URLhaus (abuse.ch)
Depends
Confidence: Low
URLhaus is a free community-run feed of malware URLs for teams that consume threat intel; evidence is thin, so confidence is low.
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Comparison
URLhaus (abuse.ch) vs Openphish
URLhaus (abuse.ch) and Openphish both land on Depends.
Openphish
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy it if you run security infrastructure.
| Compare | ||
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | SOC and threat intel teams | SOC teams needing phishing URL feeds |
| Who it's not for | Buyers wanting vendor support and SLAs | Small businesses with no SOC. Raw feeds need security staff to act on them |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.² | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.15 |
| Support quality | Guess: community-run project, no vendor support | No support evidence in sources |
| Public sentiment | Reviewed sources contain no user reviews of URLhaus.¹ | SOC and homelab users report smooth integration into mail gateways and firewalls, with occasional false-positive complaints.⁷ |
| Biggest gotcha | Guess: community project support is best-effort. No SLAs for enterprise consumers.¹ | Free community feed is limited (~300 entries reported); real coverage needs the quote-based premium feed.11 |
Pick URLhaus (abuse.ch) when
- SOC and threat intel teams
- Malware researchers sharing findings
- Automation of firewall blocklists
When URLhaus (abuse.ch) is not a fit
- Buyers wanting vendor support and SLAs
- Teams without tooling to process raw feeds
- Non-technical buyers expecting a polished product
- Compliance-driven shops needing vetted vendors
Pick Openphish when
- SOC teams needing phishing URL feeds
- Firewall and proxy blocklists
- Mail gateway anti-phishing filtering
- Threat intel platform enrichment
When Openphish is not a fit
- Small businesses with no SOC. Raw feeds need security staff to act on them
- Consumers wanting browser-level phishing protection; this is infrastructure, not a shield
- Teams needing endpoint phishing detection rather than URL blocklists
- Buyers wanting published pricing and fixed quotes; premium is sales-contact only
Sources
- URLhausurlhaus.abuse.chofficial
- Product security pageurlhaus.abuse.chsecurity
- OpenPhish - Phishing Intelligence (official)openphish.comofficial
- OpenPhish v2 - Cortex XSOAR integrationxsoar.pan.devofficial
- Incoming feed - OpenPhish (EclecticIQ docs)docs.eclecticiq.comofficial
- OpenPhish Feed Integration Guidethehgtech.comreview
- OpenPhish Feed False Positives 10/07/17live.paloaltonetworks.comreview
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- OpenPhish Flagged My Website . How Removal Worksunflagdomain.comnews
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- OpenPhish - Cybersecurity Tools Directorycybersectools.comreview
- OpenPhish product security pageopenphish.comofficial
- Cybercrime Information Center contributorscybercrimeinfocenter.orgofficial