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SHave I Been Pwned vs Kanary
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Have I Been Pwned if…
- you're in its core audience: individuals, security teams
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Choose Kanary if…
- you're in its core audience: corporate executives and board members, public figures and creators
Side by side
Feature Have I Been Pwned Kanary
Pricing modelPricing unknownPaid
Starting price—$20.83/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API
CategoryBreach & dark web monitoringPersonal data removal
CompanyHave I Been PwnedKanary
Full feature lists
H Have I Been Pwned
- Email search across billions of breached records
- Breach history timeline for each email address
- Paste record detection from public data dumps
- Notify Me alerts for future breaches
- Domain search for monitoring corporate domains
- Pwned Passwords service
- API for developers and security teams
- MCP server integration
K Kanary
- Scans data brokers, search engines, social media and AI/LLMs
- Managed removal requests for exposed personal data
- Scans monthly, weekly or daily
- Address confidentiality enrollment
- Attorney general escalation for removals
- Team orgs with SSO and admin-managed accounts
- API and dashboard for real-time stats
- Mobile app for reviewing results
Their home pages
What each vendor shows first: the pitch, the plans and the sign-up.
Have I Been Pwned · haveibeenpwned.com
Kanary · kanary.comWhat you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
| Team size | Have I Been Pwned | Kanary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 person | no published plan | $20.83 Core |
All plans and prices
Have I Been Pwned
Pricing unknown. Plan details aren't published.
Kanary
Core$250/year per account
Advanced$500/year per account
TeamPer seat, 5 seats minimum
Strengths and limitations
Have I Been Pwned
- Covers 1,051 breached sites and over 17.8 billion accounts
- Single email checks run from the home page without an account
- API and MCP server available for integrations
- Shows paste records as well as breaches
- Only finds breaches that have been loaded into HIBP
- Home page includes sponsored ads
Kanary
- Family members get 50% off
- Advanced plan covers social media and AI/LLM sources
- SOC 2, GDPR and NIST CSF 2.0 compliant
- Onboarding needs only a name, city/state and birth year
- No free plan
- Team plans require at least 5 seats
- Some Advanced configurations may cost extra
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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 9, 2026. Editorial policy