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6 best StoreLeads alternatives in 2026

StoreLeads is a capable ecommerce store database — but it is not the right fit for everyone. Here are 6 alternatives compared on price, features and who each one is actually for, including the cases where StoreLeads is still the one to keep.

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StoreLeads Ecommerce store database (B2B) storeleads.app

Not a dropshipping spy tool — a data platform for prospecting and market research. 13.7M+ stores across 408 platforms (2.9M of them Shopify), 40+ attributes per store, 60 search filters, CRM enrichment into HubSpot, Salesforce, Outreach and Pipedrive, an API, and historical app install and uninstall timelines. Bought mostly by agencies, Shopify app developers and equity funds.

Why people look for a StoreLeads alternative

$75 a month is the floor

Premium is $75, Pro $250, Elite $450 and Enterprise $950 per month. It is priced for a sales team with a CAC to justify it, not for a merchant checking on competitors.
Built for prospecting, not for selling online

The buyer is an agency, a Shopify app developer or an equity fund. If you are a merchant trying to work out whether a product is worth selling, most of what you are paying for is lead-generation machinery.
No ad or creative intelligence

It will tell you what a store runs and when it installed it. It will not tell you what that store is advertising or how.

We build a competing tool, so read this with that in mind — which is exactly why every block below lists what the tool does worse as well as better, and why 4 of the 12 rows in the comparison table go against us.

The 6 best StoreLeads alternatives

1 Store Detector Best free all-rounder for Shopify Free · $4.99/mo
2 StoreCensus Best value store database $99–$499/mo
3 StoreInspect Best for contact data Free · $39–$279/mo
4 TrendTrack Best all-in-one, if the budget is there $42–$105/mo
5 BrandSearch Best for ad creative research Free trial, then paid
6 Koala Inspector Best for supplier matching Free · $22/mo

#1 · Best free all-rounder for Shopify Shopify spy extension + free rankings

1. Store Detector

The free, merchant-side version of the same data: an index of ~312,000 Shopify stores published as open ranking pages, with a public JSON API and an MCP server instead of a $75/month seat. No CRM enrichment and no lead lists — if that is the job, StoreLeads is the right tool.

What you get

Free core with no credit limits — the extension, the rankings and the API need no card
One sidebar covers traffic, revenue, ads, apps, theme, bestsellers and SEO
Section clone: lift a section from any store as working code
A public JSON API and an MCP server, so Claude or ChatGPT can query the index directly
Free ranking pages for every country and niche we hold — open, no login wall

What it does not do

No ad creative library — we report that a store is advertising and how many ads are live, not the creatives themselves
No email campaign archive; we detect the email platform, not the sends
No supplier or AliExpress image matching
Shopify only — WooCommerce, Amazon and TikTok Shop are out of scope

Pricing

The extension, every ranking page, all 17 free tools and the public JSON API are free with no account. Pro is $4.99/month billed annually ($59.88/year) or $9.99/month billed monthly, charged when you subscribe.

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Store Detector sidebar showing a Shopify store's estimated monthly revenue, monthly visits, global rank and 12-month traffic trajectory

Best for

Anyone who wants the full per-store picture — traffic, ads, apps, theme, SEO — from a free tier with no search credits to run down, and who wants the same index reachable as open ranking pages, a JSON API and an MCP server rather than only through a dashboard.

Best value store database

2. StoreCensus

Ecommerce store database (B2B)

A near-direct StoreLeads competitor: 5.8M Shopify and WooCommerce stores with 8.5K+ apps tracked, theme and technology data, revenue and traffic estimates, automated alerts, CSV export up to 100,000 rows and an API. Sold to the same buyer — agencies, Shopify and WooCommerce app developers, and DTC brands prospecting merchants.

Why it is on this list: The closest like-for-like swap: the same shape of product — filters, alerts, exports, an API, CRM-bound prospect lists — over 5.8M Shopify and WooCommerce stores, from $99/month against StoreLeads’ $75 entry but well under its $250 Pro tier.

Strengths

5.8M stores covering WooCommerce as well as Shopify
8.5K+ apps tracked, with theme and technology detection
Automated alerts on tracked stores
CSV export up to 100,000 rows per batch, plus an API
Entry tier undercuts most of the B2B database category

Limitations

The free plan is 3 one-time credits — enough to look, not to work
Credit-metered, so prospecting volume drives the tier you need
No Chrome extension is advertised
No ad or creative intelligence is advertised

Pricing

$99–$499/mo

Starter $99, Professional $199 and Scale $499 per month, metered by monthly credits (2,000 / 8,000 / 25,000) and seats. The Free plan does not expire but carries only 3 one-time credits, so it is closer to a look-around than a working tier. Store search and enrichment API from Professional; the full filtered-search API on Scale.

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Best for: Agencies and app developers who want StoreLeads-shaped data — filters, alerts, exports, an API — at a lower entry price, and who need WooCommerce coverage alongside Shopify.

Best for contact data

3. StoreInspect

Store database + free detector extension

A searchable index of 930K+ Shopify stores paired with 1.04M+ contacts, sold to agencies, app developers and B2B SaaS teams for prospecting and competitive research. Filters run on apps, themes and pixels. It also ships a free no-signup Chrome extension — Store Inspector: Theme & App Detector — that reads theme, 100+ apps, pixels, a traffic tier and a lead-fit score off the store you are on.

Why it is on this list: Closer to StoreLeads than most: 930K stores with app, theme and pixel filters, 1.04M contacts, an API and a hosted MCP server — from $39/month, with a free Chrome extension on top.

Strengths

930K+ stores with 1.04M+ contacts — the contact layer is the real product
A genuinely free Chrome extension for theme, app and pixel detection, no signup
Filters across apps, themes and pixels, with exports up to 500,000 stores
REST API plus a hosted MCP server, including a separate surface built for ChatGPT
Original research reports published with markdown twins and stats JSON

Limitations

The free tier is 10 contact reveals and zero exports — a look, not a working tier
Prospecting-shaped: no bestseller or product research is advertised
No ad creative library, and no change alerts are advertised
Contact data raises compliance questions a merchant-side tool does not

Pricing

Free · $39–$279/mo

A permanently free tier (10 contact reveals a month, no exports, 50 results a query), then Pro $39/mo annual ($49 monthly), Business $119 ($149) and Enterprise $279 ($349). REST API and hosted MCP access start at Pro and draw on the same export and contact-credit balance as the web app. Company-email accounts may get a 7-day Pro trial.

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Best for: Agencies, app developers and B2B teams who need to reach merchants, not just study them. The 1.04M-contact layer is the thing Store Detector has no equivalent of and no plan to build — if outreach is the job, this is the better tool.

Best all-in-one, if the budget is there

4. TrendTrack

Store database + ad & email spy

The most feature-complete of the store-database platforms: 5M+ stores and 250M+ ads, with a shop database you can filter by niche, country and growth, an ad library, a BrandTracker that follows a competitor’s spend and hooks, shop analytics, and an email library that archives the campaigns brands send. It also ships free Shopify app and theme detectors, a free Chrome extension, and an MCP integration for Claude and ChatGPT.

Why it is on this list: A 5M-store database with growth filters at $42 to $105, plus the ad and email libraries StoreLeads has no equivalent of.

Strengths

Email library — an archive of the campaigns a brand actually sends, which almost nobody else has
Ad library across 250M+ ads, plus BrandTracker for spend, hooks and landing pages
5M+ store database with niche, country and growth filters
Shopify app and theme detectors, plus a free Chrome extension
An MCP integration, so Claude or ChatGPT can query stores, ads and emails directly

Limitations

No permanently free plan — the cheapest ongoing tier is $42/month on annual billing
Per-seat pricing at $20 on top of the plan
Result limits (shops, ads, email) are tiered, so the cheapest plan caps how much you can pull

Pricing

$42–$105/mo

Starter $42, Pro $63 and Business $105 per month on annual billing ($50 / $75 / $125 monthly), plus a custom Enterprise tier. 15% off quarterly, 30% off annual, and $20 per extra seat. There is a free Chrome extension and a free signup, but no permanently free plan.

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Best for: Agencies and funded DTC teams that need ad creatives and email campaigns archived alongside store data, and have a research budget to match. The email library in particular is something Store Detector does not offer.

Best for ad creative research

5. BrandSearch

Store database + ad spy

A brand library of 7.5M+ Shopify stores and 160M+ ads, aimed at teams with real ad spend. Its Spectre AI tracks a competitor’s ads and landing pages daily, swipe files let you keep the creatives you want to model, and there is a free Chrome extension plus an API and MCP integration. Used by 50,000+ marketers including 7- and 8-figure brands.

Why it is on this list: 7.5M stores with ad intelligence layered on top.

Strengths

Very large ad index — 160M+ ads with AI-assisted discovery
Spectre AI tracks competitor ads and landing pages daily, with AI-ready JSON export
Swipe files for the creatives worth modelling
Brand library filterable by revenue, traffic and ad activity, across Meta, Google and TikTok
Free Chrome extension, plus an API and MCP integration

Limitations

Pricing is not published — you have to start a trial to find out what a tier costs
No permanently free plan, only a trial
Ad-first: the store-side detail is thinner than a dedicated Shopify spy tool

Pricing

Free trial, then paid

Three tiers — Starter, Outscaler and Agency — with monthly or yearly billing (roughly three months free on annual). No figures were published on their pricing page when we checked; the tiers are described by limits, from 15K stores on Starter to unlimited above it.

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Best for: Media buyers who need to see and save competitors’ actual ad creatives and landing pages every day. Store Detector reports ad activity but does not archive the creatives.

Best for supplier matching

6. Koala Inspector

Shopify spy extension

The best-known free Shopify spy extension, with 250,000+ users. Click the icon on any Shopify store to get bestsellers by estimated sales, theme and app detection, traffic estimates and live ads — plus two things most rivals lack: AliExpress supplier matching by image, and monitoring that alerts you when a tracked store changes a product or a price.

Why it is on this list: If you actually only needed a per-store read, an extension at $22/month replaces a $75 seat.

Strengths

AliExpress supplier matching by image — find who actually makes the product
Store monitoring with alerts on product and price changes
A free tier that never expires for theme and app detection
CSV and Excel export

Limitations

Sales estimates sit behind the $22/month tier — over four times Store Detector Pro
Some usage is metered through one-time token packs on top of the subscription
No searchable store database, public API or AI-assistant access is advertised
No section clone or on-page SEO/CRO checklist

Pricing

Free · $22/mo

A free tier that never expires covers browsing, theme and app detection. Sales estimates and the advanced panels are $22/month, with one-time token packs from $3.99.

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Best for: Dropshippers who want to trace a product back to its AliExpress supplier and be alerted when a competitor changes a price. That supplier match is a real capability Store Detector does not have.

Side by side

StoreLeads alternatives, compared

Every tool on this page against the 12 capabilities that decide which one you need. 4 rows go against us — that is the honest shape of it.

Capability	StoreLeads Comparing	Store Detector This is us	StoreCensus	StoreInspect	TrendTrack	BrandSearch	Koala Inspector
Free plan A free tier that does not expire (~ = trial only)	Partial	Yes	Partial	Yes	Partial	Partial	Yes
Chrome extension Analyse a store from the page you are on	Yes	Yes	Not advertised	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Traffic & revenue estimate Monthly visits and a modelled revenue figure	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Installed app detection Which Shopify apps the store runs	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Theme detection Theme name and version	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Not advertised	Yes
Live ad detection Whether the store is advertising right now	Not advertised	Partial	Not advertised	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ad creative library A searchable swipe file of the actual ads	Not advertised	No	Not advertised	Not advertised	Yes	Yes	Not advertised
Product research Bestsellers and product discovery	Yes	Yes	Not advertised	Not advertised	Yes	Yes	Yes
Change alerts Notified when a tracked store changes	Not advertised	No	Yes	Not advertised	Yes	Yes	Yes
Searchable store database Filter a whole index, not one store at a time	Yes	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Not advertised
Public API Query the data from your own code	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Not advertised
AI assistant access MCP or an AI API for Claude / ChatGPT	Not advertised	Yes	Not advertised	Yes	Yes	Yes	Not advertised
Entry price Cheapest way in, checked 2026-08-02	$75–$950/mo	Free · $4.99/mo	$99–$499/mo	Free · $39–$279/mo	$42–$105/mo	Free trial, then paid	Free · $22/mo

Yes
Partial
No
Not advertised by the vendor

Built from each vendor’s own public marketing, checked 2026-08-02. “Not advertised” means the capability is not claimed on their site — not that it is missing. Prices drift; check the vendor before you buy.

So which one should you pick?

There is no single best StoreLeads alternative — there is a best one for the job you are doing. Find your row.

You want StoreLeads’ shape for less

StoreCensus

Same filters, alerts, exports and API over 5.8M stores, and it covers WooCommerce too.

You want the store data without a $75 seat

Store Detector

Free ranking pages, a free JSON API and an MCP server over ~312,000 Shopify stores.

You are generating B2B leads

StoreLeads

Stay. CRM enrichment, 60 filters and app install timelines across 13.7M stores — nothing here is close.

You need app install history

StoreLeads

Historical install and uninstall timelines are unique to it. Store Detector shows the current stack, not its history.

You want market research, not lead lists

Store Detector or TrendTrack

Free country and niche rankings, or a filterable 5M-store database at $49+.

Frequently asked questions

Is there a free StoreLeads alternative?

For market research, yes: Store Detector publishes free ranking pages for every country and niche it holds, plus a free JSON API and an MCP server. For lead generation with CRM enrichment there is no free equivalent — that is what StoreLeads charges for.

How does Store Detector’s index compare to 13.7M stores?

It is much smaller and narrower: roughly 312,000 active Shopify stores, versus StoreLeads’ 13.7M across 408 platforms (2.9M of them Shopify). Ours is curated and published openly; theirs is a broad crawl sold as a database.

Can I export data like StoreLeads?

Every ranking page has copy-as-markdown, copy-as-CSV and download-CSV, and there is a public JSON API at /openapi.json. There is no CRM enrichment and no contact data — Store Detector is not a lead-generation product.