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AdLupe or Foreplay?

Foreplay helps creative teams collect ads and, from the Workflow plan, tracks competitors' Meta ads. AdLupe watches your competitors' Google ads, with Meta to follow once approved.

Price

AdLupe

€9.99 a month, VAT included, cancel any month.

Foreplay

$175 a month (Workflow) billed monthly, $149 billed yearly. Competitor tracking starts with this plan.

Competitors in the plan

AdLupe

Up to 10 per company

Foreplay

15 brands, unlimited when billed yearly

Data sources

AdLupe

Google's Ads Transparency Center. Meta follows once Meta grants access. For TikTok and LinkedIn, a direct link into the library.

Foreplay

Competitor tracking for Meta only. For saving and searching also TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube Shorts and organic Instagram and TikTok posts. Google's Transparency Center is listed as coming soon.

Updates

AdLupe

Fresh data every morning

Foreplay

Competitors' Meta ads around the clock (“24/7 Competitor Meta Ad Tracking”)

Access via Claude and ChatGPT

AdLupe

As a connector in Claude and ChatGPT. Not every ChatGPT plan supports custom connectors.

Foreplay

MCP and API, for Claude, ChatGPT and more according to the vendor

Getting started

AdLupe

Straight away for €9.99 a month, with a payment method on file

Foreplay

7-day trial with a credit card, then a 14-day money-back guarantee

Website language

AdLupe

German and English

Foreplay

English

Focus

AdLupe

Competitors' ads, for small and mid-sized businesses

Foreplay

Swipe files and creative workflow for teams

Prices as of 19 October 2026, as shown on the vendor's pricing page, not converted and without VAT information. Pricing page: foreplay.co/pricing

When Foreplay is the better fit

  • Your team collects ads as a starting point for its own creatives.
  • You want to track your competitors' Meta ads around the clock.
  • You also save and search ads and posts from TikTok, LinkedIn and YouTube Shorts.

When AdLupe is the better fit

  • You want to track your competitors' Google ads.
  • Your budget is small: AdLupe costs €9.99 a month, Foreplay Workflow $175 billed monthly.
  • You'd rather work in German. AdLupe is available in German and English.

Sources

  1. foreplay.co/pricingretrieved 19 October 2026

    Price, plan, number of brands, platforms, tracking, trial

  2. foreplay.co/pricingretrieved 13 October 2026

    MCP and API, website language, focus

One plan, everything included

€9.99 a month. Cancel any month.

For your whole team, no charge per user. You pay month by month and cancel whenever you like.