Publer shows competitor ads but is not an ad spy tool
Vizor is a Facebook, Instagram ad spy tool built around a single vertical. Below, without varnish: where we beat Publer and where it beats us.
- Vizor
- $39 a month, Facebook, Instagram, nutra only, 111 geos
- Publer
- from $12 a month, a post scheduler with an ad-viewing feature
- Key difference
- we store video and landing pages in HD and read the offer from the creative itself
- Try it free
- 1,000 ad views, no card needed
In short: who should take what
What differs
Publer pricing and reach taken from their public plans and reviews as of September 2026.
| Parameter | Vizor | Publer |
|---|---|---|
| Price per month | $39 | from $12 |
| Free plan | forever, 1,000 views without a card | free plan available |
| Platforms | Facebook, Instagram | social networks in general |
| Verticals | nutra | no breakdown |
| Geography | 111 geos | no filter |
| Media storage | video and landing pages on our side, in HD | not stored |
| Offer detection | from the creative itself, by a model | not detected |
| Duplicate creatives | collapsed into stacks | not collapsed |
Why people look for a Publer alternative
The three reasons we hear most often. None of them makes that tool bad; the jobs are simply different.
Publer can show a page's ads, but there is no historical archive and no filters by geo, format or offer.
A stopped ad simply disappears. Looking at what ran six months ago is impossible.
Nutra, ecommerce and gambling are not separated in any way.
Where we are stronger
When an ad stops running, the link to its video dies with it. We pull the video and the landing page into our own storage in HD, so a creative from a year ago still opens and still downloads.
Not from the landing domain, which in nutra is usually a bridge page, but from the image and the copy themselves. The offer stays visible even when the link points at a messenger or a tracker.
One creative launched from ten accounts collapses into a single card with a variant counter. You never scroll through ten copies of the same ad.
1,000 ad views for good, no card required. You can check the database against your own geos and offers before paying.
Where Publer is stronger
The core of the product, and something we do not do at all.
They have one, so do we.
We only show other people's ads; you cannot publish your own from Vizor.
Questions
How is Vizor different from Publer, in one sentence
Publer is from $12 a month, a post scheduler with an ad-viewing feature, while Vizor is a Facebook and Instagram ad spy tool built for nutra, storing media in HD and reading the offer from the creative itself.
Can I move my saved creatives over from Publer
There is no automatic import. You can find the same ads in Vizor by searching for the landing domain or the advertiser name.
Is there free access
Yes: 1,000 ad views per account, no card and no time limit. That is enough to check the database against your own geos and offers.
How fresh is the database
New ads are added every day. The date each ad was last observed is shown on its card; we never present an old snapshot as the current state.