Influencity 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 |
| Heepsy | Search and outreach for small and mid-size teams | Free plan, then from $69 a month billed annually, no lock-in | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn |
| Upfluence | Ecommerce brands that track creator sales on their store | No published price. Quote after a demo, 12-month minimum contract | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Twitch, Pinterest, X |
| CreatorIQ | Enterprise programs that need governance and brand safety | No published price. Pricing call, committed term | Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, Twitch, X, 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 InfluencityModash
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 HypeAuditorHeepsy
Heepsy searches its creator database with filters, AI search, and lookalikes, and sends outreach email from inside the tool. Brands pay creators by card from the Plus plan up. It covers LinkedIn too.
Starcovery vs HeepsyUpfluence
Upfluence ties creator activity to store sales, with database search, a creator marketplace, affiliate programs, and payouts through Upfluence Pay.
Starcovery vs UpfluenceCreatorIQ
CreatorIQ is an enterprise platform for creator search, workflows, brand safety, compliance, and measurement, with CreatorIQ Pay for payouts in 60+ currencies.
Starcovery vs CreatorIQCommon questions
Short answers on free plans, contracts, and agents.
Is Starcovery an Influencity replacement?
For the campaign, yes: Starcovery finds, hires, cross-posts, measures, and pays out. For social media management, publishing, and social listening, no.
Is there a free Influencity 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. Heepsy starts every signup on a permanent free plan, with no card and no demo. Upfluence sets up a free trial after a demo call. CreatorIQ starts with a demo request or a pricing call, and publishes no price. Influencity offers a 7-day free trial with no card, or a demo call.
Which alternatives skip the annual contract?
Starcovery sells prepaid packs, and nothing renews. Modash bills its seats monthly or yearly. HypeAuditor bills Basic annually. Heepsy bills monthly or yearly with no lock-in. Upfluence states a 12-month minimum contract. CreatorIQ contracts run on a committed term with no termination for convenience.
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. Heepsy lists API access only on its custom-priced tier, sold through a demo, and publishes an llms.txt. It publishes no MCP server and no CLI. Upfluence runs an MCP server in beta, granted on request, for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor, and other clients, and a REST API priced in tokens: 500 search results or 5 full creator profiles cost 1 token. CreatorIQ publishes ExchangeIQ, a bi-directional API, with an API key from a customer account, and says the platform is extensible via MCP. Its agent Q is MCP compatible, and its full capabilities are due in early 2027.
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