Profiles are scored against the name, photo, and other identifiers. Strong matches stay. You confirm the rest before screening continues.
Why Ferretly
A Panoramic View of Your Candidate’s Digital Footprint
Our advanced algorithms don’t just skim the surface; they go deep. Ferretly builds a panoramic footprint of a subject’s public online behavior from major and niche social platforms, open-web and news search, boards, blogs, forums, and review sites — with real-time checks against 1,000+ global sanctions and watchlist sources. From Facebook to fringe, we find what matters.
Identity
AI-Powered Identity Resolution
Have confidence that the social profiles match the subject.
Upload a resume, ID, photo, or a LinkedIn profile. Ferretly reads the details and finds the footprint, without retyping the record.
Agentic AI search, coupled with a billion-profile index, discovers the right profiles in minutes.
Enterprise
Enterprise Features
Continuous Screening
Monitors candidates and employees after the first check, reading new public posts on the schedule you set. When a post is flagged — nudity, drug references, extremist symbols, or a keyword you chose — Ferretly sends a short summary email.
Full API and Native Integrations
Out-of-the-box integrations for screening platforms and applicant tracking systems, along with dozens of third-party connections. API access is included at no additional charge, so you can submit a report, follow its status, and retrieve the result.
View integrationsHuman Analyst Reviews
When you use Ferretly analysts, they match the social profiles to the subject, clear false positives, and return the report — typically within 24 hours.
Deep Insights
Signals Over Screenshots
Traditional background checks miss real-time risk. Ferretly flags patterns in digital behavior—before a bad hire, a bad match, or a brand disaster
Behavioral context across text and images, not a keyword list. Bias, threats, politics, disparagement, and prejudice stay in the read.
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Nudity, drugs, violent images, extremist symbols, weapons, and memes across video, audio, and images. Keywords can name the objects, scenes, and brands that matter.
Reports meet FCRA, EEOC, and GDPR, with the evidence attached. The format can follow your brand, policies, and region.
Worldwide
Designed for the WorldRisk has no border.
Global Sanctions
Includes 1,000+ official sanctions, watchlist, and debarment, including UN, OFAC, EU, UK, BIS, Interpol, FINRA BrokerCheck, and SEC IAPD, PEPs, criminal and teacher sanctions, offender registries, and more.
Multilingual Behaviors
Content in over 200 languages, so behavior surfaces across linguistic boundaries. Reports can focus on the languages that matter for each market.
Geospatial Footprint
Visualize profiles and inferred locations on a map with jurisdiction nexus for foreign adversaries, sanctions, conflict and export-restricted countries, and FATF grey-list jurisdictions.
Comparison
What Sets Ferretly Apart
We don’t flag words. We reveal context.
| Feature* | Ferretly | Fama | Neotas | Manual Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behavior Categories | 14 contextual categories | 8 Categories | 7 generic tags | Varies wildly |
| FCRA-Compliant Reports | Yes | Yes | No | NoLimited |
| Profile Match / ID Verified | Yes | Nomatch transparency unclear | No | NoLimited–match transparency unclear |
| Image Content Analysis | extremist symbols, rude gestures, nudity, violence, drugs, memes brands, places, objects, people, extensible via custom keywords | nudity, Violence, drug images | limited to nudity, drug images | No |
| Video Analysis | Full frame-by-Frame analysis of video and audio | Metadata + audio | No | No |
| Analytics (wordcloud, sentiment, etc) | Yes | No | No | No |
| Social + Web Coverage | Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Reddit, Pinterest, X, YouTube + news, boards, blogs, forums, paste sites, and more. | Yes | Yes | Manual search |
| Global Sanctions | Yes | No | NoNot publicly confirmed | No |
| White Label Reports | Yes | NoAvailable as add-on | NoNot publicly confirmed | No |
| Analyst Assistance | Optional | Mandatory | No | N/A |
| Self-Service Dashboard | Yes | No | No | No |
| Batch Processing | Yes | Yes | NoLimited–Not a core feature | No |
| Multilingual Behavior Scanning | 230+ languages | Non-asian Character Sets | NoLimited–Support unclear | No |
| API/Full Post Metadata | Yes | Noenterprise only | NoLimited or not supported | N/A |
| Training + Toolkits | Checklists, guides, playbooks | blog | None | No |
| Contract Model | Month-to-month | Requires Long-term contract commitment | Unlisted | N/A |
| Pricing Transparency | Starts at $29/screen (Tiered pricing/volume discounts) | $35+ + setup | Unlisted | Varies |
*Information verified as of April 2026. Sources include public product documentation, customer interviews, and third-party reviews. Contact us to request updates.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Does your platform work internationally?
Yes, we have customers in dozens of countries using our platform. We offer multilingual behavior analysis and reports can be output in the language based on your region.
How does Ferretly work?
Once your account is created, you login and submit your subject. If you are using our analysts, we will ensure the proper social media profiles are associated before running the background check and make sure there are no false-positive results before returning the report to you. You will typically get a social media report back in 24 hours or less.
How do you analyze posts?
Ferretly’s AI is designed to surface specific behaviors such as disparaging or prejudiced remarks by analyzing publicly available posts. We analyze original posts from your subject as well as likes, replies/comments, shares, and reposts.
Is your service FCRA compliant?
Yes, we follow all federal, state/provincial laws when it comes to using our platform for pre-employment screening.
Find your workflow
Put the platform to work.
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01 · Hiring
Hiring & Workforce Screening
See public behavior before the offer. The report is built for FCRA, EEOC, and GDPR review.
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Investigations / OSINT
Find the real person across public profiles, then keep every post that supports the finding.
Explore solution03 · Brands
Creator & Brand Vetting
Check a creator on what they actually publish, including images, memes, and video.
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