Sherlock vs OSINT Industries
Sherlock
Sherlock is an open-source (MIT) command-line tool that checks whether a username is registered on more than 400 social networks and websites. It can search several usernames at once and saves the accounts it finds to text, CSV or Excel files, with options for proxies, timeouts and checking a single site. It installs with pipx, pip or uv, or runs in Docker. The project has been on GitHub since 2018.
Pros
- Free and open source under the MIT licence
- Widely used: more than 90,000 stars on GitHub
- Simple to install and script
Things to check
- Command line only; no web interface
- Reports whether an account exists, with little profile data
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.