AdSwipeFile vs Minea

Minea is product research for dropshippers and ecommerce sellers: Meta and TikTok ads, shop and product listings, a supplier finder, a brand tracker from Premium and AI ad analysis, from $49 a month ($34 billed annually). AdSwipeFile is for the creative, not the product: winning Facebook and Instagram ads filed by brand, niche and format, which your AI agent searches from Claude or ChatGPT. It is free to start and $39 a month for every ad.

Product research or creative research

The two tools answer different questions.

Minea answers "what should I sell, and who already sells it?" Its plans centre on product and shop listings, a supplier finder, daily niche lists, a brand tracker and store creation, with the ad as evidence that a product sells. Its FAQ says it analyzes Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok ads plus influencer placements on Instagram and Snapchat.

AdSwipeFile answers "how do I make a better ad for something I already sell?" It is a curated library of 63,244+ Facebook and Instagram ads filed by brand, niche and format, with the hook, copy and visual in front of you. A "winning" ad here means a brand kept it running on Meta: a signal to study, not proof of results, and the library holds no sales or spend data.

Dropshippers often need both questions answered at different times. If you are choosing a product, Minea. If you have one and need ads, hooks and angles for a brief, AdSwipeFile. This page is for the second case, and for anyone who bought Minea for the ads and found they were paying for product tools.

Platforms and library size, in each tool's own words

Minea's pages disagree with each other, so we quote them rather than pick one. Its own pages differ: its FAQ says it analyzes Facebook, Pinterest and TikTok ads plus influencer placements on Instagram and Snapchat; its pricing page lists Snapchat, Pinterest and TikTok ads as coming soon. TikTok ads from Premium in its plan table. Its own figures differ: more than 10M ads (pricing page), 80M+ active ads (home page), 100M+ ads (ad spy page).

AdSwipeFile covers Meta (Facebook and Instagram) only and is smaller on purpose: 63,244+ ads chosen and filed by hand, not a crawl of every ad. If you need TikTok ads, Minea (from Premium) is the right choice of the two. If you only run Meta ads, a larger database matters less than being able to find the ad that fits your niche and format.

Price and plans

Minea: Starter $49/mo, Premium $99/mo, Business $199/mo billed monthly; $39, $79 and $158 a month paid quarterly; $34, $69 and $139 a month annually. Its FAQ lists a free Lite offer and says you can test Minea for free; its pricing page says registration is free and the plan cards show only paid plans. No refunds. AI analysis and transcripts of ads are metered per month by plan.

AdSwipeFile: free; Pro $39 a month; Agency $99 a month; plus tax. The free plan shows the first 50 ads of every list with their copy and 50 MCP/API calls for the life of the account from your agent, with no card. Both Pro and Agency open every ad.

At the entry point the two are close ($49 against $39). Minea is the dearer when you need the brand tracker, which is on Premium at $99 a month in its plan table. See the full table in ad spy tool pricing.

Following competitors

Minea's brand tracker is unlimited from Premium and is not on Starter in its plan table. AdSwipeFile paid plans follow brands from Pro: 10 brands, or 50 on Agency, with their new library ads in one feed, and their newest Meta ads checked weekly for brands with a Facebook page. AdSwipeFile does not track stores, products or traffic.

AI agent access

Minea lists no MCP server or API on its site. AdSwipeFile's MCP server is on every plan, Free included, so Claude or ChatGPT can search the library and write hooks, angles or a brief from real ads. See how to use Facebook ads in Claude or ChatGPT.

Seats and refunds

Minea's FAQ forbids sharing a subscription, and it lists no refunds. AdSwipeFile has unlimited team members on every plan and a 7-day trial on paid plans (card required). That matters to an agency or a store team: one subscription, one shared library.

If you switch from Minea

1. Keep Minea for product picks if that is how you start. It is the stronger tool for that.
2. Move the ad research to AdSwipeFile: browse your niche and the visual formats, or ask your agent for ads by brand.
3. Follow your competitors' brands on Pro to replace the brand tracker for ads.
4. Cancel the plan you use least. Minea lists no refunds, so time the change to your billing date.

At a glance

Scroll sideways to see every column.

Minea's column is from its own site, checked on 6 November 2026 (sources below).

Where Minea is stronger

Minea is a product research and ad spy tool for dropshippers and ecommerce: Meta ads, TikTok ads, shop and product listings, a brand tracker and AI ad analysis, on a credit system.

• Product and shop research for dropshipping: product and shop listings, supplier finder, daily niche lists and store creation.
• TikTok ads alongside Meta ads (from Premium), and Pinterest by its FAQ.
• AI analysis and transcripts of ads (10 to unlimited a month by plan) and a Chrome extension.
• A free .Store domain on every plan, and 10 shop listings on Premium (its pricing page).

Where AdSwipeFile is stronger

• AdSwipeFile's Free plan includes the MCP server (50 MCP/API calls for the life of the account), with no card. Minea lists no MCP server or API.
• Following brands starts on AdSwipeFile Pro ($39 a month, 10 brands). Minea's brand tracker starts on Premium, at $99 a month.
• Filed by niche and format, with a note on how each tagged ad is built (hook, format, offer), for briefs rather than product hunting.
• Unlimited team members on every plan. Minea's FAQ forbids sharing a subscription.

Who should pick which

• Pick Minea: Dropshippers and ecommerce sellers hunting for winning products and the shops selling them.
• Pick AdSwipeFile: Marketers and creative strategists who need ad ideas to brief or write from, not products to sell.

Guides

• Minea alternatives for Facebook ad creative research
• Best ad spy tools for Facebook and Instagram
• Winning ad examples by niche and format