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Social Ad Scout

Spy on social ads with exact targeting data and archived landing pages.

From $147/month, with cheaper effective rates on 6–12 month billing.ad intelligence
Best for: Performance marketers and affiliates who need targeting + landing-page proof (anti-cloaking)

✓ Strengths

  • •Detailed search filters including text, URLs, redirects, demographics, GEO, device, and performance indicators.
  • •Shows **exact targeting** (e.g., age + country) rather than inferring targeting from who saw the ad.
  • •Saves and lets you download landing pages (including dependencies) to avoid dead/cloaked pages.
  • •Uses residential and carrier IP addresses to visit destination links and defeat cloakers.
  • •Permanent archive of ads served from their own servers (ads still viewable after deletion).
  • •Real-time updates with ads appearing “seconds ago”.

✗ Weaknesses

  • •Pricing is relatively high compared to many ecommerce-focused adspy tools.
  • •Public messaging emphasizes “social ads” and geo coverage, but doesn’t clearly list supported networks on the homepage.
  • •Manual account approval within 24 hours may slow instant onboarding.

Supported Platforms

Social ads (network not explicitly listed)

Key Features

✓Search by text
✓Search by URLs
✓Search by redirects (e.g., tracker domains)
✓Search by demographics
✓Search by location
✓Search by device
✓Search by ad type
✓Search by performance indicators
✓Detailed ad observations: timelines
✓Detailed ad observations: frequency seen
✓Detailed ad observations: ranking
✓Detailed ad observations: who saw the ad and how many times
✓Detailed ad observations: device distribution
✓Interact with ads via stored local copies (including video playback)
✓Landing page download with assets (images/videos/scripts/stylesheets) included
✓Redirect logging
✓Landing page screenshots
✓Landing page stats
✓Cross-device ad variation detection (same ad across desktop/mobile)
✓Favourites plus keyword-based notifications/alerts

Pricing

Monthly

$147/mo

Full access billed monthly (approved accounts start from approval date).

Semi-Annual

$127/mo (billed every 6 months)

Same membership features; billed upfront every 6 months.

Annual

$97/mo (billed every 12 months)

Same membership features; billed upfront every 12 months.

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