People

Name

Description

Cost

Tool Review and Guide

192.com

Searching for someone's address in the UK, phone number and who they live with according to electoral rolls.

Free

_{Guide not available}

http://www.192.com/

Bellingcat Name Variant Search

Simple tool to help search for different ways of writing a name.

Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/name-variant-search

Blackbird

Check usernames and email addresses on websites and social networks

Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/blackbird

DeHashed

A platform that maintains a database of compromised credentials, with a newly-launched web domain registration search tool.

Paid

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/dehashed

DiscordLeaks

Search hundreds of thousands of messages leaked from 180+ white-supremacist / nazi discord servers.

Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/discordleaks

Eniro

Yellow Pages (Swedish Edition)

Free

_{Guide not available}

https://www.eniro.se/

Epieos

Checks where an email has been used. Based on Holehe.

Paid

_{Guide not available}

https://tools.epieos.com/holehe.php

FastPeopleSearch

Mostly good for US.

Free

_{Guide not available}

http://fastpeoplesearch.com/

GetContact

Phonenumber ID app - draws from crowdsourced contactbooks

Free

_{Guide not available}

https://www.getcontact.com/en/

Ghunt

A command line tool for obtaining information about Google accounts.

Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/ghunt

Have I Been Pwned?

Does an email or a phone number appear in data breaches?

Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/have-i-been-pwned

Hitta.se

Mapping service for Sweden

Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/hitta.se

Intelx.io

Find user details in data breaches

Partially Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/intelx.io

Leak-Lookup

An online tool that allows you to search across public data breaches to surface credentials that may have been compromised.

Partially Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/leak-lookup

Maigret

Maigret is a Python script that retrieves user information by searching for usernames across various websites and social media platforms.

Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/maigret

Namechk

A username and domain search tool that checks on which platforms or domain a given username is registered.

Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/namechk

NeutrOSINT

A tool for investigating Proton Mail addresses.

Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/neutrosint

NigeriaPhonebook

Look up by name, state, and phone number. Last names are partially censored for free accounts.

Free

_{Guide not available}

https://nigeriaphonebook.com/

Person Lookup

find individuals, phonenumbers, and adresses

Free

_{Guide not available}

https://personlookup.co.za/

Pipl

Identity information for professionals

Paid

_{Guide not available}

http://pipl.com/

Ratsit

Look up phone numbers/names (Sweden)

Free

_{Guide not available}

https://www.ratsit.se/

Resource Watch

A nonprofit platform, still in beta, that provides hundreds of data sets on the state of the planet’s resources and citizens. It is sponsored by the World Resources Institute and other organizations.

Free

_{Guide not available}

https://resourcewatch.org/data/explore

Search Systems

Finding public record information online in over 70,000 databases organized by type and location to help you find property, criminal, court, birth, death, marriage, divorce records, licenses, deeds, mortgages, corporate records, business registration, and many other public record resources.

Free

_{Guide not available}

https://publicrecords.searchsystems.net/

Sherlock

Check usernames across more than 400 websites and social networks.

Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/sherlock

Skopenow

Social Media Investigations - name, phone, email, username searches

Paid

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/skopenow

Spokeo

People search through email, phone, name

Paid

_{Guide not available}

http://spokeo.com/

Swedish Name Register

Find out how common a name is in Sweden based on census data

Free

_{Guide not available}

https://scb.se/hitta-statistik/sverige-i-siffror/namnsok/

The Law Pages

Search criminal court case details in the UK, such as sentence, hearing, defendant, etc.

Free

_{Guide not available}

https://www.thelawpages.com/court-cases/court-case-search.php?mode=1

ThisNumber

An international directory of white pages and yellow pages phone books, and online directory enquiries. It's a free, independent and up-to-date guide to telephone directories on the web.

Free

_{Guide not available}

https://sur.ly/o/numberway.com/AA000014

TrueCaller

Truecaller is a caller ID app that identifies incoming calls, blocks unwanted numbers and gathers phone numbers and names from contact lists. It also performs reverse phone number search.

Partially Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/truecaller

TruffleHog

Find leaked credentials.

Free

https://bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit/more/all-tools/trufflehog

WAtools.io

Track whatsapp activity, number, profile picture. Check if number is used, download profile pic, check online status.

Paid

_{Guide not available}

http://watools.io/

WhatsMyName