Alura vs ListingView

Alura publishes AI rewrites of your titles, tags and descriptions to Etsy on every plan, Free included, then adds buyer follow-ups, Pinterest, Etsy Ads and A/B tests as you upgrade. ListingView saves publishing for its Plus plan and is built for sellers who research hard and list in bulk, especially print on demand.

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Alura Keyword Research for gold ring: search volume, competition, keyword difficulty, score and a 12-month trendAlura
ListingView Tag Analyzer for grandma gift: opportunity, velocity, demand and competition bars, competing listings and shops, total views, total sales and revenueListingView
Verdict

Should you pick ListingView or Alura?

Choose ListingView if

  • You want unlimited product, shop and keyword research for $39 a month, or $29 billed yearly.1,2
  • You create listings in batches. Bulk Create turns a folder of designs into Etsy drafts, and Plus bulk edits 200 listings at once.1,3
  • You sell print on demand through Printify, or digital files, and want orders routed and files delivered for you.2,3

Choose Alura if

  • You want AI rewrites published to Etsy without paying for a higher tier. Free publishes up to 10 listings and Basic 100.
  • You want buyer follow-ups from Basic, then Pinterest pins, an Etsy Ads optimizer and A/B tests from Growth.
  • You want Etsy keyword, product and shop data inside Claude or ChatGPT through the MCP and API, on every plan.
At a glance

What each one does on Etsy

Alura and ListingView features, limits and prices, checked October 15, 2026
ListingViewAlura
Research
Keyword and tag research13,14YesYes
Sales estimates for listings and shops6,7YesYes
Listing database1,11134M listings, Scout and up100M+ listings on Growth
Google search volume per keyword13Not listedYes
Listings and AI
AI titles, tags and descriptions1,8Yes, uses AI creditsYes, uses AI credits
Publish edits to Etsy1,2Plus and upEvery plan, Free included
Bulk edit many listings1,10Plus, 200 per batchNo
Designs to Etsy drafts in bulk2,3Plus and upNo bulk create
Print on demand and digital delivery2,3Printify routing, PDF deliveryNo
Marketing and your shop
Buyer follow-up messages1,3Not listedBasic and up
Pinterest pins and A/B tests1,3Not listedGrowth and up
Etsy Ads5CPC shown in Ads ManagerOptimizer, Growth and up
API and MCP1,3Not listedEvery plan, Free included
Browser extension5,20Chrome, Firefox and EdgeChrome
Limits at the entry price
Searches on the entry paid plan1Unlimited on Scout50 a day on Basic
Shops on the entry paid plan1,21 on Scout1 on Basic
Price
Free plan1,2YesYes
Paid plans from, monthly1,2$39/mo$11.99/mo
Paid plans from, billed yearly1,2$29/mo$7.99/mo

ListingView facts from the sources below, checked October 15, 2026. “Not listed” means their site doesn't mention it; “No” means their own docs confirm it isn't offered. Prices in USD. Alura's limits by plan are on our pricing page.

Strengths

Where each one comes out ahead

Where ListingView is stronger

  • Unlimited research on the first paid plan

    Scout has no cap on keyword, tag, shop or product lookups for $39 a month, or $29 billed yearly. Alura Basic allows 50 searches a day and Growth 500; unlimited needs Professional, $69.99 a month or $29.99 billed yearly.1,2

  • Listings in bulk, not one by one

    Bulk Create turns a folder of designs into Etsy drafts using saved price, shipping and mockup presets. The Bulk Editor changes 17 fields across 200 listings per batch on Plus, with 50 undo steps. Alura has no bulk editor or bulk create; you optimize and publish listing by listing.1,3,9,10

  • Print on demand and digital files

    Connect Printify and new print on demand listings route their orders to it automatically. Digital listings get hosted files and a branded PDF of download links. Plus adds 1,000 standard and 100 premium mockups a day. Alura offers neither Printify routing nor file delivery.1,2,3

  • An extension for Firefox and Edge too

    The ListingView extension runs on Chrome, Firefox and Edge, with Safari listed as coming soon, and shows estimated sales, revenue and a Listing Score on Etsy pages. Alura's extension is published on the Chrome Web Store only.5,20

Where Alura is stronger

  • Publishing on every plan

    Alura scores a listing, rewrites its title, tags and description with AI, and publishes the change to Etsy. Free covers 10 listings and Basic, at $11.99 a month, covers 100. ListingView keeps publishing for Plus and above. AI features use credits.1,2

  • Marketing once the listing is live

    Buyer follow-ups at order and delivery start on Basic. Growth adds automatic Pinterest pins, an Etsy Ads optimizer that pauses unprofitable ads, A/B tests and a profit dashboard. Email marketing is a Growth add-on. ListingView lists none of these.1,3

  • A lower first step

    Basic costs $11.99 a month, or $7.99 billed yearly, for 50 keyword and product searches a day, 2,000 AI credits, follow-ups and publishing. If you want to fix and publish listings rather than research all day, it costs far less than Plus.1

  • Your Etsy data in an AI assistant

    The Alura MCP and API bring keyword, product and shop research into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or your own scripts, on every plan including Free. ListingView lists no public MCP or API on its site.3

Which numbers does a keyword lookup show in each tool?

One Etsy search term, opened in each tool. The ListingView side comes from its help articles on the Search Term Analyzer and Tag Analyzer, the Alura side from its keyword research page. We compare what each screen shows, not numbers.4,13,14

ListingViewAlura
DemandMonthly search volume and total viewsMonthly search volume
Proof of salesLifetime sales and revenue for the termAverage listing price and sales per listing
CompetitionCompeting listings and shops, Keyword ScoreListing count, competition level, difficulty
HistorySales and revenue, 30 days to all time12 months of searches against the year before
Related termsUp to 20, taken from top listings' tagsSimilar keywords with volume, level and score
Beyond EtsyNot listedGoogle volume, CPC and competition

ListingView asks how much a term has already sold: lifetime sales and revenue, then the top 10 listings behind them. Alura asks whether a term is worth ranking for: demand, difficulty and Google interest. Both estimate. Neither gets exact numbers from Etsy, and ListingView's own FAQ calls its research figures directional signals.

Is ListingView or Alura cheaper?

For research alone, ListingView can cost less: Scout gives unlimited lookups for $39, where Alura's unlimited plan is Professional at $69.99. Billed yearly the gap closes: Scout is $29 a month and Alura Professional $29.99, with publishing, marketing and multiple shops included. To publish, Alura Basic at $11.99 is enough, while ListingView needs Plus at $84.99, or $59 yearly. Alura has no bulk creation, Printify routing or file delivery.

PlanMonthlyBilled yearly
ListingView Free120 full-data lookups a month, 100 AI credits, 1 shop$0$0
ListingView Scout1,2Unlimited research, 250 AI credits, 1 shop, no publishing$39/mo$29/mo
ListingView Plus1,2Publishing, bulk edit 200 per batch, 3 shops, CSV export$84.99/mo$59/mo
ListingView Scale1,210 shops, 10,000 AI credits, bulk edit 500 per batch$139/mo$97/mo
ListingView Scale Max1,2Unlimited shops, 25,000 AI credits, bulk edit 1,000 per batch$279/mo$197/mo
Alura Free5 keyword searches a day, 1 shop$0$0
Alura Basic50 keyword searches a day, 1 shop$11.99/mo$7.99/mo
Alura Growth500 keyword searches a day, 1 shop$29.99/mo$14.99/mo
Alura ProfessionalUnlimited research, multiple shops$69.99/mo$29.99/mo

There is no trial; the Free plan needs no card. Monthly plans are not refunded, and yearly plans are refunded if you cancel within 7 days, or 14 days in the EU and Turkey. After cancelling you keep the plan until the period ends. Alura refunds your last payment, monthly plans included, if you cancel within 7 days of buying.15,16,25

At the same budget

BudgetListingViewAlura
Around $12 a monthThe Free plan: unlimited searching, but sales and revenue show on only 20 lookups a month, and publishing stays locked.Basic at $11.99: 50 keyword and product searches a day, 100 listings to optimize and publish, and buyer follow-ups.
Around $30 a monthScout billed yearly at $29 a month: unlimited research and 250 AI credits, without publishing or CSV export.Growth at $29.99, or $14.99 billed yearly: 500 searches a day, the full database, CSV export, Pinterest, Etsy Ads and A/B tests.
Around $60 a monthPlus billed yearly at $59 a month: publishing, Bulk Create, bulk edits of 200 listings, Printify and 3 shops.Professional billed yearly at $29.99 a month ($359.88): unlimited searches, multiple shops and 20 A/B tests.
Around $85 a monthPlus on monthly billing at $84.99, the same features without a yearly commitment.Professional on monthly billing at $69.99: unlimited searches, multiple shops and 40 Pinterest pins a day.

Prices in USD, checked October 15, 2026. Alura's plans and limits are on our pricing page. Every Alura plan comes with a 7-day money-back guarantee: ask within 7 days of buying and we refund your last payment.

What ListingView and Alura users say

ProductWhereRatingBased on
ListingViewChrome Web Store184.4 / 518 ratings
AluraChrome Web Store264.7 / 5439 ratings

What ListingView users like

  • A March 2026 reviewer said the database shows what sells, for how much and in what quantity, and another called it the way to find best sellers.19
  • A March 2026 reviewer who had tried two other platforms said ListingView put every stat and feature they needed in one place.19
  • An April 2026 reviewer called the extension a must-have for an Etsy shop and said it gives the information sellers need.19

Common complaints

  • A May 2026 reviewer warned that the free tier shows Upgrade in place of sales, revenue and conversion on almost every metric.19
  • A June 2026 reviewer found the database hard to use, said column sorting failed, and regretted buying.19
  • An August 2025 reviewer said the extension made other websites crash until they disabled it.19

Eighteen ratings are a small sample, and both brands do most of their work in a web app, not the extension. We found no ListingView page on Trustpilot. Ratings read October 15, 2026.

Leaving ListingView, or keeping both

Both tools work with your shop through Etsy's API, so you can run them side by side. ListingView keeps your watchlists, presets and files when you cancel and drops you to Free. Database and Shop Analyzer views export to CSV on Plus. Bulk Create presets, Printify routing and PDF delivery have no Alura equivalent, so keep ListingView for those.2,12,16,17

  1. Export the Database and Shop Analyzer views you rely on to CSV while your plan allows it.
  2. Sign up for Alura Free and connect the same Etsy shop.
  3. Run your saved keywords through Alura's bulk keyword search, up to 100 at a time.
  4. If you sell print on demand or digital files, disconnect Printify first; ListingView shows which listings will stop delivering.
  5. Cancel under Settings, Manage Subscription; the plan runs to the end of the period, then becomes Free.

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