Meta Ad Library API alternative

All the ad data, none of the API work

Skip tokens, rate limits and missing creative fields. Search ads with previews, advertiser profiles and marketing filters in your browser.

Real video and image previews Updated every day Free plan available

The Meta Ad Library API is a powerful source of public ad data, but using it for marketing research is hard. You need a developer app and access tokens, calls are rate limited, and many fields marketers care about, such as creative images, videos and call to action buttons, are not returned for commercial ads.

Media Ads Library does the heavy lifting. We collect public ad data, add creative previews and calls to action, group ads into advertiser profiles and make everything searchable with filters built for marketers. No tokens, no code and no rate limit errors.

Creative included

Images, videos, carousels and calls to action that the API does not return for commercial ads.

No tokens or limits

Search in your browser without developer apps or rate limits.

Structured insights

Advertiser profiles, launch timelines, niches and filters out of the box.

Get API-level insight without the API

1

Sign up free

Create an account in seconds, no card needed.

2

Search or browse

Find ads by keyword, brand, niche or country.

3

Open advertiser profiles

See timelines, formats and markets for any brand.

4

Export what you need

Paid plans can download ad data as JSON.

5

Track over time

Follow brands without writing a scheduler.

Everything in one research workspace

Media Ads Library combines ad search, competitor tracking, organisation and AI writing so you move from research to new creative without switching tools.

Discover ads with real previews

Search millions of Facebook and Instagram ads by keyword or brand. Filter by niche, format, status, country, call to action and how long an ad has been running. Hover a card to play the video, open it to see every text variation, the landing page and the placements Meta used.

Advertiser profiles

Every brand gets a profile with all of its ads, a 12 month launch timeline, the share of video, image and carousel creative, its favourite calls to action, top countries and the landing domains it sends traffic to. Similar brands are listed so you can map a whole category.

Brand tracker with alerts

Track any advertiser and their newest ads land in your tracker and notifications. See how many new ads each brand launched since your last visit, so weekly competitor reviews take minutes instead of hours.

Swipe file and boards

Save any ad with one click and organise your swipe file into colour-coded boards by client, product or angle. Pro and Agency plans can share boards with a public link, perfect for creative briefs and client approvals.

AI studio

Break down why an ad works, generate ten hooks across proven angles, write complete ad copy variations, remix a competitor's structure for your product, script UGC videos scene by scene, generate headlines that fit Meta placements and transcribe video ads.

Store DNA

Enter any store domain to see its platform and theme, more than thirty detected apps and pixels, the public product catalogue with price range and newest launches, and the ads in the library that send traffic to it.

Common problems with the Ad Library API

Access requires a Meta developer app, identity confirmation and access tokens that expire. Rate limits are applied per app and can stop data collection for hours when exceeded.

For commercial ads, many useful fields are missing. Spend and impressions are only available for political and social issue ads, and creative media and call to action buttons are not returned as structured fields, which is why most marketing teams cannot simply build on the API.

Media Ads Library handles collection, enrichment and storage, so your team can focus on analysis and creative.

Who uses it

Marketing teams

Get ad data without engineering time.

Agencies

Research for many clients without managing tokens.

Researchers

Explore advertising trends by niche and country.

Founders

Answer market questions quickly.

Analysts

Export ad data for deeper analysis.

Developers

Prototype ideas before building your own pipeline.

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Simple plans

Start free. Upgrade when you need more searches, boards, tracked brands and AI generations. Prices shown per month when billed monthly.

Free
$0

Explore the library

Starter
$29

For solo sellers

Pro
$79

For growing brands

Agency
$199

For teams and agencies

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Frequently asked questions

Do you offer an API?

Not publicly yet. Paid plans can export ad data as JSON from any ad.

Is the data the same as the official API?

It comes from the same public Meta Ad Library, enriched with creative previews, calls to action and advertiser profiles.

Do you show spend and impressions?

Meta discloses these only for political and social issue ads, so they are not available for most commercial ads.

How fresh is the data?

The library is updated daily and creatives refresh when you open an ad.

Do I need a Meta developer account?

No. You only need a Media Ads Library account.

Where does the ad data come from?

Every ad comes from the public Meta Ad Library. We index it, keep ads searchable after they stop running and add creative previews, advertiser profiles and filters.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. The free plan lets you search, save ads to a board and track a brand without a card. Paid plans add more searches, boards, tracked brands, downloads and AI generations.

How do payments work?

Customers in India pay in rupees through Razorpay with UPI, cards and netbanking. Everyone else pays in US dollars through PayPal, which accepts PayPal balance and major cards.

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Search millions of real Facebook and Instagram ads with video and image previews. Free to start, no card needed.

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