AdLibrary vs Motion: Ad Search and AI Ad Breakdown or Creative Analytics and Reports
AdLibrary fits marketers who want to search ads from many platforms in one place and have AI explain them. Motion fits creative teams that want detailed reports on which hooks, formats and angles work.
Choose AdLibrary if you want to search other brands' ads across many platforms and save the best ones. Choose Motion if you want AI tags and reports on your creatives, and have the budget for a $999 starting price. If you also need campaigns built from a chat, Madgicx does that, from $45 a month.
See how we reached this recommendation| AdLibrary | Motion | |
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| How you pay | 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. | Plans are cut by monthly ad spend: Starter is $999 a month for up to $50,000 of spend. Pro and Growth are priced through sales. |
| Free plan or trial |
Its pricing page lists no free trial. Starter comes with a 14-day money-back guarantee.
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No free plan is listed. Its pricing page has a Start free trial button but does not state the trial's length.
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| Image ads |
We saw no image ad generation on its pages. It is a search tool for existing ads.
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Static ad generation is listed on the site of its AI teammate, Runneth, and not on its main pricing page.
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| Video ads |
We saw no video ad generation on its pages. It searches ads, including video platforms such as YouTube and TikTok.
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Not confirmed: we found no video ad generation on its pages. Pro adds first-pass video QA in Slack. |
| Scoring new ads before launch |
We saw no scoring of new ads before launch on its pages.
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Not confirmed: we did not find a score for new ads before launch on its pages. |
| Analysis of your live ads |
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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AI tags each Meta creative by format, messaging theme, offer and hook, and reports show top and declining ads. Reports update with live data.
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| Ad inspiration and research |
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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Its plans list benchmarks. Not confirmed: a library of competitors' ads.
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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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Runneth's site says it launches ads to Meta Ads Manager, and a July 2026 demo shows them staged as paused drafts. We found no help article on it.
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| G2 rating | No G2 rating found | 4.5 from 114 reviews |
Where they differ
How the price grows
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. Motion: Motion's price steps up with monthly ad spend, from $999 a month at up to $50,000 to custom quotes above that. Seats and ad accounts are not capped.
Who each is built for
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. Motion: Motion is built for brands and creative teams that spend $50,000 a month or more on ads and want reports they can share with freelancers and agencies.
What each one is built to do
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. Motion: Motion reads your ad data, tags each creative with AI and builds reports and recommendations about which angles, hooks and formats work. Its AI teammate, Runneth, works in Motion and Slack.
What reviewers say
AdLibrary: We could not match a G2 listing to AdLibrary with confidence, so we quote no rating or review count. Motion: G2 lists 4.5 from 114 reviews. Reviewers on G2 say Motion is easy to use, 6 of the 10 most recent reviews we read. 2 of those 10 mention wrong data from the AI agent or reliance on consistent ad naming.
Price
| Example | AdLibrary | Motion |
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| Entry level | Starter: EUR 29 a month, or EUR 19 billed yearly (50 credits) | Starter: $999 a month for up to $50,000 of monthly ad spend, with unlimited seats and ad accounts. |
| Mid level | Pro: EUR 179 a month, or EUR 159 billed yearly (300 credits, full ad insights) | Pro: price not published, for brands spending over $50,000 a month. Adds attribution integrations and first-pass video QA in Slack. |
| Larger or custom | Business: EUR 329 a month, or EUR 299 billed yearly (1,000 credits); Enterprise from EUR 2,000 a month | Growth: price not published, for brands spending over $125,000 a month. Adds a customer success manager and advanced security. |
Our verdict
Choose AdLibrary if
- You get one search across ads from Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Google, YouTube and more.
- 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.
Choose Motion if
- You get detailed AI tags on every creative, with tags your team can edit.
- You get reports on top and declining ads that update with live data.
- You can share reports with freelancers and agencies without giving them platform access.
Neither fits when
You need what happens after the creative. AdLibrary's pages describe no way to create campaigns from a chat. We found no rules on Motion's pages that pause ads, scale them or change budgets. 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 (adlibrary.com and motionapp.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. 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. Motion's pricing page was re-read on 5 November 2026 and matches the repo pages; its feature facts date from 22 October 2026.
Frequently asked questions
How much do AdLibrary and Motion cost?
AdLibrary is from EUR 29 a month. Motion is from $999 a month. AdLibrary entry level: Starter: EUR 29 a month, or EUR 19 billed yearly (50 credits) Motion entry level: Starter: $999 a month for up to $50,000 of monthly ad spend, with unlimited seats and ad accounts.
Does AdLibrary have a free trial?
Its pricing page lists no free trial. Starter comes with a 14-day money-back guarantee.
Does Motion have a free trial?
No free plan is listed. Its pricing page has a Start free trial button but does not state the trial's length.
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.
Is Motion the same as the Motion calendar app?
No. Motion at motionapp.com is a creative analytics tool that tags ads and builds reports on your ad data.
Sources
- AdLibrary on G2, reviewed 5 November 2026
- AdLibrary pricing, reviewed 5 November 2026
- AdLibrary home page, reviewed 5 November 2026
- Motion on G2, reviewed 5 November 2026
- Motion pricing, reviewed 5 November 2026
- Motion help center and demos, reviewed 22 October 2026
- Runneth site, reviewed 4 November 2026
- Madgicx pricing, reviewed 5 November 2026
