Wappalyzer review
Technology lookup, company enrichment, and alerts API
Quick facts
- Category
- Technology detection APIs, URL intelligence APIs
- Website
- www.wappalyzer.com/api/
- Pricing starts at
- $450/month Business plan with 20,000 API credits
- Free tier
- 50 technology lookups/month; API credits require a paid plan
- How usage is billed
- API access starts on Business; most lookups use one credit per URL, while live recursive lookups use five.
- Enterprise plan
- $850+/month Enterprise plan
What Wappalyzer is
Wappalyzer focuses on website technology detection, company enrichment, subdomain discovery, and change alerts for sales, research, and security teams.
Compared in: Technology detection APIs, URL intelligence APIs.
Strengths
- Technology enrichment and change alerts
- Blends website intelligence with company data
- Useful for competitive research and lightweight recon
Limitations
- No core WHOIS or RDAP workflow
- Not aimed at valuation or registrar operations
- API credits require a paid plan
Pricing summary
Figures come from published Wappalyzer sources checked on 2026-08-22, linked under Sources. Plans and limits change, so confirm them with the vendor before you buy.
| Plan | Wappalyzer | DomScan |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 50 technology lookups/month; API credits require a paid plan | Free: 10,000 credits/month |
| Entry paid plan | $450/month Business plan with 20,000 API credits | Pay-as-you-go from $10 |
| Enterprise | $850+/month Enterprise plan | Custom pricing |
- API access starts on Business; most lookups use one credit per URL, while live recursive lookups use five.
Who Wappalyzer suits
Good fit
Stay with Wappalyzer if technology enrichment, company signals, and change alerts are central to your workflow.
Weaker fit
- You need availability, WHOIS, or DNS endpoints
- You want valuation and domain scoring in one platform
- You need API access without a paid plan
- You need typosquatting and email security checks too
Wappalyzer vs DomScan
Feature availability for Wappalyzer comes from its published product documentation. DomScan credit costs come from its published endpoint pricing.
| Feature | Wappalyzer | DomScan |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Limited | ✓ 10,000/month |
| API access | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bulk operations | ✓ | ✓ |
| Real-time data | ✓ | ✓ |
| Brand monitoring | ✓ | ✓ |
| MCP/AI integration | ✓ | ✓ |
DomScan products for the same jobs
These DomScan products cover the categories where Wappalyzer competes. Each shows its published credit cost per request.
Credits per request: 3 to 9
Unified URL Intelligence
Extract normalized page metadata, preview fields, structured data, and public identity signals from a URL.
Credits per request: 2
Redirect Chain
Trace the full redirect chain for a URL.
Credits per request: 2
Verdict
Main strength of Wappalyzer: Technology enrichment and change alerts. Main trade-off: No core WHOIS or RDAP workflow. 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 Wappalyzer?
Wappalyzer focuses on website technology detection, company enrichment, subdomain discovery, and change alerts for sales, research, and security teams.
How much does Wappalyzer cost?
Published pricing checked on 2026-08-22. Free tier: 50 technology lookups/month; API credits require a paid plan. Entry paid plan: $450/month Business plan with 20,000 API credits. Enterprise: $850+/month Enterprise plan.
When is Wappalyzer the better choice?
Stay with Wappalyzer if technology enrichment, company signals, and change alerts are central to your workflow.
How does Wappalyzer pricing compare with DomScan?
Wappalyzer 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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