Modash alternatives
Seven 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 uses per rolling 24 hours. Prepaid packs from $25 to $2,000, no seats, nothing renews | Instagram, TikTok |
| GRIN | Shopify and DTC brands that want a month-to-month plan | Free plan, then from $200 a month, month to month, not priced per seat | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and other major platforms |
| Heepsy | Small teams that want the lowest published subscription | Free plan, then from $69 a month billed annually, no lock-in | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn |
| Influencity | Agencies that want management and bulk payouts on monthly billing | From $198 a month, or $1,900 a year. 7-day free trial with no card | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube |
| Collabstr | Buying creator packages from a vetted marketplace | Free plan with a 10% fee on each hire. Pro $249 a month billed annually, $299 monthly | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X, Twitch, Amazon, UGC |
| HypeAuditor | Audience audits and fraud checks before outreach | Basic from $299 a month billed annually. PRO and Enterprise on a demo call | Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, X, Twitch |
| Upfluence | Ecommerce brands on Shopify, WooCommerce, or Amazon | No published price. Quote after a demo, 12-month minimum contract | Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Twitch, Pinterest, X |
Prices read from each vendor's own published pages.
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, not YouTube.
Starcovery vs ModashGRIN
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, and you can call Gia from your own AI tools over MCP. Plans bill monthly and need no sales call.
Heepsy
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, and lists API access only on its custom plan for large teams.
Influencity
Influencity covers search, casting calls that creators apply to, campaign management, and bulk payouts to creators in 180+ countries on one invoice. Plans bill monthly or yearly and cancel any time. Its API is an add-on on annual contracts, and its MCP connectors are listed as coming soon.
Collabstr
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. Its pages name no API, MCP server, or CLI.
HypeAuditor
HypeAuditor sells audience analytics and fraud detection, with AI, keyword, and lookalike search. Signup is free. The Basic price is published, and PRO and Enterprise are quoted on a demo call.
Starcovery vs HypeAuditorUpfluence
Upfluence ties creator activity to store sales, with database search, a creator marketplace, affiliate programs, and payouts through PayPal or Upfluence Pay. Its MCP server is in beta and granted on request, and its API is priced in tokens.
Common questions
Short answers on free plans, prices, contracts, and agents.
Is there a free Modash alternative?
Starcovery searches free with no account: 100 uses per rolling 24 hours. GRIN, Heepsy, and Collabstr publish free plans, and Collabstr adds a 10% fee to each hire on its free plan. Modash itself starts with a 14-day trial.
Which Modash alternative costs the least?
Heepsy publishes the lowest subscription here, $69 a month billed annually. Starcovery has no subscription: prepaid packs start at $25, and search is free every day. Upfluence publishes no price.
Which alternatives skip the annual contract?
GRIN bills month to month. Heepsy and Influencity bill monthly or yearly and cancel any time. Starcovery sells prepaid packs, and nothing renews. Upfluence states a 12-month minimum contract.
Which alternatives can an AI agent use?
Starcovery: an agent registers itself and works over MCP, the API, and the CLI. GRIN lets you call its agent Gia from your own AI tools over MCP. Upfluence runs an MCP server in beta, granted on request. Influencity lists MCP connectors as coming soon.
Run one and compare
Search free with no account and no card: 100 uses per rolling 24 hours.
By Starcovery. Updated .