Quick Facts
- Website
- urlscan.io/docs/api/
- Pricing Starts At
- $5,000/year Automate plan
- Free Tier
- Free plan; 30-day commercial-plan trial available
- Category
- URL intelligence APIs, Technology detection APIs, Threat and vulnerability intelligence APIs
- How usage is billed
- Credits, pages, requests, records, compute units, subscriptions, and browser-time blocks are not interchangeable.
- Enterprise Plan
- $5,000/month or $50,000/year Ultimate plan
Overview
urlscan.io is built for scanning web pages, indexing observed infrastructure, and detecting phishing or brand abuse from captured page data.
Pros & Cons
✓ Pros
- Excellent page rendering and phishing investigation workflow
- Strong brand-monitoring and search capabilities
- Helpful for URL-centric security operations
− Cons
- Not designed for valuation or registrar operations
- Coverage is scan-driven rather than registry-first
- Bulk lookup and enrichment differ from classic domain APIs
Compare with DomScan →
See how urlscan.io compares to DomScan across features, pricing, and TLD coverage.
urlscan.io vs DomScan
| Feature | urlscan.io | DomScan |
|---|---|---|
| Free Tier | ✓ | ✓ 10,000/month |
| API Access | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bulk Operations | Limited | ✓ |
| Real-time Data | ✓ | ✓ |
| Brand Monitoring | ✓ | ✓ |
| MCP/AI Integration | − | ✓ |
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