Maltego vs Intelligence X
Maltego
Maltego is an OSINT and investigations platform. Maltego Graph places entities such as people, organisations, email addresses, domains and IP addresses on a graph and links them, drawing data from integrated sources, while Maltego Search handles quick lookups for digital profiling. The product set also includes Monitor, Evidence, Data, Screen and Profile, and Hunchly for capturing web pages as evidence. Maltego Technologies is based in Munich and lists government, defence and national security, law enforcement, threat intelligence, banking and insurance among the industries it serves. A free Basic plan includes the Community Edition of Maltego Graph.
Pros
- Free Basic plan with the Community Edition of Maltego Graph
- Published prices for its paid plans
- Connects many data sources in one visual investigation
- Lists government, defence and law enforcement among the industries it serves
Things to check
- Paid plans start at €3,000 a year, well above single-purpose lookup tools
- Third-party data is drawn from a credit allowance that varies by plan
Pricing: Basic free (Community Edition, 200 or 1,000 credits). Entry €3,000/year (10,000 credits, adds Hunchly). Professional from €7,500/year, billed per seat, for up to 5 users (20,000 or 40,000 credits). Enterprise on request.
Intelligence X
Intelligence X is a search engine and archive for information that has been leaked or published, searched by selectors such as email addresses, domains, IP addresses and CIDR ranges. Its sources include pastes, data leaks, stealer logs, Tor and I2P darknet sites, WHOIS records, Usenet and the public web, with several sources limited to paid accounts, and it keeps copies of what it indexes. It was founded in 2018 by Peter Kleissner and is based in Prague. A free tier is available, with paid plans for researchers, API use, identity monitoring portals and enterprises.
Pros
- Covers darknet, leak and stealer-log sources in one search
- Free tier for basic searches
- Published annual prices
Things to check
- Most darknet and leak sources need a paid plan
- Paid plans start at €2,500 a year
Pricing: Free tier. Researcher €2,500/year, API €7,000/year, Identity Portal €10,000/year, Enterprise €20,000/year.