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Maltego vs Sherlock: catalog facts
Maltego	Sherlock
Freemium Free Community Edition available, with paid Classic and XL tiers for more transforms and…	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Visual graph approach makes complex relationships easier to follow than raw data Wide ecosystem of data transforms for pulling in different intelligence sources	Covers hundreds of sites from a single command Useful defensively for checking your own username exposure
Free Community Edition has usage and feature limits compared to paid tiers Effective use requires learning its transform and graphing workflow	False positives occur where sites return soft errors Profiling other people without cause raises obvious ethical and legal issues
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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