What Maltego Technologies does

Maltego Technologies GmbH is a Munich-based software company that develops an OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) and graphical link analysis platform used by investigators across government, law enforcement, defense, banking, and corporate security functions. The platform is built around Maltego Graph, a graph-based investigation tool that visualizes relationships between entities drawn from 120+ integrated data partners (via the Transform Hub), 150+ built-in Standard Transforms, and customer-developed custom Transforms written against the Transform Protocol V3 JSON-based architecture. Supporting products include Maltego Monitor (AI-powered real-time social media monitoring with sentiment analysis), Maltego Search (quick OSINT lookups), Maltego Evidence (social media capture and preservation for law enforcement), Maltego Cases (centralized investigation storage), Maltego Admin, and the acquired Hunchly web evidence tool, with PublicSonar providing underlying monitoring capabilities. Enterprise deployment options include on-premise servers (iTDS, CTAS, Comms Server) and multi-region cloud hosting with end-to-end encryption, all under an ISO 27001:2022 certified ISMS.

The company monetizes primarily through subscription licenses combined with credit-based data access (consumption-priced), supplemented by professional services (advisory, technical deployment, custom training). It runs a dual go-to-market motion: direct enterprise field sales with a 'Get a Demo' consultation path for government agencies and large corporates, alongside a self-serve Community Edition (free, 200 credits, now permitted for commercial use) that drives product-led adoption among individual investigators and feeds the enterprise funnel. Distribution is supported by a channel partner/reseller program and an online storefront at store.maltego.com.

Maltego's customer base spans 2,000+ government organizations (including the FBI, European Parliament, Bulgarian Customs Agency, and Ukrainian Cyber Police), 4,000+ private companies (including BNP Paribas, Santander, BASF, Telefonica, Hitachi, Trend Micro, and Deloitte), and 200,000+ individual users worldwide, with claimed penetration of 60%+ of Dow 30 companies. The company was founded in 2018, is led by Managing Directors Dr. Philip Mayrhofer and Joseph Lichtenberger, and received a $100 million growth investment from Charlesbank Technology Opportunities Fund in April 2023.

Name

Maltego Technologies

Legal name

Maltego Technologies GmbH

Website

https://maltego.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Maltego Technologies builds an OSINT and graphical link analysis platform that aggregates 120+ data sources for investigations across government, law enforcement, defense, banking, and corporate security, serving 6,000+ organizations and 200K+ users worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

OSINT and Cyber Investigation Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Fraud, Cybercrime Investigations & Brand/Dark Web Monitoring (BPAKAHAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Digital/Online Investigations & OSINT (Non-cyber) (BPAKAEAF), Financial Crime Investigations & Intelligence (link analysis, network analytics) (FSAGAFAH), Spam, Fake Engagement & Content Abuse Prevention (HDADALAG)

Keywords

• OSINT investigations
• Cyber threat intelligence
• Link analysis software
• Digital investigations platform
• Open source intelligence

Headquarters

HQ city

Munich

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Subscription Licenses: Maltego distributes software licenses through subscription-based models with pre-defined data packages based on credits consumption. Subscriptions grant temporary rights to use the Software with access to optional Accompanying Services and Data Access.
2. Credit-Based Data Access: Within Subscription Plans, Maltego grants access to various Data Sources measured in volume metrics (e.g., number of credits). Credits are redeemable against different volume metrics and reset periodically. Unused credits expire and cannot be transferred.
3. Enterprise Plans (Organization): Organization-level subscriptions for enterprise customers with multi-region hosting capabilities, collaboration features, and advanced administrative tools.
4. Custom Services: Advisory Services for workflow optimization, Technical Services for custom engineering and specialized deployment, and Custom Training sessions for investigators and developers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Maltego Technologies develops and sells an integrated OSINT and cyber investigations platform built around graph-based link analysis. Its product suite (Maltego Graph, Search, Monitor, Evidence, Data) enables investigators, analysts, and security teams to aggregate intelligence from 120+ data partners, visualize entity relationships, automate investigative workflows, and preserve evidence. The platform is sold primarily via subscription licenses with credit-based data consumption to government, law enforcement, banking, and enterprise security customers.

Product overview

Maltego is an all-in-one OSINT and cyber investigations platform that accelerates complex investigations from hours to minutes. The platform comprises a core suite of integrated products: Maltego Graph for visual link analysis and complex investigations, Maltego Monitor for AI-powered real-time social media monitoring with sentiment analysis, Maltego Search for quick preliminary OSINT searches, Maltego Evidence for social media evidence capture and preservation, and Maltego Data for accessing 120+ external data sources. Supporting modules include Maltego Cases for centralized investigation storage, Maltego Admin for organizational management, Maltego Services for custom deployment and training, and Maltego Academy for on-demand learning. Enterprise deployment is enabled through on-premise servers (iTDS, CTAS, Comms Server) and the Maltego Data Hub ecosystem providing access to data partners including Recorded Future, VirusTotal, DomainTools, and others. The platform serves government organizations, law enforcement, banking, insurance, and corporate security clients worldwide, processing data modalities including text, images, structured data, and multimodal combinations across investigations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Maltego Graph: Desktop and browser-based investigation platform for complex OSINT cases with link analysis capabilities
• Maltego Search
• Maltego Monitor
• Maltego Evidence
• Maltego Data
• Maltego Cases
• Maltego Admin
• Maltego Academy
• Hunchly

Products and services

• Maltego Graph Primary investigation platform for conducting deep OSINT investigations and complex link analysis on large datasets. Enables investigators to accelerate complex cases from hours to minutes with visual relationship mapping across all external and internal data sources. Targeted at investigators, analysts, and security teams in government and enterprise.
• Maltego Monitor AI-powered real-time social media monitoring platform using sentiment analysis to detect and assess potential and ongoing public safety disruptions and cyber threats. Part of Maltego's 2025 product lineup.
• Maltego Search Quick preliminary OSINT search tool for running searches on suspects and threat actors using relevant public data from social media, dark web, identity databases, and breach data.
• Maltego Evidence Social media evidence capture and preservation tool developed by law enforcement professionals to quickly uncover new leads by identifying and tracking suspect activities before data disappears. Includes customized crawling profiles for hidden truths in large social media datasets.
• Maltego Data (Transform Hub) Unified data access hub providing instant access to 120+ data partners and providers, offering cost-efficient access to both internal and external intelligence data with seamless integration.
• Hunchly Web capture tool for automatically collecting and organizing online evidence during investigations, integrated into Maltego's investigation ecosystem. Listed as a wholly owned subsidiary (acquired brand retained).
• iTDS (Internal Transform Distribution Server) On-premise server solution for distributing internally developed Transforms to access own data sources and distribute them across teams, enabling data privacy and security compliance.
• Standard Transforms Add-on (CTAS) Server Enterprise server for hosting Maltego's Standard Transforms within the organization's own infrastructure for data control and compliance.
• Comms (Collaboration) Server Server solution enabling real-time collaboration with shared graphs for teams of investigators working together on cases.
• Maltego Services (Advisory, Technical, Training) Custom support and engineering services for specialized Maltego deployment, including Advisory Services for workflow optimization and new use case development, Technical Services for custom engineering and integrations, and Custom Training sessions for investigators and developers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Complex investigations accelerated from hours to minutes
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration55 records

AI capability7 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• CensyscoreTechnology or IntegrationCensys, an Internet intelligence platform headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, announced native integration with Maltego as part of its expanded ecosystem. The integration embeds Censys Internet infrastructure visibility into security operations workflows, enabling automated alert enrichment and faster security investigations through Maltego's OSINT platform.
• SOCRadarcoreTechnology or IntegrationData partner integrated through Maltego Data (Transform Hub), providing threat intelligence and attack surface monitoring capabilities.
• Recorded FuturecoreTechnology or IntegrationThreat intelligence data partner providing AI-powered threat analysis capabilities integrated through Maltego Data Hub.
• Virus TotalcoreTechnology or IntegrationMalware and URL scanning service integrated as a data partner for threat analysis within Maltego investigations.
• Splunk (Cisco)coreTechnology or IntegrationNative integration with Cisco Splunk for SIEM workflow integration, enabling security operations teams to enrich alerts with Maltego OSINT data.
• Microsoft SentinelcoreTechnology or IntegrationNative integration with Microsoft Sentinel for Google SecOps ecosystem, providing SIEM integration for automated security operations.
• Open CTI (Filigran)coreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with Filigran OpenCTI, an open-source threat intelligence platform, for enhanced threat intelligence workflows.
• Google SecOpscoreTechnology or IntegrationNative integration with Google SecOps (formerly Mandiant), enabling security operations modernization with AI-powered insights.
• Palo Alto CortexcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartner-built integration with Palo Alto Cortex XSOAR for SOAR playbooks and automated response workflows.
• HunchlycoreTechnology or IntegrationWeb evidence collection tool integrated into Maltego ecosystem, providing additional social media evidence capture capabilities. Listed as part of Maltego's product lineup.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Babel Street: Babel Street is the closest direct competitor to Maltego, offering OSINT and link-analysis platforms (Babel X, Rosette) widely used by government, law enforcement, and corporate security teams for entity resolution, multilingual data mining, and dark web monitoring.
• Dataminr: Dataminr provides real-time AI-driven intelligence and alerting across public data sources for corporate security, defense, and news organizations, overlapping with Maltego Monitor's real-time threat detection and public safety use cases.
• ShadowDragon: ShadowDragon offers OSINT and social media intelligence tools (SocialNet, OIMonitor) used by law enforcement and corporate security for person-of-interest investigations, directly competing with Maltego Search and Maltego Evidence.
• Kaseware: Kaseware provides an investigation management and link-analysis platform built specifically for corporate security, law enforcement, and intelligence teams, competing head-to-head with Maltego Cases and Maltego Graph for case-centric OSINT workflows.

Broad incumbents

• Palantir Technologies: Palantir's Gotham and Foundry platforms serve many of the same government, defense, and intelligence customers Maltego targets, offering broader analytics and entity-resolution capabilities that can substitute for OSINT-led investigations at large enterprises.

Emerging players

• Recorded Future: Recorded Future is both a Maltego data partner and a competing threat-intelligence platform with its own entity-resolution and link-analysis frontend, directly competing for cyber threat intelligence budget within the same enterprise security stack.
• Berla (Magnet Forensics): Magnet Forensics (including Berla iVe) provides digital forensics and vehicle/mobile device investigation tools used by law enforcement, adjacent to Maltego's evidence and OSINT workflows for investigators and analysts.
• GroupSense: GroupSense delivers digital risk protection, dark web monitoring, and finished intelligence for enterprise security and fraud teams, overlapping with Maltego's threat intelligence and fraud investigation use cases.
• Cellebrite: Cellebrite is a leader in mobile and digital forensics used by law enforcement globally; while focused on device extraction rather than open-source OSINT, it competes for the same investigative budgets and often appears alongside Maltego in investigative tooling stacks.

Others

• Constella Intelligence: Constella is both a Maltego data partner and an adjacent identity intelligence and breach-data analytics provider; it competes indirectly where customers can either consume its data through Maltego or use Constella's own surface directly for identity-driven investigations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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