What is Maltego?
Maltego is an investigation platform built around Maltego Graph, a link analysis tool that shows entities such as people, email addresses, domains, companies and crypto wallets as a graph. Queries called transforms pull in related data from built-in OSINT sources, commercial data partners and your own internal data, so connections that would take hours to find by hand appear in a few clicks.
The company now offers a wider product line: Maltego Search for quick lookups, Maltego Monitor for social media monitoring, Maltego Evidence for preserving social media data, and Hunchly for capturing web pages during investigations. Maltego says it is used by more than 2,000 government organisations and 4,000 private companies for cyber threat intelligence, fraud and law enforcement investigations.
Main Features
- Maltego Graph desktop app for visual link analysis
- Connectors to 100+ data sources plus your own internal data via API
- Maltego Data Pass with curated OSINT and commercial intelligence on paid plans
- Maltego Search for quick lookups from an email, alias, phone number, name or domain
- Automation of repeated investigation steps
- Maltego Cases for secure, shared case storage
- Hunchly web capture included from the Entry plan up
- Maltego Academy training and documentation
How to Get Started with Maltego
- Create a free Maltego ID and download Maltego Graph from maltego.com.
- Start a new graph and add an entity, such as a domain or email address you are researching.
- Run transforms on the entity to pull in related data, and keep expanding the useful branches.
- Use the free Basic plan to learn, then pick a paid plan if you need more credits and data.
Maltego Pricing
The Basic plan is free forever with Maltego Graph Community Edition and 200 credits a month (Basic+ with 1,000 credits is available to users who register with an official government or organisational email). Entry costs €3,000 a year with 10,000 credits and Hunchly. Professional costs €7,500 a year for up to 5 users, with 20,000 or 40,000 credits, unlimited Maltego Search and commercial data access. Enterprise is priced on request. Paid plans may require vetting.
Who Should Use It?
- Cyber threat intelligence analysts mapping infrastructure
- Law enforcement and government investigators
- Fraud, financial crime and compliance teams
- Investigative journalists tracing networks of people and companies
- OSINT trainers and students learning link analysis
Maltego Alternatives
- SpiderFoot: a free, open source tool that automates OSINT collection with over 200 modules.
- Hunchly: a web capture tool, now part of Maltego, that records every page you visit during an investigation.
- OSINT Framework: a free map of OSINT tools organised by what you start with.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Maltego free?
Maltego has a free Basic plan with the Community Edition of Maltego Graph and 200 credits a month. Paid plans start at €3,000 a year and add more credits, commercial data and other Maltego products.
Is it legal to use Maltego?
Maltego is a lawful investigation tool used by companies, governments and journalists. You are responsible for how you use it: follow privacy and data protection law, respect data providers' terms, and do not use it to stalk or harass individuals.
What is a transform in Maltego?
A transform is a query that takes an entity on your graph, such as a domain, and returns related entities, such as IP addresses or email addresses, from a data source. Chaining transforms is how you build out a graph.