BLACKEYES vs Spokeo
Spokeo is a US people-search subscription. BLACKEYES is a UK-first investigation platform. Both have their place — here is which fits where.
Spokeo is an established US people-search subscription service aggregating US public records — phone, address, court, property — into an always-on lookup experience. BLACKEYES is a UK-first investigation platform producing source-cited multi-section reports from an email seed, with Companies House, UK-weighted breach data, and synthesis across source categories. For casual US-resident people-search, Spokeo fits. For UK-focused professional use — recruitment, tenancy, PI, insurance fraud, legal due diligence — BLACKEYES is purpose-built for the format and depth the work requires.
Side by side
Which fits your use case?
Spokeo fits when
- You’re a US-based individual doing high-volume casual lookup
- Your typical subject is a US resident with extensive US public records
- You want an always-on subscription rather than pay-per-case
- A record card is the output format you want
BLACKEYES fits when
- Your subjects are UK-based or international (non-US-centric)
- You need a source-cited report, not a record card
- Your workflow is professional screening or investigation, not casual lookup
- You need synthesis across breach, social, corporate, and geographic sources
- Your pricing model suits per-case over subscription
Frequently asked questions
Does Spokeo work for UK searches?
Partially. Spokeo aggregates US public records as its core dataset. For UK subjects, results are usually thin — Companies House, UK electoral roll, and UK-specific phone directories are underrepresented compared to the US equivalents. UK professionals tend to use Spokeo only when their subject has US touchpoints.
Is BLACKEYES a direct Spokeo replacement?
For the casual US people-search use case, no — Spokeo’s subscription model and instant-lookup UX is well-suited to that. For UK-focused investigation, BLACKEYES replaces Spokeo for UK professionals who’ve found Spokeo results inadequate on local subjects.
Why is BLACKEYES more expensive per search?
Different product. Spokeo returns a record card from its database lookup. BLACKEYES runs a full parallelised OSINT investigation — breach sweep, social-platform crawl, Companies House query, geographic triangulation — and synthesises the output into a case-file-ready report. The price per case reflects the investigative work, not a database membership fee.
Can I use both tools?
Yes. For mixed caseloads, Spokeo for US quick-lookup and BLACKEYES for UK or depth-required cases is a common pattern among investigators.
Does BLACKEYES access Spokeo data?
No. We source data independently from public records, breach aggregators, and social platforms.
Try BLACKEYES on a UK subject
One email. Fifteen minutes. UK-first data where Spokeo’s US-weighted dataset goes thin.
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