97%
Data coverage
of internet infrastructure, per vendor
Report
Should I Use DomainTools?
DNS-based threat intelligence covering 97% of internet infrastructure. Detect, investigate & block malicious domains.
Depends
DependsBuy it if you run a security team that investigates phishing, malicious domains, and infrastructure daily.
Serious DNS threat intel for dedicated security teams. Overkill for small teams; pricing is demo-gated.
Confidence: Medium
$99/mo
Starting price
per SoftwareAdvice listing
20+ years
Time in market
in DNS intelligence
None listed
Free tier
demo-gated evaluation
Value for money
3
Positive reviews, but enterprise pricing is opaque
Ease of use
4
Users praise ease of use
Feature depth
4
Deep DNS data, Iris investigation, continuous monitoring
Security posture
4
No known issues found; security-first vendor
Pros
Cons
Gotchas
- mediumEntry price listed around $99/mo by third parties; real platform tiers are unlisted and sales-gated.²
- mediumCheap $11–24 'Protection Plan' covers per-domain protection only — easy to mistake for the full platform.⁷
- mediumNo public free tier or trial found; you can't self-evaluate before committing.¹
Best for
- Enterprise SOC and threat-intel teams
- Phishing and brand-protection investigators
- Teams buying via AWS/Azure marketplaces
- Security engineers needing deep DNS data
Not for
- Small teams without dedicated security staff
- Startups needing occasional domain lookups
- Buyers wanting transparent self-serve pricing
- Non-technical users doing one-off checks
Pricing
Entry
From $99.00/mo
- Starting price per SoftwareAdvice listing
- Full platform tiers not publicly listed
- Per-domain Protection Plan add-ons run $11–24
Security
No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.
What users say
Reviews are sparse but positive, citing comprehensive domain data and strong reports, with pricing confusion the main friction.
“This is a perfect tool for security and managing domain-related tasks for my company. Its report system is awe”
“Users consistently praise the ease of use and comprehensive data provided by DomainTools”
“If you want the New Protection Plan, you have to pay between $11 and $24.”
Alternatives
Compare DomainTools with each alternative.
VirusTotal
Free domain/IP reputation lookups for ad-hoc checks
DomainTools vs VirusTotalRecorded Future
Broader commercial threat intelligence platform
Patrowl
Contextualized threat intel, claims zero false positives
DomainTools vs Patrowlismalicious.com
Simple indexed database of malicious IPs and domains
DomainTools vs ismalicious.comFull analysis
Based on ~14 public sources; many were low-quality aggregator pages, so confidence is medium.
Sources
- DomainTools — Threat Intelligence & Domain Security Platformdomaintools.comofficial
- DomainTools Software Reviews, Demo & Pricing — SoftwareAdvicesoftwareadvice.comreview
- DomainTools Threat Intelligence — AWS Marketplaceaws.amazon.comreview
- DomainTools Reviews — G2g2.comreview
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- DomainTools Threat Intelligence — Microsoft Marketplacemarketplace.microsoft.comofficial
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