| What it does | Know Your Traffic
| Install and run open-source OSINT tools by name on Linux and macOS
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| Stage | MVP
| Startup
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| Founded | Not given
| 2026
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| Based in | Not given
| US
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| Pricing model | Paid
| Open source
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| Pricing | Three subscription tiers per site: $4.99/mo for observation only, $19.99/mo for observation and dry-run blocking, $49.99/mo for automated enforcement. No free tier. 14-day free trial available.
| Free. No subscription, no charges.
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| Key features | - Every bot and AI agent named and classified
- Verified identity checks against operators' published IP ranges
- Impact scoring showing cost in bandwidth versus earnings from referrals
- Never-block-search interlock protecting search engine rankings
- Automatic handling of new scrapers and impostors via standing policy rules
- Crawl-spike throttling with automatic release
- API access and webhooks at highest tier
| - Run all matching tools in parallel with --all flag
- Private virtualenv per tool
- Save and query results with sorting and filtering
- JSON output for scripts and AI agents
- Secure API key management in local environment file
- Nightly catalog validation and smoke testing
- Auto-update and recovery commands
- Diagnostic tool that fixes missing dependencies
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| What makes it different | - Fails open — if Frenemy goes down, your site serves normally without any dependency on the service
- Verified search engines cannot be blocked by default, protecting SEO rankings
- Single kill switch turns off all enforcement instantly without deploy or tickets
- Transparent data alignment — only revenue is subscriptions, so incentive is to be worth it
- Works across multiple platforms with same classification engine
| - One unified command interface for 47 different OSINT tools
- Completely free and open source under Apache 2.0 license
- Automatic tool curation and testing every night
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| Free plan | Not given
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| Open source | Not given
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| Platforms | Not given
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| Public API | Not given
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| Community votes | 0 | 0 |
| DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs) | 6 ● no change since last check | 12 ● no change since last check |
| Trust Flow (Majestic) | 9 | 3 |
| Citation Flow (Majestic) | 26 | 27 |
| Referring domains (Majestic) | 83 | 39 |