Maigret vs OSINT Industries
Maigret
Maigret is an open-source (MIT) tool that collects a profile of a person from a username alone. Its project description says it checks about 6,000 websites. It extracts the information available on the profiles it finds, follows links to other accounts, and searches again recursively using any new usernames and IDs it discovers. Results can be filtered by site category and country and exported as HTML or PDF reports. It installs with pip, runs from a terminal or a web interface, and is also offered through a community Telegram bot.
Pros
- Free and open source under the MIT licence
- Recursive search turns one username into a wider set of leads
- Report output ready to share
Things to check
- Self-hosted: you install and run it
- Site count is stated by the project and not independently checked
Pricing: Free and open source (MIT).
OSINT Industries
OSINT Industries searches an email address, phone number, username, name or crypto wallet address and returns the accounts and public data linked to it, compiled into a profile of the subject. It is aimed at investigators in law enforcement, government, journalism, insurance and fraud, cyber security and legal work. Results are gathered at the time of each search. Published plans run from 30 to 300 searches a month, with API access from the Intermediate plan, and Enterprise adds team seats, SSO and a shared credit pool.
Pros
- Covers phone numbers and crypto wallets as well as email addresses and usernames
- Published monthly prices from £19
- API access from the £49 plan
Things to check
- Published plans cap searches at 30 to 300 a month
- No API on the Basic plan
Pricing: Basic £19/month (30 credits), Intermediate £49/month (100 credits, API), Advanced £99/month (300 credits, API). Enterprise custom.