The BinaryEdge alternative for host data and OSINT breadth
Host and service discovery - plus WHOIS/registrant intelligence, typosquatting, analytics-ID lookup and perceptual favicon similarity - in one engine.
Profundis is a unified internet-intelligence search engine. Like BinaryEdge, it surfaces internet-wide exposure data: hosts, open ports and the services running on them.
Profundis layers a broad OSINT toolkit on top of host discovery - WHOIS with reverse/registrant lookups, analytics-ID lookup, typosquatting detection - plus TLS certificates, DNS, virtual hosts and perceptual favicon similarity, all under one field:value syntax with an official MCP server.
What BinaryEdge is known for
BinaryEdge is widely known for internet scanning and internet-wide exposure data.
Why Profundis
A unified internet-intelligence engine - exposed hosts and services, DNS (live + historical/passive), WHOIS (with reverse/registrant lookups), TLS certificates and virtual hosts - all searchable in one place with a field:value syntax (wildcards, AND/OR/NOT).
A full OSINT tools suite: typosquatting scanner, subdomain enumeration, registrant explorer (reverse-WHOIS corporate recon), analytics-ID lookup, domain portfolio analyzer, entity-intelligence flow graph, ASN details and reverse-IP.
Favicon perceptual-similarity search (MMH3 + visual similarity) that finds visually similar favicons, not just exact icon-hash matches - Profundis’s signature differentiator.
An official MCP (Model Context Protocol) server, so AI agents like Claude can call Profundis search as native tools - AI-agent-native distribution.
A free tier with no signup required for the hosts and DNS anonymous preview, plus transparent credit-based pricing from Free to Basic, Professional and Enterprise.
Profundis vs BinaryEdge
| Capability | Profundis | BinaryEdge |
|---|---|---|
| Host & service / exposure discovery | Core feature | Core feature |
| Field:value query syntax (wildcards, AND/OR/NOT) | Across all datasets | Supported |
| Unified DNS (live + historical/passive) | Built in | Varies by plan |
| WHOIS + reverse/registrant lookups | Built in | Varies by plan |
| TLS certificate search | Built in | Supported |
| Analytics-ID & typosquatting tooling | Included | - |
| Favicon perceptual similarity | Visual similarity | - |
| Official MCP server for AI agents | Native tools | - |
| Free tier with no-signup host/DNS preview | No signup to preview | Varies by plan |
| EU-based operator (GDPR posture) | France (EU) | Varies |
“✓” marks a Profundis capability. “-” means the capability is not a documented public feature of BinaryEdge at the time of writing - not a definitive statement about its roadmap. Based on publicly available information.
Frequently asked questions
Profundis offers a free tier and an anonymous host/DNS preview with no signup. Higher quotas, the API and the OSINT tools suite are available on transparent credit-based plans.
Both discover internet-wide hosts and exposed services. Profundis adds the OSINT breadth - WHOIS/registrant, analytics-ID lookup, typosquatting - plus DNS, TLS certificates and perceptual favicon similarity, all searchable together.
Profundis ships a typosquatting scanner, subdomain enumeration, a registrant explorer (reverse-WHOIS corporate recon), analytics-ID lookup, a domain portfolio analyzer, an entity-intelligence flow graph, ASN details and reverse-IP.
Yes. Profundis provides an API and an official MCP server so AI agents such as Claude can query its datasets as native tools.
Yes. Profundis uses perceptual favicon similarity (MMH3 + visual similarity) to surface visually similar favicons, helping you pivot to related and lookalike hosts.
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