Best SortPin Alternatives in 2026 (Free and Paid Pinterest Extensions)

SortPin is one of the best-known Pinterest extensions. It reveals hidden pin data, sorts search results and helps you find ideas that already perform. But it is not the only option, and depending on how you work, it may not be the best fit.

Maybe you want a stronger free plan. Maybe you want to filter for what is working this month rather than what went viral five years ago. Maybe you simply want to pay less. This guide walks through the best SortPin alternatives in 2026, what each one does well, and how to choose.

About this guide: we make PinBee, one of the tools below. To keep things fair, SortPin details come from SortPin's own website, checked on October 12, 2026. Prices and features change, so always confirm on each tool's site before you buy. SortPin is a trademark of its owner.

What SortPin does (and why people look for alternatives)

Before comparing, it helps to know what you are replacing. According to its website, SortPin:

• Shows repins, likes, comments and the pin creator's follower count on pins.
• Sorts and filters Pinterest results, including filtering out ads.
• Downloads images and videos.
• Offers trend monitoring, competitive ad analysis and lead and influencer research.
• Costs $9 a month, $29 a year or $59 for lifetime, covering up to 5 devices, with a 14-day refund window.

That is a solid feature set. The most common reasons people look elsewhere are:

1. The free plan. SortPin says some advanced features need premium, but does not spell out exactly what is free.
2. Monthly price. $9 a month adds up if you only research in bursts.
3. Finding recent winners. All-time sorting tends to surface old pins. Many creators want a time filter.
4. Keeping research. If you study a niche over weeks, you want somewhere to store what you find.

If any of these sound familiar, read on.

1. PinBee: best overall SortPin alternative

PinBee is a Pinterest analytics extension for Chrome, Edge and Firefox. It covers the same core job as SortPin, revealing the numbers Pinterest hides and sorting results so the strongest pins rise to the top, with a few important differences.

What you get for free, with no time limit and no account:

• Saves, reactions, shares, repins, comments and pin age on every card.
• A viral score from 0 to 100 that measures how fast each pin is collecting saves, plus a "top 2%" style badge showing its rank in the results.
• Sorting by saves.
• Full-resolution image downloads.
• A private Library of up to 500 pins, stored on your computer.

What Pro adds ($5 a month, $29 a year or $49 lifetime, 5 browsers, with a 1-day free trial on subscriptions):

• Sorting by every metric and range filters (for example, only pins over 1,000 saves).
• A time-period filter for the last 7, 30 or 90 days or the last year.
• Creator, shared by and source website on every card.
• Advertiser analysis: see which brands run promoted pins in a search.
• Account analysis: open any profile and see its top pins, totals and contact details for lead research.
• MP4 video downloads, bulk ZIP image downloads and CSV export.
• Keyword and board analytics, auto-scroll and deep scans.

Where PinBee beats SortPin: a free plan you can do real research on, the time-period filter, a local Library, and a lower monthly and lifetime price.

Where SortPin may suit you better: it shows the creator's follower count directly on pin cards (PinBee shows follower counts in its account analysis instead), and SortPin offers a set of separate free download tools on its website.

For a feature-by-feature breakdown, read our full PinBee vs SortPin comparison.

2. PinRadar

PinRadar is another Pinterest research extension aimed at creators and marketers. It focuses on surfacing pin performance data inside Pinterest and is priced in a similar range to the others in this list.

It is worth trying if you want a different interface or a feature PinBee and SortPin do not have. We compare the two directly in PinBee vs PinRadar, including free plans, pricing and privacy.

3. Pinterest Analytics (built in, free)

If you only care about your own pins, Pinterest's built-in analytics may be enough. With a free business account, you can see impressions, saves, outbound clicks and audience data for the content you publish.

The catch: it only shows your own account. You cannot see how a competitor's pin performs, sort a search by saves, or research a niche before you start. That is exactly the gap that SortPin and PinBee fill. Most serious pinners use both: Pinterest Analytics for their own results, and an extension for research.

4. Pinterest Trends (free)

Pinterest Trends shows how search interest in a keyword changes over time and by region. It is excellent for timing content: knowing that "fall wreath" searches start climbing in August, for example.

It does not show individual pin stats, so it complements a research extension rather than replacing one. A good workflow is to use Trends to choose what to make and when, then an extension to see which pins already win for that topic. Our Pinterest keyword research guide shows how to combine them.

5. Manual research with spreadsheets

You can, in theory, research Pinterest by hand: search a keyword, open each pin, note what you see in a spreadsheet. It costs nothing. In practice, Pinterest hides most engagement numbers from the search grid, so you end up guessing which pins perform, and it takes hours.

If budget is the main reason you are leaving SortPin, a free extension plan will save you far more time than doing it manually. PinBee can even export your research to CSV so you keep the spreadsheet workflow without the copy-pasting.

Comparison table

	PinBee	SortPin	Pinterest Analytics
See any pin's stats	Yes	Yes	Own pins only
Viral score	Yes, free	Not listed	No
Sort search results	Yes	Yes	No
Time-period filter	Yes (Pro)	Not listed	Date range for own pins
Creator follower count	In account analysis (Pro)	On pin cards	No
Advertiser analysis	Yes (Pro)	Yes	No
Account and lead research	Yes (Pro)	Yes	No
Video downloads	MP4 (Pro)	Yes	No
CSV export	Yes (Pro)	Not specified	Yes, own data
Saved research library	Yes, local	Not listed	No
Browsers	Chrome, Edge, Firefox	Chrome, Firefox, Chromium browsers	Any
Monthly price	$5	$9	Free
Lifetime price	$49	$59	Free

"Not listed" means we could not find the feature on that tool's website, not that it definitely does not exist.

How to choose a SortPin alternative

Ask yourself four questions:

1. Do I need to research other people's pins, or only my own? Only your own: Pinterest Analytics is free and enough. Other people's: you need an extension.
2. How much will I use the free plan? If you want to research without paying, pick the tool with the most generous free plan and test it on your niche.
3. Do I care about recent results? If yes, look for a time-period filter. It changes what you see more than any other single feature.
4. Do I research over weeks? Then a library that keeps what you found is worth a lot.

The bottom line

SortPin is a capable tool, especially if creator follower counts matter to you. If you want a stronger free plan, a time filter to find what is working now, a private research Library and lower monthly and lifetime prices, PinBee is the strongest SortPin alternative in 2026.

The best test costs nothing: install the free versions, run the same search in each, and keep the one that gets you to a good idea fastest.

Try PinBee free and compare it with your current workflow today.