Offendersearch vs Spokeo
Looking for a Spokeo alternative for sex-offender registry screening? Offendersearch is self-serve — get an instant key or run a search in the dashboard — and covers all 58 US registries in one call, scored and linked to the official record. Public per-search pricing, no subscription, no sales call.
Spokeo is a broad, sales-gated data platform. Offendersearch is a self-serve, registry-focused API and dashboard you can start in minutes.
| What matters | Offendersearch | Spokeo |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A registry-screening tool — all 58 US sex-offender registries by name, area or roster | A broad people-data platform: contact info, social, property, plus a business data API |
| Getting API access | ✓ Instant, self-serve — create a key and make your first call in minutes | A documented data API, but access is sales-gated — you request a test key from their team |
| Registry focus | ✓ Sex-offender registries are the whole product: scored, de-duplicated, official-record links | Sex-offender data is one add-on inside a broad contact/enrichment dataset |
| Pricing | ✓ Public and usage-based — $0.15 per search, 25 free to start, no subscription | Consumer subscription; business/API pricing arranged with sales |
| No-code option | ✓ A dashboard non-technical staff can use, alongside the API | Consumer web UI for lookups; the enrichment API is developer-only |
| Batch / bulk | Screen a full roster against the registries in one pass | The business API supports bulk contact enrichment and skip tracing — a different job |
| Consumer-report status | Not a consumer reporting agency; results are not a consumer report | Also states it is not an FCRA consumer reporting agency |
Spokeo is a trademark of its respective owner; this comparison is for informational purposes and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Spokeo. Offendersearch is not a consumer reporting agency and results are public-record data, not a consumer report — do not use them for employment, tenancy or other FCRA-covered decisions without the process the law requires.
Built for the one job you came for
Self-serve, not sales-gated
You do not have to email anyone or wait for a test key. Create an account, get a key, and make your first registry search in minutes — or run one in the dashboard with no code at all.
Registries are the product
Not a contact-data platform with a registry add-on. Every search covers all 58 US registries and comes back scored and de-duplicated, with a link to each official record — the depth a focused product can give.
Priced in the open
$0.15 per search, 25 free to start, no subscription and no minimum — the price is on the page before you sign up, not quoted after a sales call.
Switch to Offendersearch if…
- You want registry screening specifically, not a broad contact dataset
- You want an instant, self-serve key — no sales call, no test-key request
- You want the price on the page before you commit
- You need scored matches with official-record links and an audit trail
- You want a no-code dashboard for staff as well as an API for engineers
Stay with Spokeo if…
- You need broad contact data, social profiles or skip-tracing enrichment
- Bulk contact enrichment — not registry screening — is your actual job
- You are comfortable arranging API access and pricing through a sales process
We would rather you pick the right tool than churn in a week. If that is Spokeo, this page did its job.
If you want to search sex-offender registries and start today, Offendersearch gives you an instant self-serve key, all 58 US registries in one call, scored matches with official records, and pricing you can see up front — no sales gate. Start free with 25 searches.
What people ask before switching
Does Spokeo not have an API?
Spokeo does have a documented data API — that is fair to acknowledge. The difference is what it is for and how you get it: theirs is a sales-gated contact-and-enrichment API, while Offendersearch is a self-serve, instant-key API built specifically for sex-offender registry screening, with a no-code dashboard alongside it.
Why choose Offendersearch over Spokeo for registry checks?
Focus and speed. You get an instant self-serve key, a single call that searches all 58 US registries and returns scored, source-cited matches with official-record links, batch screening for a roster, and public per-search pricing — without a sales conversation.
Can I use it for employment or tenant decisions?
No — not on its own. Offendersearch is not a consumer reporting agency and its results are not a consumer report. Use the FCRA process where the law requires it; Offendersearch fits awareness, safety, and registry checks within a compliant workflow.
What does a search cover?
All 58 US sex-offender registries — every state, DC and the territories — in one search, with a citation to the registry each match came from.
Is Offendersearch a people-search site like Spokeo?
No — and that is the point. Spokeo is a broad people-data platform: contact details, social profiles, property and more, with sex-offender data as one field among many. Offendersearch searches sex-offender registries and nothing else, so a match comes back scored, de-duplicated and cited to its official record rather than buried inside a wider profile you have to interpret.
Search every US registry in one place — free to start
25 free searches, no card and no subscription. Your API key and the no-code dashboard both work the moment you sign up.