The best Meta Ad Library scrapers in 2026, ranked with live store numbers
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Maintained by Datapika · We publish this product under the openclawai account on Apify. Product reference
Seven Meta Ad Library scrapers on the Apify Store account for most of the category, and their store pages on September 7, 2026 list prices from $0.30 to $10 per 1,000 ads. curious_coder is the largest with 39,881 users and a 4.76 rating from 108 reviews at $0.75 per 1,000; Apify's own actor has 34,953 users at $3.40; igolaizola is the cheapest at $0.30. Datapika's Meta Ad Library Scraper, published September 2026, charges $5 per 1,000 ads with the residential proxy included, all countries in one run, every creative variation, days_active and the political and EU disclosure fields on each row, and no Meta token.
How we ranked Meta Ad Library scrapers
Every number comes from each actor's public Apify Store page as shown on September 7, 2026: listed price per 1,000 ads, total users, rating with review count, and the 30-day failure rate the store publishes. We did not benchmark competitors' output; Datapika's own timing, about 2,000 ads a minute, comes from platform runs. Datapika publishes this page and operates the openclawai actors.
What separates these tools: whether they return every creative variation or only the first, whether they compute how long an ad has been live, whether the residential proxy Meta requires is included or billed to you, whether all countries can be searched in one run, and the 30-day failure rate, which ranged from 0 to 16.1 percent across the category on the same date.
- Price per 1,000 ads as listed, including any start fee
- Users and rating with review count
- 30-day failure rate from public run statistics
- Proxy included or not; all-countries search; creative variations; days_active
1. Datapika Meta Ad Library Scraper: full fields, proxy included
Input is a keyword, a Facebook page URL or a page ID; country defaults to ALL. Output is one row per ad with page identity, is_active, start and end dates, days_active, the primary creative's body, title, caption, link, call to action, image and video URLs, a creatives array with every variation, publisher platforms, languages, and the spend, impression, reach and demographic ranges Meta discloses for political, issue and EU-delivered ads. Result pages are fetched in parallel by media type and status, so a 2,000-ad keyword completes in about a minute. Price is $0.005 per ad, one event, no start fee, residential proxy included.
- $5 per 1,000 ads, no start fee, proxy included
- Keyword, page URL or page ID; any country or ALL
- Every creative variation, days_active, disclosure fields where Meta publishes them
- No Facebook account, cookie or token
- Published September 2026, so store users and reviews are still low
2. curious_coder/facebook-ads-library-scraper: the category leader
39,881 users and a 4.76 rating from 108 reviews on September 7, 2026 make curious_coder the most-used Ad Library actor by a wide margin, at a listed $0.75 per 1,000 ads. It is the reference point for price per row in this category.
- $0.75 per 1,000 ads
- 39,881 users, 4.76 rating from 108 reviews
3. apify/facebook-ads-scraper: Apify's own
Apify's first-party actor lists $3.40 per 1,000 ads with 34,953 users and a 4.19 rating from 57 reviews on September 7, 2026, plus an e-commerce enrichment event at $0.0057. Its 30-day failure rate showed 0 percent.
- $3.40 per 1,000 ads
- 34,953 users, 4.19 rating from 57 reviews
- 0 percent failed runs in the last 30 days
4 to 7. igolaizola, automation-lab, whoareyouanas, jy-labs
igolaizola/facebook-ad-library-scraper is the cheapest at $0.30 per 1,000 results, with 2,512 users and a 4.96 rating from 9 reviews. automation-lab/facebook-ads-library lists a $0.005 start fee per run plus $0.575 per 1,000 ads, 1,618 users, 4.29 from 2 reviews. whoareyouanas/meta-ad-scraper is the most expensive at $10 per 1,000 ads, 3,366 users, 4.71 from 9 reviews, 3.1 percent failed runs. jy-labs/meta-ad-library-multi-search-scraper has 350 users and showed a 16.1 percent failure rate over the last 30 days on September 7, 2026.
- igolaizola: $0.30 per 1,000 results, 2,512 users, 4.96 (9)
- automation-lab: $0.005 start + $0.575 per 1,000 ads, 1,618 users
- whoareyouanas: $10 per 1,000 ads, 3,366 users, 4.71 (9), 3.1 percent failed runs
- jy-labs: 350 users, 16.1 percent failed runs in 30 days
| Rank | Actor | Price | Users | Rating (reviews) | 30-day failed runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Datapika Meta Ad Library Scraper | $5 / 1,000 ads | 2 | new | 0% |
| 2 | curious_coder/facebook-ads-library-scraper | $0.75 / 1,000 ads | 39,881 | 4.76 (108) | see listing |
| 3 | apify/facebook-ads-scraper | $3.40 / 1,000 ads | 34,953 | 4.19 (57) | 0% |
| 4 | igolaizola/facebook-ad-library-scraper | $0.30 / 1,000 results | 2,512 | 4.96 (9) | 0.3% |
| 5 | automation-lab/facebook-ads-library | $0.005 start + $0.575 / 1,000 | 1,618 | 4.29 (2) | 0% |
| 6 | whoareyouanas/meta-ad-scraper | $10 / 1,000 ads | 3,366 | 4.71 (9) | 3.1% |
| 7 | jy-labs/meta-ad-library-multi-search-scraper | see listing | 350 | 5.0 (1) | 16.1% |
Sources you can inspect
Product documentation and implementation references. These references describe supported options and billing, not independent proof of performance. Confirm current details before running; examples and estimates are not guarantees.
How to do it
- 1.Decide whether you need every creative variation and days_active on each row, or only a creative dump; the cheapest listings suit the second.
- 2.Check the 30-day success rate on the store page of your pick; it ranged from 0 to 16.1 percent in this category on September 7, 2026.
- 3.For Datapika, open https://apify.com/openclawai/meta-ad-library-scraper, paste keywords or page URLs into queries, keep country ALL or set a code, and run.
- 4.Export JSON or CSV, schedule daily runs and diff ad_id sets, or connect through MCP.
Questions, answered
Which Meta Ad Library scraper is cheapest?
igolaizola lists $0.30 per 1,000 results and curious_coder $0.75 per 1,000 ads as of September 7, 2026. Datapika is $5 per 1,000 with the residential proxy and every creative variation included; whoareyouanas is $10.
Do any of these return ad spend?
Only where Meta discloses it: ads about social issues, elections or politics carry spend and impression ranges, and EU-delivered ads carry reach per country. No scraper can show a commercial advertiser's spend because Meta does not publish it. Datapika returns the ranges when present and null otherwise.
Why does the official Meta Ad Library API not appear in this ranking?
Because it returns only political, issue and EU-delivered ads and needs a Facebook account with confirmed identity plus a developer app. It cannot answer what a commercial competitor is running outside the EU, which is what these scrapers are for.
Do these scrapers need a Facebook login?
Datapika does not; it reads the public library through residential proxies included in the price. Check each other listing's input schema; some ask for cookies.
Is this ranking independent?
No. Datapika publishes it and operates the openclawai actors. Every figure comes from public store pages on the stated date, and the cheaper options are named.