Best Adspy Tools for Dropshipping (2026): 8 Compared

The best adspy tools for dropshipping in 2026 are Adspy for Facebook and Instagram ads, Pipiads for TikTok ads and Trendtrack for watching competitor stores and their ads together. Dropispy is the cheap entry point, and Dropship.io, Foreplay, Sell the Trend and Shophunter each fill a narrower gap. Most sellers need one ad spy tool and one store tracker, not five subscriptions.

How we picked these ad spy tools

We included a tool only if a dropshipper can use it to answer one of three questions. Which products are being pushed with paid ads right now, which ads are working for them, and which stores are actually making sales from those ads. A tool that only does one of these well still made the list, as long as it does that one job better than the rest.
We also looked at where the ads come from. Meta (Facebook and Instagram) and TikTok cover almost all paid traffic for a typical dropshipping store, so a tool that only watches Google or native ads did not make the cut. Prices below are the ones reported by the vendors or by third-party pricing pages in 2026. They change often, so treat them as a guide and check before you buy.
One more thing before the list. The free Meta Ad Library already shows every active ad on Facebook and Instagram. What it does not show is engagement, run time history or the store behind the product in a useful way, and you cannot filter it by "ads that have been running for 30 days with lots of comments". That gap is what you pay a spy tool to close.

Quick comparison of the 8 tools

1. Adspy: the deepest Facebook and Instagram ad search

Adspy is the tool most people mean when they say "adspy". It is a search engine for Facebook and Instagram ads, and third-party reviews put its database at more than 200 million ads collected over roughly ten years. You can search by ad text, comments, landing page URL, advertiser name, country, language and call to action, then sort by likes, comments or shares.
The comment search is the feature dropshippers end up using most. Type "where can I buy" or "link please" and you get ads where real buyers were asking for the product, which is a stronger signal than likes alone. The date filters let you find ads that started months ago and are still running, and an advertiser does not keep paying for a loser that long.
The weak spots are the interface, which feels dated, and the scope. Adspy does not cover TikTok, and its store data is thin, so you still need something else to see if the store behind an ad is selling. It suits sellers who run Meta ads and want the biggest searchable archive, and the reported price is a flat $149 a month with no cheaper tier.
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2. Pipiads: the go-to for TikTok ads

Pipiads does for TikTok what Adspy does for Facebook. It collects TikTok in-feed ads and lets you filter them by region, impressions, likes, first-seen date, ad spend estimate and the ecommerce platform behind the landing page. Filtering to Shopify stores only is the quickest way to cut out apps and big brands and leave the dropshipping ads.
The product view is what makes it useful for research. Click an ad and you see the other ads for the same product, how long they have run and which stores are selling it. A product with five or six stores running fresh creatives in the last two weeks is a product that is working for someone. We walk through the full process in our guide on how to use Pipiads to find winning TikTok products.
Pipiads covers Facebook too, but its Meta data is thinner than its TikTok data, so treat it as a TikTok tool first. It suits anyone testing TikTok ads or selling on TikTok Shop. TrustRadius lists the Starter plan at $77 a month, and in Ecom Tools it comes with the Yearly plan.

3. Trendtrack: stores and their ads in one place

Trendtrack starts from the store instead of the ad. You find a Shopify store, see its estimated traffic and revenue trend, the apps and theme it uses, and every Meta ad it is running right now. Following a list of competitor stores and getting an alert when one launches a new product or a new batch of ads is the main reason people pay for it.
That angle fixes the biggest blind spot of a pure ad search tool. An ad with 3,000 likes looks great, but if the store behind it shows flat traffic, the likes are probably not turning into orders. Trendtrack lets you check both in a couple of clicks.
The trade-off is depth on the ad side. Its ad search is fine, but it does not go back as far as Adspy, and TikTok coverage is newer. Trendtrack's own blog lists plans at $49, $89 and $159 a month, and it is included on the Ecom Tools Lifetime plan. Choose it if you want to watch a set of competitors closely rather than search the whole market.

4. Dropispy: the budget Facebook ad spy

Dropispy is a French tool built for dropshippers on a small budget. It covers Facebook and Instagram ads with filters for reactions, comments, shares, run dates, country, language and the shop platform behind the ad, so you can limit results to Shopify and WooCommerce stores in a few clicks.
For a beginner it does the job. The interface is cleaner than Adspy's, results load fast and the free plan lets you try it before paying. Its database is smaller and less historical than Adspy's, and the store analysis is basic.
Dropispy suits a seller who wants to learn ad research without paying three figures a month. The Premium plan is reported at €29.90 a month, and the tool is included in Ecom Tools.

5. Dropship.io: store sales and product data

Dropship.io is less an ad spy and more a sales tracker. Its main features are a product database with estimated revenue, a competitor research tool that shows what a Shopify store sells and how much, and a sales tracker that follows stores day by day. It also links products to the ads that are pushing them.
The sales tracker is what earns it a place here. You find an ad in Adspy or Pipiads, drop the store into Dropship.io, and within a few days you can see whether orders are actually coming in. That turns a guess into a decision. The numbers are estimates based on store activity, so read them as direction rather than exact revenue.
Dropship.io works best paired with a proper ad search tool. Third-party pages report plans from about $39 a month with limits on how many stores you can track. It is included in Ecom Tools, and we compare it with other options in our product research tools roundup.

6. Foreplay: for studying and saving creatives

Foreplay is built for the creative side of ad research. Its Chrome extension saves ads straight from the Meta Ad Library and TikTok into boards, and it keeps the video even after the advertiser turns the ad off. It also has a discovery library of ads other users have saved, plus tools for writing briefs from the ads you collect.
That makes it the tool for the moment after you pick a product. You already know what to sell, and now you need ten hooks and three video angles that work. A board of 40 saved ads in your niche is a much better brief for a video editor than "make it like the ones on TikTok".
Foreplay is weaker at product discovery, since it does not rank ads by engagement or show store data. Sources disagree on price, with entry plans reported between $49 and $59 a month. It suits sellers who make their own creatives, and it is included in Ecom Tools.

7. Sell the Trend: product research with ad data bolted on

Sell the Trend is an all-in-one product research suite. Its Nexus tool scores trending products from AliExpress, Amazon and Shopify stores, a store intelligence feature tracks what competitor stores add and sell, and you can push a product straight into your Shopify store with one click.
For ad spy work it sits in the middle. It shows you what is trending and which stores are selling it, and you can then check the ads in a dedicated tool. Beginners like that it puts research and import in one place. Experienced sellers usually find the ad side too light to replace Adspy or Pipiads.
Sell the Trend suits a newer seller who wants one dashboard for finding and importing products. It is reported at about $39.97 a month and is included in Ecom Tools.

8. Shophunter: tracking Shopify store sales

Shophunter tracks Shopify stores and estimates their daily sales by product. You add a competitor, and it shows which items are selling, when new products were added and how sales move over time. It is narrow, and that is fine.
Its role in an ad spy workflow is checking. You spot an ad that looks like a winner, look up the store in Shophunter, and see whether the advertised product is the one moving or whether the store lives on something else. The estimates are useful for spotting trends but should not be read as exact order counts. It suits sellers who already have an ad tool and want a second opinion on sales, and Shophunter is included in Ecom Tools. Check their site for current pricing.

Which adspy tool for dropshipping should you pick

Start with where you buy traffic. Choose Adspy if you run Facebook and Instagram ads and want the largest searchable archive. Choose Pipiads if TikTok is your main channel. On a tight budget, Dropispy is the cheaper Facebook option to learn on.
Then add a store tracker, because ad engagement alone tells you what is being promoted, not what is being bought. Trendtrack, Dropship.io and Shophunter all do this, with Trendtrack the most complete and Dropship.io the easiest to start with. Foreplay is optional and pays off once you make your own videos.
For TikTok specifically, our list of the best TikTok ad spy tools goes deeper on that channel. Before you scale any product you find, run its numbers through the break-even ROAS calculator so you know what your ads must return to make money.

How to use an ad spy tool without wasting hours

Ad spy tools reward a routine. Open the tool with a short list of filters already in mind, run the same search each day, and save anything that passes into one place. Here is the checklist we use for each product we find.

A product that ticks five or six of these is worth a test. One that only has a viral ad with no stores copying it is usually a one-off. Our guide on how to find winning products covers the rest of the process, from sourcing to the first test budget.

Common mistakes with ad spy tools

The first mistake is sorting by likes and stopping there. Huge like counts often come from giveaways, memes or brand ads with big budgets. Run time and the number of stores copying a product say more about whether it sells.
The second is copying an ad word for word. If you find a winner, so did hundreds of other sellers with the same tool. Use the ad to learn the angle and the hook, then shoot your own version with a different opening and a better offer.
The third is paying for three tools that do the same job. Adspy, Dropispy and Foreplay all touch Facebook ads, and running all of them on separate bills adds up fast. Pick one per job and check the maths before you add another subscription.
The last is ignoring the numbers after you find a product. A product with great ads can still lose money once shipping, fees and ad costs come out. The profit margin calculator takes two minutes and saves a lot of wasted test budget.

Summary

The best adspy tools for dropshipping in 2026 split by channel. Adspy is the deepest Facebook and Instagram search, Pipiads leads for TikTok, and Dropispy is the budget Meta option. Pair one of them with a store tracker such as Trendtrack, Dropship.io or Shophunter so you can confirm that ads are turning into sales. Add Foreplay once you make your own creatives, and keep one tool per job so the bills stay sensible.
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