Compare · checked 27 Oct 2026
AdLib vs TrendTrack: ad data API compared
TrendTrack is an e-commerce intelligence app with store, ad and email data and an API from its Pro plan. AdLib is an API over twelve ad platforms with a versioned archive and change events.
TrendTrack is built for e-commerce research: Shopify stores, their ads and their email flows in one place, with an API and MCP on its higher plans. AdLib is narrower and deeper on ads: twelve ad platforms in one schema, a versioned archive, and change events.
At a glance
| AdLib | TrendTrack | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Developers and companies building on ad data | E-commerce brands and agencies |
| Ad libraries | Meta, Google, YouTube, Google Play, TikTok, LinkedIn, Pinterest, X, Snapchat, Apple App Store, Amazon, Microsoft Bing | Meta, TikTok, Google Search and Shopping |
| Store and email data | No | Shopify stores, shop analytics, email flows and campaigns |
| EU data | Daily EU reach history per country for Meta ads | EU and UK reach and spend from Meta transparency |
| Freshness | Live lookups plus archive | Refreshed every 24 hours |
| History | Every creative change a version; removed ads kept | Not described on the pricing page |
| Change events | Watchlists: signed webhooks, Slack, Discord, email digests | Not listed |
| API access | Every plan, including Free | Pro and above |
| Rate limits | 10 req/min on the free plan | Pro 120/min, Business 250/min |
| MCP | Hosted, OAuth | For Claude and ChatGPT |
| Entry price | Free: 5,000 credits a month. Then $29 for 25k | Pro from $62 a month billed yearly |
Where AdLib is different
- LinkedIn, Pinterest and X, next to Meta, TikTok and Google, in one schema. Useful when you track B2B advertisers as well as stores.
- Change as events, not snapshots. Each creative change is a version with a run period, and watchlists push discovered, started, stopped, changed and removed events.
- Removed ads stay. Ads that platforms take down or drop after retention keep their data and media on our own URLs.
- An API without a plan upgrade. Start on the free plan, pay per delivered ad, and get empty results for free.
When TrendTrack is the better pick
If your work is e-commerce research, TrendTrack covers ground AdLib does not: Shopify store analytics, similar shops, and brands' email flows next to their ads. It also lists Google Shopping ads. For a team that wants all of that in one app, it is the closer fit.
Sources
- TrendTrack pricing and features
Checked 2026-10-27. Prices and features change; check their site before deciding.
Questions
- Which ad libraries does TrendTrack cover?
- Its pricing page lists Meta, TikTok (ads and organic) and Google (Search and Shopping), with EU and UK reach and spend from Meta's transparency data. AdLib covers Meta, Google, YouTube, Google Play, TikTok, LinkedIn, Pinterest, X, Snapchat, the Apple App Store, Amazon and Microsoft Bing.
- Which TrendTrack plans include the API?
- Pro and above. Pro is $62 a month billed yearly, with 120 requests a minute. AdLib includes the API on every plan, including the free one with 5,000 credits a month.
- How fresh is the data?
- TrendTrack says it refreshes every 24 hours and indexes 2 to 3 million new ads a day. AdLib reads the libraries live on request and keeps every change as a version in its archive.