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Finds and removes exposed personal data from data brokers and the dark web, now paired with OSINT lookups and an API.

data removaldark web monitoringpii protectionprivacy alertsFreemium · from $12.99/mo

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Web · API
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Pricing

Pricing model
Freemium
Paid options from
$12.99/mo
Billing
Monthly

Free plan allows 5 removal requests a day with limited monitoring and no intelligence credits; Intelligence is $12.99 a month with unlimited removals, real-time alerts and 500 monthly intelligence credits; Premium is $16.99 a month with the same removals but 250 credits. 30-day money-back guarantee. The vendor's llms.txt lists a different line-up (Protection $14.99, or $8.25 billed annually), so the plan names may be mid-change.

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Overview

About Serus

Serus scans the surface web and dark web for a person's exposed personal information, files removal requests with the data brokers and people-search sites it finds, and alerts the user as new exposure appears. Since the last check the product has widened into an OSINT platform: paid tiers carry monthly credits for dark-web scans, source searches and an agentic investigation assistant, and any signed-up user can generate API keys for building on the service. The team started in Sweden with DoldAdress, a removal service for Swedish people-search listings, and the operator is now Anon AI Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation. The free plan allows five automated removal requests a day, and the paid plans are monthly subscriptions with a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Platforms
Web · API
API
Yes
Last verified
Oct 15, 2026

Verified sources

  • Pricing page: Free $0 with 5 removal requests a day; Intelligence $12.99/mo with unlimited removals, real-time alerts and 500 monthly intelligence credits; Premium $16.99/mo with 250 credits; 30-day money-back guarantee (15 October 2026)serus.ai ↗
  • About page: born in Sweden, launched DoldAdress.se, pre-seed and seed rounds raised; CEO Filip Landgren and co-founder Anthon Wansland named (15 October 2026)serus.ai ↗
  • Vendor llms.txt states the service is operated by Anon AI Labs, Inc. (Delaware, USA) and offers self-serve API keys to any signed-up user (15 October 2026)serus.ai ↗
Fact check

Is Serus legit?

We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.

Domain registered
Dec 9, 2025Registry record (RDAP), registrar GoDaddy.com, LLC, looked up Sep 15, 2026
TLS certificate
Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Dec 7, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
Last checked
Oct 15, 2026The site answered, but turned our crawler away
Operated by
Anon AI Labs, Inc., United StatesOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026

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Editorial verdict

Pros & cons of Serus

high confidence

Serus continues work the founders already did manually through their earlier Swedish removal service, now automated and expanded into dark-web monitoring with messaging-app alerts. The free plan's daily removal cap is genuinely usable for light exposure, while the paid tiers trade off in a slightly confusing way -- the more expensive Premium plan actually carries fewer monthly credits than Intelligence.

Pros

  • Founders have a specific track record in this exact niche, not a general security background
  • Free tier includes real daily removals, not just a read-only report
  • 30-day money-back guarantee lowers the risk of trying a paid tier
  • Alerts route through messaging apps people already check, not just email

Cons

  • Premium plan costs more than Intelligence while including fewer monthly credits, which is confusing pricing
  • Coverage of data brokers outside Europe and North America is not detailed
  • No family plan for protecting more than one person's data at once; businesses are pointed to a sales contact

Best for

  • Individuals worried about people-search sites listing their address or phone number
  • Users who want removal alerts inside WhatsApp, Slack, or Telegram rather than email
  • Anyone who already trusts the founders' earlier Swedish privacy work

Not for

  • Businesses needing removal coverage for employees at scale
  • Users in regions where the relevant data brokers are not covered by the service

Watch out: Compare the Intelligence and Premium tiers carefully before upgrading -- the pricier plan is not simply a bigger version of the cheaper one.

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