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Spytrend groups Meta and TikTok ads by the operator running them, which is exactly the view media buyers have been asking for

Spytrend

An ad spy tool that follows the person behind the ads, not just the ads

Most ad libraries answer the question "what ads is this brand running?" Spytrend answers a sharper and more useful one: "who else is this, really?" In performance marketing, one operator often runs dozens of pages and landing domains at once. Spytrend tries to stitch those back together using the plumbing they share, like the same tracking pixel or the same server, and shows the lot in one profile.

Add filters for 33 verticals, a count of how long each ad has been running, deduplication of the endless re-uploads, and a Telegram bot that pings you when a watched domain or page launches something new. It is a workflow built by people who clearly spend their days hunting for winning creatives.

Who will love it

Performance media buyers, affiliate marketers and agencies running paid social at volume on Meta and TikTok. If your day starts with the question "what is scaling right now?", the days-live counter answers it fast, since long-running ads are usually the profitable ones, and the vertical, country and network filters narrow it to your corner of the market.

The best way in is the free forever Starter tier, which lets you get a feel for the search and filters. When you want the full picture, the paid plans unlock the Webmasters view, pixel and domain search and MCP access, billed monthly or yearly with a money-back window on first payments. Set up the Telegram bot on a few rival domains and new launches come to you.

Why the MCP bit matters

The most forward-looking piece is the MCP server. Instead of clicking through filters, you can ask an AI assistant to find scaling creatives in a given country or list an advertiser's domains, and it pulls the answer from Spytrend. For a buyer who already works inside Claude or Cursor all day, that is a genuinely nicer way to do research, and a sign the team is paying attention to where the work is going.

Sharp, specialist and built for people who live in Ads Manager.

The verdict

The Rundown

The things Spytrend does brilliantly.

  • Webmasters grouping

    The reason to pay. Seeing a competitor's whole network of pages and domains at once beats scrolling one creative at a time.

  • Pixel and domain search

    Paste a pixel ID or landing domain and see what else hangs off it. Very handy for mapping how a rival actually operates.

  • MCP server

    Query the ad database from your AI assistant in plain language, with no API key to wrangle.

Common questions about Spytrend

What is Spytrend?
Spytrend is a competitor ad research tool for Facebook, Instagram and TikTok ads. It collects ads from public ad libraries and groups them by the operator behind them, using shared pixels, domains, Page IDs and IP addresses, so media buyers can see a rival's whole ad setup in one place.
Is Spytrend free?
Spytrend has a free forever Starter plan with limited database access and basic search. The features most people want, such as the Webmasters grouping, pixel and domain search and MCP access, are on paid plans billed per seat, monthly or yearly, with a money-back guarantee on first-time payments.
Who is Spytrend best for?
Spytrend is best for performance media buyers, affiliate marketers and agencies that run paid social at volume on Meta and TikTok and want to track what competitors are launching and scaling.
How does Spytrend compare to other ad spy tools?
Spytrend stands out by grouping ads by the operator behind them, using shared pixels, domains, Page IDs and IP addresses, and by offering an MCP server for querying the data from AI assistants. Other tools in the space include the free Meta Ad Library and TikTok Creative Center, plus AdSpy, BigSpy, PowerAdSpy and Foreplay, which leans toward saving and organising creative inspiration for brands.