Comparison
AdPeekly vs. AdBeat
AdBeat and AdPeekly barely compete for the same search. AdBeat tracks display, native and pre-roll video ads bought programmatically across 140+ ad networks on the open web, not the sponsored posts running inside LinkedIn's own feed. AdPeekly is the LinkedIn feed specialist: nothing else, at B2B depth. Confirmed directly on adbeat.com, 28 September 2026.
Feature comparison
| What you want | AdBeat | AdPeekly |
|---|---|---|
| LinkedIn feed ad coverage | –Not part of its ad-network crawl | 266,919 published LinkedIn ads |
| Display & native web ads across ad networks | 140+ ad networks, publisher sites, 35 countries | –Not in scope, LinkedIn feed ads only |
| B2B firmographic context | –Ad spend and network data, not funding stage or company size | Funding stage, company size and buyer ICP on every ad |
| Free tier to start with | –Free account option, full data behind paid plans | 3 free MCP searches a day, no card |
Who each tool is actually for
AdBeat is built for media buyers and agencies competing for programmatic display and native inventory: which ad networks a competitor buys from, what their top-performing banner and video creatives look like, and roughly what they're spending, across 140+ networks and 35 countries. If the research question is "what is this brand running on the open web's ad exchanges," AdBeat is the right tool for it.
That question and "what is this company running on LinkedIn" have different answers because they're different ad systems entirely. LinkedIn's sponsored feed posts don't route through the ad-network exchanges AdBeat crawls, so no amount of AdBeat coverage closes that gap. AdPeekly exists specifically for the LinkedIn side: every ad enriched with the advertiser's industry, funding stage, company size and buyer ICP, the context a B2B evaluator filters by.
What AdPeekly is, in one paragraph
AdPeekly is a research library of B2B LinkedIn advertising: 266,919 published ads from 649 curated B2B companies, each one kept after the campaign ends, stamped with the date it was first and last seen running, and searchable across the whole dataset at once by industry, funding stage, company size and format. See how it's collected at /methodology.
AdBeat tracks the open web's ad exchanges. AdPeekly tracks LinkedIn's feed.
Open the web app and filter LinkedIn ads by industry, funding stage and observed duration, or connect the MCP server and ask an assistant you already use. The free tier covers 3 searches a day with no card.
No card for the free tier. Full tool reference at /mcp.
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Questions about AdPeekly and AdBeat
No, and not because of a coverage gap in an otherwise similar tool, the two products crawl fundamentally different kinds of ads. Confirmed directly on adbeat.com (its own Our Data and Tour pages, checked 28 September 2026), AdBeat crawls display, native and pre-roll video ads bought programmatically across more than 140 ad networks and publisher websites in 35 countries, detecting 3.8 million ads a day. Nothing on either page references Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn or any social feed. LinkedIn's sponsored posts run inside LinkedIn's own feed under LinkedIn's own ad system, not through the open ad-network exchanges AdBeat crawls, so this isn't a platform AdBeat happens to skip, it's a different buying model entirely. AdPeekly covers exactly that gap: LinkedIn feed ads only.
Banner, native and pre-roll video ads bought through programmatic ad networks and served on publisher websites, the kind of advertising you see as a banner on a news site or a native recommendation widget, not a sponsored post in a social feed. Per its own Our Data page, AdBeat crawls roughly 1.3 million pages a day, detects and processes 3.8 million ads, and covers 140+ ad networks including Taboola and Outbrain, across 35 countries. It's a strong tool for that specific job, tracking display and native ad spend and creative across the open web, but it answers a different question than "what is this company running on LinkedIn."
AdBeat's own site lists a "Free Account" option alongside a live demo and paid pricing, but the detail of what a free account unlocks versus what sits behind a paid plan isn't published on the pages checked for this comparison, check adbeat.com/pricing directly for current tiers. AdPeekly's free tier is more specific: MCP access with a fixed number of searches a day against the full published LinkedIn dataset, no card required, meant for querying through an AI assistant rather than a dashboard.
AdBeat doesn't track LinkedIn feed ads at all, so this isn't really a like-for-like swap, it's picking the tool built for the platform you actually need. AdPeekly is that tool: 266,919 published LinkedIn ads from 649 curated B2B companies, each one carrying observed campaign duration, funding stage, company size and buyer ICP. If tracking display or native banner ad spend across the open web is still part of the job, that's a separate tool and AdBeat is built specifically for it; the two cover different ad formats, not overlapping ground.
See the LinkedIn ads AdBeat doesn't crawl
266,919 published ads from 649 curated B2B companies, every one dated and searchable by funding stage.
See pricingData verified September 28, 2026. AdBeat's coverage confirmed directly on adbeat.com the same day. Compiled by Daniele Viero, founder of AdPeekly. How it is collected: methodology.