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WHODIS vs Intelius
$1 per lookup
vs $35.30/month.
Intelius requires a monthly membership to run a phone lookup. WHODIS charges $1 — no membership required, no renewal hiding in your bank statement.
Side by side
| Feature | WHODIS | Intelius |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | $0 | $35.30 (after a $0.95 5-day trial) |
| Cost per lookup | $1.00 | Included (unlimited phone reports) |
| Subscription required | ✗ Never | ✓ Required |
| Auto-renewal | ✗ Never | ✓ Yes |
| Pay only for results | ✓ Yes | — |
| Credits expire | ✗ Never | N/A |
| Cost for 2 lookups/year | $2 | $36.25+ |
Intelius pricing checked October 25, 2026 on its own pricing page: a $0.95 5-day trial, then $35.30/month, with unlimited phone reports. That page is headlined "2025 Pricing Guide." See their current pricing. Prices may change.
The math is simple
Most people need to look up a number a handful of times a year — not every day. After its $0.95 5-day trial, Intelius is $35.30/month, which comes to $423.60/year if it keeps renewing, whether you use it once or a hundred times.
At WHODIS, if you look up 10 numbers in a year, you pay $10. If you look up 2, you pay $2. If you don't need it for six months, you pay nothing. Put another way: $35.30 buys 35 separate WHODIS solves — enough for most people's unknown-caller questions for a year or more, with nothing left running in the background afterward.
The Intelius membership model
Intelius sells memberships that give you access to unlimited searches within their database. That model works if you're a professional who runs dozens of lookups a week — the cost per search drops the more you use it. For everyone else — people who get a strange call and want to know who it was — you're paying $35.30 a month for a service you'll use once or twice, then may forget to cancel.
WHODIS is built for the occasional-use case. No membership, no commitment, no card on file between purchases, no monthly charge between uses.
When Intelius actually makes sense
Intelius offers deeper background reports beyond phone lookup — address history, court records, and public-records searches — useful for real estate, legal research, or anyone running frequent searches across many kinds of records. If that's you, their membership may pay off.
WHODIS doesn't do any of that. It answers one question — who just called — for $1, and stops there. If you only need that one answer, you're paying for a membership you'd barely touch. Either way, check Intelius's current plans and terms yourself before you decide — subscription pricing and trial terms change, and their site is the source of truth, not this page.
The two products also differ in how they're billed. Intelius membership plans run on recurring billing until you cancel, which is standard for subscription people-search sites but easy to forget about once you've found your answer. WHODIS has no recurring billing step at all — there's no plan to cancel because none was ever started.
How it works
Simple enough to explain in three lines.
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Pay $1 only if we find a name
$1 (or one Pack20 credit) only when we find a name. Line type, carrier, location and any Mobstopping Board flag are free. No name, no charge.
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Done. No monthly trap.
That's it. No subscription created. No card on file. No renewal next month.
Common questions
How is WHODIS different from Intelius?
Intelius sells a monthly membership for unlimited searches across phone, people, and background data. WHODIS charges $1 per solved phone lookup and nothing else — no membership required.
What if WHODIS can't identify the number?
If we can't confidently identify the caller, no credit is charged. You only pay for solved results.
Do Pack20 credits expire?
No. Pack20 credits ($10 for 20 lookups) stay in your account indefinitely. Use them whenever you need.
Do I need to cancel anything with WHODIS?
No — there's no subscription to cancel in the first place. If you buy Pack20 and don't use every credit right away, they simply sit in your account until you do.
What does WHODIS actually check?
WHODIS checks live data sources — including Twilio and NumVerify — in real time to try to identify the caller behind a number. If no confident match is found, nothing is charged.
Is reverse phone lookup legal?
Yes, for personal use. WHODIS may not be used for employment screening, tenant screening, or any purpose governed by the FCRA. See our Terms of Service for full details.
One lookup. One dollar.
No Intelius membership. No $35.30/month commitment. Just answers.
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Spoofing / accuracy disclaimer: A reverse-phone lookup is not proof of an identity claim, and it is not a background check. Caller ID can be spoofed. WHODIS reports what live sources return; results can be incomplete or out of date.