Choose the right module

Every search in UserSearch starts the same way: you have one identifier — a username, an email, a phone number, an image, a domain, a wallet address — and you need to point it at the right search. This page turns that identifier into a Search type, then a Module, and shows you the cost before you click.

The whole decision is three steps:

1. Identify what you hold. The type of identifier decides the Search type.
2. Pick the Search type. Selecting a Search type reveals its Modules in the grid.
3. Choose the Module — start with OneScan where it exists. Read the Cost per search line, then run Search Now.

The one rule: start with OneScan

Where a Search type offers a OneScan Module (badged RECOMMENDED), start there. A single OneScan search fans one input out across several data sources at once and merges the results, so you get broader coverage in one run than any single-source Module. You can always narrow it afterwards. OneScan is offered in seven Search types: Username, Email, Phone, People, Picture, Public Leaks and Court Records.

Search composer, Username Intelligence, Module grid with OneScan card badged RECOMMENDED

Step 1 - 2: match your identifier to a Search type

Find the identifier you hold in the left column. That row gives you the Search type to select in the composer header, a suggested Module to start with, and the cost observed for that Search type’s default-selected Module.

You hold…	Search type	Start with this Module	Observed cost (default Module)
A username or handle	Username Intelligence	Username Search (OneScan)	Free (default: Username Search, 3000+ sites)
An email address	Email Intelligence	Email (OneScan)	Free (default: Reverse-Email Fast)
A phone number	Phone Intelligence	Phone (OneScan)	$0.40 (default: Background Check US)
A person’s name / contact / location	People Intelligence	People (OneScan)	$1.00 (default: Person, Pipl – Social)
A company name	Corporate Intelligence	Company Search (OpenCorporates)	$0.50
An IP address / host / exposed device	Cyber Intelligence	IP Host Lookup (Shodan)	$0.20
A product / market / patent query	Product Intelligence	Product Trends (Google Trends)	Free
Telegram text, user or channel	Chat Messaging	Telegram Chat Messages	$0.50
A Reddit username	Public Forums	Reddit User (Intel AI)	$0.20
An image or face	Picture	Image (OneScan)	Free (default: Fake Image Check)
A crypto wallet address	Cryptocurrency	Address Lookup	Free
A vehicle registration	Vehicle Lookup	Vehicle Lookup (UK Only, Enriched)	$5.00
An IP / email / domain to check for threats	Threat Intelligence	Computer/IP Threat (HudsonRock)	Free
A WiFi / Bluetooth network ID	Wireless Device	Bluetooth by BSSID (WiGLE)	$0.40
A domain name	Website Forensics	Website Domain Ownership (by Domain)	Free
Anything possibly in a breach / leak	Public Leaks	Public Leaks (OneScan)	$0.20 (default: IntelX)
A name/phrase for court records	Court Records	Court Records (OneScan)	$0.60 · dynamic (0.12–0.60)

That is the full set of 17 Search types at v2.0.20.

Caution

The Observed cost column shows the price captured for each Search type’s default-selected Module — the one already highlighted when the Search type opens. Other Modules in the same Search type can cost more or less, and those individual prices were not all captured. Always confirm the live Cost per search line for the Module you actually select before running it.

Note

Which Module a Search type opens with — and therefore the cost you first see — is the app’s fixed out-of-box default (per Lee, 2026-07-10), not your last-used selection. The “start with” Module above is that default pre-selection; you can still pick any other Module before you run.

Step 3: choose the Module and read the cost before you click

Once a Search type is open, the Module grid appears — each Module is a card that runs one search against a specific data source (or, for OneScan, several data sources at once). Selecting a card loads its description, its query form, and its Cost per search line directly beneath the query input. The cost updates to match whichever Module is selected, so you always see the price for the exact search you are about to run.

Public Leaks Module grid with OneScan card and the Cost per search line

Reading the card:

• Title (bold first line) is the Module name.
• The greyed sub-label names the data source behind it, usually as “(Data: <data source>)”.
• The Cost per search line below the query input tells you what it will cost.
• A RECOMMENDED badge marks the OneScan Module.

The three cost tiers

Costs are denominated in Credits and debited when a paid search runs. Every price falls into one of three tiers (per Lee, 2026-07-08):

1. Free — 0 Credits. Several default Modules are free, including Username, Email, Product, Picture, Cryptocurrency, Threat and Website Forensics.
2. Fixed — a single, set per-search amount for a single-source or search type-priced Module. Whole Search types such as Vehicle Lookup are fixed-price ($5.00).
3. Dynamic — a variable amount shown as a range. This is how OneScan is priced: the charge is the sum of the data sources left toggled on in its Choose Data Source modal, so the total moves as you enable or disable sources. Example: a OneScan cost line reading “$1.20 | Dynamic (0.50 - 1.20)”.

Why start with OneScan, and how to control its cost

OneScan is the vendor-recommended starting point in any Search type that offers it, because it gives the widest coverage from a single input. Its dynamic price is simply the running sum of the data sources you leave enabled, so it is also the easiest cost to control:

1. Select the OneScan Module.
2. Click its gear icon to open the Choose Data Source modal.
3. Each data source row shows its own per-search cost and a checkbox; the Total cost line sums the enabled data sources.
4. Toggle data sources off to lower the cost and narrow coverage, or leave them on for the broadest search, then Apply Filters.

This is the lever for trading coverage against spend: fewer data sources means a lower Cost per search; more data sources means broader results.

Note

OneScan is not Bulk search. OneScan runs one input across many data sources. Bulk search — a separate toggle in the composer header — runs one Module across many inputs (capped at 5 queries per search, per Lee, 2026-07-08). They are independent and can be combined.

When a Search type has no OneScan

Ten Search types do not offer a OneScan Module — Corporate, Cyber, Product, Chat Messaging, Public Forums, Cryptocurrency, Vehicle Lookup, Threat, Wireless Device and Website Forensics. In these, pick the single-source Module that matches your goal directly. A few are single-source throughout: Cyber Intelligence runs entirely on Shodan (12 Modules) and Wireless Device entirely on WiGLE (6 Modules), so there your choice is which lookup, not which data source.

Cyber Intelligence, all-Shodan Module grid

Quick recap

• Let the identifier you hold pick the Search type (Step 1–2 table).
• Inside the Search type, start with OneScan if it exists; otherwise pick the single-source Module that matches your goal.
• Read the Cost per search line — free, fixed or dynamic — before you click Search Now.
• For OneScan, use Choose Data Source to trade coverage against cost.

Verified against UserSearch v2.0.20