How it works
Last updated 2026-08-18
What results mean
We show exact matches, close matches, manual links, and incomplete checks separately.
Incomplete checks never count as clean. They lower coverage instead. There are 62 research sources in NameVetta. A Quick Check asks 53 of them; Deep Research asks all 62, including the 9 that only earn their cost on a deeper look. Of the catalog, 5 run only for relevant categories. 2 sources surface public matches without judging availability, and 2 are never automatic at all. A source that did not run is reported as not run.
How the score works
The score combines domains, code namespaces, app stores, social handles, and web results. It does not cover trademarks.
A direct, same-industry exact match can cap the score. A clean-looking average never overrides evidence that strong.
See weights and scoring details
Sources are grouped, each group gets a weight, and the weight depends on what you’re naming. A crowded npm namespace matters more for a developer tool than for a restaurant.
| Group | Software / SaaS | Restaurant / food |
|---|---|---|
| Domains | 22 | 22 |
| Web & business presence | 34 | 44 |
| GitHub | 14 | – |
| Developer packages | 14 | – |
| App Store | 3 | 2 |
| Google Play | 2 | – |
| YouTube | 4 | 5 |
| Social identity | 7 | 27 |
Two of the twelve categories shown. The rest, and the other 2 examples, are on a wider screen.
A group’s subscore only counts once at least one of its sources produced a usable answer, and weights renormalize across the groups that did. A Quick Check isn’t punished for running fewer sources than a Deep Check; the gap is reported through coverage instead.
Coverage and source reliability
Coverage is how much of the intended research actually completed, weighted the same way the score is. It sits beside the score, always, never inside it. A high score with 40% coverage means “looks fine, but we only checked part of it,” and the report says exactly that.
Confidence on a single source is ceiling × health × freshness. The ceiling is the most a source can ever report and is set per source; health tracks recent reliability, so one that keeps getting rate-limited loses confidence automatically rather than staying trusted until somebody notices; freshness discounts a cached answer against a fresh one.
Every source and its ceiling62 sources
About.me
85ceiling- Group
- Social identity
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Anaconda
85ceiling- Group
- Developer packages
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
App Store
75ceiling- Group
- App Store
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
18/min, documented by the provider
Arch User Repository
90ceiling- Group
- Developer packages
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Some categories
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Behance
85ceiling- Group
- Social identity
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Bitbucket
85ceiling- Group
- Social identity
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Bluesky
90ceiling- Group
- Social identity
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
60/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Chocolatey
85ceiling- Group
- Developer packages
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
CocoaPods
85ceiling- Group
- Developer packages
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Codeberg
85ceiling- Group
- Social identity
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Companies House (UK)
95ceiling- Group
- Web & business presence
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Deep Research
- Cost
- Free
60/min, documented by the provider
CPAN
85ceiling- Group
- Developer packages
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
CRAN (R)
90ceiling- Group
- Developer packages
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
crates.io
95ceiling- Group
- Developer packages
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
55/min, documented by the provider
DailyMotion
85ceiling- Group
- Social identity
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Deno
85ceiling- Group
- Developer packages
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Docker Hub
95ceiling- Group
- Developer packages
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
60/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Domains
95ceiling- Group
- Domains
- Basis
- Open protocol
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
60/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Dribbble
85ceiling- Group
- Social identity
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
F-Droid
85ceiling- Group
- App Store
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Firefox Add-ons
90ceiling- Group
- Developer packages
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Flathub
75ceiling- Group
- App Store
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
60/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Flickr
85ceiling- Group
- Social identity
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
French company register
95ceiling- Group
- Web & business presence
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Deep Research
- Cost
- Free
60/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
GitHub
95ceiling- Group
- GitHub
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
50/min, documented by the provider
Global LEI register
90ceiling- Group
- Web & business presence
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Deep Research
- Cost
- Free
60/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Go Modules
70ceiling- Group
- Developer packages
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Google Play
50ceiling- Group
- Google Play
- Basis
- Search index
- Runs
- Some categories
- Cost
- Free, metered
20/min, documented by the provider
Gravatar
85ceiling- Group
- Social identity
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Hackage
85ceiling- Group
- Developer packages
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Hacker News
85ceiling- Group
- Social identity
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Hex (Elixir)
90ceiling- Group
- Developer packages
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Homebrew
95ceiling- Group
- Developer packages
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
60/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Hugging Face
50ceiling- Group
- Developer packages
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Some categories
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
itch.io
75ceiling- Group
- App Store
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Linktree
85ceiling- Group
- Social identity
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Local business (OpenStreetMap)
75ceiling- Group
- Web & business presence
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Deep Research
- Cost
- Free
55/min, documented by the provider
Maven Central
85ceiling- Group
- Developer packages
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Modrinth
50ceiling- Group
- App Store
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Some categories
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
npm
95ceiling- Group
- Developer packages
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
60/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
NuGet
95ceiling- Group
- Developer packages
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
60/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Packagist (PHP)
85ceiling- Group
- Developer packages
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Patreon
85ceiling- Group
- Social identity
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
pub.dev
85ceiling- Group
- Developer packages
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
PyPI
95ceiling- Group
- Developer packages
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
60/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Roblox
90ceiling- Group
- Social identity
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Some categories
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
RubyGems
95ceiling- Group
- Developer packages
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
60/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
SEC EDGAR
95ceiling- Group
- Web & business presence
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Deep Research
- Cost
- Free
30/min, documented by the provider
Slack
30ceiling- Group
- Social identity
- Basis
- Manual only
- Runs
- Never automatic
- Cost
- Free
No self-imposed limit
Snap Store
85ceiling- Group
- Developer packages
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Social handles (checked)
75ceiling- Group
- Social identity
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Social identity
30ceiling- Group
- Social identity
- Basis
- Manual only
- Runs
- Never automatic
- Cost
- Free
No self-imposed limit
SoundCloud
85ceiling- Group
- Social identity
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Steam
80ceiling- Group
- App Store
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Terraform Registry
85ceiling- Group
- Developer packages
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Vimeo
85ceiling- Group
- Social identity
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
VS Code Marketplace
85ceiling- Group
- Developer packages
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
Web presence
50ceiling- Group
- Web & business presence
- Basis
- Search index
- Runs
- Deep Research
- Cost
- Free, metered
20/min, documented by the provider
Wikidata
75ceiling- Group
- Web & business presence
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Deep Research
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
WordPress Plugins
85ceiling- Group
- Developer packages
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
X / Twitter
70ceiling- Group
- Social identity
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves
YouTube
95ceiling- Group
- YouTube
- Basis
- Official API
- Runs
- Every search
- Cost
- Free
60/min, documented by the provider
| Source | Basis | When | Ceiling | Cost | Rate limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| About.meSocial identity | Official API | Every search | 85 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| AnacondaDeveloper packages | Official API | Every search | 85 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| App StoreApp Store | Official API | Every search | 75 | Free | 18/min, documented by the provider |
| Arch User RepositoryDeveloper packages | Official API | Some categories | 90 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| BehanceSocial identity | Official API | Every search | 85 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| BitbucketSocial identity | Official API | Every search | 85 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| BlueskySocial identity | Official API | Every search | 90 | Free | 60/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| ChocolateyDeveloper packages | Official API | Every search | 85 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| CocoaPodsDeveloper packages | Official API | Every search | 85 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| CodebergSocial identity | Official API | Every search | 85 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| Companies House (UK)Web & business presence | Official API | Deep Research | 95 | Free | 60/min, documented by the provider |
| CPANDeveloper packages | Official API | Every search | 85 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| CRAN (R)Developer packages | Official API | Every search | 90 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| crates.ioDeveloper packages | Official API | Every search | 95 | Free | 55/min, documented by the provider |
| DailyMotionSocial identity | Official API | Every search | 85 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| DenoDeveloper packages | Official API | Every search | 85 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| Docker HubDeveloper packages | Official API | Every search | 95 | Free | 60/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| DomainsDomains | Open protocol | Every search | 95 | Free | 60/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| DribbbleSocial identity | Official API | Every search | 85 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| F-DroidApp Store | Official API | Every search | 85 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| Firefox Add-onsDeveloper packages | Official API | Every search | 90 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| FlathubApp Store | Official API | Every search | 75 | Free | 60/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| FlickrSocial identity | Official API | Every search | 85 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| French company registerWeb & business presence | Official API | Deep Research | 95 | Free | 60/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| GitHubGitHub | Official API | Every search | 95 | Free | 50/min, documented by the provider |
| Global LEI registerWeb & business presence | Official API | Deep Research | 90 | Free | 60/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| Go ModulesDeveloper packages | Official API | Every search | 70 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| Google PlayGoogle Play | Search index | Some categories | 50 | Free, metered | 20/min, documented by the provider |
| GravatarSocial identity | Official API | Every search | 85 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| HackageDeveloper packages | Official API | Every search | 85 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| Hacker NewsSocial identity | Official API | Every search | 85 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| Hex (Elixir)Developer packages | Official API | Every search | 90 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| HomebrewDeveloper packages | Official API | Every search | 95 | Free | 60/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| Hugging FaceDeveloper packages | Official API | Some categories | 50 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| itch.ioApp Store | Official API | Every search | 75 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| LinktreeSocial identity | Official API | Every search | 85 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| Local business (OpenStreetMap)Web & business presence | Official API | Deep Research | 75 | Free | 55/min, documented by the provider |
| Maven CentralDeveloper packages | Official API | Every search | 85 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| ModrinthApp Store | Official API | Some categories | 50 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| npmDeveloper packages | Official API | Every search | 95 | Free | 60/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| NuGetDeveloper packages | Official API | Every search | 95 | Free | 60/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| Packagist (PHP)Developer packages | Official API | Every search | 85 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| PatreonSocial identity | Official API | Every search | 85 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| pub.devDeveloper packages | Official API | Every search | 85 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| PyPIDeveloper packages | Official API | Every search | 95 | Free | 60/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| RobloxSocial identity | Official API | Some categories | 90 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| RubyGemsDeveloper packages | Official API | Every search | 95 | Free | 60/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| SEC EDGARWeb & business presence | Official API | Deep Research | 95 | Free | 30/min, documented by the provider |
| SlackSocial identity | Manual only | Never automatic | 30 | Free | No self-imposed limit |
| Snap StoreDeveloper packages | Official API | Every search | 85 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| Social handles (checked)Social identity | Official API | Every search | 75 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| Social identitySocial identity | Manual only | Never automatic | 30 | Free | No self-imposed limit |
| SoundCloudSocial identity | Official API | Every search | 85 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| SteamApp Store | Official API | Every search | 80 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| Terraform RegistryDeveloper packages | Official API | Every search | 85 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| VimeoSocial identity | Official API | Every search | 85 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| VS Code MarketplaceDeveloper packages | Official API | Every search | 85 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| Web presenceWeb & business presence | Search index | Deep Research | 50 | Free, metered | 20/min, documented by the provider |
| WikidataWeb & business presence | Official API | Deep Research | 75 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| WordPress PluginsDeveloper packages | Official API | Every search | 85 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| X / TwitterSocial identity | Official API | Every search | 70 | Free | 30/min, a courtesy ceiling we set ourselves |
| YouTubeYouTube | Official API | Every search | 95 | Free | 60/min, documented by the provider |
The handful of social platforms still checked by hand carry the lowest ceiling on that list on purpose. An unauthenticated profile fetch can return a login wall or a soft 404 that reads as “handle is free” when it means nothing of the kind, and that false green check is the exact failure this product exists to avoid. Nothing here scrapes: a source declaring that posture fails a test before it can ship.
What we left out, and why
F-Droid’s index. Its only structured endpoint is the full repository index, about 56 MB, three times larger than the Homebrew index we already judged too big to fetch per scan. There is no lighter search API, so it stays out rather than being forced in.
A US company register. SEC EDGAR covers SEC registrants only, not US companies generally, and no free general-purpose US register exists the way Companies House does for the UK. This is a real gap, not a hidden one. It is why a US business name leans more heavily on domain and web evidence than a UK one does.
Trademarks are a separate job
Digital research only. Trademark and legal clearance are not included.
No automated trademark research runs today. Trademark Assist generates spelling, confusable and phonetic variants, suggests likely Nice classes with reasoning, and links to the official free registries (USPTO, TMview, WIPO) with per-registry instructions. You search, and you record what you found.
Screening status is tracked separately from the score and is never worded to sound like clearance, even when every jurisdiction comes back clean. Automated search is a real possibility later, behind an extension point that exists today so it can be added without restructuring anything, but it needs real approvals first.
See any name check for the full report format, or source status for how each source has actually been behaving.