SmartScout vs Keepa: brand research or price history

SmartScout vs Keepa: different research jobs

Keepa is the price history tool and SmartScout is the brand and seller research tool. Keepa shows Amazon price history charts and price-drop alerts, and neither needs an account. Keepa fits a seller checking how a listing's price moved before buying stock; SmartScout fits a seller deciding which brands and sellers to research.

SmartScout Basic is $49 a month on the Monthly view or $29 a month on the Yearly view, charged as $348 for the year, as read on October 29, 2026.

What Keepa gives without an account and what Pro adds

Keepa's home page says price history and price-drop alerts are free, with no account needed. Keepa Pro adds Product Finder, Seller Lookup, sales rank and sales, Buy Box and stock data, CSV and Excel export, tracking of 10,000 products and basic API access.

Keepa Pro is a single-user license, and canceling stops future billing at the end of the current cycle. Keepa's pages show no US-dollar price for Pro, so this guide prints none; the price is on Keepa's own page.

SmartScout and Keepa pricing

SmartScout's plans are priced by data level, as read on October 29, 2026. Basic opens product data, Essentials adds brand data and Business adds seller and subcategory data. The Monthly view is $49, $119 and $299 a month; the Yearly view is $29, $99 and $239 a month, charged as $348, $1,188 and $2,868 for the year.

Keepa Pro's figure sits on Keepa's page, so no dollar comparison appears here; choose by job. Keepa alternatives lists the other price history and sourcing tools.

When sellers use SmartScout and Keepa together

A wholesale seller can build a brand list in SmartScout, then open a listing's price history in Keepa. SmartScout shows Product History, with prices, reviews, offers and sales rank, on every plan, while Keepa's charts and alerts need no account at all.

• Keepa: price history, alerts and per-product sales rank checks while sourcing.
• SmartScout: a shortlist that starts from brands, sellers or subcategories. Brand data starts on Essentials and seller and subcategory data on Business.

SmartScout has no free plan, so its 7-day money-back guarantee is the way to try its paid data. For per-product profit checks while sourcing, SmartScout vs SellerAmp sets SmartScout against SellerAmp SAS, and best online arbitrage tools compares the wider field.