Convert raw identifiers-names, emails, phone numbers, or usernames-into clean, schema-valid JSON identity payloads. ESPY’s API queries global open networks and directories in real time to surface cross-platform social footprints, account integrity markers, and risk signals directly into your verification pipeline.
Profiles indexed
Countries covered
QUERY LATENCY
Standard directory tools rely on static US public address databases. The ESPY Fast People Search API executes real-time, cross-vector queries across active global infrastructure subnets, returning structured, schema-valid JSON identity payloads directly into your risk engine at sub-100ms query latency.
Convert single isolated inputs-such as an email address, phone number, full name, or handle-into enriched, multidimensional identity profiles cross-referenced across 200+ global networks and international subnets.
Systematically map connected online accounts, historical display handles, and public web signatures into a single API response without manual screen scraping, browser tab-hopping, or internal database caching overhead.
Evaluate digital footprint depth, account creation longevity, and cross-network consistency metrics to automatically intercept synthetic identities, account takeover attempts, and automated registration bots during onboarding.
Comprehensive reverse identity resolution features designed to simplify background verification, eliminate manual research backlogs, and automate risk scoring. By cross-referencing active global networks and open registries worldwide, the ESPY API delivers structured, machine-readable JSON payloads engineered for direct ingestion into existing risk engines, CRMs, and internal compliance workflows.
Convert raw online markers into structured identity summaries upon account creation or transactional checks. The ESPY engine correlates emails, usernames, and phone numbers to uncover connected accounts and public footprints instantly during automated or manual verification flows.
Cross-Platform Record Linkage: Link disparate records across major social networks, professional registries, and international public subnets.
Unified Identity Payload Serialization: Consolidate scattered global data points into a single, clean, schema-valid JSON object fit for direct database storage.
Multi-Vector Correlation Logic: Apply concurrent multi-identifier alignment (Name, Email, Phone, Handle) to aggressively minimize false positives and match ambiguity.
Analyze active digital footprints across social networks, public registries, and indexed online platforms. Discover linked accounts and historical connections through multi-source identity mapping that covers international regions far beyond standard US-only directories.
Social Account & Digital Discovery: Instantly map linked profiles across LinkedIn, GitHub, Instagram, and regional networks from a single query input.
Username & Handle Intelligence: Track consistent handles, historical display names, and online aliases across global platforms to establish persona depth.
Live Infrastructure Enrichment: Cross-reference real-time queries against active web infrastructure nodes without relying on stagnant or cached database snapshots.
Verify customer and user profile records against active open-source directories and digital registries. The ESPY API provides an ultra-low latency verification layer to highlight data discrepancies, mismatched records, and unverified identity claims.
Data Consistency Auditing: Automatically spot variations and structural discrepancies in names, location signals, or emails across separate digital networks.
Profile Legitimacy Evaluation: Review account creation velocity signals and historical footprint depth to ensure you are dealing with authentic human identities.
Automated Risk Pipeline Integration: Pipe structured verification flags directly into internal KYC models, AML screening systems, and fraud prevention engines.
Extract and visualize structural relationships between emails, phone numbers, usernames, social accounts, and regional activity markers. Engineered for fraud analysts, risk managers, and investigators who require complete visibility into a target’s online presence.
Connection Graph Extraction: Map underlying relationships and linked profiles across separate digital platforms and open-source networks.
Digital Footprint Traversal: Trace exactly where and how a target identifier or username appears across global infrastructure subnets.
Audit-Ready Data Export: Output standardized JSON summaries and structural logs to streamline internal verification, reporting, and audit trails.
Move beyond static directory lookups. The ESPY API cross-references active web databases and global networks to resolve full names into connected profiles, contact details, and online footprints inside a unified JSON output.
Handling Fragmented Identity Data? When target inputs contain only a partial name, maiden name, or display handle, the ESPY engine runs concurrent multi-point subnet sweeps. The system returns potential matches ordered deterministically by profile completeness and structural confidence scores.
The ESPY engine queries global networks concurrently upon every request, normalizing unstructured web footprints into clean, machine-readable JSON objects.
Searching a phone number returns the owner’s name, location, profile photos from linked apps like WhatsApp, and
every platform that number is registered on – all in one view.
Standard directory lookups fail when display names vary. The ESPY API executes real-time, cross-vector sweeps across international subnets to return normalized JSON identity payloads directly into your risk pipeline at sub-100ms query latency.
Correlate fragmented digital signals-including full names, maiden names, and historical handles-into a unified, person-centric JSON object using multi-vector alignment logic.
Query landline and mobile numbers against active messaging channels, platform registries, and regional infrastructure subnets to audit linked accounts.
Map active and historical emails against breach exposures, platform registrations, and domain recovery signals. The ESPY API queries global open subnets to surface identity context without retaining user PII.
Map online presence across 200+ global networks. The ESPY engine isolates linked professional and social profiles even when display handles vary, establishing objective identity longevity.
Extract current and historical location indicators from open web activity and digital footprints. Audit spatial activity patterns across global subnets without relying on live GPS tracking.
Audit account creation velocity signals and cross-network display name consistency. Compute digital footprint depth to confirm authentic human profiles and flag synthetic bot accounts.
The ESPY API cross-references public web records, social footprints, and open directories in real time. Engineered for risk managers, developers, and compliance teams, our API consolidates scattered data points into normalized identity objects, eliminating manual web scraping and internal database maintenance.
Profiles Indexed
Intelligence Sources
Countries Covered
The ESPY engine leverages a high-throughput search architecture to resolve identity signals across billions of public data points. By compiling real-time data from social platforms, professional registries, and indexed global footprints, the API surfaces hidden network connections and verifies online identities with structural accuracy. Built for automated risk scoring and background verification, ESPY delivers a unified review tier that bridges fragmented online signals with actionable identity logic.
Standard directory lookups rely on basic name searches. The ESPY API executes concurrent multi-vector sweeps across active international networks starting from any isolated digital identifier.
Signal Correlation: Correlate landline and mobile phone inputs with linked professional profiles and active digital footprints.
Network Registry Sweeps: Query telecom infrastructure subnets and open registries to verify line authenticity and network signals.
Cross-Platform Mapping: Trace where a phone number appears across indexed global subnets and active messaging channels.
Identity-to-Digital Mapping: Convert raw email addresses into enriched identity payloads containing linked platform registrations.
Breach & Signal Auditing: Cross-reference email inputs against breach exposure datasets, domain registries, and historical activity signals.
Multi-Jurisdiction Traversal: Trace email appearances across international platforms and forums without retaining user PII post-delivery.
Legacy directory sites rely on static, US-only address caches designed for manual consumer lookups. ESPY delivers a real-time global identity enrichment API engineered for automated onboarding and internal risk engines.
Built to Uncover the Digital Signals Others Miss.
IRBIS matches scattered online profiles into unified background summaries through comprehensive cross-platform searches. From emails and usernames to social accounts, phone numbers, and public activity, the platform helps investigators uncover connected records in real time.
Designed for investigators, analysts, fraud teams, and verification professionals, IRBIS combines deep profile searching, data consistency checks, and connection mapping into a unified interface built for modern digital investigations.
Trusted by investigators, analysts, fraud teams, and digital intelligence professionals worldwide.
Ronald Richards
CEO & Founder
Transform raw digital signals into structured analytical vectors directly inside your application logic.
An honest look at what each tool does – and what it doesn’t.
| Feature |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Search by name |
|
|
|
|
|
Search by email |
|
|
Partial |
Partial |
|
Search by username |
|
|
|
|
|
Face / photo search |
|
|
|
|
|
Social profiles (200+ platforms) |
|
|
Limited |
Limited |
|
International coverage |
 200+ countries |
 US only |
US only |
US only |
|
API for bulk searches |
|
|
Paid |
Paid |
|
Fraud & risk signals |
|
|
|
|
|
GDPR compliant |
|
|
|
|
|
Free to try |
Trial credits |
Ad- Supported |
Limited |
Limited |
FastPeopleSearch.com – A free, US-centric directory focused on basic public records like home addresses and phone numbers. It lacks the layout for thorough multi-platform searching, username discovery, or international identity mapping.
BeenVerified – A subscription-based platform primarily used for US background checks and public records. While useful for local data, it is significantly weaker in uncovering global digital footprints and compiled identity overviews outside the US.
Spokeo – A paid service that provides basic US-focused social links. However, its coverage is inconsistent and it does not offer comprehensive profile correlation or advanced lookup capabilities required for professional digital investigations.
Whitepages – One of the legacy US directories. It is effective for basic domestic contact information but lacks modern open-source search features, deep profile consistency verification, and cross-platform correlation tools.
See how Capable has transformed users’ Search experiences through
their own words.
The cross-platform lookup tools in IRBIS save us countless hours by compiling scattered social profiles and contact details automatically. It’s an essential workspace tool for our manual verification workflow.
Due Diligence Lead
IRBIS transformed our profile verification process. Its clean layout and straightforward interface make locating unverified profiles and mismatched data points incredibly easy.
Fraud Prevention Specialist
The search system has significantly improved our team’s background checks. Running a quick username search returns linked profiles immediately, without the need to jump between multiple directories.
Operations Manager
I love how the search layout lets us map out connections using just a phone number or an email. It provides accurate, real-time links that standard US-only directories completely miss.
Background Researcher
The reverse lookup capability has been a game-changer for our international research. It is a reliable, straightforward tool that bridges the gap between fragmented online signals.
OSINT Specialist
Finding active international contact points used to require manual web scraping. IRBIS consolidates global web registries and profiles into a unified layout that cuts our research time in half.
Investigative Analyst
IRBIS has streamlined how our verification team cross-references public records. Its multi-source profile mapping ensures we capture historical data variations and never miss linked profiles.
Trust & Safety Lead
Everything you need to know about fast people search and how IRBIS works.
You input a single data point-an email, phone number, handle, or name. The ESPY API instantly queries active global networks and returns a structured JSON profile containing linked social accounts, historical aliases, network activity signals, and behavioral risk flags. It is built strictly for enterprise risk engines, not manual browser searches.
Legacy directories (like Whitepages or FastPeopleSearch) scrape static public property and voter records. They are slow, US-centric, and blind to digital footprints. ESPY is a live infrastructure engine. We run concurrent sweeps across active telecom subnets and 200+ international networks to find fresh digital footprints that static databases miss.
Yes. ESPY operates on a strict Zero-Retention Architecture. We query public and open-source infrastructure on the fly. We do not cache or store your query inputs or the resulting PII post-delivery, ensuring your verification pipeline remains fully compliant with GDPR and CCPA.
Query response times average sub-100ms. Our global CDN distribution ensures that identity traversal and footprint enrichment will not bottleneck your application’s user onboarding or transactional flows.
Yes. When provided with fragmented data—like a maiden name or an isolated display handle—the engine executes multi-point subnet sweeps. It returns potential matches ranked strictly by profile completeness and cross-network alignment.
Discover complete digital footprints through our advanced search layout and global identity verification features.
Imagine you are about to hire someone, rent out a property, choose a contractor, or enter
An unfamiliar number can be a nuisance or the first clue in a fraud review, customer
Poorly prepared information can weaken an investigation before analysis begins. Investigators studying how to maximize OSINT
