The best Snusbase alternative depends on what you want back. If you only want to know whether your own email or password was in a breach, Have I Been Pwned is free and enough. If you need a breach search engine that returns the underlying rows for an investigation, DeHashed and LeakCheck are the closest matches with public price lists. Revealer adds redacted breach lookups and stealer-log coverage on one account.
Disclosure up front: we build Revealer.US. Assume bias and check our work. Prices and features below are from each vendor's public pages as of September 2026.
Snusbase does not publish its prices. Its site says results are for "paying members", and the pricing link lands on a login form. That is the main reason people search for sites like Snusbase.
At a glance
| Tool | Model | Search inputs | Free session shows | Cheapest paid entry (Sep 2026) | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snusbase | Search engine | Email, username, name, IP, phone, password, hash, domain | Nothing | Not published | Yes, paid members |
| DeHashed | Search engine | Email, username, IP, name, address, phone, VIN, hash, domain | Exposure check, monitoring | $6.99/7 days, $21.99/mo | Yes, credits from $15 |
| LeakCheck | Search engine | Email, username, phone, hash, domain | Risk level and source names | $2.99 day pass, $9.99/mo | Yes, paid plans |
| Have I Been Pwned | Notification | Email, password, domains you own | Breach names and data classes | Free; API from $4.39/mo billed annually | Yes, paid |
| Intelligence X | Archive search | Email, domain, URL, IP, phone, crypto address | 2 previews/day, 50 registered | 2,500 EUR/yr | Yes, API tier and up |
| BreachDirectory | Free lookup | Email, username | Sources, first 4 password characters, SHA-1 | Free web; API $7.99/mo | Yes, via RapidAPI |
| Revealer | Live search layer | Email, username, phone, domain | 10 redacted lookups/day, no card | $12.99/mo (Starter) | Yes, Pro ($79.99/mo) |
How we compared
This is a criteria comparison built from each vendor's public pages, not a lab test. We ran no queries and report no hit counts. For each tool we checked:
- What a search takes as input.
- What a free or unregistered session shows.
- The lowest price that gets you a full result.
- Refund and cancellation friction, where stated.
- Whether there is an API and what it costs.
- What the vendor itself claims to cover.
- How a person gets their own records removed.
What Snusbase is and what it costs
Snusbase calls itself the longest-standing data breach search engine and says it has run since 2016. Its public documentation lists seven search types: email, username, last IP, password, hash, name, and domain. The homepage adds phone numbers. Results are the raw breach rows: username, email, last IP, hash, salt, and timestamps where the source had them, plus names and addresses when the breach included them. The site says it also indexes combolists and public court documents, and redacts fields the law prohibits. A hash lookup endpoint returns the plaintext for a hash where a cracked match exists, and an IP WHOIS endpoint returns ISP and location data.
On price, the public site gives you one sentence: the search API is "available free of charge to any paying member up to 2048 requests per day". No tier names, no dollar figures, no trial. Third-party sites quote numbers, but we do not repeat prices we cannot verify on the vendor's own page.
Every alternative below shows its price or free tier before asking for an email address.
Notification tools versus search engines
Snusbase alternatives split into two products that get lumped together.
A notification tool answers one question: has this identifier appeared in a breach, and which one. Have I Been Pwned is the model. You search your own email, it lists the breaches and the classes of data exposed, and it offers to alert you next time. It never shows the leaked values, which is why it can be free and why it is the wrong tool for investigation.
A breach search engine returns the rows. Snusbase, DeHashed, and LeakCheck are in this group. You put in an identifier and get back the fields the source leaked, which is what you need to pivot from an email to a username to an old phone number. The same query that confirms your own exposure can be pointed at anyone, so these tools gate results behind payment, rate limits, and terms of service.
Revealer sits between the two. Data breach lookup shows which breaches an identifier appeared in and what was exposed alongside it, but passwords and hashes are redacted on every plan. You get the pivot without the credential.
DeHashed
DeHashed is the closest like-for-like Snusbase alternative with a public price list. Its search page lists email, username, IP address, name, address, phone, VIN, and domain scan as search modes, and its FAQ describes wildcard and regex support. As of September 2026 its pricing page shows a Search subscription at $6.99 for seven days, $21.99 for 30 days, or $219.99 for a year. The API is metered separately with credit packs (500 credits for $15, 5,000 for $150, 10,000 for $300) and requires an active Search subscription.
Free access is narrow: a quick exposure check by email, username, or phone, and a free monitoring plan with up to ten monitored items. The FAQ says recurring billing is opt-in and you can cancel any time, and a "Remove Entry" tool sits under results.
LeakCheck
LeakCheck is the cheapest way to see full breach rows on this list. As of September 2026 its plans page lists a $2.99 day pass (15 queries a day, email only), $9.99 a month (200 queries a day, username and keyword search), $69.99 for lifetime access, and Enterprise from $179 a quarter. Its documentation lists email, username, phone, hash, and domain as searchable fields.
The free checker returns a risk rating (high, medium, low, or no leaks) and the names of the sources. The FAQ calls hidden passwords "a limitation of free accounts". A public API with no authentication returns breach sources and data categories only. The site says each plan is billed on its own cycle: pick a term and pay for that term only.
Have I Been Pwned
Have I Been Pwned is the free answer to "check if my password was leaked" and "was my email in a breach". Email search is free with no account, and Pwned Passwords checks a password against known leaks using a partial hash, so the password never leaves your machine.
You will not get rows, only which breaches an address appeared in, what data classes leaked, and a Notify Me subscription. Domain search is for domains you own, and programmatic access is paid: the Core 1 API plan is $4.39 a month billed annually as of September 2026. If your only need is to check your own accounts and get an alert next time, stop here.
Intelligence X
Intelligence X is an archive search rather than a parsed breach database. It indexes paste sites, darknet material, document leaks, WHOIS, and the public web, and searches by selector: email, domain with wildcards, URL, IP, CIDR, phone, Bitcoin and Ethereum addresses. Results skew toward documents you read rather than rows you pivot on.
Free access is limited to previews: two selector searches a day unregistered and 50 a day with a free account. Full access starts at 2,500 EUR a year for the Researcher tier as of September 2026, with the API tier at 7,000 EUR a year. There is no monthly option on the product page.
BreachDirectory
BreachDirectory is the free option among sites like Snusbase. The homepage search takes an email or username with no account, and the site claims over 18 billion publicly leaked records. Its FAQ explains what it stores: the first four characters of each password, its SHA-1 hash, its length, plus usernames and emails. A hit shows the source and a partial password.
The API runs through RapidAPI. As of September 2026 the listing shows a free plan of 10 requests a month and Pro at $7.99 a month for 1,000 requests. There is an automated Delete My Data form. Limits: two search inputs, no phone or name search, no monitoring.
Revealer
We build Revealer. The breach lookup takes an email, username, phone, or domain and shows which breaches matched and what was exposed alongside the identifier, drawn from public and third-party sources we do not own. Every search runs live, in real time, at the moment you run it, against public sources and endpoints Revealer does not own, and Revealer does not retain your search data. The free plan gives you 10 breach lookups a day as redacted previews, with no card. Paid plans start at $12.99 a month (Starter), Basic is $29.99, and Pro is $79.99 with unlimited breach lookups, 500 social lookups a day, API access with three whitelisted IPs, and full Device Exposures, our stealer-log search, at 50 a day. Enterprise is contact sales.
Two things separate it from a raw dump search. No plan shows plaintext passwords or hashes; every credential is redacted on every tier, so results confirm exposure but cannot be used to log in anywhere. And the same account covers username search across 800+ platforms and email lookup, so a breach hit and a live account list come from one query. If your job is to search by hash and read the plaintext, Revealer is the wrong tool and Snusbase or DeHashed is the right one.
Removal is suppression, not deletion, because we do not hold the source data. A verified email is suppressed within 24 hours; usernames, phones, and names are reviewed by hand and take about four weeks. Details are on the opt-out page.
Cheapest entry price
Monthly-priced plans only, in USD. Snusbase is not shown because it publishes no price, and Intelligence X because its lowest tier is 2,500 EUR a year. LeakCheck's $2.99 day pass and DeHashed's $6.99 week pass are cheaper for a single afternoon of work.
The $9.99 LeakCheck plan shows plaintext passwords; the $12.99 Revealer plan never does. Which is the better deal depends on whether you are allowed to see the password.
Deeper comparison
| Tool | Credentials shown | Coverage claim (vendor's own, Sep 2026) | Cancellation | Removal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snusbase | Full rows for members; hash lookup returns plaintext where cracked | Not stated publicly | Not stated publicly | Not stated publicly |
| DeHashed | Raw rows as leaked, hashes and plaintext where the source had them | 24 billion+ records | Opt-in recurring, cancel any time | Remove Entry under results |
| LeakCheck | Full passwords on paid plans | 10 billion+ entries, 1,366+ sources | Each plan billed on its own cycle | Data removal guide on its site |
| Have I Been Pwned | Never | 1,034 sites, 17.8 billion addresses | Paid API is a subscription | Opt-out page for public search |
| Intelligence X | Documents as found | No record count on product page | Annual plans | Not stated on product page |
| BreachDirectory | First 4 characters plus SHA-1 | 18 billion+ records | Monthly RapidAPI plan | Delete My Data form |
| Revealer | Never, on any plan | 800+ platforms for username search; owns no breach data | Cancel anytime | Suppression via opt-out |
Responsible use
Breach data is evidence, not a key. Use these tools on accounts you own, on domains your organization controls, or inside an investigation you are authorized to run. Logging in to someone else's account with a recovered password is unauthorized access under the CFAA and similar laws no matter how the password reached you. If you are wiring lookups into a pipeline, read the scope rules in our API docs first. For where the legal lines sit, see Is OSINT legal.
Revealer.US is not a consumer reporting agency. Its results are not consumer reports and may not be used for employment, tenant, credit, insurance, or other FCRA-covered eligibility decisions.
Frequently asked questions
Is Snusbase free?
No. The public site says results are for paying members and the pricing page is a login form, so there is no free search and no visible trial. BreachDirectory and Have I Been Pwned both work free without an account.
How much does Snusbase cost?
Snusbase does not publish prices on its public site as of September 2026. The only public statement is that the API is free for paying members up to 2048 requests a day.
What is the best free alternative to Snusbase?
For checking your own accounts, Have I Been Pwned. For a free look at partial passwords by email or username, BreachDirectory. For redacted breach lookups with no card, Revealer's free plan gives you 10 a day.
How do I check if my password was leaked?
Use Pwned Passwords on Have I Been Pwned. It sends only a partial hash, so the site never sees the password. If it matches, change it everywhere, then run your email through a data breach lookup to see which breaches it came from.
Which alternative is closest to Snusbase for investigators?
DeHashed. It has the same shape (multi-field search including hashes, wildcard and regex, an API) with a public price list from $6.99 for a week as of September 2026. Revealer suits investigators who need identifiers and exposure context but are not permitted to handle plaintext credentials.
Does Revealer show leaked passwords?
No, on any plan. Passwords and hashes are redacted on Free, Starter, Basic, Pro, and Enterprise. You get the breach, the fields exposed, and, on Pro, full Device Exposures.
Start with the free tier to see what a redacted breach lookup looks like, then move up when you need volume, Device Exposures, or the API. Paid plans from $12.99/mo at pricing, and you can create an account without a card.