BLACKEYES vs BeenVerified
BeenVerified is a US-focused people-search service. BLACKEYES is a UK-first investigation platform. Here's how they differ and which to pick for which use case.
BeenVerified is a US-oriented people-search subscription service, designed for unlimited casual lookup against US public records — court history, property records, phone directories. BLACKEYES is a UK-first investigation platform producing source-cited multi-section reports from an email seed, synthesising breach data, social media, UK corporate records, aliases, and geographic signals. For US-subject casual people-search, BeenVerified is a reasonable fit; UK coverage is typically thin. For UK-focused professional use cases — recruitment, tenancy, insurance fraud, legal due diligence — BLACKEYES is built for the format, depth, and evidential needs of that work.
Side by side
Which fits your use case?
BeenVerified fits when
- You’re a US-based individual looking up someone in the US
- You need instant, ongoing, unlimited-volume lookups (the subscription model fits)
- Your subject is primarily known through US public records (court history, property, telephone directory)
- A record-card view is what you need, not a synthesised report
BLACKEYES fits when
- You’re running UK-focused screening (recruitment, tenancy, fraud, due diligence)
- You need a structured report format suitable for case files or evidential use
- Your subject’s digital footprint and breach history matter more than US court records
- You need identity verification synthesis — do social, corporate, and breach data all point to the same person?
- Per-case pricing suits your model better than an unlimited subscription
Frequently asked questions
Does BeenVerified work well for UK subjects?
BeenVerified’s data is heavily US-oriented — US court records, US property records, US telephone directory. For a UK subject, the results are typically thin. Companies House, UK electoral roll, and UK-weighted breach aggregation are outside its primary dataset. UK users routinely find it returns limited useful information on UK residents.
Is BLACKEYES available for US subjects?
Yes. While BLACKEYES is UK-first in its data strategy, breach sources, social-platform coverage, and corporate-registry lookups work internationally. The synthesis layer and report format work for US subjects as well as UK.
Why the different pricing model?
BeenVerified is built for unlimited casual lookup — pay a monthly sub, search anything. BLACKEYES is built for a smaller number of deeper reports — pay per case, get an investigation-grade dossier. Different use cases, different economics.
Can I use both?
Yes. An investigator with a mixed US/UK caseload might keep a BeenVerified subscription for quick US lookups and use BLACKEYES for UK cases or cases where the full report format matters. The two complement each other.
Does BLACKEYES read the BeenVerified database?
No. BLACKEYES sources its data independently from public records, breach aggregators, and social platforms. There’s no BeenVerified integration.
Try BLACKEYES on a UK subject
One email. Fifteen minutes. A UK-first investigation report where BeenVerified would return a thin US-focused record card.
Reports are tools, not conclusive judgements — verify material findings before reliance. See the FAQ