you need free, public per-account stats pages for YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Twitch that need no signup to view.
Move to Sway9 if
you want the creators you already have tracked and paid per view — free plan first, then $22/mo, unlimited team members, no annual contract.
Social Blade entry~$5/moAnnual (personal tiers bill yearly only)
Sway9$22/mofree plan first · no seat fees
Over a year~0.2×~$60 vs $264 a year
What does Social Blade cost?
Social Blade publishes pricing, but blocked our automated check — the figures below are third-party reported. Social Blade's own pricing pages (/business, /pricing) and even its root domain returned HTTP 403 on every automated check. A third-party resource site (OutlierKit, verified August 2026) and an independent web search agree on the same four annual-only personal tiers: Bronze $59.99/yr, Silver $149.99/yr, Gold $599.99/yr, Platinum $1,439.99/yr, each shown with a monthly-equivalent rate on the site itself. A separate Business API is prepaid-credit metered, priced only inside a logged-in developer dashboard.
Silver — $149.99/yr (~$12.50/mo) · 25 favorites, 10 report cards/mo, 5 API credits/mo, 60 days history
Gold — $599.99/yr (~$50/mo) · 100 favorites, 50 report cards/mo, 20 API credits/mo, 180 days history
Platinum — $1,439.99/yr (~$120/mo) · 500 favorites, 100 report cards/mo, 50 API credits/mo, 3+ years history
Take the lowest figure anyone reports — $5/mo — and a year still comes to $60, against $264 for Sway9 Starter. The true number is likely higher, and only a sales call would tell you what yours is.
Third-party reported, not confirmed by Social Blade · source.
Pricing in this category changes often — confirm with the vendor before you commit.
What stands out about Social Blade
Why do teams look for a Social Blade alternative?
Social Blade is a free, publicly browsable stats and ranking site for YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Twitch accounts, with a paid personal tier for ad-free deeper history and a separate, opaque developer API. A flat subscription is the easiest model to live with — the question is only what sits inside it. Where it stops fitting:
You need to pay and manage a roster of creators, not just look up public stats
You do not want to commit to a full year just to get past the free tier's ad-supported basics
You want per-view CPM computed against actual payout, not an estimated-earnings figure
5 alternatives to Social Blade
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Sway9
Track your own roster, pay per view
Free plan, then $22/mo
Where Social Blade charges a flat monthly subscription, Sway9 charges on how many creator accounts you track and nothing else. It picks up every TikTok and Instagram post from creators you already work with, refreshes them automatically, and computes spend and effective CPM as the views arrive — the reconciliation Social Blade leaves you to do by hand.
It runs on per-creator seats rather than a flat subscription, though you will need a sales call to get a number, which Social Blade no longer requires.
Yes — free public stats with ads, 5 favorites, 30 days of table data
Contract
Month-to-month, cancel any time
Annual (personal tiers bill yearly only)
Pricing model
Priced on tracked accounts, never on seats
Flat subscription
Team members
Unlimited on every plan
See plan limits
Free plan
Yes — 3 accounts, 100 credits/mo, no card
Yes — free public stats with ads, 5 favorites, 30 days of table data
Auto view tracking (TikTok & Instagram)
Yes
Varies by plan
Pay-per-view CPM & spend automation
Yes, built in
Not the core model
Where Social Blade is still the better choice
A published flat price already beats most of this category, and Social Blade is the stronger pick when the job is one of these:
Free, public per-account stats pages for YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Twitch that need no signup to view
Long-running historical charts and rank tracking that most tools charge enterprise rates to match
The cheapest entry point of any tool in this batch by a wide margin
A prepaid Business API for teams that want to pull the same data programmatically
If that is the software you are actually shopping for, Social Blade is the better buy and nothing on this page should talk you out of it.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a free alternative to Social Blade?
Yes. Sway9 has a free plan with 3 tracked accounts and 100 credits a month, with no credit card and no expiry. Social Blade also has a free tier — free public stats with ads, 5 favorites, 30 days of table data.
How much does Social Blade cost?
$59.99/yr (~$5/mo), Bronze, as reported by a third party rather than published by Social Blade, checked 2026-08-22. The full breakdown is in the pricing section above.
What is the best Social Blade alternative for paying creators per view?
Sway9. Social Blade charges a flat monthly subscription; Sway9 is priced on tracked accounts and computes spend and effective CPM as views come in, so nothing is reconciled by hand. There is a free plan, and paid plans start at $22/mo with unlimited team members.
Can I switch from Social Blade without a contract?
Sway9 is month-to-month and you can cancel any time. Note that Social Blade is reported to require annual (personal tiers bill yearly only), so check your current term before you move.
What else competes with Social Blade?
Beyond Sway9, the closest comparisons are Ninjalitics (Not Just Analytics), Popsters, NoxInfluencer, Tubular Labs. Each targets a different job — Ninjalitics (Not Just Analytics) for instagram and tiktok account analytics, Popsters for social content analytics tool, NoxInfluencer for influencer discovery and analytics, Tubular Labs for social video intelligence and measurement.
Free plan · no card · no expiry
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3 tracked accounts and 100 credits a month, for as long as you like. Upgrade from $22/mo only when your roster outgrows it.
Try for freeCancel any time · unlimited team members on every plan
Social Blade publishes no rate card, so every figure above is attributed to the third party that reported it and was checked on 2026-08-22. We would rather show you a sourced estimate and say it is an estimate than present a guess as fact.