How PirateAds compares
PirateAds sits next to Motion and Foreplay, not instead of them. Here is the honest split, with current prices.
Motion scores the performance of the ads you already run. Foreplay is a swipe file for ads you like. Atria searches a library and writes briefs. PirateAds is the category’s memory and stopwatch: every competitor ad, how long it has run, when it stopped, and a connector so your AI can read it. Most teams that use Motion keep Motion; PirateAds answers the question Motion cannot, which is what the other brands kept paying for.
| PirateAds | Motion | Foreplay | Atria | MagicBrief | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starts at | Free; paid from $59/mo | $750/mo (Starter, to $50k spend); $1,200/mo Pro | $59 / $175 / $459 per mo | Free; $129 / $479 / $959 per mo billed annually | Shut down 31 Jul 2026 |
| What it is | The category’s memory: every competitor ad, how long it ran, when it stopped | Creative analytics on your own ad account | Swipe file and briefs from saved ads | Ad library search and creative briefs | Ad library and briefs |
| Competitor ads kept after they stop | Yes, with the stop date | Not the focus | Only ads you saved | While indexed | — |
| Run time on every ad | Yes | Own ads only | Where visible | Where visible | — |
| Last-checked date on every brand | Yes | — | No | No | — |
| Angles proven in other categories, unused in yours | Yes | No | No | No | — |
| Claude / ChatGPT connector | Yes, every plan incl. free | Partner integrations | Yes (foreplay.co/mcp) | No | — |
| Your own ad performance | Hook, hold, store-true ROAS; arrives when Meta review clears | Yes, deep | No | No | — |
| Weekly digest email | Weekly Haul | Reports | No | Alerts | — |
| Free plan | Yes, for good | No | No (trial) | Yes | — |
Prices and features checked 6 Oct 2026 on each vendor’s public page. Tell us if one is out of date and we fix it the same day.
When to pick which
- You spend $50k+/mo and want deep performance analytics on your own account: Motion, and PirateAds beside it for the competitor side.
- You want a swipe file your creative team curates by hand: Foreplay. PirateAds keeps everything, curated or not, so nothing is lost when it stops.
- You want the Monday read on competitors and the angle gaps, through Claude or ChatGPT, for free or $59: PirateAds.
MagicBrief customers
MagicBrief shut down on 31 July 2026. If you kept a library there, the closest replacement for the competitor side is PirateAds’s shelf: add the brands you tracked and their current Ad Library appears within hours; what they stopped before you joined is gone from Meta too, so start now rather than later. The MagicBrief alternative page →
The example page is the real product with real brands, no account needed.
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