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The Infostealer Index · Head-to-head

Have I Been PwnedorIntelligence X?

Where Have I Been Pwned and Intelligence X differ on infostealer intelligence, biggest gap first.

Updated October 12, 2026 How scoring works
Have I Been Pwned
Search & lookup service
53.1
Rank #14 of 34
Ahead overall

Have I Been Pwned is Troy Hunt's breach-notification service, launched in 2013. Since 2025 it has loaded stealer-log data that verified domain owners can query by email or domain, but it never returns passwords, cookies or machine details.

Intelligence X
Search & lookup service
41.2
Rank #27 of 34

Intelligence X, from Prague, indexes emails, domains, IPs and wallet addresses across pastes, leaks, the darknet and the public web. Stealer-log search is on paid plans, with exports and the leaks API on higher licences.

Quick take

Have I Been Pwned leads by a wide margin, 53.1 to 41.2 overall. The biggest single difference is segmentation, where Have I Been Pwned scores 7 against 2. Of the nine criteria, Have I Been Pwned is ahead on 4, Intelligence X on 2, and 3 are level.

Where they differ

Criteria with more than half a point between them, largest gap first.

Exposure Segmentation

Have I Been Pwned +5
Have I Been Pwned 7
Intelligence X 2

Free Tools & Free API

Have I Been Pwned +4
Have I Been Pwned 9
Intelligence X 5

Infostealer Research & Attribution

Have I Been Pwned +3
Have I Been Pwned 8
Intelligence X 5

Pricing Accessibility & Time-to-Value

Have I Been Pwned +3
Have I Been Pwned 9
Intelligence X 6

Collection Freshness

Intelligence X +2
Have I Been Pwned 4
Intelligence X 6

Machine-Level Infection Context

Intelligence X +1
Have I Been Pwned 1
Intelligence X 2

Where they are level

Within half a point of each other.

Specialization · 4/10 Sessions · 1/10 API · 8/10

Capabilities

5 of 8 capabilities differ.

CapabilityHave I Been PwnedIntelligence X
Employee vs. customer split Yes No
Third-party / supply-chain exposure No Partial
Free tier / free API Yes Partial
Self-serve signup Yes Partial
Public infostealer research Yes Partial

Same on both: Machine-level infection data (no), Session cookies & tokens (no), API access (yes).

Side by side

DetailHave I Been PwnedIntelligence X
Best suited to Basic, low-cost exposure checks on domains you own Researchers running selector-based leak searches
Pricing Free individual search; stealer-log API on Pro plans From €2,500 a year; stealer-log export from €10,000 a year
Headquarters Australia Prague, Czech Republic
Founded 2013 2018
Ownership Independent Independent
Website haveibeenpwned.com intelx.io

Questions & answers

Which scores higher, Have I Been Pwned or Intelligence X?

Have I Been Pwned, with 53.1/100 against 41.2/100 (ranks #14 and #27).

Where do Have I Been Pwned and Intelligence X differ most?

On exposure segmentation: Have I Been Pwned scores 7 and Intelligence X scores 2.

Who is each one a good fit for?

Have I Been Pwned suits basic, low-cost exposure checks on domains you own. Intelligence X suits researchers running selector-based leak searches.

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Scores are Hudson Rock's editorial opinion of each vendor's infostealer intelligence, based on public information (websites, documentation and published research) as of October 12, 2026. Only infostealer-related capabilities are assessed, not a vendor's overall quality or other products. Field averages, peer matches and comparisons are calculated from those scores.

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