Ferret
Ferret is a relationship intelligence AI platform designed to provide important and potentially critical connections information. The AI tool aims to address li...
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What is Ferret?
Ferret is an AI-powered relationship intelligence platform that empowers companies and individuals with real-time, unbiased intelligence to identify risks and embrace opportunities in their personal and professional networks. The platform leverages cutting-edge AI and hundreds of thousands of global data sources to provide curated information once only available to the financial industry, making transparency the new norm for everyone from angel investors to business leaders.
Ferret goes deeper than typical search engines by accessing global news archives, criminal records, corporate and legal records, court filings, judgments, identity verifications, white-collar crime data, corporate ownership history, papers and leaks, and social connection data. Its AI constantly monitors uploaded contacts and performs ad-hoc searches, delivering actionable intelligence in real-time when relevant news or data updates occur. The platform ignores user-generated content to focus on official databases, trusted news sources, and government records, providing objective facts for due diligence on businesses and individuals.
The platform is designed for angel investors, business leaders, professionals conducting due diligence, and anyone who wants transparency about their contacts. Ferret is available on Android via Google Play and on iOS through TestFlight (with beta access available), plus web access. It offers continuous monitoring with notifications for updates, community learning features for data validation, and the ability to search both individuals and companies.
Ferret democratizes access to critical intelligence about people and companies, leveling the playing field by making powerful relationship intelligence unrestricted and inclusive. The platform provides a 360° verification tool that doesn't make judgments but simply presents unbiased information to help users decide whom to trust.
Ferret pricing
Pricing model: Freemium
Ferret offers three pricing tiers: (1) Free monthly plan with 10 free searches, (2) Premium plan at $20/month with 100 searches, and (3) Professional plan at $50/month with 1000 searches. All plans come with a 30-day free trial. The free trial version is available on Google Play for Android users and through TestFlight via exclusive invitation on Apple iOS. Enterprise pricing is available by contacting [email protected].
Ferret pros
- Real-time monitoring of contacts with immediate notifications
- Access to 100,000+ global data sources
- Exclusive data on white-collar crime and insider trading
- Corporate ownership history and legal records included
- AI ignores user-generated content for objective facts
- 30-day free trial on all plans
- Free monthly plan with 10 searches available
- Available on Android, iOS (TestFlight), and web
- Community learning feature validates search results
- Searches both individuals and companies
- Decades of news archives accessible
- Identity verifications included in searches
- Court records and judgments accessible
- Machine-generated user content validation improves AI
- Continuous contact monitoring unlike snapshot tools
- Multi-language data support for global sweeps
- Propsrietary data previously exclusive to 8,000+ financial institutions
Ferret cons
- Not a consumer reporting agency - FCRA non-compliant
- Cannot be used for credit, employment, or tenancy decisions
- iOS access limited to TestFlight beta with invitation
- Currently available only in the U.S.
- Free tier limited to 10 searches per month
- Ad-hoc searches without contact upload limit continuous monitoring
- Does not perform traditional background checks
- Premium plan at $20/month may be costly for casual users
Frequently asked questions about Ferret
What is Ferret?
Ferret is an AI application that empowers companies and individuals with real-time, unbiased relationship intelligence to help identify risks and embrace opportunities. It leverages diverse global data sources, community learning, and contact monitoring to provide curated information for due diligence on businesses and individuals, making transparency the new norm.
Is Ferret a background check service?
No. Ferret does not perform background checks. Ferret is not a credit or consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) or related state laws. It is provided as a platform for informational use only and cannot be used for decisions about consumer credit, employment, tenancy, or any other FCRA-compliant purposes.
What platforms is Ferret available on?
Ferret is currently available on the Google Play store for Android users. It can also be accessed on TestFlight through an exclusive invitation on Apple iOS. Users can request beta access by clicking Join the Beta. The platform is also accessible via web.
Does Ferret have a free version?
Yes. Ferret has a free trial version currently available on the Google Play store for Android users. It can also be accessed on TestFlight through an exclusive invitation on Apple iOS. The free monthly plan includes 10 free searches.
How does Ferret's relationship intelligence work?
Relationship intelligence is data-driven insights about people, businesses, and their networks. Ferret achieves this by analyzing and curating data about contacts and businesses using data, artificial intelligence, and community learning. Insights are supported by global negative and positive news, corporate information, identity verifications, criminal records, court records, judgments, and social connection data.
Can I use Ferret without uploading contacts?
Yes. If you choose not to upload your contacts, you may use the search feature and perform ad-hoc searches. However, this may limit your ability to perform continuous monitoring to only saved searches.
Does Ferret continuously monitor contacts?
Yes. Ferret allows you to continuously monitor both uploaded contacts and ad-hoc search subjects. You will receive notifications (with your permission) when there is an update to any of the contacts or businesses you have selected.
Can I search for companies on Ferret?
Yes. Using the Search icon, you can search for an individual person or a company. Search results improve the more input fields you fill out, including name, approximate age, phone number, city, state, and country.
Are Ferret searches confidential?
Yes. All searches and monitored contacts are confidential. See Ferret's Privacy Policy for more information about how they protect customer data and privacy.
Who owns Ferret?
Ferret is owned and developed by Ferreter Inc. The company is headquartered in the Los Angeles area with offices in Santa Monica, California, and Melbourne, Australia. It was co-founded by serial entrepreneur Rob Loughan and leading due diligence expert Al MacDonald.