# DataBlue, free: Facebook Ad Library API

> Search public Facebook Ads Library records by keyword, page, or library URL.

DataBlue's Facebook Ad Library API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 ads. It returns all 7 key fields we check: Ad status, Run dates, Platforms, Text, Media, Call to action, Advertiser.
We rank 26 plans by price. [ScrapeUnblocker's €299 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/scrapeunblocker/299-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 ads: $0.0015. ScrapeUnblocker charges for each page of results. We count 500 ads on each page to get the $0.0015 price.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/datablue/free
- Get it: https://www.datablue.dev/pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.datablue.dev/v1/data/facebook-ads/search`
- API key: with the plan, on https://www.datablue.dev/pricing
- Its API docs: https://docs.datablue.dev/facebook-ads-search
- Sold by: DataBlue (https://www.datablue.dev)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 100%
- Ad status: ✓
- Run dates: ✓
- Platforms: ✓
- Text: ✓
- Media: ✓
- Call to action: ✓
- Advertiser: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 ads: $0.00
- Per: result
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: from the same budget: 43 other calls

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Search public Facebook Ads Library records by keyword, page, or library URL.

## Data

- Freshness: live
- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree not to use the Services to: Violate any law, regulation, or third-party right, including intellectual property, privacy, and data-protection laws, Collect, store, or process personal data in a manner that violates applicable law or the rights of data subjects, Send spam, malware, or unsolicited communications, or facilitate fraud, phishing, or deceptive practices, Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Services, other accounts, or our systems, or probe, scan, or test their vulnerability without authorization, Resell, sublicense, or expose the raw Services as a competing API without our written permission, Exceed rate limits, circumvent usage metering, or place an unreasonable load on the infrastructure, or Use the Services to build profiles for unlawful surveillance, discrimination, or harassment. You are solely responsible for ensuring that your specific use of the data you obtain through the Services complies with the laws, regulations, and terms that apply to you and to the sources you target.

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 1,000 credits
- Enough for: 2,000 results

## Rate limit

- Concurrent: 5

## Speed

- Answer: in the call

## The call

- You send: one of query, page_id, url or urls, Content-Type header "application/json". Optional: country, active_status, media_type, start_date, end_date, publisher_platforms, scrape_ad_details, limit, cursor, timeout_ms
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/data/facebook-ads/search

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone at least 16 years old and legally able to enter into the Terms of Service

## The 24 fields the plan's answer can hold

success, ad archive ID, is active, page name, ad title, ad text, caption, call to action text, link URL, images, videos, publisher platforms, start date, end date, reach estimate, spend, ad library URL, position, image count, video count, total results, time taken, next cursor, has next page

## DataBlue's plans (12)

- [DataBlue, free](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/datablue/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $29 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/datablue/29-monthly/llms.txt): $0.362 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $59 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/datablue/59-monthly/llms.txt): $0.164 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $149 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/datablue/149-monthly/llms.txt): $0.145 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $299 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/datablue/299-monthly/llms.txt): $0.13 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $699 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/datablue/699-monthly/llms.txt): $0.120 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $319 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/datablue/319-yearly/llms.txt): $0.332 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $649 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/datablue/649-yearly/llms.txt): $0.15 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $1,639 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/datablue/1639-yearly/llms.txt): $0.133 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $3,289 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/datablue/3289-yearly/llms.txt): $0.119 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $7,689 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/datablue/7689-yearly/llms.txt): $0.111 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [DataBlue, contact us](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/datablue/contact-us/llms.txt): 100% complete, live

## DataBlue's calls for this API (1)

- `POST /v1/data/facebook-ads/search`: [DataBlue, free](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/datablue/free/llms.txt)

## DataBlue's APIs (6)

- [DataBlue: web scraping API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-scraping-apis/datablue/free/llms.txt)
- [DataBlue: web search API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/web-search-apis/datablue/free/llms.txt)
- [DataBlue: Facebook Ad Library API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/datablue/free/llms.txt)
- [DataBlue: YouTube channel API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-apis/datablue/free/llms.txt)
- [DataBlue: YouTube channel video API pricing, 12 plans](https://datacircle.dev/youtube-channel-video-apis/datablue/free/llms.txt)
- [DataBlue: SERP API pricing, 12 plans, GET /v1/data/google/serp, Google SERP Advanced](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/datablue/free-get-v1-data-google-serp-google-serp-advanced/llms.txt)
- [DataBlue: SERP API pricing, 12 plans, GET /v1/data/google/serp, Google SERP Lite](https://datacircle.dev/serp-apis/datablue/free-get-v1-data-google-serp-google-serp-lite/llms.txt)

## DataBlue: Facebook Ad Library API alternatives

- [ScrapeUnblocker, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/scrapeunblocker/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $0.0023 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Adyntel, $321 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/adyntel/321-monthly/llms.txt): $0.214 per 1,000, 100% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-29.

- https://docs.datablue.dev/facebook-ads-search
- https://docs.datablue.dev/plans-credits
- https://docs.datablue.dev/rate-limits
- https://www.datablue.dev
- https://www.datablue.dev/legal/terms-of-service
- https://www.datablue.dev/pricing