HackerTarget review
Security testing & DNS reconnaissance
Quick facts
- Category
- DNS and infrastructure APIs, Threat and vulnerability intelligence APIs
- Website
- hackertarget.com
- Pricing starts at
- $10/month Starter, billed annually
- Free tier
- Free IP Tools API, generally 50 calls/day
- How usage is billed
- Credits, pages, requests, records, compute units, subscriptions, and browser-time blocks are not interchangeable.
- Enterprise plan
- Enterprise from $100/month
What HackerTarget is
HackerTarget provides security-focused DNS tools including subdomain discovery, reverse DNS, vulnerability scanning, and attack surface analysis.
Compared in: DNS and infrastructure APIs, Threat and vulnerability intelligence APIs.
Strengths
- Security-focused toolset
- Subdomain discovery
- Paid plans from $10/month, billed annually
Limitations
- No domain availability API
Pricing summary
Figures come from published HackerTarget sources checked on 2026-07-29, linked under Sources. Plans and limits change, so confirm them with the vendor before you buy.
| Plan | HackerTarget | DomScan |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Free IP Tools API, generally 50 calls/day | Free: 10,000 credits/month |
| Entry paid plan | $10/month Starter, billed annually | Pay-as-you-go from $10 |
| Enterprise | Enterprise from $100/month | Custom pricing |
- Credits, pages, requests, records, compute units, subscriptions, and browser-time blocks are not interchangeable.
Who HackerTarget suits
Good fit
Stay with HackerTarget if you want subdomain discovery, reverse DNS, and vulnerability scanning for security testing.
Weaker fit
- You need availability checks, which HackerTarget lacks
- You want WHOIS and RDAP records in the same API
- You need bulk lookups at larger scale
- You are building product features, not running scans
HackerTarget vs DomScan
Feature availability for HackerTarget comes from its published product documentation. DomScan credit costs come from its published endpoint pricing.
| Feature | HackerTarget | DomScan |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | ✓ | ✓ 10,000/month |
| Domain availability | ✓ | ✓ |
| WHOIS data | Limited | ✓ |
| DNS lookup | ✓ | ✓ |
| Domain valuation | − | ✓ |
| Brand monitoring | − | ✓ |
| MCP/AI integration | − | ✓ |
| Bulk operations | Limited | ✓ |
DomScan products for the same jobs
These DomScan products cover the categories where HackerTarget competes. Each shows its published credit cost per request.
Credits per request: 1
Subdomain Finder
Discover subdomains for a domain using various enumeration techniques.
Credits per request: 4 to 5
Website Vulnerability Scanner
Find exposed software, risky configurations, and known affected versions across a public website. Every result explains what was checked, why it matched, and how strong the evidence is.
Credits per request: 8 to 12
SSL Certificates
Get SSL certificate information including issuer, validity, and security grade.
Credits per request: 2
Verdict
Main strength of HackerTarget: Security-focused toolset. Main trade-off: No domain availability API. If you need several kinds of domain, DNS or web data from one API key, DomScan publishes the credit cost of every endpoint and includes 10,000 free credits each month.
Frequently asked questions
What is HackerTarget?
HackerTarget provides security-focused DNS tools including subdomain discovery, reverse DNS, vulnerability scanning, and attack surface analysis.
How much does HackerTarget cost?
Published pricing checked on 2026-07-29. Free tier: Free IP Tools API, generally 50 calls/day. Entry paid plan: $10/month Starter, billed annually. Enterprise: Enterprise from $100/month.
When is HackerTarget the better choice?
Stay with HackerTarget if you want subdomain discovery, reverse DNS, and vulnerability scanning for security testing.
How does HackerTarget pricing compare with DomScan?
HackerTarget and DomScan count usage in different units, so there is no exact per-request comparison. DomScan includes 10,000 free credits every month and publishes the credit cost of every endpoint, so you can price the operations you plan to run.
Sources
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