Anti-Malware · head-to-head
MalDatabase vs Scanii
MalDatabase distributes daily-refreshed malware datasets and threat-intelligence feeds — file hashes, behavioral sandbox data, and contacted-domain lists — for use in research and machine-learning training sets. A live call to its real download host, api.maldatabase.com/download, with an Authorization header returned a plain-text 400 error rather than a CORS-enabled response, reconfirming API-key auth over HTTPS and resolving cors to no. Its published plans run from a free 50-samples/day researcher tier up to a $49.99/month Unlimited plan covering 2,000–2,500 samples/day.
Scanii is a REST API that scans uploaded files, images, and text for malware, unsafe imagery, and inappropriate language across more than 100 image formats and 20+ languages, returning findings, checksums, and content metadata as JSON. A live GET and OPTIONS preflight against api.scanii.com/v2.2/files both returned Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *, and the GET's 401 carried a WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="Scanii API" header, correcting the stored auth from API Key to Basic Auth (the API key is used as the Basic-auth username, its secret as the password) over HTTPS. New accounts start with free trial credits before moving to metered Starter/Plus/Enterprise plans billed per file scanned.
| MalDatabase | Scanii | |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication | API Key | Basic Auth |
| Pricing | freemium | freemium |
| Formats | JSON, CSV | JSON |
| CORS | no | yes |
| HTTPS | Yes | Yes |
Scanii supports CORS, while MalDatabase doesn't — pick Scanii for direct browser calls.