AdClarity vs AdLibrary: Competitor Ad Intelligence or Ad Search and AI Ad Breakdown
AdClarity fits brands and agencies that track what competitors advertise, where and for how much. AdLibrary fits marketers who want to search ads from many platforms in one place and have AI explain them.
Choose AdClarity if you want to track competitors' ads, audiences and spend across many channels and markets. Choose AdLibrary if you want to search other brands' ads across many platforms and save the best ones. If you also need campaigns built from a chat, Madgicx does that, from $45 a month.
See how we reached this recommendation| AdClarity | AdLibrary | |
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| How you pay | Monthly plans: Basic $129, Advanced $289, Team $349. Enterprise is custom. Yearly billing saves up to 10%. | Monthly credits: Starter EUR 29 a month for 50 credits, Pro EUR 179 for 300, Business EUR 329 for 1,000. One search costs 1 credit. |
| Free plan or trial |
Its pricing page offers a 7-day free trial of core features, and a free live analysis of your top 3 competitors.
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Its pricing page lists no free trial. Starter comes with a 14-day money-back guarantee.
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| Image ads |
We saw no image ad generation on its pages. It shows competitors' ad creatives.
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We saw no image ad generation on its pages. It is a search tool for existing ads.
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| Video ads |
We saw no video ad generation on its pages. It tracks video and connected TV ads of other advertisers.
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We saw no video ad generation on its pages. It searches ads, including video platforms such as YouTube and TikTok.
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| Scoring new ads before launch |
We saw no scoring of new ads before launch on its pages.
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We saw no scoring of new ads before launch on its pages.
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| Analysis of your live ads |
We saw no analysis of your own live ads on its pages. It benchmarks competitors on share of voice, impressions and performance metrics.
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We saw no analysis of your own live ads on its pages. Its AI breakdown explains ads you find in the library: hook, angle, audience and triggers.
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| Ad inspiration and research |
Its home page describes competitor ad creatives, spend, audiences, publishers and campaigns across social, video, display, mobile, connected TV and linear TV, in 52 markets.
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Its home page claims over 1 billion ads across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Google, YouTube, X and more, with saved ads, folders, filters and a Chrome extension.
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| Publishing to ad accounts |
We saw no way to publish ads to an ad account on its pages.
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We saw no way to publish ads to an ad account on its pages.
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| G2 rating | 4.3 from 17 reviews | No G2 rating found |
Where they differ
How the price grows
AdClarity: Price rises with the channels, months of history and reports you get. Basic covers one channel type, and every plan listed has one seat except Enterprise. AdLibrary: Plans sell credits: a search costs 1 credit and an AI ad breakdown costs 1 credit per ad. Full ad insights such as spend and reach start on Pro, and API and MCP access is on Business.
Who each is built for
AdClarity: Its home page names brands, agencies and publishers. Its data comes from a panel it describes as 30M+ people. AdLibrary: Its home page names performance marketers, media buyers, creative strategists and growth teams at companies spending $100k to $10M or more a month on ads.
What each one is built to do
AdClarity: It tracks competitors' advertising across many channels and shows spend, audiences, creatives and trends. It also offers custom dashboards, exportable reports and an AI chatbot. AdLibrary: It collects ads from many platforms into one searchable library. You save ads into folders and ask AI to break an ad down into hook, angle, audience and triggers.
What reviewers say
AdClarity: G2 lists 4.3 from 17 reviews. AdLibrary: We could not match a G2 listing to AdLibrary with confidence, so we quote no rating or review count.
Price
| Example | AdClarity | AdLibrary |
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| Entry level | Basic: $129 a month (1 market, 1 channel type, 3 months of history) | Starter: EUR 29 a month, or EUR 19 billed yearly (50 credits) |
| Mid level | Advanced: $289 a month (3 channel types, 6 months of history) | Pro: EUR 179 a month, or EUR 159 billed yearly (300 credits, full ad insights) |
| Larger or custom | Team: $349 a month (12 months of history); Enterprise is custom, sold through a demo | Business: EUR 329 a month, or EUR 299 billed yearly (1,000 credits); Enterprise from EUR 2,000 a month |
Our verdict
Choose AdClarity if
- You get coverage beyond social, including connected TV, display, video and mobile.
- You can look at 52 markets on its Enterprise plan.
- You get a 7-day free trial and a free live analysis of your top 3 competitors.
Choose AdLibrary if
- You get an AI breakdown of any ad into hook, angle, audience and triggers.
- You can save ads into folders and saved searches, and use a Chrome extension while browsing.
- You can start at EUR 29 a month, or EUR 19 billed yearly.
Neither fits when
You need what happens after the creative. AdClarity's pages describe no way to create campaigns from a chat. AdLibrary's pages describe no way to create campaigns from a chat. Madgicx creates campaigns, ad sets and ads from a chat, paused until you approve. Madgicx analyzes which creatives and lines of copy bring results on your live ads. Madgicx has ready-made and custom automation rules. Seats and ad generations are unlimited in every plan, from $45 a month.
How we compare: methodology
- What each tool generates, researches or analyzes: images, video, text and ad libraries.
- Whether the tool scores new ads, analyzes live ads or both.
- What the price buys: credits, generations or seats.
- What recent G2 reviewers praise and complain about.
Published by Madgicx, which competes with both tools. We use each vendor's pricing and product pages (adclarity.com and adlibrary.com) and the most recent G2 reviews we could read, with dates listed below. This is our editorial view of fit, not independent test results. Confirm any capability not listed here with the vendor. AdClarity's Enterprise price is not published, and its pricing page text did not show which features each plan includes. AdLibrary's home page quotes $179 a month while its pricing page shows euro plans, so we use the pricing page and show euros as published.
Frequently asked questions
How much do AdClarity and AdLibrary cost?
AdClarity is from $129 a month. AdLibrary is from EUR 29 a month. AdClarity entry level: Basic: $129 a month (1 market, 1 channel type, 3 months of history) AdLibrary entry level: Starter: EUR 29 a month, or EUR 19 billed yearly (50 credits)
Does AdClarity have a free trial?
Its pricing page offers a 7-day free trial of core features, and a free live analysis of your top 3 competitors.
Does AdLibrary have a free trial?
Its pricing page lists no free trial. Starter comes with a 14-day money-back guarantee.
Can AdClarity show how my own ads perform?
We saw nothing on its pages about analyzing your own ads. It is built to show what competitors advertise, where and at what spend.
Does AdLibrary show my own ad performance?
We saw no analysis of your own ads on its pages. It searches other advertisers' ads and breaks them down with AI.
Sources
- AdClarity on G2, reviewed 5 November 2026
- AdClarity pricing, reviewed 5 November 2026
- AdClarity home page, reviewed 5 November 2026
- AdLibrary on G2, reviewed 5 November 2026
- AdLibrary pricing, reviewed 5 November 2026
- AdLibrary home page, reviewed 5 November 2026
- Madgicx pricing, reviewed 5 November 2026
