Epieos Review

What Epieos Is

Epieos starts with an email address or phone number. It finds linked accounts, profile photos, and identity signals. The tool uses Google's APIs and checks third-party platforms.

Epieos builds on GHunt's technique, adding a commercial interface and Holehe's 100+ site checker. Phone number lookups include carrier info.

Epieos has one job: to quickly extract specific metadata. It is not a full OSINT platform.

What It's Good For

Mapping Email to Social Accounts

Submitting a target email to Epieos yields a quick map of their online presence. Epieos checks over 100 platforms, Google, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Spotify, Duolingo, for linked accounts. This process saves time and helps avoid leaving authentication fingerprints on target services.

Verifying Google Accounts

If an email ties to a Google account, Epieos provides the account holder's display name, a profile photo, and last active timestamp. These details help confirm if an email belongs to a real person and guide further investigation.

Phone Number OSINT

The phone lookup returns carrier information and checks for accounts linked to the number across supported platforms. The service works well for US and EU numbers, and you can determine if a phone number is a VoIP line or a real carrier. You also see if it has a social account footprint.

Pre-Investigation Triage

Epieos helps answer a key question: is this email tied to an active online identity? Google linkage and multiple platform accounts reveal valuable information. The presence or absence of these connections matters.

Reverse-Pivoting from Profile Photos

If Epieos finds a Google account profile photo for a target email, you can use that image in reverse image search tools to find where else the subject has used the same photo.

Getting Started

The free tier offers 5 lookups per month, enough to test the waters. You can verify it works and then upgrade as needed.

The Basic plan costs €19/mo for 100 lookups, which is good for casual digging. If you have a lead to chase, this plan is a decent starting point.

For more capabilities, the Pro plan is available for €49/mo with 500 lookups. It also includes API access for integrating into your workflow.

You can try it out by plugging in an email address with a Google account history and see results in seconds. No manual is required; you're good to go. Test with a real target next.

Epieos Lookup Types

Pricing

If you're investigating on your own, Basic has everything you need. Pro adds API access, lets you run over 100 searches monthly. For teams doing a lot of work, Elite may be a good option.

Limitations

Epieos depends on Google's API behavior. It can change, and when it does, Epieos breaks. No one guarantees data will be there.

Epieos handles US and EU phone numbers well; carrier and account details usually check out. For other regions, it's a mixed bag.

Epieos has limited use for non-Google targets. If your subject steers clear of Google, Epieos won't turn up much. You're better off with SpiderFoot or OSINT Industries for those cases.

The free tier is restrictive, with only five lookups per month, which is not enough to run a real test investigation.

Alternatives

• GHunt — free, open-source, and uses the same Google account enumeration methodology as Epieos.
• OSINT Industries — covers a broader range of data types, including breach data and international phone numbers.
• Holehe — free, open-source, and runs the same 100+ site check as Epieos.
• IntelX (Intelligence X) — indexes leaked data, documents, and historical web content.

Verdict

Epieos works well for investigators who only occasionally need to trace an email to a person's identity. No need to manage a full GHunt setup. It combines Google account enumeration with Holehe for fast results.

If your targets steer clear of Google or your budget is tight, look at other options.

See Also

Breach Lookup Tools for OSINT Investigations

When investigating online identities, breach data often provides crucial leads. You need tools that can efficiently search this data. Here are top breach lookup tools.

Breach-It indexes breach data, including names, emails, usernames, passwords. It searches multiple breach datasets, and results show which breaches a credential appears in. Breach-It offers a free search, with paid plans providing more queries and detailed reports.

Have I Been Pwned checks email addresses, domains. It searches Pwned Passwords, a massive password dataset. A free API is available, and a web interface is also offered, with no registration required.

DeHashed provides breach search by email, username, password. Results list breach sources. DeHashed offers free and paid plans, with more features in paid plans.

LeakCheck searches breach data. Enter an email or username to get breach reports. LeakCheck offers a free trial, with paid plans for full access.

Snort monitors the dark web and alerts on breached credentials. A search interface is available for investigations. A subscription is required, with pricing based on queries.

When choosing a breach lookup tool, consider data coverage, search features, cost, and reporting. Each tool has strengths. Choose based on your needs.

Additional tips: Verify search results and corroborate with other sources. Use multiple tools to broaden your search, such as Breach-It, Have I Been Pwned, DeHashed, LeakCheck, Snort.

Integrate breach lookup into your workflow to enhance your OSINT investigations.

Best Breach Lookup Tools | Phone Number OSINT Guide

Further Reading

• Epieos official site