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TrendTrack vs BrandSearch
TrendTrack and BrandSearch are both ecommerce intelligence platforms, but the buying decision is about workflow. TrendTrack is strongest when you monitor a known set of brands acro
View comparisonTrendTrack vs Minea
TrendTrack
Ecommerce competitive intelligence platform combining a Shopify store database, a multi-network ad library, a Meta advertiser directory and competitor email research.
Free planAd Intelligence
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Minea
Ad spy across Meta and TikTok combined with a product database, shop intelligence and a built-in AliExpress supplier lookup, aimed at dropshippers.
Read the full Minea reviewComparison updated
Both tools sit in ad intelligence, but they answer slightly different questions. TrendTrack is organised around stores and the products they are pushing; Minea is organised around ads across networks and the offers behind them.
The pricing and feature data below is recorded from each vendor's public sources. Where we have not verified a feature, the row is labelled rather than marked absent.
Verdict at a glance
Editorial calls on the decisions buyers actually make. Each one is written by our team, not derived from the numbers below.
- Best data qualityTrendTrack
- Best valueMinea
At a glance
Verified facts only. Anything we have not confirmed is marked as such rather than guessed.
| Fact | TrendTrack | Minea |
|---|---|---|
| Editor score | Not published | Not published |
| Starting price | $59 / month | €49 / month |
| Pricing model | Subscription | Subscription |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Free trial | No free trial | No free trial |
| Categories | Ad Intelligence | Ad Intelligence |
| Best for | AgenciesShopify BrandsDTC BrandsLarge Teams | BeginnersShopify BrandsDTC BrandsMeta Advertisers |
Pricing compared
Plan-level pricing as recorded from each vendor's public pricing page.
TrendTrack
- LiteFreeFree tier. Current official TrendTrack documentation confirms functional free access for competitor-brand search and ad-creative exploration. Public quotas are not published.
- Starter$59 / monthper workspaceUnlimited monthly Shop results. BrandTracker capped at 2 tracked brands. Mail capped at 20 flow results and 3 campaign results per month. No Ads Library, no Advertisers database, no API/MCP access. Quarterly billing is 51/month (-15%); annual billing is 42/month (-30%), i.e. 504 for the 12-month term. Result browsing is credit-metered: each filter applied, value changed or next page counts as 1 credit.
- ProPopular$89 / monthper workspaceUnlimited Ads, Shops and Mail results. BrandTracker capped at 30 tracked brands. Advertisers capped at 2,000 monthly page results. API/MCP included with a monthly credit allowance (the exact figure is rendered client-side and could not be read from the page). API rate limits: 20 req/s, 120 req/min, 1,200 req/hr, 24,000 req/day. Quarterly billing at 76/month (-15%); annual at 63/month (-30%), i.e. 756 for the 12-month term.
- Business$149 / monthper workspace3 users included, additional seats at 29 each. Unlimited Ads, Shops, Mail, BrandTracker brands and Advertisers results. API rate limits: 40 req/s, 250 req/min, 6,000 req/hr, 50,000 req/day. Quarterly billing at 127/month (-15%); annual at 105/month (-30%), i.e. 1,260 for the 12-month term.
- EnterpriseContact salesCustom pricing, quoted on request. Advertised as unlimited users and product usage, a custom API contract for high-volume data needs, a dedicated Slack channel with an account manager, and custom development on request.
Minea
- Starter€49 / month39 per month if paid quarterly. An annual option exists on the toggle but its amount is not server-rendered and could not be read, so no annual total is recorded. Includes Meta ads listing, Products listing, Find supplier and Saved collections, plus a free .Store domain. Explicitly excludes TikTok ads listing, Shops listing, Brand tracker, Notifications and the daily and monthly niche lists. AI Analysis of an ad and AI Transcript are capped at 10 per month each, Magic search at 50 per month.
- Premium€99 / month79 per month if paid quarterly; annual amount not readable, so no annual total is recorded. Adds TikTok ads listing, Shops listing, unlimited Brand tracker, notifications on up to 10 shops, and the daily and monthly niche lists. AI Analysis and AI Transcript rise to 50 per month each and Magic search to 100 per month.
- Business€199 / month158 per month if paid quarterly; annual amount not readable, so no annual total is recorded. Everything in Premium with unlimited notifications and unlimited AI analysis, AI transcript and Magic search.
Feature matrix
Only features we have evaluated appear as yes/no. Unevaluated features are labelled, never assumed absent.
Ad Intelligence
| Feature | TrendTrack | Minea |
|---|---|---|
| Meta Ads Research | Requires Pro or higher; not available on StarterSupportedMeta ad library search plus a dedicated per-shop Meta breakdown covering ad history, top performers, media mix, landing pages, copy and video transcripts. Reach and spend figures come from Meta's own ad transparency reporting and are limited to EU and UK ads. | Included on every plan, Lite excepted for quotaSupported'Meta ads listing' is the one ad source present on all paid tiers, covering Facebook and Instagram. Ads carry spend signals and estimated budgets, engagement metrics, run time, creative variations and the advertiser's shop details, filterable by spend, engagement, platform, country and demographics. |
| TikTok Ads Research | Requires Pro or higher; not available on StarterSupportedTikTok is one of the three ad libraries listed as included on the Pro and Business plans in the pricing comparison table. | Premium and Business only; excluded from StarterSupported'TikTok ads listing' is its own row in the plan comparison and is crossed out on Starter. The ad spy page sells TikTok tracking alongside Facebook, and a dedicated TikTok Ads Spy entry point exists. |
| Pinterest Ads Research | NoNot supportedTrendTrack's official plan comparison enumerates its included ad libraries as Meta, Google and TikTok. Pinterest is not listed as a TrendTrack ad-research library; recorded as `no` with medium confidence because the conclusion rests on the vendor's explicit network list, not on simple site-search absence. | Not evaluated |
| Landing Page Spying | Requires Pro or higherSupportedAds are tied to the landing pages they point to: the per-shop Meta view reports the distribution of top landing pages and the share of traffic sent to home, product and collection pages. | Not evaluated |
| Creative Research | Requires Pro or higher; not available on StarterSupportedCreative library filterable by format, engagement, country, spend and days running, with an Ad Rank relative-performance indicator, a contextual drawer per ad, and extraction of recurring hooks, angles, CTAs and copy variations. Saved creatives go into shareable folders. | Included on all paid plans; Magic search metered 50/100/unlimitedSupportedCreatives are filterable by spend, engagement, format, platform, country and demographics with run-time and creative-variation data. 'Magic search' takes a screenshot or product photo and returns the matching ads and creatives. Findings go into saved collections on every plan. |
AI
| Feature | TrendTrack | Minea |
|---|---|---|
| AI Analysis | Meta Ads strategy insights included on all paid plansSupportedAutomated analysis of a tracked brand's ad strategy (posting frequency, formats used, key messages). The MCP page additionally demonstrates generated market briefs summarising a set of tracked brands. | AI ad analysis and AI transcript metered per plan: 10, 50 or unlimited per monthSupportedTwo metered AI capabilities sit in every plan: an AI analysis of a given ad and an AI transcript of its video. The vendor also describes AI-powered recommendations, smart filters, trend detection and creative-style analysis, plus a 'Success Radar' refreshed every eight hours. |
General
| Feature | TrendTrack | Minea |
|---|---|---|
| API Access | Requires Pro or higher; not available on StarterSupportedREST API with published rate limits (20 req/s, 120 req/min, 1,200 req/hr, 24,000 req/day on Pro; 40 req/s, 250 req/min, 6,000 req/hr, 50,000 req/day on Business). The public API billing guide states that each active workspace plan includes 10,000 recurring API credits per month; top-up credits carry over. Starter does not include API/MCP access, while Enterprise offers a custom high-volume contract. | Not evaluated |
| Team Collaboration | 1 seat on Starter and Pro, 3 on Business with paid extra seats, unlimited on EnterpriseSupportedFolders of saved ads, emails and shops can be shared with teammates for collaborative research. Each workspace member gets their own access and their own credit allowance. limit_value reflects the Business plan's included seats. | Not evaluated |
Product Research
| Feature | TrendTrack | Minea |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify Store Tracking | Included on all paid plansSupportedShops database filterable by niche, country, traffic, growth, creation date and Shopify theme; per-shop analytics covering traffic trend and visitor countries, technologies used with change history, live ads over time, catalogue, Trustpilot reviews and social growth; plus a Similar Shops view and a BrandTracker watchlist refreshed every 24 hours. | Premium and Business only; excluded from StarterSupported'Shops listing' is a separate plan entitlement giving traffic, revenue, top ads and the tools and apps a store runs. A brand tracker with change notifications sits on top, unlimited on Premium and Business, with notifications capped at 10 shops on Premium. Starter has none of it. |
| Product Tracking | Included on all paid plansSupportedShop Analytics lists published products with best sellers and newest additions, and BrandTracker monitors product launches for tracked brands on a 24-hour refresh. | Products listing on all paid plans; niche lists from PremiumSupportedA products database sits alongside the ad library, with daily and monthly niche lists, a top-10 products of the day selection and a claimed 100+ top-performing items surfaced daily. Ads can be reverse-looked-up to the product being promoted. The niche lists are excluded from Starter. |
| Supplier Discovery | Not evaluated | 'Find supplier' included on all three paid plansSupportedAn AliExpress supplier lookup is built in, including a reverse image search that matches a product photo to sellers. This is the clearest differentiator against Meta-only ad spy tools and it is one of the few entitlements Starter keeps. |
| Sales Estimates | Not evaluated | Shop-level revenue, on plans that include Shops listingSupportedShop records are described as carrying traffic and revenue alongside top ads, and the product pages refer to store statistics and real sales data. The vendor does not publish how revenue is modelled and there is no documented product-level sales figure, so treat these as estimates. |
Integrations
Where the two stacks overlap, and where only one of them fits.
Both tools
None recorded.
Only TrendTrack
- n8n
Only Minea
- Shopify
Which one should you choose?
Choose TrendTrack if…
Choose TrendTrack if your research starts from the store: you want to see which shops are scaling, which products they added recently and how their catalogue moves over time. It suits people who validate a product by watching a storefront rather than a single creative.
Choose Minea if…
Choose Minea if your research starts from the ad: you want multi-network ad search, saved creative boards and a lower entry price of the two recorded here. It suits people building a creative library before they commit to a product.
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