Investigating online?Just type.
Tell us who or what you’re looking for, in plain language.
Sources covered include Instagram, Email, Telegram, Company registries, Facebook, Phone, GitHub, WhatsApp, Reddit, Breach data, VK, X, LinkedIn, Sanctions lists, TikTok, Usernames, YouTube, Discord, Google, Snapchat, Twitch, Pinterest.
How it works
Describe the case, approve the searches, read what they found.
Where our data comes from
Straight from 1,000+ platforms worldwide, the moment you search.
- Always up to dateEvery site is checked live when you search, so you always see today’s information.
- 1,000+ platforms checkedSocial media like Instagram, TikTok and Facebook, messaging apps like WhatsApp and Telegram, plus online shops, forums and more.
- WorldwideAccounts and information from every country, not just the US.
- We sweep the whole webWe search the wider internet for news articles, company records and documents that mention them.
A report your client can read
Every finding lands in the case report as you work. Make it yours, then send it.
- Your brandingYour logo, company details and colour on every page. Trace’s name can come off.
- Your wordingClick any line to reword it, remove a finding or hide a whole section before you export.
- Drafted for youThe analyst drafts the executive summary from the case file, and keeps facts and inferences apart.
- PDF or WordExport a clean PDF for the client, or Word to edit further in your own templates.
Sample with fictional data · branded for a made-up firmAccess is limited.Verification required.
Every verified professional gets a free trial.
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One chat instead of twelve tabs
Stop jumping between phone, email, username, registry and breach tools. Describe the case and the right searches run from one place.
Only what matters to your case
Results come back tied to your subject and grouped by source, so you’re not wading through pages of irrelevant hits.
No surprise bills
See the credit cost before anything runs. Pay per search, no subscription.
Always a next step
Suggested follow-ups appear as one-click actions, so a dead end turns into the next lead.
The report builds itself
Every finding lands in your case report as you go. Export a clean PDF when you’re done.
I’d start with three searches:
- Phone search · +1 202 555 01874 credits
- Company registry · Acme Ltd6 credits
- Sanctions screening · John Doe3 credits
Results
- Phone registered to J. Doe · mobile
- Acme Ltd · 2 directors · incorporated 2014
- No sanctions matches
Compliance comes first.Then everything else.
Built for GDPR from the ground up, so you can work with a clear conscience.
Your data stays in the EU
Trace is hosted in Frankfurt, Germany. Your account, your cases and the AI that works on them all run inside the EU.
AI that stays in-house
The analyst runs in our own EU cloud. Your cases are never shared with an AI company or used to train a model.
Encrypted in transit and at rest
Every connection and everything we store is encrypted. Passwords are kept as one-way hashes that nobody can read.
Delete it all, any time
Delete your account in settings and your investigations go with it. No emails to send, no forms to fill in.
No ads, no trackers
No advertising, no third-party tracking, and we never sell data.
Who’s behind Trace
Trace is built by Human Oversight Laboratories OÜ, an EU company registered in Tallinn, Estonia (registry code 17617561).
Viktor AratoCo-founder & CEOProfessional ethical hacker with an OSINT background. Leads product development.
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Marco GarziaCo-founder & COOSecurity and compliance specialist. Leads product strategy and day-to-day operations.
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Questions about how we handle data? contact@trace.expert
Your next case, traced in minutes.
Describe who you’re looking for. Trace runs the searches and writes the report.