diff --git a/scripts/compare_providers/main.go b/scripts/compare_providers/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..beba1c34c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/compare_providers/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+
+	finderhttpclient "github.com/ipni/storetheindex/api/v0/finder/client/http"
+	"github.com/ipni/storetheindex/api/v0/finder/model"
+	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/peer"
+)
+
+type compareProvidersStats struct {
+	unknown              uint
+	latestAdMismatch     uint
+	latestAdMatch        uint
+	totalSourceProviders uint
+	totalTargetProviders uint
+}
+
+func (s compareProvidersStats) print() {
+	fmt.Println("Stats:")
+	fmt.Printf("  OK:                     %d\n", s.latestAdMatch)
+	fmt.Printf("  Unknown by target:      %d\n", s.unknown)
+	fmt.Printf("  Latest Ad Mismatch:     %d\n", s.latestAdMismatch)
+	fmt.Println("  --------------------------")
+	fmt.Printf("  Total source providers: %d\n", s.totalSourceProviders)
+	fmt.Printf("  Total target providers: %d\n", s.totalTargetProviders)
+}
+
+func main() {
+	source := flag.String("source", "", "Source indexer")
+	target := flag.String("target", "", "Target indexer")
+
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if *source == "" || *target == "" {
+		log.Fatal("both indexer instances must be specified")
+	}
+
+	sourceClient, err := finderhttpclient.New(*source)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	targetClient, err := finderhttpclient.New(*target)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	sourceProvs, err := sourceClient.ListProviders(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	targetProvs, err := targetClient.ListProviders(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	targets := make(map[peer.ID]*model.ProviderInfo)
+	for _, target := range targetProvs {
+		if target.AddrInfo.ID == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		targets[target.AddrInfo.ID] = target
+	}
+	var stats compareProvidersStats
+	for _, p := range sourceProvs {
+		id := p.AddrInfo.ID
+		fmt.Printf("%s: ", id)
+		if other, exists := targets[id]; !exists {
+			fmt.Println("Unknown by target indexer.")
+			stats.unknown++
+		} else if p.LastAdvertisement != other.LastAdvertisement {
+			fmt.Println("Mismatching latest ad")
+			// TODO implement diagnosis of which is ahead/behind and by how many ads.
+			stats.latestAdMismatch++
+		} else {
+			fmt.Println("OK")
+			stats.latestAdMatch++
+		}
+	}
+	stats.totalSourceProviders = uint(len(sourceProvs))
+	stats.totalTargetProviders = uint(len(targetProvs))
+	fmt.Println()
+	stats.print()
+}
diff --git a/scripts/peer_id_from_priv_key.go b/scripts/peer_id_from_priv_key/main.go
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/peer_id_from_priv_key.go
rename to scripts/peer_id_from_priv_key/main.go