Quick Facts
- Website
- shodan.io
- Pricing Starts At
- $49 one-time Membership or $69/month Freelancer
- Free Tier
- Free account; academic Membership upgrade available
- Category
- Threat and vulnerability intelligence APIs, IP intelligence and reputation APIs
- How usage is billed
- Credits, pages, requests, records, compute units, subscriptions, and browser-time blocks are not interchangeable.
- Enterprise Plan
- $1,099/month Corporate; enterprise custom
Overview
Shodan indexes internet-facing devices, banners, vulnerabilities, and exposed services, making it a strong complement to domain-focused threat tools.
Pros & Cons
✓ Pros
- Unmatched device discovery
- Well-known vulnerability and exposure workflows
- Strong API and alerting ecosystem
− Cons
- No domain availability checking
- WHOIS and domain data are secondary
- Better for asset exposure than domain operations
Compare with DomScan →
See how Shodan compares to DomScan across features, pricing, and TLD coverage.
Shodan vs DomScan
| Feature | Shodan | DomScan |
|---|---|---|
| Free Tier | Limited | ✓ 10,000/month |
| Domain Availability | ✓ | ✓ |
| WHOIS Data | Limited | ✓ |
| DNS Lookup | ✓ | ✓ |
| Domain Valuation | − | ✓ |
| Brand Monitoring | − | ✓ |
| MCP/AI Integration | − | ✓ |
| Bulk Operations | ✓ | ✓ |
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