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OSINTverse vs Maigret

Maigret builds a username report from public checks. SearchIn supplies the commercial chapters that report cannot buy for you.

Maigret sits next to Sherlock with a reporter’s instinct: gather site hits into a dossier. It is open source and excellent for a first subject file. OSINTverse does not generate Maigret reports. SearchIn runs paid providers and stores an investigation. Export SearchIn JSON into whatever dossier format you already use — including a Maigret-informed workflow.

Keep Maigret for open username dossiers. Use OSINTverse to add paid identity and leak chapters.

What Maigret is great at

  • Username OSINT collected into a readable report
  • Open-source control of the pipeline
  • A Sherlock-adjacent workflow with more narrative output
  • Local runs without a vendor

Maigret vs OSINTverse

Structural access and workflow — not invented list prices for Maigret.

Maigret compared with OSINTverse SearchIn
 MaigretThrough OSINTverse
OutputOpen-source username report.Provider panels plus investigation graph and file exports.
CostFree to run (your compute).Prepaid queries for commercial data.
Paid corporaOnly if you bolt them on yourself.Included as SearchIn integrations.
SecretsWhatever you paste in.Masked by default on leak providers.
Team billingInformal.Wallet, roles, audit.
Best togetherPublic username chapter.Paid data chapter.

What OSINTverse adds

  • Commercial modules and leak rows with invoices
  • Team-safe masked secrets
  • Bulk and API
  • WHOIS and image tools in the same case
  • Maigret still owns the open dossier step

When to pick which

Stay with Maigret when it is the right tool. Use SearchIn when the desk around it matters.

Choose Maigret
  • The deliverable is a Maigret-style report from public checks
  • You do not yet need paid corpora
  • You want to own the generator
Choose OSINTverse
  • Commercial modules and leak rows with invoices
  • Team-safe masked secrets
  • Bulk and API
  • WHOIS and image tools in the same case

Frequently asked questions

Is OSINTverse a Maigret alternative?

No. Maigret is an open username reporter. SearchIn is a commercial OSINT desk. Use both.

Can I import SearchIn into Maigret?

SearchIn exports JSON and CSV. Wiring that into Maigret is on you; we do not ship a plugin.

Open source
Sherlock hunts usernames across hundreds of sites for free. SearchIn is what you pay when the next step is a commercial identity or leak corpus.
Open source
WhatsMyName is a community-maintained username checker. SearchIn is the paid desk for the identifiers that survive that check.
On SearchIn
Keep the people-search modules investigators already trust — run them on a desk that also has everything else.
Open source
OSINT Framework is a directory of tools. SearchIn is one prepaid desk that actually runs commercial lookups.

Ready to run your first search?

Open SearchIn, pick a provider, and pay only for the queries you run.