OSINTverse vs IPQualityScore
Fraud scores for IP, email, and phone — as cards on the same desk as Shodan and people search.
IPQualityScore specialises in fraud scoring: proxy/VPN/Tor on IPs, deliverability and disposable flags on emails, carrier and line type on phones. Direct access means their plans, their API key, and raw JSON. OSINTverse does not replace IPQS. SearchIn runs those three lookups at $0.10 each, renders a score-and-flag card, and drops the identifier into a case you can pivot into Shodan, Hunter, or breach sources. It does not wrap URL scanning or device fingerprinting — and we say so.
IPQualityScore stays the fraud engine. OSINTverse is how a reputation check joins the rest of the case without a separate credit spreadsheet.
What IPQualityScore is great at
- IP fraud scores with proxy, VPN, Tor, and abuse signals
- Email deliverability, disposable, and leak-risk flags
- Phone carrier, line type, VOIP, and prepaid signals
- Vendor dashboards and high-volume fraud pipelines when you use IPQS directly
IPQualityScore vs OSINTverse
Structural access and workflow — not invented list prices for IPQualityScore.
| IPQualityScore directly | Through OSINTverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Getting started | IPQualityScore sells its own plans and API credits. The API key is bound to that account and each IP, email, or phone call consumes their credits. | Sign in, top up from $10, and run IPQualityScore the same minute — no vendor contract, seat, or sales call. |
| What a query costs | Plan, credit pack, or contract pricing set by the vendor and paid up front. | Pay per query from your prepaid balance — IPQualityScore starts at $0.10 for email lookups, with the exact price shown before you run it. |
| Failed lookups | Handled under the vendor's own credit and refund policy. | Automatically refunded to your wallet — a search that fails upstream after billing is not charged. |
| Output format | A vendor-specific response shape you normalise and render yourself. | Normalised result panels plus the raw JSON, returned by the same POST /v1/search contract as every other integration. |
| Cross-source work | Copy-paste between vendor dashboards to follow a lead into another dataset. | Results join one case graph, so you can pivot an entity into any of the other 15 integrations in a click. |
| Running it for a team | Per-seat or per-account access, billed and administered per analyst. | One shared team wallet with roles, provider allowlists, enforced MFA, and audit history — no per-seat fee. |
| Volume work | Script the vendor API yourself, including retries, polling, and rate handling. | Bulk search takes up to 50 queries across selected providers in one submission (max 100 jobs), with per-job status and partial-failure handling. |
What OSINTverse adds
- A $0.10 IP, email, or phone card with fraud score and flags — no IPQS dashboard for a one-off
- The same prepaid wallet as Shodan, Hunter, and breach providers
- Identifiers drop into the case graph for host or identity pivots
- OSINTOne API and GraphIn transforms use the same provider id
- Failed upstream lookups refund automatically — an empty but successful answer is still billed
What every SearchIn query inherits
When to pick which
Stay with IPQualityScore when it is the right tool. Use SearchIn when the desk around it matters.
SearchIn prices for IPQualityScore
USD per query on OSINTverse. Full rates are on pricing.
IPQualityScore
Integration page| Input type | Price |
|---|---|
| Emailemail | $0.10 |
| Phonephone | $0.10 |
| IP addressip | $0.10 |
Frequently asked questions
Is OSINTverse an IPQualityScore alternative?
No. SearchIn queries IPQualityScore’s IP, email, and phone APIs. It is not a second fraud model and it does not replace IPQS URL or device products. OSINTverse is per-query access plus the rest of the investigation desk.
Why run IPQualityScore through OSINTverse?
When a reputation check is one step in a mixed case — you want a readable card, a prepaid wallet, and a pivot into Shodan or people search without managing IPQS credits for that one query.
Does SearchIn include IPQS URL or device fingerprinting?
No. This integration is IP, email, and phone reputation only. URL scanners and device fingerprinting stay on IPQualityScore directly.
When should I keep an IPQS plan?
When fraud scoring is high-volume or you need products SearchIn does not wrap. Investigation-shaped lookups beside other OSINT sources belong on SearchIn.
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