Overview

The service searches an index of more than 50 million hashtags across 15 niches. Its 0–100 difficulty scores use post volume and engagement concentration to help creators judge competition, while weekly growth rates highlight tags gaining momentum. Those signals add useful context to tag selection, but cannot establish whether a hashtag will reach a particular audience.

HashtagsForLikes also analyzes public Instagram profiles, saves named hashtag sets, and offers a scheduler for composing posts. Its stated account-access boundary is a practical advantage: it does not collect, access, or store Instagram or TikTok credentials, follower lists, private messages, or social content. The scheduler composes for Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter, but publishing happens through each network’s native app, so it is not a hands-off publishing workflow.

Key features

Research, scoring, and trends

Difficulty and weekly growth scores give creators two distinct ways to assess tags: how crowded they are and whether they are rising. Together they make discovery more deliberate than picking tags by popularity alone. Users still need to decide whether a rising or less competitive tag fits the post and audience.

Campaigns and profile tracking

Campaign Manager stores named hashtag sets for reuse and one-click copying, which helps maintain consistency across recurring content. Public Instagram profile analysis can reveal tags used by top posts, giving creators a reference point for competitor research without requiring private account access. Pro tracks five profiles; Agency removes that cap.

AI suggestions and scheduling

Pro can generate a tailored hashtag set from a post description or uploaded image. The scheduler supports composing for Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter, but its native-app publishing handoff means teams still have a separate final step. That tradeoff is reasonable for a discovery-focused tool, less so for teams seeking one place to publish.

Privacy and support

The company says it uses TLS in transit, AES-256 at rest, access controls, and regular security audits. Its privacy policy names Stripe for payments, AWS for hosting, Postmark for email, and Mixpanel for analytics. The FAQ says the team aims to answer email questions within 24 hours. These measures and the account-access boundary are reassuring, though the stated security practices are not a substitute for a buyer’s own review.

Pricing

The freemium model gives users a way to try the core research workflow before paying. Free includes 10 hashtag searches per day, full results with difficulty scores, Instagram and TikTok support, copying, and five saved campaigns. That is enough for occasional research, but the daily search cap and campaign ceiling make it a poor fit for heavier publishing calendars.

Pro: 19.00 USD per month, billed $19/month. It adds unlimited searches, advanced analytics and trends, difficulty and weekly growth scoring, unlimited saved campaigns, tracking for five profiles, AI hashtag suggestions, and priority support. It fits an individual creator who has outgrown Free and wants AI ideation or more frequent research.

Agency: 49.00 USD per month, billed $49/month. It includes everything in Pro plus five team member seats, unlimited profile tracking, white-label CSV reports, API access, and a dedicated account manager. Those additions make it the practical tier for a small agency needing shared access, reporting, or API integration; larger teams may find the five-seat limit restrictive.

A seven-day trial is offered. Subscriptions can be cancelled in account settings, but cancellation takes effect at the end of the billing period and unused time is not prorated. Teams should account for that timing when changing plans.

Platforms

HashtagsForLikes is available on web and via API. Its hashtag research supports Instagram and TikTok, while the scheduler also composes posts for Twitter. Publishing through native apps makes the workflow less integrated than a direct-publishing platform.

Who it's for

Choose it if Instagram or TikTok hashtag research, reusable campaigns, and public-profile comparisons are central to your content process. Free suits light use; Pro is aimed at individual creators who need higher volume and AI suggestions; Agency fits a small team that needs seats, reporting, or API access. It is not the natural choice for teams whose priority is direct publishing or a broader social-listening suite.

Pros and cons

Pros: Difficulty and weekly growth scores add competition and momentum signals to hashtag discovery.
Pros: Free includes full difficulty-score results and five saved campaigns, making limited research possible without a subscription.
Pros: The company says it does not access or store social credentials or private account data, reducing the access required for research.
Cons: The scheduler hands publishing off to native apps, so it does not complete the publishing workflow.
Cons: Free is capped at 10 searches per day and five saved campaigns, which limits sustained use.
Cons: Agency provides only five seats, so a larger team may need another arrangement.

Alternatives

For broader keyword research rather than a creator-focused hashtag workflow, choose Keyword Tool: it is freemium, supports web, API, and MCP, and its Starter plan is 68.00 USD per month with 50 requests per day, 50,000 keywords per day, 12 months of history, and 16 platforms.

Rival IQ is an alternative for teams comparing tracked companies across platforms; its Drive plan is 239.00 USD per month, billed monthly, with 10 tracked companies, six months of history, one user, and 12-hour metric freshness.

Brand24 is another option for teams seeking paid social monitoring, with no free plan and a trial; its Individual plan is 249.00 USD per month, billed $199 per month annually, for three keywords, 2K mentions per month, one user, and updates every 12 hours.

Media Watcher is a paid alternative with a trial and API and web access; its Basic plan is 230.00 USD per month, with annual billing, for 10 keywords, 100 results per request, seven days of history, one team member, and two third-party integrations.

Choose TikTok Symphony Creative Studio if a free tool with API and web access is the better fit.

Circleboom Twitter Hashtag Tracker is a freemium option for Twitter hashtag tracking, with iOS, macOS, and web access; its free tier previews features for one profile and includes Twitter Search.

Content Stage is a web-based freemium alternative for teams focused on content throughput; its Starter plan is 79.00 EUR per month for about 60 posts and reels a week, with allowance rolling over up to 16 weeks.

Cool Tabs Social Listening is a paid web-based alternative with a trial; its Stone plan is 49.00 USD per month, billed monthly, with three profiles and up to 10,000 pieces of content per month.

For category comparisons, browse Social Media Hashtag Tracking Software or Hashtag Generator Tools.

Verdict

HashtagsForLikes is a sensible pick for creators and small agencies that need Instagram and TikTok hashtag research, scoring, and reusable campaigns without granting account credentials. Its low-cost Pro tier adds unlimited searches and AI suggestions, while Agency supplies the seats and API access a small team may need. Look elsewhere if direct publishing or a wider social-listening workflow matters more than hashtag discovery.

	Hashta Generator	HashtagsForLikes
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Free trial	No	Yes
Paid from	Free	$19/mo
Open source	No	No
Platforms	Web	api, Web
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Generation method	ai	—
Export options	copy	—
Paid from	—	19 /mo

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