Heepsy alternatives
Six tools that find creators, with the price each one publishes, the platforms it covers, and the case it fits.
At a glance
Prices and platforms as each vendor publishes them.
| Tool | Best for | Price | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starcovery | The whole campaign from one prompt: find, hire, cross-post, measure, and pay out | Search free, 100 free uses in any 24 hours. Prepaid packs from $25 to $2,000, no charge per team member, nothing renews | Instagram, TikTok |
| Modash | One suite for in-house teams and Shopify stores | From $199 a month billed yearly. Enterprise from $14,700 a year, API from $10,000 a year | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube |
| HypeAuditor | Audience audits and fraud detection | Basic from $299 a month billed annually. PRO and Enterprise on a demo call | Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, X, Twitch |
| Influencity | Creator campaigns beside social media management | From $198 a month, or $1,900 a year. 7-day free trial with no card | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube |
| Collabstr | Buying listed packages from marketplace creators | Free plan with a 10% fee on each hire. Pro $249 a month billed annually | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X, Twitch, Amazon, UGC |
| GRIN | Affiliate, gifting, and UGC programs for Shopify brands | Free plan, then from $200 a month, month to month, plus a 5% to 20% fee on wallet deposits | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube |
Prices read from each vendor's own published pages.
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When each one fits
What each tool sells and who it suits, from its own pages.
Starcovery
Describe the campaign and Starcovery finds the creators, hires them, cross-posts, measures, and pays out. Search is free every day with no account, then prepaid packs with no seats. An agent registers itself and works over MCP, the API, or the CLI. It covers Instagram and TikTok.
Starcovery vs HeepsyModash
Modash finds creators with AI Search on text or an image, filters, and audience analytics, then manages partnerships, tracks content, and pays creators.
Starcovery vs ModashHypeAuditor
HypeAuditor sells audience analytics and fraud detection, with AI, keyword, and lookalike search.
Starcovery vs HypeAuditorInfluencity
Influencity covers search, casting calls that creators apply to, campaign management, and bulk payouts to creators in 180+ countries on one invoice, beside social media management.
Starcovery vs InfluencityCollabstr
Collabstr is a marketplace: you buy a package from a creator profile, or post a campaign for creators to apply to. Payment sits in escrow until you approve the work. Search covers the creators listed on the marketplace, each verified before listing.
Starcovery vs CollabstrGRIN
GRIN runs discovery, creator programs, affiliate tracking, and payouts from a funded escrow wallet, mostly for Shopify stores. Its agent Gia shortlists creators from GRIN's creator network.
Starcovery vs GRINCommon questions
Short answers on free plans, contracts, and agents.
Is Starcovery a Heepsy replacement?
For the campaign on Instagram and TikTok, yes: Starcovery finds, hires, cross-posts, measures, and pays out. For YouTube or LinkedIn creators, no.
Is there a free Heepsy alternative?
Starcovery searches free with no account: 100 free uses in any 24 hours, shared by everyone on the same network. Modash starts with a 14-day free trial with no card, then paid seats. HypeAuditor signup is free, and PRO and Enterprise prices need a demo call. Influencity offers a 7-day free trial with no card, or a demo call. Collabstr has a free plan with no subscription and no card, and adds a 10% fee to each hire on it. GRIN has a free plan and a 30-day Starter trial, each with a card or ACH account on file. Heepsy starts every signup on a permanent free plan, with no card and no demo.
Which alternatives skip the annual contract?
Starcovery sells prepaid packs, and nothing renews. Modash bills its seats monthly or yearly. HypeAuditor bills Basic annually. Influencity bills monthly or yearly and cancels any time. Collabstr bills Pro monthly or yearly, and its free plan has no subscription. GRIN's self-serve plans bill month to month, and Enterprise runs on an annual agreement.
Which alternatives can an AI agent use?
Starcovery: an agent registers itself and works over MCP, the API, and the CLI. Modash includes an MCP connector for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and other AI tools on every paid plan, and sells a REST API in two priced products, Discovery from $16,200 a year and Raw from $10,000 a year. It publishes no CLI. HypeAuditor sells report and discovery APIs, publishes an llms.txt docs index, and runs an MCP server in beta with OAuth sign-in. It publishes no CLI. Influencity sells a REST API and an MCP connector for Claude and ChatGPT as one annual add-on to an existing plan, through a demo request. It publishes no CLI. Collabstr publishes an llms.txt and an OpenAPI file with three read-only paths, and takes other programmatic access by emailed request. It publishes no MCP server and no CLI. GRIN publishes a read-only REST API with API keys, and its customers call Gia from their own AI tools through MCP, with setup inside the product. GRIN publishes no CLI.
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By Starcovery. Updated .