Lookup
Depends
Confidence: Low
ICANN Lookup is a free public tool for checking a domain's registration data, not a commercial product.
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Lookup vs DomainTools
Lookup and DomainTools both land on Depends.
DomainTools
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy it if you run a security team that investigates phishing, malicious domains, and infrastructure daily.
| Compare | ||
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | Pre-purchase domain checks | Enterprise SOC and threat-intel teams |
| Who it's not for | Teams needing bulk or automated domain lookups | Small teams without dedicated security staff |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.² | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.12 |
| Support quality | No support evidence found. | No evidence in sources |
| Public sentiment | Sources contain no reviews of ICANN Lookup itself; listed reviews describe unrelated lookup products.³ | Reviews are sparse but positive, citing comprehensive domain data and strong reports, with pricing confusion the main friction.⁷ |
| Biggest gotcha | Guess: Heavy use hits rate limits; automation needs the separate RDAP protocol, not this site.¹ | Entry price listed around $99/mo by third parties; real platform tiers are unlisted and sales-gated.⁶ |
Pick Lookup when
- Pre-purchase domain checks
- Verifying a site's registrar and owner
- Phishing and spam domain triage
- One-off lookups by IT or legal
When Lookup is not a fit
- Teams needing bulk or automated domain lookups
- Developers wanting a supported API with SLAs
- Buyers of phone, email, or people search tools (different products)
- Anyone expecting vendor support or a contract
Pick DomainTools when
- Enterprise SOC and threat-intel teams
- Phishing and brand-protection investigators
- Teams buying via AWS/Azure marketplaces
- Security engineers needing deep DNS data
When DomainTools is not a fit
- Small teams without dedicated security staff
- Startups needing occasional domain lookups
- Buyers wanting transparent self-serve pricing
- Non-technical users doing one-off checks
Sources
- Lookup, ICANNlookup.icann.orgofficial
- Product security pagelookup.icann.orgofficial
- Read Customer Service Reviews of reverselookup.comuk.trustpilot.comreview
- Lookup, Crunchbase Company Profile & Fundingcrunchbase.comofficial
- 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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