Processing Tiers

Free

Quick email-only lookup against the largest public breach database. Identifies which breaches include a given email address.

Email-only search
Breach-level data classes
Source: Public breach database

Basic

Email-only search against a broader commercial breach dataset with record-level data class granularity.

Email-only search
Record-level data classes per breach
Source: Commercial breach intelligence

Professional

Email-only search against the largest commercial breach data pool with record-level data class granularity.

Email-only search
Record-level data classes per breach
Source: Intelligence-grade breach data

Validated

Multi-field search across all imported PII fields — not just email. Returns validated record data classes confirmed against the actual breach source data.

Multi-field search (email, name, phone, address, SSN)
Validated record data classes (confirmed against source)
Source: Intelligence-grade breach data with PII validation

Tier Comparison

Capability	Free	Basic	Professional	Validated
Email search	✓	✓	✓	✓
Multi-field search (name, phone, address, SSN)	—	—	—	✓
Breach identification	✓	✓	✓	✓
Data class granularity	Breach-level	Record-level	Record-level	Record-level (validated)
Data source	Public	Commercial	Intelligence-grade	Intelligence-grade

Breach-level vs. record-level data classes

The Free tier reports which data classes a breach is known to contain (e.g., "this breach exposed emails and passwords"). Basic and Professional tiers go deeper: they report which data classes were present for each individual record. The Validated tier goes furthest — it confirms record-level data classes by cross-referencing against the actual breach source data. This is the difference between knowing a breach contained SSNs and confirming that a specific person's SSN was in that breach.

Which PII fields are used for search vs. validation?

The Validated tier searches across all imported PII fields — email, name, phone number, address, and SSN. Some fields like date of birth are imported but used for validation purposes only (confirming identity matches), not as search keys for finding breach records.