IGDetective records 264,922 monthly visits with -31.4% month-over-month growth and Freemium, Free pricing. Publer records 244,964 monthly visits with -71.5% growth and Freemium pricing.
See what a public Instagram account has really been up to — anonymously
Schedule, analyze, and collaborate on social content — with an AI writing assistant
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | igdetective.com | publer.io |
| Pricing Model | Freemium, Free | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 264.92K (264,922) | 244.96K (244,964) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | -121.01K (-31.4%) | -613.99K (-71.5%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (38.1%) | 🌐 Global (—) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 66.02K | 98.95K |
| User Rating | 3.2 | 4.4 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
See what a public Instagram account has really been up to — anonymously
Enter a public username to see recent follows, new followers, unfollows, likes and comments, each dated by the day it was first recorded.
A chatbot that knows the tracked account's public activity and can summarise what that person has been doing, with unlimited messages on Premium.
Watch Stories and Highlights from public accounts without your username appearing in their viewer list — free, with no subscription.
Premium reveals the public follows, likes and comments exchanged between two specific users in a combined timeline.
Schedule, analyze, and collaborate on social content — with an AI writing assistant
Plan posts across a visual calendar and publish to connected networks from a single queue, with autopost or push-notification options.
Generate captions, rewrite text, and produce variations for different platforms with the built-in AI writing assistant.
Measure reach, engagement, and performance across accounts with dashboards that highlight what works.
Upload CSVs to schedule large volumes of posts at once and automatically republish evergreen content on a schedule.
Offers superior visual content calendars and client approval workflows, but lacks Publer's built-in AI writing tools.
Offers superior visual content calendars and client approval workflows, but lacks Publer's built-in AI writing tools.
Free / Open-sourceOpen-source agentic social media scheduler offering self-hosting freedom, but requires technical setup compared to Publer.
Free / Open-sourceOpen-source agentic social media scheduler offering self-hosting freedom, but requires technical setup compared to Publer.
Integrates comprehensive graphic design tools and AI generation directly into the scheduling workflow.
Integrates comprehensive graphic design tools and AI generation directly into the scheduling workflow.
SpecialistOffers advanced X management and audience analytics, but is less flexible for general multi-platform visual planning.
SpecialistOffers advanced X management and audience analytics, but is less flexible for general multi-platform visual planning.
Excels at evergreen content recycling and categorized posting schedules, but offers less intuitive direct scheduling workflows.
Excels at evergreen content recycling and categorized posting schedules, but offers less intuitive direct scheduling workflows.
SpecialistProvides AI-powered face-recognition search to match photos against indexed public social media profiles.
SpecialistProvides AI-powered face-recognition search to match photos against indexed public social media profiles.
Provides deeper multi-channel content curation and advanced analytics, but has a steeper learning curve than Publer.
Provides deeper multi-channel content curation and advanced analytics, but has a steeper learning curve than Publer.
SpecialistProvides superior AI copywriting and deep hashtag analytics, but focuses primarily on fewer social networks.
SpecialistProvides superior AI copywriting and deep hashtag analytics, but focuses primarily on fewer social networks.
Includes robust automation rules and a unified inbox, though its user interface feels slightly more cluttered.
Includes robust automation rules and a unified inbox, though its user interface feels slightly more cluttered.
Combines social scheduling with powerful AI design and copywriting features, but can be pricier for teams.
Combines social scheduling with powerful AI design and copywriting features, but can be pricier for teams.
SpecialistUses facial recognition to match uploaded photographs against public social media profile pictures across platforms.
SpecialistUses facial recognition to match uploaded photographs against public social media profile pictures across platforms.
SpecialistCombines AI audience targeting with human account managers to grow Instagram followings organically.
SpecialistCombines AI audience targeting with human account managers to grow Instagram followings organically.
