Our PowerAdSpy review comes down to one plan: Palladium at $399, the only one with LinkedIn, Quora and Reddit ads. There is no free trial. The $7 three-day trial we started on 8 October 2026 opened Facebook alone, and the cheapest plan offered inside the account was $99.
| What we tested | |
|---|---|
| Account | our own, started 8 October 2026 |
| Plan | Basic, 3-day trial for $7 |
| Searches | keyword “dropshipping”, advertiser “ZUGU”, domain “gymshark.com” |
| Networks that opened | 1 of 11 (Facebook) |
| Sign-in | PowerAdSpy login is email and password; there is no Google sign-in |
Every figure in this PowerAdSpy review comes from that session, and each screenshot below carries its date.
What the PowerAdSpy trial opens
On the trial, only the PowerAdSpy Facebook feed opens. We clicked all 11 network buttons: Instagram, YouTube, Google, Google Display Network, Native, LinkedIn, Reddit, Quora, Pinterest and TikTok each opened the “Choose Your Plan” window instead of results. Instagram ads still show up in the default All feed, but they cannot be filtered on their own.
PowerAdSpy’s public pricing page lists Basic at $69 a month with Facebook and Instagram. Inside the account, the upgrade window starts at Standard for $99 a month, and Basic is not offered there at all.
In that window Platinum at $279 and Palladium at $399 carry the same features; the $120 between them buys four networks: LinkedIn, TikTok, Quora and Reddit. Standard at $99 has no ad budget estimate and no traffic source, affiliate network, e-commerce platform, marketing platform or funnel filters.
Verdict: The $7 trial is a Facebook-only preview; judge the other ten networks by the plan you would actually buy.
The trial turns into a paid plan
The trial is not free and does not stop on its own. PowerAdSpy’s membership page showed our Basic plan with the next bill on 11 October 2026, three days after we started, with a cancel link beside it.
Verdict: If you only want to look around PowerAdSpy, cancel before day three.
How many ads PowerAdSpy sees
PowerAdSpy search shows no result counter. Our “dropshipping” search on Facebook returned a feed of ads with no total anywhere on the page, so search alone cannot tell you how large the database is.
Its Market Trends report does give a number: 1,941,754 ads seen across 10 networks in the last 30 days, 702,717 of them on Instagram and 592,063 on Pinterest. YouTube was greyed out in that report, which is why it counts 10 networks rather than 11.
Verdict: Use Market Trends, not search, to judge PowerAdSpy’s coverage.
How fresh PowerAdSpy’s ads are
PowerAdSpy shows three dates on every ad: when it was posted, when PowerAdSpy first saw it and when it last saw it. The gap between the first two is how long the ad took to reach the database. On 8 and 9 October 2026 we opened 31 PowerAdSpy ads from two advertisers, Gymshark and Manscaped: 1 was first seen on its post day, 2 within one day, and the median gap was 15 days.
The spread is wide. Three Gymshark ads posted on 5 October were first seen 0, 1 and 2 days later, while several Gymshark ads from July and August surfaced only in September. Every Manscaped ad in PowerAdSpy was last seen on 2 September 2026, though the brand was still launching new ads in October.
On the same two advertisers, Spytrend added 44 of 50 ads on their launch day; the side-by-side table is in our Spytrend review. The two tools hold different copies of each campaign, so the samples are not the same ads compared one by one.
Verdict: Check the first-seen date before treating a PowerAdSpy ad as new; in our check the median gap was 15 days.
Search modes and filters
PowerAdSpy has three search modes: keyword, advertiser and domain. Domain search runs in the background: for gymshark.com the page showed “Your domain search is underway” and results arrived after about 20 seconds. There is no advertiser profile page; clicking an advertiser’s name opens a feed of its ads with no total count.
The filter panel lists engagement ranges (likes up to 10M+, shares and comments up to 1M+), impressions, popularity score, average ad budget, category, call to action, language, gender, age, country, e-commerce platform, funnel type, marketing platform, affiliate network, traffic source, native network, ad position and image size. Results sort by newest, impressions, popularity, ad running days or domain registration date.
Verdict: Domain search is the quickest way to pull one competitor’s ads in PowerAdSpy; expect a 20-second wait.
PowerAdSpy extension for Chrome
PowerAdSpy has no Chrome extension as of 8 October 2026. A Chrome Web Store search for “poweradspy” returned no results, and poweradspy.com/extension/ returned a 404 page.
PowerAdSpy alternatives we tested
Every tool on this site is tested on our own account. These are the ones that overlap with PowerAdSpy, in alphabetical order.
| Tool | Cheapest way in | Paid from | Use it when |
|---|---|---|---|
| BigSpy ↗ | Free plan: 5 searches a day | $69/mo | you want to test the idea at zero cost across 10 social platforms |
| PiPiADS ↗ | Trial: 500 credits, no card | $49/mo (list $69) | TikTok is your main channel |
| PowerAdSpy | 3-day trial for $7, Facebook only | $69/mo (pricing page), $99 inside the account | you need LinkedIn, Quora or Reddit ads, on Palladium at $399 |
| Spytrend | Free plan: ads older than 3 months | $79/mo | you need fresh Facebook, Instagram and TikTok ads with advertiser totals |
None of the other three covers LinkedIn, Quora or Reddit. If those networks are the reason you are looking, PowerAdSpy Palladium is the only option on this list.
Who PowerAdSpy is for
The bottom line of this PowerAdSpy review: PowerAdSpy fits B2B advertisers who need to see LinkedIn, Quora or Reddit ads and will pay $399 a month for Palladium. It is a poor fit for Facebook-only research: the trial already shows the Facebook side, and the $99 Standard plan has no ad budget estimate.
FAQ
Is there a PowerAdSpy free trial?
No. PowerAdSpy has no free trial and no free plan: its trial costs $7 for three days, opens only Facebook and bills again on day three unless cancelled. Of the tools we tested, BigSpy, Dropispy and Spytrend have free plans.
Is PowerAdSpy worth it?
Only on the $399 Palladium plan, and only if you need LinkedIn, Quora or Reddit ads, which no other tool we tested covers. For Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, Spytrend starts at $79 a month and BigSpy at $69.
Does PowerAdSpy have a Chrome extension?
Not any more. On 8 October 2026 a Chrome Web Store search for PowerAdSpy returned no results and poweradspy.com/extension/ returned a 404 page. PowerAdSpy, BigSpy and Spytrend all work as web apps in the browser.