Heepsy is the cheapest credible creator search tool in this category, and for a first campaign that is often the whole argument. People go looking for something else when they hit one of its edges: the filters behind the higher tiers, the profile data, or the renewal. Here are five alternatives and how each one charges.
TL;DR
The short answer: Tokfluence if the caps or the gated filters are what stopped you, Modash if the data felt thin, Collabstr if you want to pay only when you hire.
Why people leave: advanced filters and analytics sit behind the higher tiers, and reviewers report fluctuating numbers and missing creators.
Watch the billing term: the headline price is the annual rate, and Trustpilot carries repeated complaints about renewal charges after cancellation.
The caveat: nothing here is cheaper. If price is the constraint, Heepsy is genuinely the answer and this page will not change that.
Competitor rows describe how each vendor prices and limits its plans, read from its own pricing page in September 2026, without the figures, which move: check each vendor's page for current numbers. Heepsy publishes its prices in full, which is more than half this category manages.
The complaints come from public reviews on G2, Capterra and Trustpilot, weighted towards the ones several reviewers raise independently. We build one of these tools, so read the "pick Heepsy instead if" line under each entry. Those are the honest ones.
Why do brands look for Heepsy alternatives?
The praise for Heepsy is consistent: clean interface, low learning curve, responsive support. The frictions are specific and they tend to arrive at the same moment, which is when you start searching seriously.
The good filters are on the expensive plans. The most common G2 complaint is that advanced filters and analytics sit behind the higher tiers, so the product you read about is not the product the entry plan buys.
Data accuracy. Reviewers report numbers that fluctuate between sessions and creators missing from results they expected.
A floor on creator size. One reviewer describes being unable to reach creators under 5,000 followers, which rules out most of a nano-influencer programme.
The renewal. Trustpilot carries a cluster of complaints about being charged after a cancellation request and refused a refund. Worth knowing before you pick the annual rate.
What Heepsy gets right
Worth saying plainly, because a page that cannot credit the tool it is comparing against is not worth reading.
The price. Nothing credible in this category starts lower.
A real free plan, not a short trial.
Published limits per plan, including outreach emails, which is rare here.
Reviewers consistently praise the interface and the support team.
Advanced filters and analytics gated to higher tiers.
Data accuracy reported as inconsistent between sessions.
A reported floor on creator size around 5,000 followers.
Renewal and refund complaints on Trustpilot.
All five alternatives at a glance
Read in September 2026. Competitor rows say how each vendor prices, not what it charges; their pricing pages carry the current figures.
Tool
Entry price
Creators you can contact / month
Billing
Free option
Tokfluence
$99 / month
10,000 / month
Monthly, flat
Free forever, no card
Heepsy
Listed on their pricing page
Capped outreach emails per plan
Annual for list price
Free plan available
Modash
Listed on their pricing page
Capped email unlocks per plan
Monthly or annual
Free trial
Influencity
Not published: quote or demo on request
Set by your quote
Not published
Not published
HypeAuditor
Sales-gated: demo or quote only
Set by your quote
Per user, annual
Limited free access
Collabstr
Free to browse, fee per hire
You book directly
Per order
Free to browse
The third column is the one that decides it. Finding creators is not the work; contacting them is, and every tool here meters that differently.
The 5 best Heepsy alternatives, compared
1
Tokfluence
TikTok-first search. Plans from $99 a month.
Who it is for
Anyone who outgrew a starter plan and does not want the next tier to be the answer. Especially teams booking small creators: 92% of the creators we index sit between 1,000 and 50,000 followers.
Pricing
Pro is $99 a month and Agency is $199, cancel any time, billed monthly. There is a free plan, and it needs no card. Seats are included: 1 on Pro, 5 on Agency. The API is separate and self-serve from $49 a month.
Where it beats Heepsy
Unlimited profile views, 20,000 searches and 10,000 credits a month (1 credit = 1 profile with contact details) on Pro, where Heepsy caps outreach emails on every plan.
Every filter on every plan. Heepsy reviewers describe advanced filters and analytics sitting behind the higher tiers, which is the most common complaint about it on G2.
We index from 1,000 followers up. One Heepsy reviewer reported being unable to reach creators under 5,000, which rules out most of a nano-influencer programme.
Monthly billing at the list price. Heepsy's headline price is the annual rate, and Trustpilot carries repeated complaints about renewal charges after cancellation.
On-demand crawling when a niche turns out to be thin, back in 30 to 60 minutes.
Pick Heepsy instead if the lowest price is what decides it, and Heepsy's outreach email allowance genuinely covers your volume. Heepsy is the cheapest credible search tool here and there is no shame in that being the constraint.
TokfluenceA narrow niche, filtered to one country. Every filter shown is available on every plan, including the free one, because we do not gate filters by tier.Searching the index in plain language. No counter ticks down as you open profiles, because there is not one.
2
Modash
Best for multi-platform discovery
Who it is for
Teams running campaigns across TikTok, Instagram and YouTube who want one clean index for all three, and who found Heepsy's data thin.
Pricing
Published on their pricing page. Modash meters opened profiles and email unlocks on each plan, and the higher plan raises both caps.
Where it beats Heepsy
Deeper, cleaner profile data. The recurring Heepsy complaint is accuracy, with reviewers reporting fluctuating numbers and missing creators.
Three networks in one index rather than search that thins out by platform.
Pick Heepsy instead if budget is the reason you are here. Modash costs well above Heepsy, and its caps are the single most common complaint about it.
3
Influencity
Multi-platform with campaign management
Who it is for
Teams who need more than Heepsy's data depth but cannot justify enterprise pricing.
Pricing
Not published: quote or demo on request, and no free tier.
Where it beats Heepsy
Multi-platform coverage and richer audience analysis than Heepsy offers.
Pick Heepsy instead if you only need search. The price buys campaign management and reporting alongside it, whether you use them or not. Reviewers also report slow support and a slow ramp.
4
HypeAuditor
Best for audience fraud checks
Who it is for
Teams whose worry is not finding creators but paying a fake one. Fraud detection is the product rather than a filter.
Pricing
Sales-gated: no published rate card, so you request a demo and get a quote. Billed per user, annually.
Where it beats Heepsy
Audience authenticity analysis that goes deeper than Heepsy's authenticity filter.
Quality scoring applied consistently across the whole database.
Pick Heepsy instead if you came here because Heepsy's price was already a stretch. HypeAuditor costs far more, is billed per user, and is quoted rather than published.
5
Collabstr
Best for hiring creators directly
Who it is for
Brands who would rather buy a deliverable than run discovery then outreach. Creators list themselves with prices; you browse and book.
Pricing
Free to browse, with a fee on each hire. Paid plans are listed on their pricing page and lower that fee. Enterprise is an annual contract.
Where it beats Heepsy
Nothing to pay until you actually hire someone, where Heepsy charges before you have found anyone.
No outreach step at all. Creators have priced their own work.
Pick Heepsy instead if you want the whole creator universe. You can only reach people who chose to list, reviewers report fake profiles, and the fee on each hire grows with your campaign budget.
Heepsy vs Tokfluence, line by line
Heepsy details read from their pricing page in September 2026. Ours from our own pricing page and index.
Heepsy
Tokfluence
Entry price
Listed on their pricing page
$99 / month
Billing term for list price
Annual
Monthly, cancel any time
Creator search
Capped per plan
20,000 / mo on Pro, unlimited on Agency
Advanced profiles
Capped per plan
Unlimited
Outreach emails or credits
Capped per plan
10,000 credits (1 credit = 1 profile with contact details)
Advanced filters on entry plan
Gated to higher tiers
All filters, every plan
Smallest creators indexed
Reviewers report a floor around 5,000
From 1,000 followers
Nano and micro share of index
Not published
92%
On-demand crawling
No
Yes, 30 to 60 min
Free option
Free plan available
Free plan, 50 searches, no card
Platforms covered
Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn
TikTok, in depth
The price row goes to Heepsy and we have marked it accordingly. The last two rows are differences rather than defeats: we put the crawler behind one network so we can go deeper in it. Every competitor we have broken down this way is on the platform comparisons hub, and the full cost breakdown is on the Heepsy pricing page.
Which Heepsy alternative should you pick?
Pick by the edge you hit, not by the longest feature list. Most people leaving Heepsy do not need a bigger platform; they need the same job without a filter locked behind a tier.
The filters you wanted were on a higher plan: Tokfluence, every filter on every plan.
You book creators under 5,000 followers: we index from 1,000 up.
You do not want an annual commitment: $99, monthly, cancel whenever.
The profile data felt unreliable: Modash.
You only want to pay when you hire: Collabstr.
Stay on Heepsy if
The lowest price is what matters, and nothing here is cheaper.
Your plan's outreach email allowance genuinely covers your volume.
You need Instagram, YouTube or LinkedIn in the same index as TikTok.
The free plan is doing the job and you have not hit a wall yet.
The verdict
Heepsy is a good first tool and a frustrating second one. The pattern in the reviews is people who liked it, used it properly, and then met a tier wall: the filter they needed, the analytics they wanted, the creator size they could not reach.
Ours costs more, and buys unlimited profile views, every filter on every plan, 10,000 credits (1 credit = 1 profile with contact details) instead of a capped email allowance, and an index that is 92% nano and micro creators. If Heepsy's price is genuinely the constraint, stay. That is a real reason and we are not going to argue you out of it.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Heepsy alternative?
It depends which limit you hit. If the caps or the gated filters are the problem, Tokfluence Pro is $99 a month with unlimited profile views and every filter on every plan. If the data felt thin, Modash has the cleanest profiles in this category. If you want to pay only when you hire, Collabstr is free to browse.
How much does Heepsy cost in 2026?
Heepsy publishes its prices in full on heepsy.com/pricing (read September 2026): a free plan, then Starter, Plus and Advanced, priced in euros. The headline rates assume annual billing, and each plan caps search results, advanced profiles and outreach emails, with the caps rising by tier.
Why do people look for Heepsy alternatives?
Three things recur in public reviews. The advanced filters and analytics sit behind the higher tiers, which reviewers on G2 name as the most common frustration. Data accuracy comes up repeatedly, with reports of fluctuating numbers and missing creators. And Trustpilot carries a cluster of complaints about being charged for renewals after a cancellation request.
Is Heepsy good for finding micro-influencers?
It is built for it in principle, though one reviewer reported being unable to reach creators under 5,000 followers, which would exclude most nano creators. For comparison, our index starts at 1,000 followers and 92% of it sits between 1,000 and 50,000, because that is where most campaign budgets actually get spent.
Is there a free Heepsy alternative?
Heepsy itself has a genuine free plan, which is more than most. GRIN has a free tier, Collabstr is free to browse and only charges when you hire someone, and Tokfluence has a free plan too, 50 searches and 50 credits a month with no card.
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