OSINT Industries vs Maltego
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.
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.