What is Spike used for?

Spike is a monitor for competitor YouTube channels that alerts you when a new video crosses a view threshold you set, via an event feed, Discord or webhook. It is a good fit for tracking which competitor videos are taking off, feeding YouTube hit alerts into a team chat and spotting content trends in a niche early.

How much does Spike cost?

Paid plans for Spike start at $9 per month, and there is no free plan. A free trial is available.

Is Spike open source?

No. Spike is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Monitoring & Observability category, open-source options include Changedetection.io, Beszel and Kibana.

What are some alternatives to Spike?

Spike competes with Social Blade.

Spike (spike.yt): features, pricing and alternatives

About Spike

Spike lets marketers watch rival YouTube channels and be notified the moment a new upload takes off. You add a competitor by pasting a YouTube URL, an @handle or a channel ID, and set a view line such as 3,000 views in the first hour. Spike keeps polling that channel around the clock and flags any upload that passes the line, instead of sending a morning digest.

Hits appear in an Events feed in the app, and can also be sent to Discord or delivered through a webhook, so the same signal can be piped into n8n or your own tools. The tracker only watches the channels on your list rather than searching the whole site. The homepage describes the product as a signal for marketers who already know their competitors, showing what rivals publish and what is already performing, and it includes documentation and a free trial.

Key features

Add rival channels by URL, handle or channel ID
Set a custom view threshold per channel
Alerts when a new upload crosses the threshold
Events feed inside the app
Discord and webhook delivery
Docs and integrations with tools like n8n

Good fit for

Tracking which competitor videos are taking off
Feeding YouTube hit alerts into a team chat
Spotting content trends in a niche early

Tags: youtube; competitor-monitoring; alerts; marketing; webhooks; discord; analytics; saas

Spike: questions and answers

What is Spike used for?: Spike is a monitor for competitor YouTube channels that alerts you when a new video crosses a view threshold you set, via an event feed, Discord or webhook. It is a good fit for tracking which competitor videos are taking off, feeding YouTube hit alerts into a team chat and spotting content trends in a niche early.
How much does Spike cost?: Paid plans for Spike start at $9 per month, and there is no free plan. A free trial is available.
Is Spike open source?: No. Spike is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Monitoring & Observability category, open-source options include Changedetection.io, Beszel and Kibana.
What are some alternatives to Spike?: Spike competes with Social Blade.