Comparison
Reverse Lookup vs Epieos: different tools for different jobs
Both turn an email into information. They're built for completely different workflows — here's how to pick.
Epieos is an OSINT tool used by journalists, law enforcement, and threat intelligence teams to investigate digital footprints. Reverse Lookup is a B2B contact enrichment platform for sales, recruiting, marketing, and fraud teams. If you're doing the second job with the first tool, you're paying for the wrong thing.
Epieos
OSINT investigation across consumer platforms
Reverse Lookup
B2B contact enrichment at scale
- Built for B2B workflows
- Bulk CSV/XLSX
- API access
- Google Sheets add-on
- 1,000s of lookups/month
The 30-second verdict
Choose Epieos if: you're investigating a specific person — a fraud target, a threat actor, an interview subject, a missing person's digital footprint — and you need to know which consumer platforms (Google, Strava, GitHub, Have I Been Pwned?, etc.) an email is registered on. Epieos is trusted by Bellingcat, Le Monde, the United Nations, and law enforcement for this exact job. It's €29.99/month for 30 full-access requests.
Choose Reverse Lookup if: you need to know who the person is professionally — name, job title, company, industry, LinkedIn URL — and you need to do this for hundreds or thousands of emails through a dashboard, CSV upload, Google Sheets formula, or API. Plans start at $0/month for 15 credits, scaling to $49/mo for 1,000 credits and $249/mo for 10,000.
Different output types
Epieos returns platforms the email exists on. Reverse Lookup returns the person’s professional profile.
Different volume
Epieos’s paid tier gives 30 requests/month. Reverse Lookup starts at 1,000/month for $49.
Different stack
Epieos has API on the custom enterprise tier only. Reverse Lookup has full REST API on every paid plan.
Two different jobs
Same input (an email). Very different outputs. Self-select which job is yours — the right tool follows directly.
OSINT Investigation
You’re doing this job if you’re trying to:
- Verify a suspicious sign-up by checking which platforms the email is registered on
- Build a digital-footprint profile of a specific individual
- Investigate a threat actor, fraud ring, or person of interest
- Confirm whether an email has appeared in known data breaches
- Find consumer-platform accounts (Strava, GitHub, Chess.com, Foursquare) for a single target
- Conduct journalism, threat intelligence, or law enforcement work
The right tool:Epieos is purpose-built for this. Use it.
B2B Contact Enrichment
You’re doing this job if you’re trying to:
- Identify inbound leads — who works where, what’s their job title?
- Enrich a CSV of email addresses with company, title, LinkedIn URL, and industry
- Run a daily/weekly sales prospecting workflow
- Source candidates from email-only lists in recruiting
- Verify B2B contacts before adding them to a marketing list
- Trigger CRM enrichment automatically when a new lead comes in
- Process more than 30 emails per month
The right tool:Reverse Lookup is purpose-built for this. Use it.
💡 What if I'm doing both?
Many fraud-ops, security, and risk teams need both. Use Epieos for deep investigation on a specific suspect; use Reverse Lookup for bulk screening of incoming signups. The tools complement each other — they don't compete.
The at-a-glance comparison
Twenty-five real-world differences. The pattern is consistent: same input, different output categories — for different jobs.
Primary use case
Epieos
OSINT investigationRL
B2B contact enrichmentPricing entry
Epieos
Free tier (heavy watermark, 3 modules)RL
Free tier (15 credits/mo)Paid entry
Epieos
€29.99 / moRL
$49 / moPaid tier volume
Epieos
30 full-access requests / moRL
1,000 credits / moPer-lookup cost (paid entry)
Epieos
~€1.00 / lookupRL
~$0.049 / lookupBulk CSV / XLSX upload
Epieos
NoRL
YesGoogle Sheets add-on
Epieos
NoRL
YesREST API access
Epieos
Custom/enterprise tier onlyRL
All paid plansZapier integration
Epieos
NoRL
YesCSV / XLSX export of results
Epieos
NoRL
YesReturns: full name
Epieos
YesRL
YesReturns: job title
Epieos
LimitedRL
StructuredReturns: company
Epieos
LimitedRL
StructuredReturns: industry & company size
Epieos
NoRL
YesReturns: platforms email is registered on
Epieos
~25 platformsRL
NoReturns: Have I Been Pwned? breach data
Epieos
YesRL
NoReturns: Google account creation date
Epieos
YesRL
NoReturns: profile photo from Google
Epieos
YesRL
NoReturns: Strava, Fitbit, GitHub, Chess.com presence
Epieos
YesRL
NoDoes NOT log your queries
Epieos
Yes (stated policy)RL
History saved in your dashboard (you control it)Does NOT notify the target
Epieos
YesRL
YesGDPR compliant
Epieos
Yes (EU-hosted)RL
YesCCPA compliant
Epieos
Not advertisedRL
YesUsed by
Epieos
Bellingcat, Le Monde, UN, Microsoft, Maltego, Deloitte, law enforcementRL
Sales, recruiting, marketing, fraud-ops teamsBest for
Epieos
Investigations, journalism, threat intelRL
B2B workflows at scale
Comparison based on Epieos's public pricing page and module list, and Reverse Lookup's pricing as of May 2026. Epieos provides genuine value for OSINT investigations — this comparison is for users evaluating which tool fits their workflow.
30 requests a month: doing the math
Epieos's Osinter plan — their main paid tier at €29.99/month — gives you 30 full-access requests per month. That's exactly one lookup per day.
If your job is investigating a specific individual or building a single deep profile, 30 requests is generous.
If your job is B2B prospecting, recruiting, or list enrichment, 30 requests is over by lunchtime on day one.
30
Epieos full-access requests / month at €29.99
1,000
Reverse Lookup credits / month at $49 (Starter)
~33×
More lookups for roughly the same monthly cost
💡 The cost-per-lookup gap
At paid entry tiers, Epieos works out to roughly €1.00 per lookup. Reverse Lookup's Starter plan works out to roughly $0.049 per lookup — about 20× cheaper per lookup at comparable monthly spend. And that's before you factor in the credit-back guarantee on unmatched data.
Epieos's per-lookup cost reflects the depth and breadth of OSINT data they return across ~25 platforms. It's not necessarily expensive for their job. It is expensive if you're using it to do B2B enrichment.
What you actually get back
Different outputs for different jobs. Look at what each tool returns side-by-side and pick the one that matches your work.
Epieos returns:
A breakdown of where the email is registered across consumer platforms.
- Google ID, account creation date, profile photo, Google Maps reviews
- LinkedIn profile (via LinkedIn module)
- Skype presence
- Email Checker (~200 sites): which sites the email is registered on
- Fitness platforms: Strava, Fitbit, Asics Runkeeper, Adidas Runtastic, Nike Run Club
- Developer platforms: GitHub
- Other consumer: Duolingo, Vivino, Facebook, Proton Mail, Etsy, Dropbox, Foursquare, Flickr, Chess.com, Substack, Trello, Notion, Gravatar
- Breach data: Have I Been Pwned?
- Phone lookup module
Best for: Building a digital-footprint picture of one person.
Reverse Lookup returns:
A structured professional profile, ready to use in a CRM or spreadsheet.
- Full name
- Job title and role
- Current company and domain
- Industry
- Company size
- Location (city, country)
- LinkedIn URL
- Other social profiles (where available)
- Phone (where available)
- Verified, match-confidence score
Best for: Filling in the “who is this person, professionally?” gap across hundreds or thousands of emails.
Both outputs are valuable. They're just different outputs for different jobs. If you need to know what your inbound lead does for a living and where they work, Reverse Lookup gives you that in a clean row of a spreadsheet. If you need to know whether a fraud suspect has a Strava account and a Chess.com profile, Epieos gives you that in an investigation panel.
Pricing comparison
Different pricing models for different jobs — and very different volume math.
Epieos
| Plan | Price | Volume | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | €0 / mo | Free, limited | Google + Email Checker + Skype only. Heavy watermark, harder captchas. |
| Osinter | €29.99 / mo | 30 full-access requests / mo | All modules including LinkedIn. Light watermark. |
| Custom | Contact sales | Increased limits | API access, private modules, additional credits. Enterprise only. |
Yearly billing available. API access is locked to the Custom/enterprise tier — confirm pricing with Epieos sales.
Reverse Lookup
| Plan | Price | Credits | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 / mo | 15 / mo | Forever, no card needed |
| Starter | $49 / mo | 1,000 | Full features, API included |
| Growth | $99 / mo | 3,000 | Full features, API included |
| Scale | $249 / mo | 10,000 | Full features, API included |
| Custom | Talk to sales | 50,000+ | High-volume teams |
Annual: save 30%
What it actually costs at the volume you need
30 lookups / month
Epieos€29.99 (Osinter)RLFree tier (15) + spillover OR Starter $49 covers it 33×Epieos is cheaper at this exact volume
100 lookups / month
EpieosCustom (enterprise quote)RL$49 (Starter)RL is dramatically cheaper
1,000 lookups / month
EpieosCustom onlyRL$49 (Starter)RL is dramatically cheaper
10,000 lookups / month
EpieosCustom onlyRL$249 (Scale)RL is dramatically cheaper
💡 At low single-investigation volumes, Epieos is reasonable.
At any B2B workflow volume — even 100 lookups a month — Reverse Lookup's pricing model is built for that job, and Epieos's isn't. Use the right tool for the actual volume you need.
Which tool actually fits your workflow?
Honest, use-case-by-use-case. Each tool wins where it's designed to.
- Epieos wins
OSINT investigations / journalism
Trusted by Bellingcat, Le Monde, and the UN for a reason. Cross-platform footprint mapping is their core competence.
- Epieos wins
Threat intel / fraud forensics on a specific target
Have I Been Pwned? breach data, account creation timestamps, and consumer-platform presence are exactly the signals threat analysts need.
- Epieos wins
Law enforcement investigations
Built for this audience, with the privacy posture (no query logging) and reputation that supports it.
- Epieos wins
Verifying a single suspicious user’s digital footprint
This is exactly what Epieos was designed for.
- RL wins
B2B sales prospecting
Bulk CSV + Sheets + API mean SDRs work without manual lookups. Pricing scales with volume.
- RL wins
Recruiting / candidate sourcing
Returns LinkedIn URL + job title at volume. 30 requests/month at Epieos doesn’t cover a single day of sourcing.
- RL wins
Marketing list enrichment
CSV upload + structured company data + GDPR compliance. Built for this exact workflow.
- RL wins
CRM enrichment via API
API available on every paid plan, not locked behind enterprise.
- RL wins
Fraud screening on incoming signups (bulk)
Bulk run a daily signup list to flag anomalies. Use Epieos as a follow-up on specific suspicious hits.
- RL wins
AI agent / RAG pipeline needing structured B2B profiles
Clean JSON output, predictable schema, full API.
We didn't make Epieos look bad here. They're excellent at OSINT investigation. But if your job lives in a spreadsheet, a CRM, or a sales workflow — Epieos isn't really built for you, and the volume math makes that obvious.
Honest section
On privacy and query logging — an honest comparison
Epieos makes a strong, deliberate privacy claim: they don't log your queries. That's the right design choice for their audience. A journalist investigating a corrupt official, or a threat analyst tracking a malicious actor, cannot afford to have query logs sitting on a vendor's server. Epieos's no-logging posture is genuinely valuable for that work.
Reverse Lookup is designed differently — on purpose. B2B enrichment workflows benefit from a saved history: knowing what you looked up last Tuesday, exporting a 30-day audit of lookups, billing accountability, and re-running enrichments when data refreshes. We save your lookup history in your account, encrypted, accessible only to you.
Different design choices for different jobs. If your work requires zero-trace investigation, Epieos's no-logging design fits that. If your work requires reproducibility and auditability, our dashboard history does.
- Both are GDPR compliant.
- Both source from publicly available information.
- Both respect data-subject opt-out rights.
- Neither notifies the person being looked up.
Can I use Epieos and Reverse Lookup together?
Yes — and the smartest fraud-ops, security, and trust-and-safety teams already do.
A typical combined workflow looks like this:
- 01
Reverse Lookup screens 1,000 new signups overnight via API. Most return clean B2B profiles — flagged, scored, and routed automatically.
- 02
Suspicious signups with no professional footprint, weird domain patterns, or other risk signals get escalated to investigation.
- 03
Epieos runs deep OSINT on those dozen suspects: which platforms the email is registered on, when the Google account was created, whether it appears in known breaches.
One tool for scale. The other tool for depth. No conflict.
What real users say
Two products, two different customer bases. Choose on the evidence that matches your job.
Reverse Lookup
See on G24.9 / 5
Across 49 verified G2 reviews
“We needed a tool that could run 800 inbound signups through enrichment every morning. Reverse Lookup does that overnight via API — and the same data lands in our CRM cleanly.”
Michael T. · Head of Sales, GrowthForge
“We use Reverse Lookup for bulk pre-screen — clean B2B profiles get auto-approved. Only the weird ones land in front of the analyst team. Massive time saver.”
James C. · Security Analyst, SecureLayer
Epieos
Epieos customer pageEpieos has earned its reputation in the OSINT community through years of consistent, focused work. Their public customer list includes:
- Bellingcat
- Le Monde
- United Nations
- Microsoft
- Maltego
- Deloitte
- NCPTF
If your work resembles theirs — investigative journalism, threat intelligence, child safety, law enforcement, or deep individual investigation — Epieos is well-placed to serve you.
If your work is B2B contact enrichment, the names on Epieos's customer wall aren't really evidence of fit for your job. Different reference customers exist for different jobs.
Using the right tool for your actual job?
If you're running B2B workflows, recruiting, marketing, or bulk fraud screening — Reverse Lookup is built for that. Start free. No card. 15 credits a month, forever.
- 15 free credits, no card
- Credit-back on unmatched data
- Bulk CSV / XLSX upload
- Native Google Sheets add-on
- Full REST API on every paid plan
- GDPR & CCPA compliant
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FAQ
Reverse Lookup vs Epieos: FAQ
Is Epieos better than Reverse Lookup?
For OSINT investigations — yes, Epieos is built for that. For B2B contact enrichment at any meaningful volume — no. The tools are optimized for different jobs. Most users searching "Epieos alternative" actually need a B2B tool and don’t realize it; if that’s you, Reverse Lookup is the better fit.
Can Epieos do bulk email lookups?
No, not on their paid Osinter plan. That plan gives you 30 full-access requests per month — about one lookup per day. Bulk processing is not part of Epieos’s product design. For bulk CSV/XLSX upload of hundreds or thousands of emails, Reverse Lookup is purpose-built for this.
Does Epieos have an API?
API access is locked behind their Custom (enterprise) tier — you would need to contact their sales team for pricing. Reverse Lookup includes full REST API access on every paid plan starting at $49/month.
Which one is more accurate?
Both return high-quality data for their respective use cases. Epieos verifies platform presence in real-time and explicitly avoids false positives. Reverse Lookup returns verified B2B contact data with 98%+ accuracy on professional emails. They’re hard to compare directly because they return different types of information.
Why is Epieos €29.99/month for only 30 requests?
Because OSINT investigation is a different job than B2B enrichment. Each Epieos request scans ~25 consumer platforms in real time — that’s deep, expensive work designed for cases where you only need to do it a few times a week on specific targets. For B2B enrichment, where you need to run thousands of emails through a simple "who is this person professionally?" check, Reverse Lookup’s per-lookup cost is roughly 20× lower because the job is different.
Is Epieos used by law enforcement?
Yes. Epieos publicly states their customers include law enforcement, the United Nations, and child safety organizations (NCPTF). They’re a serious tool for serious investigation work. If your work resembles that, use them.
Can I use Reverse Lookup for OSINT investigations?
You can, but you’ll be missing key OSINT signals — Have I Been Pwned? breach data, Google account creation timestamps, fitness/dev/consumer platform presence. Reverse Lookup focuses on professional B2B context. For deep individual OSINT, Epieos remains the right tool.
Is Reverse Lookup GDPR compliant like Epieos?
Yes. Reverse Lookup is GDPR and CCPA compliant, sources from publicly available information, and respects data-subject opt-out rights. Epieos is also GDPR compliant and is EU-hosted; we are hosted with appropriate compliance posture for B2B SaaS.
Does Reverse Lookup store my search queries like Epieos doesn’t?
Reverse Lookup saves your lookup history inside your account so you can re-run, export, and audit your work. This is by design for B2B workflows. Epieos’s no-logging design serves a different audience (investigators who need zero-trace research). Different tools, different design choices for different jobs.
How do I switch from Epieos to Reverse Lookup?
If you’re using Epieos for B2B-style enrichment (the 30/month cap is your bottleneck): sign up for Reverse Lookup’s free tier (15 credits, no card), run the same emails through both tools, compare the outputs. For B2B fields (name, title, company, LinkedIn, industry), Reverse Lookup will give you cleaner, faster, structured data at much higher volume.
Can I use both Epieos and Reverse Lookup together?
Yes — many trust-and-safety, fraud-ops, and risk teams do exactly this. Reverse Lookup runs at scale across daily signups; Epieos digs deep on the specific suspects that get flagged. The tools complement rather than compete.