Terapeak Alternative
Terapeak is now free. It also requires an eBay seller account.
By marielise, builder, tinkerer, systems thinker. Ships SaaS products and publishes Apify actors. Updated May 2026.
What Changed When eBay Acquired Terapeak
Terapeak started as a standalone paid tool for eBay market research. In 2019, eBay acquired it. Today it is bundled into eBay Seller Hub at no additional cost, a meaningful shift if you were previously paying for it as a standalone product.
For active eBay sellers with a Seller Hub account, Terapeak is genuinely useful and effectively free. For anyone researching eBay without selling on it, analysts, resellers sourcing inventory before listing, developers building pricing tools, researchers not on eBay, Terapeak is not accessible. The tool lives behind the Seller Hub login, and Seller Hub requires an active eBay seller account.
eBay Sold Listings Intelligence is an Apify actor that does not require any eBay account. It returns structured JSON via API. It covers eight eBay markets. This page is an honest comparison of both tools.
Feature Comparison
| Capability | eBay Sold Listings Intelligence | Terapeak (via eBay Seller Hub) |
|---|---|---|
| Requires eBay account | No | Yes (seller account required) |
| Cost | Per run, from $0.05 | Free with eBay Seller Hub |
| API / programmatic access | Yes, Apify API and SDK | No public API |
| Raw JSON output | Yes | No (dashboard only) |
| CSV export | Yes (per run) | Limited (dashboard export) |
| Historical data | 90 days | Up to 3 years |
| International markets | 8 eBay sites | Multiple international sites |
| Condition breakdown | Yes | Yes |
| Market velocity | Yes (with days-to-sell estimate) | Yes |
| Demand level | Yes | Yes |
| Listing type comparison (auction vs. BIN) | Yes | Yes |
| Recommended listing price | Yes (calculated) | Yes |
| Callable from Claude / MCP clients | Yes | No |
| Zapier / Make / n8n integration | Yes | No |
| No-account research | Yes | No |
Pricing and features based on publicly available information as of May 2026. Always verify current plans directly with each vendor.
Where Each Tool Is Stronger
Where Terapeak is stronger
Historical data. Terapeak provides up to 3 years of sales history, compared to the 90-day window in eBay completed listings. If you need to understand how prices shifted over multiple years, Terapeak has more depth.
Free for active sellers. If you already sell on eBay, Terapeak costs nothing. The pricing model for Seller Hub users is straightforward: it is included.
Deep eBay integration. Terapeak is built into the platform where you list items. If your workflow is entirely within eBay, research, list, manage, ship, staying in that ecosystem has friction-free appeal.
Established product with years of iteration. Terapeak has been through multiple major redesigns since the eBay acquisition. The research functionality within Seller Hub is mature.
Where eBay Sold Listings Intelligence is stronger
No account required. This is the main structural difference. You do not need an eBay seller account. You do not need to create an eBay account at all. You call the actor with a search query and an API token, and you get data back.
Programmatic access. The output is JSON. There is a REST API, Apify SDK support for Node.js and Python, and MCP tool support for Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, and other AI clients. If you are building a pricing tool, a sourcing dashboard, or any workflow that needs to consume eBay pricing data in code, this is the relevant interface.
Eight international markets via the same API call. US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Canada, Australia. Change one parameter to switch markets. Compare across them programmatically.
Structured output you own. JSON and CSV per run, ready to export, pipe to a spreadsheet, feed into a BI tool, or pass to an LLM. The data is not locked in a dashboard.
Pay per query. 50 items costs approximately $0.05. If you run pricing research occasionally, you pay only for what you use. No monthly fee, no minimum commitment, no account to keep active.
Pricing Comparison
Terapeak: free with an eBay seller account. eBay Seller Hub has no separate cost if you are already an active eBay seller.
eBay Sold Listings Intelligence: approximately $0.05 for 50 items, $0.10 for 100 items, $0.20 for 200 items. No subscription, no minimum.
The pricing comparison only matters if you have a choice. If you have an active eBay seller account and your use case is entirely within eBay, Terapeak is the practical answer. If you do not have an eBay seller account, or you need programmatic access to eBay pricing data without building a Seller Hub integration, Terapeak is not an option. The cost comparison becomes irrelevant.
Who Should Use Which
Use Terapeak if...
You are an active eBay seller with a Seller Hub account. Your research happens within eBay's ecosystem and you do not need programmatic access. You need longer sales history than 90 days. You want pricing guidance inline with your listing workflow.
Use eBay Sold Listings Intelligence if...
You need eBay pricing data without an eBay account. You are building a tool, workflow, or dashboard that consumes eBay pricing data via API. You want raw structured JSON rather than a dashboard. You are researching multiple international eBay markets programmatically. You want per-query pricing for occasional research rather than a continuous subscription. You want results callable from Claude, Cursor, or other AI clients via MCP.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Terapeak really free?
Terapeak is included with eBay Seller Hub at no additional cost. eBay Seller Hub itself is free for sellers. You need an active eBay seller account to access it. If you do not have or want an eBay seller account, Terapeak is not accessible to you.
Does eBay Sold Listings Intelligence require any eBay account?
No. It scrapes eBay's publicly visible completed listings without requiring any eBay account or login. You need an Apify account to run it, which you can create without an eBay account.
Does Terapeak have a public API?
No. Terapeak's functionality lives within the eBay Seller Hub interface and is not exposed through a public API. eBay does have a Marketplace Insights API on developer.ebay.com that partially overlaps with sold data, but access requires application approval and is not publicly available.
How does the 90-day window compare to Terapeak's historical data?
For most pricing decisions, 90 days of recent sales is sufficient. Terapeak provides up to 3 years of historical sales data, which is an advantage for understanding long-term price trends, seasonal patterns, or category-level shifts over years. The appropriate window depends on your research question.
Can I use both?
Yes. They address different situations. If you are an eBay seller doing platform-native research, Terapeak is available at no cost. For programmatic access, multi-market comparisons, or research without an eBay account, eBay Sold Listings Intelligence covers the gap.