Home

phishuntvsurlscan.io

Free service that scans individual URLs and produces detailed reports.

urlscan.io is fundamentally a scanning service: you submit a URL, urlscan visits it in a headless browser and produces a deep report (DOM tree, network requests, screenshot, IOCs, geolocation). phishunt is a feed: you ingest a continuously updated list of suspicious URLs. The two are highly complementary and most defenders use them together.

urlscan.io strengths

  • Deep per-URL forensic reports: full DOM, network trace, screenshots, IOC extraction.
  • Search across all historical scans by domain, IP, hash, certificate, ASN — invaluable for investigations.
  • Public and unlisted scan modes for sensitive investigations.
  • Free API access with generous quotas; commercial tiers for higher throughput.

phishunt strengths

  • Pre-curated suspicious URL feed. You do not need to know what to scan — phishunt brings you fresh URLs that have already been classified.
  • Per-URL enrichment bundled in the feed: IP, ASN, hosting org, GeoIP country, TLS certificate issuer, brand attribution.
  • Cross-source flags including a malicious_urlscan flag on every row — phishunt re-checks each detection against urlscan.io.
  • Brand landing pages, TLS-intermediate landing pages, MCP server — agent-friendly surface for AI workflows.
  • CC0 license on all feed outputs.

Side by side

Dimension urlscan.io phishunt
Service model Per-URL scanning (you submit) Continuous feed (we curate)
Detection trigger User submission / API call Automated pipeline (hourly)
Output per URL Full forensic report Enriched feed row
Search historical scans Yes (great) No — see urlscan for this
Brand landing pages No 56+ brands, dedicated pages
MCP server / Agent Skills No Yes — mcp.phishunt.io, 6 tools
License Mixed — public scans CC0, others restricted CC0 1.0 Universal on feeds

When to use each

Use urlscan.io when: you have a specific URL or domain to investigate, need a full forensic report, or want to search the historical scan database.
Use phishunt when: you want a continuous feed of pre-curated suspicious URLs with enrichment, do not have a starting URL, or need agent-ready endpoints.
Use both when: you can. phishunt provides the URLs, urlscan provides the deep per-URL detail. Every phishunt URL is also a candidate to submit to urlscan for forensic enrichment.

Frequently asked questions

Is phishunt an urlscan.io alternative?

Not really — they are complementary. urlscan.io scans individual URLs you submit; phishunt produces a continuous feed of pre-curated suspicious URLs. Most defenders use both: ingest phishunt's feed, then submit interesting rows to urlscan for forensic depth.

Does phishunt use urlscan.io data?

Every phishunt row includes a malicious_urlscan flag that is true when urlscan.io has scanned the URL and flagged it as malicious. phishunt's primary detection is independent (CT logs + new-domain scoring); urlscan provides one of five cross-check signals.

Can I look up a URL in phishunt the way I do in urlscan?

Partially. phishunt has /url/<UUID>/ pages for URLs in our detection set and /domain/<X>/ for domain history, but it is not a scan-on-demand service — if your URL is not already in the feed, urlscan.io is the right tool to scan it. Both services are free.

Try the phishunt feed API documentation