SpyWinAds vs BigSpy
Updated 10/24/2026
BigSpy has the widest coverage: 11 ad networks, more than 80 countries, and a free plan. SpyWinAds is much narrower, but it counts how many stores run the same video and keeps a daily history for each video.
| SpyWinAds | BigSpy | |
|---|---|---|
| Ad platforms | Meta ads (Meta Ad Library), by default those shown on Facebook; Instagram can be added when scanning | 11 networks: Facebook, Instagram, Google, YouTube, TikTok, X, Pinterest, Yahoo, Unity, Pangle, AppLovin. The Starter plan includes only Facebook, Instagram, AppLovin |
| Market | Ads running in the US | More than 80 countries |
| Ad start date | Yes. Live ads grouped by age: under 7 days, 7 to 14 days, over 14 days | Shows Duration and Last seen on ad cards |
| Date the video file first reached Facebook | Yes. The earliest date the video file was uploaded to Facebook, across the Pages in our library, accurate to 1–2 days. Shows when an old video is being run again | Not found on their official site |
| Stores running the same video | Yes. Video fingerprints group re-uploads, re-encodes and music changes, and count every page and shop running the same video | Not found on their official site |
| Ads that have stopped | Kept separate, not mixed into the live count | Not found on their official site |
| Daily history for each video | Yes, updated nightly | Not found on their official site |
| Store analysis | Find a domain's ads in our library, grouped by video | Find advertisers by domain, track 40 platforms such as Shopify, Amazon |
| Send products to Shopify | Clone product pages to your Shopify store (7 times in the trial) | Not found on their official site |
| AI | Keyword suggestions, videos ranked by the niche you choose, junk ad filtering. Does not create ads | Prompts generated from ads, video analysis, speech recognition in videos |
| Chrome extension, API | Read-only API and MCP, usable in ChatGPT and Claude. No Chrome extension yet | Not found on their official site |
| Data source | The app on your computer scans over your home connection and adds to a shared database | More than 1 billion ads, updated daily (per BigSpy) |
| Interface languages | 8 languages: Vietnamese, English, German, Spanish, French, Indonesian, Portuguese, Chinese | 5 languages: English, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese |
| Pricing | The 99-spot trial is full; the waitlist is open. Pricing will be announced with the commercial version, planned for 11/2026 | Free plan available. Starter $69, Growth $159, Scale $399, Ultimate $499 per month, cheaper with annual billing |
Where BigSpy beats SpyWinAds
- Far more ad networks and countries.
- A free plan you can use long term.
- A very large database.
Where SpyWinAds is different
- Shows the date the video file was first uploaded to Facebook, accurate to 1–2 days. When the two dates are far apart, an old video is being run again.
- Counts how many pages and shops run the same video, including re-uploads, re-encodes and music changes.
- Shows the date an ad started running and groups live ads by age.
- Keeps a daily history for each video, so you can see whether it's growing or fading.
- Clone product pages to your Shopify store, right in the app.
What SpyWinAds can't do yet
- Meta ads only. No TikTok, Google, or Pinterest yet.
- US ads only. You can't choose other countries yet.
- You need the Windows or macOS app to scan keywords. On the web: view results and use 4 free lookup tools.
- No Chrome extension or data export yet. The API looks up one video, store or Page at a time; it does not search the whole library. Only the videos you marked can be exported to CSV.
- No spend, likes, or reach data. Rankings are based on the number of live ads and the number of stores running them.
Original data from the SpyWinAds library: how Facebook video ads get reused ›
Which one to choose
- Choose BigSpy if you need to see ads across many networks and countries.
- Choose SpyWinAds if you only need Facebook ads in the US and want to know which videos many stores are running.
Sources
Information about BigSpy comes from their official site on 24/10/2026 and may have changed. If you spot an error, let us know at support@spywinads.com. Product names belong to their respective owners.