API subscriptions have monthly quotas and per-account request-rate limits.
Integrations should monitor usage, handle HTTP 429 responses, and account for quotas before relying on continuous data retrieval.
Evidence source ↗S
SecurityTrails
SecurityTrails provides domain, DNS, WHOIS, and IP intelligence through a web platform and API. It supports external infrastructure research and security-data enrichment, not general-purpose web scraping.
Editorial overview
Aggregated Overview
Official documentation verifies broad domain, DNS, WHOIS, IP, historical-data, and query capabilities. Current public pricing and accessible independent review evidence were not verified, so value, support, and sentiment assessments have low confidence.
This profile combines documented product information and independent evidence where available. It is not a hands-on test unless TechZella explicitly identifies one.
SecurityTrails Decision Snapshot
A quick way to understand who this product may suit, where its limits matter, and which facts are most relevant before you compare alternatives.
Best suited to
Security teams and developers who need domain, DNS, WHOIS, or IP intelligence for infrastructure research, investigations, or data enrichment.
Look elsewhere if
Teams seeking a general-purpose web scraper, browser automation product, or extraction tool for arbitrary website content.
Platforms
REST API, SaaS, Web
TechZella assessment
6.6/10
Overview
SecurityTrails is an internet-infrastructure intelligence product for researching domains, DNS records, WHOIS information, and IP-related data. Its web interface supports investigation, while its read-only REST API enables data enrichment and programmatic queries.
The requested Web Scraping category is not a good fit: the documented product focuses on structured internet and security data, not extracting arbitrary page content. Cybersecurity Software is the closest supported category.
SecurityTrails — What Sets It Apart?
These are the product-specific differences that may matter when deciding whether the software fits your workflow. They are based on documented evidence rather than a universal ranking.
- Combines current and historical domain, DNS, WHOIS, and IP-related intelligence with both a web interface and API.
- The API documentation includes flexible SQL-like and DSL-based query workflows.
5 key claims verifiedOur editorial team checked this profile against product documentation, company information. Supported by 5 documented sources.
SecurityTrails Pros & Cons
Pros
- Provides domain, DNS, WHOIS, IP, and company-related data through one documented API.
- Historical DNS information supports infrastructure-change investigations.
- Offers both a web interface and programmatic query access.
- Documents quota and rate-limit behavior for API planning.
Cons
- It is not designed for general-purpose web scraping.
- The read-only API does not save information.
- API quotas and rate limits require usage management.
- SQL API access is not included in retail packages.
- Current public pricing and free-trial terms could not be verified.
SecurityTrails Gotchas & Operational Limits
These are documented constraints or practical friction points that may matter before you adopt the product.
The SQL API is not included in retail packages.
Buyers who need SQL-style exploration should confirm access and commercial terms with sales before planning an implementation.
Evidence source ↗Security & Privacy
For security-sensitive software, TechZella focuses on documented architecture, authentication, data handling, deployment and privacy details that can affect a buying decision. This is product research, not an independent security audit.
Security posture at a glance
| API data format | JSON |
|---|---|
| API authentication | API key |
| Deployment | Web platform and hosted API |
What the documented evidence tells us
The official API overview describes programmatic access to those data types through a read-only REST API.
Source ↗Official documentation explains DSL queries for searching the data through API endpoints.
Source ↗Recorded Future's acquisition announcement is dated January 4, 2022.
Source ↗Security claims are presented only when supported by documented sources. The presence of this section does not constitute a penetration test, certification or independent security audit.
Pricing
Current public plan prices, free-trial terms, and standard package limits could not be verified from the official sources reviewed. The API documentation confirms subscription quotas. It also says the SQL API is not included in retail packages and requires contacting sales.
SecurityTrails Features
Infrastructure data
- Domain and hostname information
- Current and historical DNS information
- WHOIS information
- IP and company-related information
Search and API
- Read-only REST API
- API-key authentication
- JSON request and response data
- DSL-based searches
- SQL-like query API, subject to separate access
Usage controls
- Monthly API quotas
- Account-specific request-rate limits
- HTTP 429 responses when quotas are reached
Alternatives
For a buyer whose actual need is website-content extraction, SecurityTrails is not a direct fit. No alternative products are listed here because comparable alternatives were not verified sufficiently in the sources reviewed.
Demo & Screenshots
SecurityTrails Specifications
| Product focus | Domain and internet-infrastructure intelligence |
|---|---|
| API | Read-only REST API |
| API data format | JSON |
| API authentication | API key |
| Deployment | Web platform and hosted API |
| Free trial | Not verified |
| Integrations | Recorded Future Intelligence Cards; other named integrations not verified |
Deployment & System Footprint
Verified installation, hosting, administration, or environment details that can affect implementation.
| Installation or hosting | The documented product is accessed through a web platform and hosted API; no on-premises deployment option was verified. Source ↗ |
|---|
Our evidence-based assessment
TechZella Score
A proprietary editorial score based on product capabilities, usability, value, performance, support and user sentiment evidence.
6.6/10Low confidence
Official documentation verifies broad domain, DNS, WHOIS, IP, historical-data, and query capabilities. Current public pricing and accessible independent review evidence were not verified, so value, support, and sentiment assessments have low confidence.
Methodology v1.0. The assessment weighs feature coverage (25%), ease of use (15%), value for money (20%), performance (15%), support (10%) and user sentiment (15%), using researched product evidence and verified review evidence where available. It is a TechZella editorial assessment, not a direct user-review average.
Editorial transparency
Our Review Methodology
Key claims are linked to the sources used to verify them. This evidence record is separate from third-party user ratings.
TechZella evaluates software using documented product capabilities, pricing information, usability and value considerations, independent user evidence where available, and competitive context. The assessment is an editorial review, not a hands-on test unless one is explicitly identified. Our editorial assessment is based on 5 documented sources.
What TechZella adds
- Combines current and historical domain, DNS, WHOIS, and IP-related intelligence with both a web interface and API.
- The API documentation includes flexible SQL-like and DSL-based query workflows.
Important limitations
- API plans have quotas and request-rate limits; reaching a monthly quota can produce HTTP 429 errors.
- The SQL API is not included in retail packages according to its documentation and requires contacting sales.
- Current public plan prices and free-trial terms could not be verified.
Evidence-backed claimsSecurityTrails provides API access to IP, DNS, WHOIS, and company-related data. The API supports flexible SQL-like queries through the SecurityTrails DSL. The SQL API requires contacting sales and is not included in retail packages. API subscriptions use monthly quotas and request-rate limits. Recorded Future acquired SecurityTrails in January 2022.
The official API overview describes programmatic access to those data types through a read-only REST API.
View source ↗Verified 2026-10-08Official documentation explains DSL queries for searching the data through API endpoints.
View source ↗Verified 2026-10-08The official SQL API guide states that the capability is not included in retail packages and instructs users to contact sales.
View source ↗Verified 2026-10-08Official documentation describes quota exhaustion errors, usage notifications, and account-specific requests-per-second limits.
View source ↗Verified 2026-10-08Recorded Future's acquisition announcement is dated January 4, 2022.
View source ↗Verified 2026-10-08Community feedback
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FAQ
Is SecurityTrails a web-scraping tool?
No. Its documented focus is domain, DNS, WHOIS, IP, and company-related intelligence rather than scraping arbitrary websites.
Does SecurityTrails provide an API?
Yes. Official documentation describes a read-only REST API using HTTP GET and POST requests, API-key authentication, and JSON data.
Does SecurityTrails offer a free trial?
Free-trial terms could not be verified from the official sources reviewed.
What platforms does it support?
The sources verify a web platform and a REST API. They do not verify native desktop or mobile applications.
How is it priced?
Current public prices were not verified. The API uses subscription quotas, and the SQL API requires sales contact and is not included in retail packages.
Who owns SecurityTrails?
Recorded Future announced its acquisition of SecurityTrails on January 4, 2022.
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