OSINT platform · Graph investigation
OSINTverse vs Maltego
Maltego is the desktop graph and Transform ecosystem. GraphIn is the browser alternative: one case map per team, transforms billed per lookup, no client and no seat per analyst. SearchIn runs every source from one search on the same wallet.
Maltego earned its reputation: entity graphs, Transforms, and a desktop that many courses still teach first. It is excellent when the job is link analysis with a Transform library you already paid for. GraphIn is the Maltego alternative for teams that want the graph in a browser: seed an entity, grow the trail with priced transforms, annotate, and share a read-only map, with one unlock per team instead of a seat per analyst. SearchIn remains the fastest way to run a single lookup. Maltego still wins when the job is its own Transform hubs or a Maltego graph is the deliverable.
Use GraphIn when the investigation should live on a browser graph your whole team can open and share, priced per team. Use Maltego when you need its desktop Transform hubs or a Maltego graph as the deliverable.
What Maltego is great at
- Desktop link analysis with a mature entity-and-edge graph
- A large Transform ecosystem across commercial and community sources
- Teaching and standardising OSINT graph methodology
- Case files that live as Maltego graphs analysts already know how to brief from
Maltego vs OSINTverse
Structural access and workflow — not invented list prices for Maltego.
| Maltego | Through OSINTverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Getting started | Install a client, create a Maltego account, and license the Transform set you need. | Sign in in the browser, top up a small prepaid balance, and run a provider the same minute. |
| How you pay | Seats plus Transform or data credits, depending on which hubs you enable. | Prepaid USD spent a query at a time. Balance never expires. No per-seat fee. |
| Data sources | Whatever Transforms your licence includes — powerful, and tied to that ecosystem. | SearchIn integrations (OSINT Industries, LeakRadar, DeHashed, Whoxy, Shodan, Facecheck.id, and more) behind one search. |
| Graph | Desktop-class link analysis with machines, layouts, and Transform-driven expansion. | GraphIn, the browser alternative: seed, transform, annotate, share read-only, and reopen the same canvas, with one unlock per team instead of a seat per analyst. |
| Team access | Licences and Transform access administered per analyst or organisation pack. | Shared team wallet, roles, provider allowlists, MFA, and audit history. |
| Agents | Transform plumbing per source, inside the desktop client. | Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor create cases, add searches, read the graph, and find paths over the OSINTverse MCP server. |
| Failed lookups | Depends on the Transform and data vendor behind it. | Upstream failures after billing are refunded to the SearchIn wallet automatically. |
What OSINTverse adds
- Pay-per-query access to SearchIn providers from a prepaid balance — no monthly seat tax to run one lookup
- Breach, identity, domain, host, and image sources on one wallet instead of stacking Transform credits per vendor
- A browser case graph you can reopen, export, and share without installing a client
- Failed searches refund automatically; unused top-ups can be ticketed within 7 days
- A single POST /v1/search API for automation instead of Transform plumbing per source
- Read-only share links: anyone with the link opens the graph in a browser, exports allowed, transforms disabled
- Agents on the same graph: Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor add searches, read the graph, and find paths over MCP
When to pick which
Stay with Maltego when it is the right tool. Use SearchIn when the desk around it matters.
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FAQ
OSINTverse vs Maltego, answered
Is OSINTverse a Maltego alternative?
Yes — GraphIn is the browser alternative to a Maltego seat: the same seed, transform, annotate, and share loop, priced per team with transforms billed per lookup. Maltego still wins when the job is its own Transform hubs or a Maltego graph is the deliverable. GraphIn does not run Maltego Transforms and does not replace a SIEM, TIP, or analyst notebook.
Does SearchIn run Maltego Transforms?
No. SearchIn calls SearchIn integrations over POST /v1/search. Results can be exported as JSON, CSV, PDF, or graph files if you want them in another tool.
Can I replace Maltego CE with OSINTverse?
Community Edition is a different job (learning graphs). OSINTverse is for running paid providers without stacking subscriptions. Use the tool that matches the task.
What if I already have Maltego?
Keep it. Use SearchIn when you need a leak, WHOIS, or face lookup without burning Transform credits or waiting on another vendor portal.
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- Credits never expire
- Refund unused balance in 7 days