# SL Professional Reviews **Vendor:** Social Links **Category:** [Threat Intelligence Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/threat-intelligence) **Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 11 ## About SL Professional Social Links is a global OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) vendor that empowers investigators and security professionals with ground-breaking AI-powered products. We assemble massive volumes of data from open sources — including social media, messengers, blockchains, and the Dark Web — to analyze and visualize a holistic picture for streamlining data-driven investigations. SL Professional is a Maltego add-on for conducting in-depth investigations across social media, messengers, blockchains, and the Dark Web. It enables real-time data collection, visualization, and analysis from hundreds of sources. ## SL Professional Reviews ### 1. Crucial for global security **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gary S. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 18, 2023 **What do you like best about SL Professional?** Social Links has played a pivotal role in my own personal research, including playing a crucial role in positively identifying a former recruiter of a terrorist organization, which ended up saving lives in the process. Social Links will assist researchcers, law enforcement and investigators in identifying hidden links that would have likely never been found otherwise, and for security investigations time is of the essence, so actionable intelligence is crucial in the quickest time possible. I absolutely recommend Social Links to anyone serious about investigative and intelligence work. **What do you dislike about SL Professional?** I love the software itself, maybe some of the things that could be reviewed are some of the Maltego transforms from the SLE database (I will send more details in an email) **What problems is SL Professional solving and how is that benefiting you?** Identifying crucial, actionable intelligence for uncovering criminal networks and suspected terrorists to support global risk mitigation efforts. Personal research and education as well from the data I am able to visualize to understand a given situation better. ### 2. Social Links: Connecting the Dots to a Better Online Experience! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Hans B. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 19, 2023 **What do you like best about SL Professional?** Social Links excels in user-friendliness, and its partnership with Maltego enhances this experience. Right from the start, you'll appreciate its intuitive interface. Navigating through the platform is a breeze, thanks to its seamless integration with Maltego's powerful data analysis capabilities. This partnership not only simplifies the user experience but also provides advanced insights and connections that set Social Links apart. Whether you're a seasoned pro or a newcomer to social networking tools, the combination of Social Links and Maltego streamlines the experience, ensuring that you can effortlessly connect and interact with others while harnessing the full potential of data analysis. It's this synergy that truly makes Social Links a standout choice for anyone seeking an easy and enriching online networking experience. **What do you dislike about SL Professional?** There is Nothing realy to dislike. Of you know how to use Maltego, you know automaticly how to use Social Links. **What problems is SL Professional solving and how is that benefiting you?** Social Links is a time-saving powerhouse, revolutionizing tasks that used to take hours. Its robust features and integration with Maltego allow you to uncover valuable insights and connections in mere minutes, dramatically reducing the time spent on research and analysis. What once consumed hours of effort can now be accomplished efficiently and effectively with the help of Social Links. ### 3. Best detective tool to analyze and investigate **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Khush J. | Accounts Excecutive, Accounting, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 05, 2023 **What do you like best about SL Professional?** Social Links software has been really helpful for me in fetching huge numbers of data from social media, block chain networks and other open source data for investigation **What do you dislike about SL Professional?** As such there is no dislike from my side as its solving and saving my major time collecting and organising the huge data which it does in few minutes by itself Its best software for investigation **What problems is SL Professional solving and how is that benefiting you?** Social links have solved to the problem of maintaining data from open source as it give the feature of customized private data storage which safe from all kinds of threat It has helped in solving digital forensics ### 4. Unlocking the Power of OSINT with Social Links **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dr. Akashdeep B. | Subject Matter Expert: Security+, Education Management, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 05, 2023 **What do you like best about SL Professional?** 1. Comprehensive Data Gathering 2. Intuitive Interface 3. Powerful Analytics 4. Customization and Integration **What do you dislike about SL Professional?** 1. Lower Pricing 2. The amount of features can be overwhelming for newcomers 3. Social Link University with basic to advanced courses to learn would be a better option. **What problems is SL Professional solving and how is that benefiting you?** 1. Data Overload Management 2. Comprehensive Information Gathering 3. Connection Visualization 4. Analytical Insights 5. Cybersecurity Enhancement 6. Research and Investigations ### 5. Great OSINT Tool to Uncover Online Accounts of a Target **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alexis L. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 03, 2023 **What do you like best about SL Professional?** This tool helped us in a Trace Labs competition to verify if the person we are finding is still alive or not. It helps in generating a lot of related online accounts on a specific username, email, phone number or even a real name. **What do you dislike about SL Professional?** The on thing I do not like at Social Links is its dependence in Maltego. Imagine, we need to buy Maltego Pro and Social Links Pro at the same time and SL Pro will not work if there's no Maltego Pro. It puts a lot of barrier in using SL Pro. **What problems is SL Professional solving and how is that benefiting you?** I solve the problem of putting much time into manually finding related online accounts with a specific username, email, phone number or real name. It even give a related online account that is not familiar to me and if I did not use this then probably I will not know that it exist! ### 6. more assertive investigations **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** clandestine b. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 20, 2023 **What do you like best about SL Professional?** social links brings me more data for a more assertive and correct investigation **What do you dislike about SL Professional?** For now I have nothing to complain about. **What problems is SL Professional solving and how is that benefiting you?** helps me identify malicious behavior and users on social media ### 7. Best OSINT social media investigative tool I own! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer & Network Security | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 01, 2023 **What do you like best about SL Professional?** Social Links allows me to further my investigations with data I cannot otherwise collect with commercial forensic tools. This tool allows me to provide value to my client's other investigators may not have. **What do you dislike about SL Professional?** The learning curve for Social Links was (is) a bit difficult if you are unfamiliar with OSINT investigations. However, there are many videos on the SL youtube channel. **What problems is SL Professional solving and how is that benefiting you?** Social links transforms used with custom machines in Maltego provide the missing pieces from the investigation that usually involves bringing in other companies to assist, which also carries risk. ### 8. Comfortably the Market Leading Social Media Investigations Toolset **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Adam S. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 01, 2023 **What do you like best about SL Professional?** Social Links have offered consistent and easy to interpret social media linking data for our brand protection investigation efforts for the last 3 years and we expect to continue using them into the future. **What do you dislike about SL Professional?** Facebook account linking was impacted in some cases a couple of years back. However, this was due to Meta changing their approach, so unavoidable. **What problems is SL Professional solving and how is that benefiting you?** Identifying IP infringing persons and their Social Media activities. ### 9. Good for social media investigation **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Natenapa C. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 28, 2023 **What do you like best about SL Professional?** There are many data sources provide for investigation and also integrate with i2. Users can deep down for data which there need to know. **What do you dislike about SL Professional?** in case integrate with i2 , need export data function it should be nice for comfortable end users to work with. **What problems is SL Professional solving and how is that benefiting you?** find the prospect and relationship of them in social media ### 10. Very impressive! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Research | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 23, 2023 **What do you like best about SL Professional?** A powerful tool for research and investigations. **What do you dislike about SL Professional?** Some minor teething problems including challenges associated with its use through Maltego. **What problems is SL Professional solving and how is that benefiting you?** Social Links automates much of the process of finding relevant information about individuals and entities, and the connections between them. ### 11. multiple investigation abilities! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ori L. | Program Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 26, 2023 **What do you like best about SL Professional?** very effective and opens many possibilitis for osint and webint research. **What do you dislike about SL Professional?** duffucult and unintuitive uder interface. much room for mistakes **What problems is SL Professional solving and how is that benefiting you?** research for possible stalker suspects online. - [View SL Professional pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/sl-professional/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-14+10%3A43%3A59+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=d6e8e26d-4324-4416-a4b8-315d0339ed65&secure%5Btoken%5D=3b78acc19e7fce4714113a1f94a678d6d72330bf225e9b8f600f7c8bbf0f666c&format=llm_user) ## SL Professional Features **Crime Analytics** - Location Mapping - Identity Resolution - Link Analysis **Case Management** - Intake - Assignment - Escalation **Analysis** - File Analysis - Memory Analysis - Registry Analysis - Email Analysis - Linux Analysis **Evidence Management** - Barcode Tracking - Multimedia Storage - Inventory Database - Evidence Sharing **Threat Identification** - Proactive Listening - External Data Mining - POI Profiles - Threat Reporting **Functionality** - Detection - Media type **Brand Signals** - Comparison - AI - Brand Health **Orchestration** - Asset Management - Security Workflow Automation - Deployment - Sandboxing **Platform** - Data Sharing - Dashboards - Reporting **Analytics** - Monitoring - Metrics - Compliance **Functionality** - Incident Alerts - Anomaly Detection - Continuous Analysis - Decryption **Asset Integrity** - Chain of Custody - Inventory Auditing - Security Permissions - Evidence Disposal **Threat Assessment** - Graphical and Link Analysis - Threat Scoring **Brand Analytics** - Trend Analysis - Tracking **Information** - Proactive Alerts - Malware Detection - Intelligence Reports **Integrations** - Crime RMS - CAD - Public Records **Remediation** - Incident Reports - Remediation Suggestions - Response Automation **Evidence Analytics** - Digital Processing - Evidence Mapping - Case Correlation **Threat Monitoring** - Threat Alerts - Continuous Monitoring - Investigation Management **Agentic AI - Investigation Management** - Cross-system Integration - Proactive Assistance **Personalization** - Endpoint Intelligence - Security Validation - Dynamic/Code Analysis **Integrations** - Police RMS **Platform** - Reporting and Analytics - Connections and Integrations - Collaboration Tools **Generative AI** - AI Text Generation - AI Text Summarization **Generative AI** - AI Text Summarization - Generate Attack Scenarios - Generate Threat Detection Rules - Generate Threat Summaries **Agentic AI - Threat Intelligence** - Autonomous Task Execution - Multi-step Planning - Proactive Assistance - Decision Making ## Top SL Professional Alternatives - [Brandwatch Consumer Intelligence](https://www.g2.com/products/brandwatch-consumer-intelligence/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (704 reviews) - [AlertMedia](https://www.g2.com/products/alertmedia/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (524 reviews) - [Qualtrics Strategy & Research](https://www.g2.com/products/qualtrics-strategy-research/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (2,912 reviews)