CliqSpy review
A focused Google Ads research tool with live scans and one-time credit bundles.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
CliqSpy gives media buyers, PPC managers, agencies, affiliate marketers and direct-to-consumer brands a way to inspect Google Ads competitors through live searches. Choose a country, region and device, and it captures headlines, descriptions, display URLs, ad positions and screenshots. The tool also organizes keyword ideas, finds rival domains and highlights ads running 30 or more days as “Proven.” Its scope is deliberately centered on Google rather than broad cross-platform paid-search intelligence.
Pricing is based on one-time scan-credit bundles rather than a subscription. The entry bundle is $5; the published pricing also shows $35 and $199 bundles, with pay-only-for-scans language and credits that do not expire. The $19 Starter bundle specifies 300 scans and 1,500 credits. There is no free plan. This structure suits teams with intermittent research needs that prefer to buy capacity as needed, while buyers seeking a recurring subscription or a consistent scan count across every bundle should compare alternatives carefully.
Its workflow combines live scans with competitor alerts, newly appearing rival discovery, a searchable Ad Vault and AI-generated keyword ideas. Keyword export to Google Ads Editor supports moving research into that tool, while ClickBank, CJ Affiliate and OfferVault connect with its affiliate-offer browsing. Because scans are live rather than drawn from a fixed historical database, CliqSpy is better suited to current competitor checks than to research requiring a long historical record. Pick it for focused Google Ads monitoring and flexible one-time purchasing; look elsewhere if your research spans multiple ad networks or depends on historical archive depth.
CliqSpy pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Captures ad text, position and screenshots by region and device
- Alerts and rival-domain discovery help track competitor changes
- Ad Vault, keyword ideas and Google Ads Editor CSV export
- Where it doesn't
- Covers Google Ads only, not other paid-search platforms
- Live scans do not provide a fixed historical database
- Email is the listed support channel
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