Archive's pitch is the clearest in the category: spy on your competitors' influencer programs. It collects every Instagram and TikTok creator who tagged a brand, benchmarks earned media value, tracks Stories around the clock and starts at $99 a month, with API and MCP access on its Agency tier. If your competitors run big, well-tagged Instagram programs, it is a genuinely useful list.
People look for an Archive alternative when they hit its two boundaries. First, tags: a creator who promotes a rival with a discount code in a caption, an affiliate link in a YouTube description, or a mention without a tag does not show up. Second, the list is where Archive stops: no verified emails, no outreach, no pipeline. This page compares the tools that go past both boundaries.
Key Takeaways
Archive is tag-based and social-only (Instagram and TikTok). Codes, links, YouTube and the web are outside it.
It has no outreach layer; you get a roster and do the rest yourself.
AffiliateSpy (from $99 a month) is the closest match on intent, adds YouTube, blogs, review sites and roundups, reads codes and links, and runs outreach from your own inbox.
Modash and Influencer Hero give deeper evidence at higher prices ($199 and $649 a month respectively); Favikon and CreatorDB are index-first with tag or partnership data as a feature.
What Archive does well
- Single-minded. One question, answered thoroughly: who tagged this brand, and how much earned media did it produce.
- Stories. Round-the-clock capture of Stories mentions, which most tools miss because Stories disappear.
- Benchmarks. Earned media value comparisons across competitors, handy for a budget conversation.
- Price. $99 a month is fair for what it does, and there is API and MCP access higher up.
Where it falls short
- Untagged promotion is invisible. Discount codes, referral links and plain mentions are how most app and SaaS promotion actually happens. None of that is a tag.
- Two platforms. No YouTube, where the long reviews and comparison videos live. No web at all.
- No contact, no outreach. A roster of handles is the start of the work, not the end. Finding emails and running follow-ups is on you.
- Built for brand monitoring, not recruitment. The product answers "what is my competitor doing", not "who should I recruit and how do I reach them".
Archive alternatives compared
Vendor-listed prices, September 2026.
| Tool | Starting price | Competitor evidence | Surfaces | Contacts and outreach | Agent access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archive | from $99/mo | Every creator that tagged the brand, EMV, Stories | Instagram, TikTok | None | API and MCP on Agency |
| AffiliateSpy | $99/mo (1 app, 150 reveals) | Post, code, link or partnership, with the receipt | TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, plus blogs, review sites, roundups | Verified email reveals; sequences from your inbox; Autopilot | MCP (32 tools), REST, OAuth, skills |
| Modash | $199/mo annual | Sponsored tab, paid-partnership flag, collab dates | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube | Emails; outreach elsewhere | Discovery and Collaborations APIs |
| Favikon | $159 to $199/mo | Creators that tagged the brand | 9 platforms | Credits per unlock; no outreach | 43-tool MCP |
| CreatorDB | from $20; Pro $79 | Brand partnerships on profiles | YouTube, Instagram, TikTok | Emails; no outreach | REST API and MCP |
| Influencer Hero | $649/mo, 3-month minimum | Free Competitor Report (tagged posts), benchmarking | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube | CRM and outreach included | None listed |
The alternatives
AffiliateSpy
The same starting question as Archive (who promotes my competitor) with a wider net and a longer reach. A scan of a competitor's App Store, Google Play or website URL returns creators on TikTok, YouTube and Instagram and the blogs, review sites and best-of roundups ranking for its keywords. Evidence is not limited to tags: captions, bios and descriptions are read for discount codes and affiliate links, and disclosed partnerships are flagged. Each creator carries the receipt, a fit grade and audience purchase-intent signals. Verified emails are revealed one at a time (150 a month on the $99 Starter plan, 500 on Growth at $299, 2,000 on Agency at $799), sequences send from your own Gmail or Outlook, replies land in a pipeline, and Autopilot drafts new outreach overnight for approval. An MCP server, REST API and skills expose all of it to AI agents. Run a free scan on the influencer finder. No Stories tracking and no earned media value benchmarks.
Modash
If what you want is the deepest sponsored-content evidence on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, Modash is it: sponsored tab, paid-partnership flags, first and last collaboration dates, across 350 million profiles. Essentials is $199 a month on annual billing with 300 profile opens and 150 emails. Outreach is elsewhere. See Modash alternatives.
Favikon
A 10-million-creator index over nine platforms with a Competitor Insights view of creators that tagged a brand, a 43-tool MCP server and its own agent. Core is $159 to $199 a month for 500 credits. Same tag limitation as Archive, more platforms, credit metering. See Favikon alternatives.
CreatorDB
Cheap and technical: pay-as-you-go from $20, profiles show brand partnerships from the last twelve months, Brand Search, YouTube sponsorship rankings, MCP on every paid plan. No outreach, thin interface.
Influencer Hero
An all-in-one influencer platform with a free Competitor Report of tagged posts, a benchmarking module, a CRM and outreach, over a 450-million-profile index. Standard is $649 a month with a three-month minimum. The most complete package on this list and the most expensive. See Influencer Hero alternatives.
How to choose
- You want to watch competitors' Instagram programs and Stories: stay on Archive.
- You want to recruit the people promoting competitors, including on YouTube and the web, and send the email from the same place: AffiliateSpy.
- You want the deepest sponsorship history and have a team to run outreach: Modash.
- You want a full campaign platform and can pay agency prices: Influencer Hero.
Frequently asked questions
Does Archive find creators who use a competitor's discount code? No. Archive collects tagged content. Code and link detection needs a tool that reads captions and descriptions, such as AffiliateSpy.
Is there a free Archive alternative? Influencer Hero offers a free Competitor Report of tagged posts. The AffiliateSpy influencer finder runs a free scan of one competitor with a masked preview of the roster.
Which of these cover YouTube? AffiliateSpy, Modash, CreatorDB and Influencer Hero. Archive covers Instagram and TikTok only.