 2 minute ad costs more than a 5 second one.
PiPiADS
An ad spy tool built around TikTok, with Facebook ads, TikTok Shop products, store rankings and an ad tracker in one credit-based plan.
- What it costs
- Best for
- Rated
What it actually sees in the ad
What it does
- TikTok and Facebook ads, with search and filters
- TikTok Shop and TikTok Made Me Buy It products
- Rankings of top products, new products and top stores
- An ad tracker, 2 brands on Basic and 10 on Advanced
- 500 trial credits before a plan
Stronger at
- The deepest TikTok coverage on this list, including TikTok Shop
- A trial with credits rather than a demo call
Where it stops
- Opening one ad costs 20 PiPiADS credits, so the $49 plan opens 1,500 ads a month and credits do not roll over.
- An API is sold through sales only. The pricing page names no agent endpoint.
Foreplay
A swipe file, a discovery library of saved ads, a brief builder and a competitor tracker. Foreplay is where creative teams keep the ads they find.
- What it costs
- Best for
- Rated
What it actually sees in the ad
What it does
- Save ads from the Meta Ad Library and TikTok with a browser extension
- Discovery, a library of ads other users saved
- Briefs built from saved ads
- Spyder, which follows a competitor's ad library
- MCP and an API from the $175 Workflow plan
Stronger at
- The best place on this list to keep and share ads as a team
- A brief builder, which no spy tool on this list has
Where it stops
- No shop, product or traffic data. Foreplay is about the ads, not the stores behind them.
- The agent endpoint starts at $175 a month, not on the $59 plan.
Atria
Ad intelligence and creative analytics with an MCP endpoint on every plan. Atria's own page describes bringing ad data into Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor.
- What it costs
- Best for
- Rated
What it actually sees in the ad
What it does
- Competitor analysis inside Radar, which Atria calls a 24/7 AI strategist
- Creative analytics on 5 connected ad accounts
- Performance analysis, review mining and copywriting in the same workspace
- 600 MCP calls a month on Core, unlimited from Plus
Stronger at
- 5 seats at $129, where TrendTrack needs €159 for 3
- Reads your own ad accounts as well as your competitors', which no spy tool on this list does
Where it stops
- $129 is the annual rate. The monthly price is not printed beside it.
- 600 MCP calls a month on Core is 20 a day, then 1 AI credit a call.
Kalodata
TikTok Shop analytics: which products, shops, creators and videos sell on TikTok Shop, with sales and revenue estimates for each.
- What it costs
- Best for
- Rated
What it actually sees in the ad
What it does
- Product, shop and creator data for TikTok Shop, with 1,000 days of history
- Video, ad and livestream data, 400 million records by its own count
- Sales and ad spend estimates, which its own FAQ says can vary from real figures
- A 7 day free trial with no card
Stronger at
- Sales estimates for TikTok Shop products and creators, which TrendTrack does not cover
Where it stops
- No price before signup. A team that approves a budget first cannot get a figure from the website.
- TikTok Shop only. Meta ads and Shopify stores are out of scope.
AdSpy
A search engine for Facebook and Instagram ads, searchable by ad text, comments, advertiser, landing page and more.
- What it costs
- Best for
- Rated
What it actually sees in the ad
What it does
- Search by ad text, comments, URL and advertiser
- Filters by country, language and engagement
- Affiliate network and e-commerce platform filters
Stronger at
- Search inside comments, which none of the other entries offers
- One plan and no credits to count
Where it stops
- $149 a month is the only price, and there is no cheaper entry plan.
- Facebook and Instagram only. No TikTok, no shops and no traffic.
Meta Ad Library
Meta's own public archive of every ad running on Facebook and Instagram, searchable by advertiser, country and keyword.
- What it costs
- Best for
- Rated
What it actually sees in the ad
What it does
- Every active ad on Facebook and Instagram, by advertiser
- Filters by country, platform and start date
- Reach and spend for ads that run in the EU
Stronger at
- The primary source. TrendTrack's EU spend data comes from here
- Free, with no plan and no quota
Where it stops
- Saves nothing, ranks nothing and links no ad to a shop.
- No TikTok, no traffic and no product data.
What the TrendTrack Starter plan holds
Shops, 5 lookups a week and 2 tracked brands. The ads start on Pro.
TrendTrack sells 3 self-serve plans, and the one most people open first is not the one they need. The €49 Starter plan holds the shop database, 5 lookups a week and 2 tracked brands. Ads, Mail and Advertisers are switched off. The ads library, which is what most people come for, starts on Pro at €89 a month. The API and the MCP endpoint start there too.
Seats are the second surprise. Starter and Pro hold 1 user each. A team of 2 needs Business at €159 a month, which holds 3, and each seat after that is $29.
| Plan | Monthly | Annual rate | Ads library | API and MCP | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | €49 | €34 on the card, $42 in the table | No | No | 1 |
| Pro | €89 | €62 on the card, $63 in the table | Yes | 20,000 API credits | 1 |
| Business | €159 | €111 on the card, $105 in the table | Yes | 20,000 API credits | 3, then $29 each |
Finding an ad and understanding it are two jobs
7 of the 8 tools find ads. 1 of them watches the ad.
TrendTrack, Minea, PiPiADS, AdSpy and the Meta Ad Library all answer the same question: which ads are running, and which ones are winning. They sort by spend, by days active, by engagement. That is the first half of the job, and it is the half every tool on this list does well.
The second half is the one that pays. You found a supplement ad that has run for 90 days. Now you have to know what it does: what the first 3 seconds say, when the product appears, how long the proof runs, what the call to action promises. Today a person does that by hand. They open the ad, pause at each cut, scrub back and write it down, for 20 ads.
Playhead does that part. Paste the link, and the answer is a teardown with the second of every part. The ad below ran 115.30 seconds. Playhead counted 33 cuts, 7 beats and 6 claims, and put the product on screen at 0:01.5.
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- Tools here that find ads
- 7 of 8
- Tools here that document watching the ad and naming a second
- 1 of 8
- What one 5 second ad costs to read in Playhead
- 12.05 s
- Cheapest plan with an ads library
- $49/mo
The cheapest setup that does both jobs
A finder and a reader, and the reader costs less than the finder.
| The setup | What it covers | A month |
|---|---|---|
| Meta Ad Library and Playhead free | Find live ads, and read about 37 short ads a month second by second | $0 |
| Meta Ad Library and Playhead Creator | The same, with 449 short ads a month and 3 seats | $19 |
| Minea Starter and Playhead Creator | Ads and products, and every found ad read second by second | $68 |
| TrendTrack Pro alone | Ads, shops and email flows, 1 seat, no reading of the video | €89 |
The $68 row covers the ads, the products and a reading of every ad you find, and it costs less than TrendTrack Pro alone. Both halves also work inside Claude: TrendTrack, Foreplay and Atria sell an MCP endpoint on a higher plan, and Playhead has one on every plan including the free one. So an agent can find the ad in one tool and ask Playhead what happens at 0:05 in the same conversation.
The verdict
Leave TrendTrack when you pay €89 a month for the ads library and use nothing else. Minea at $49 gives you the ads and the products on the entry plan, and the shops at $99, and PiPiADS at $49 is the pick for TikTok. But every one of these 7 finders stops at the same point: they show you the winning ad and leave you to work out why it wins. Playhead does that part, second by second, from $0, and at $19 a month for 449 short ads it costs less than any finder on this list. Keep one finder and add Playhead: Minea and Playhead together cost $68 a month, less than TrendTrack Pro alone.
Common questions
What is the best TrendTrack alternative?
Minea at $49 a month is the closest like-for-like replacement, because it holds ads, products and shops in one plan and its ads library is on the entry tier. PiPiADS at $49 is the better choice when TikTok is the main channel. Neither one watches the ad, so add Playhead from $0 when you need to know what happens inside it.
Does the TrendTrack Starter plan include the ads library?
No. On 25 September 2026 the €49 Starter plan showed Mail, Ads and Advertisers crossed out, with Shops, 5 lookups a week and 2 tracked brands included. The ads library, the email library and API access start on Pro at €89 a month.
How much does TrendTrack cost?
TrendTrack costs €49, €89 or €159 a month for Starter, Pro and Business on the monthly rate, and €34, €62 or €111 on the annual rate as shown on the plan cards. The comparison table on the same page prints $42, $63 and $105 for the annual rate.
Is there a free TrendTrack alternative?
Meta's own Ad Library is free and shows every active ad on Facebook and Instagram, with reach and spend for ads in the EU. Pair it with Playhead's free plan, 50,000 credits every 4 weeks, to read each ad second by second. Neither one tracks shops or traffic.
Can I use these tools inside Claude or ChatGPT?
Four of the eight name an agent endpoint on the pricing page. TrendTrack includes MCP from the €89 Pro plan, Foreplay from its $175 Workflow plan, Atria on every plan from $129 with 600 calls a month, and Playhead on every plan including the free one.
