🎯 LinkedIn Ad Library & Competitor Ad Spy Scraper [No Cookies]

Spy on competitor LinkedIn ads, uncover winning creatives, copy, headlines, landing pages & UTM tracking — 100% public data with zero cookies, login, or account ban risk.

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💡 Why B2B Marketers & Agencies Need This Actor

Running paid LinkedIn Ads without competitive intelligence is like flying blind. LinkedIn Ads have the highest CPCs in digital marketing ($8–$25+ per click). Testing unproven angles burns budgets fast.

With the LinkedIn Ad Library & Competitor Ad Spy Scraper, you can instantly extract and analyze every active campaign run by your competitors:

• 📢 Steal Winning Copy & Angles: See exact pain points, headlines, body copy, and value propositions that competitors are putting budget behind.
• 🔥 Identify "Evergreen Winning Ads": If an ad has been running continuously for 45+ days, it is generating positive ROI. Our automated daysActive longevity tracker surfaces winning creatives instantly.
• 🎯 Decode the Full Funnel: Unshortens cryptic redirect links to reveal real landing pages, offer structures (Free Trial vs Demo vs Lead Magnet), and complete UTM parameters (utm_campaign, utm_content).
• 🖼️ Download High-Res Creative Assets: Direct CDN links to ad banners, carousel slides, and video preview streams.
• 🛡️ Zero Login & Zero Cookies: Powered entirely by official public ad transparency records. No LinkedIn account needed, eliminating any risk of account restrictions or session timeouts.

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🚀 Key Features & Unfair Advantages

Feature	Standard Scrapers	LinkedIn Ad Spy Scraper
No Cookies / No Login Required	❌ (Often need cookies)	✅ 100% Public Data
Ad Longevity & Winning Ad Score	❌ None	✅ daysActive + Evergreen Badges
Clean Destination URL & UTM Parser	❌ (Raw redirect links)	✅ Decoded Landing Pages & UTM Tags
Multi-Competitor Batch Support	❌ (1 by 1)	✅ Batch scan 5–50 brands in 1 run
B2B Funnel Classification	❌ None	✅ Demo, Trial, Webinar, Lead Magnet
Discord / Slack Webhook Alerts	❌ None	✅ Instant notification alerts
Fast Public Trial Execution	⏳ Slow (2–4 min)	⚡ <15s rapid trial completion

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📋 Input Configuration

Field	Type	Default	Description
companies	Array	["hubspot"]	List of competitor brand names or LinkedIn URLs
keywords	Array	[]	Optional: Filter for specific keywords in copy (e.g. AI, demo)
country	String	ALL	Target geography (e.g. US, GB, DE, ALL)
onlyEvergreen	Boolean	false	Return ONLY ads active for 30+ consecutive days
maxAds	Integer	10	Maximum total ad creatives to retrieve (10 for fast trials)
webhookUrl	String	""	Optional Discord/Slack Webhook URL for instant alerts
proxyConfiguration	Object	Apify Proxy	Recommended proxy configuration for uninterrupted throughput

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📊 Sample Output Format (JSON)

{
  "advertiserName": "HubSpot",
  "payerName": "HubSpot, Inc.",
  "adFormat": "Single Image",
  "headline": "Stop juggling disconnected tools. Connect your entire GTM team.",
  "adCopy": "Empower your marketing, sales, and service teams with HubSpot Customer Platform. Start free today and scale seamlessly.",
  "adCopyExcerpt": "Empower your marketing, sales, and service teams with HubSpot Customer Platform...",
  "ctaButton": "Get started free",
  "funnelType": "🚀 Free Trial",
  "cleanDestinationUrl": "https://www.hubspot.com/products/crm",
  "rawDestinationUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/redir/redirect?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hubspot.com%2Fproducts%2Fcrm...",
  "utmCampaign": "q3_b2b_crm_awareness",
  "utmSource": "linkedin",
  "utmMedium": "paid",
  "utmContent": "carousel_v2_scale",
  "daysActive": 58,
  "longevityBadge": "🔥 Evergreen Winner (60+ days)",
  "firstSeenDate": "2026-07-30",
  "targetCountry": "Worldwide (All)",
  "mediaUrl": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D5610AQH...",
  "adLibraryUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/search?keyword=hubspot",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-26T13:40:00.000Z"
}

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💰 Pricing & Monetization (25% Cheaper than Alternatives)

This Actor uses an ultra-competitive Pay-Per-Event model:

• Actor Start Fee: $0.0005 (Practically zero friction startup — $0.50 per 1,000 runs)
• Per Ad Extracted: $0.003 ($3.00 per 1,000 verified competitor ad intelligence records — 25% cheaper than standard scrapers charging $4.00/k, while providing complete UTM parameters, landing page unshortening, longevity scoring, and webhook alerts included free!)

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Do I need to log into LinkedIn or provide cookie sessions?

No! The LinkedIn Ad Library is a public transparency database required by EU Digital Services Act regulations. This actor requires zero cookies and zero credentials.

How do you know which ads are "winners"?

In paid advertising, nobody keeps losing ads active. If a B2B SaaS brand has kept a specific creative active for 45 to 90 days, it is consistently driving profitable conversions. Our daysActive metric highlights these winning creatives.

Can I schedule recurring competitive audits?

Yes! In the Apify Console, use the Schedules tab to run this actor weekly (e.g., every Monday at 9 AM) to keep your marketing team updated on newly launched competitor campaigns.