PRICING
Two plans. Add encryption as your work demands it.
Every plan includes Vault Lite — your investigations are encrypted at rest, your work is recoverable. Stronger Vault tiers attach as add-ons.
INVESTIGATOR
One journalist, solo cases
$79/mo
$99/mo monthly
- ✓Unlimited investigations
- ✓Story-ready PDF export with source citations
- ✓Link Analysis (entity graphs)
- ✓4 launch transforms (OFAC, GDELT, urlscan, FEC)
- ✓Vault Lite encryption (always)
TEAM
★ MOST COMMONEditor + reporters on a beat
$299/mo
(5 seats)
- ✓Everything in Investigator
- ✓Shared investigations
- ✓Per-investigation comments + @mentions
- ✓Activity feed across the team
- ✓Editor / reporter / fact-checker roles
Annual prepay: 20% discount on either plan. Larger newsrooms (10+ seats): contact us.
VAULT — ENCRYPTION TIERS
Pick your threat model. No tier loses features when a higher one ships.
Each Vault tier is honest about what it defeats AND what it doesn't. We don't claim “military-grade.” We don't claim “unhackable.” We tell you the actual trade. Features in Vault Lite stay in Vault Lite forever — no bait-and-switch when Standard ships.
Vault Lite
Today, included with every planDEFEATS
- ✓Database file theft
- ✓Backup theft
- ✓Casual rogue employee access
- ✓Most opportunistic data breaches
DOESN'T DEFEAT
- ·Lawful compulsion (we have the keys)
- ·Sophisticated attacker who breaches both app + KMS
Vault Standard
Q4 2026+$30/mo Investigator · +$80/mo Team
DEFEATS
- ✓Vendor subpoena (we hand over ciphertext)
- ✓Vendor breach (attacker gets ciphertext, no keys)
- ✓Vendor sale or acquisition
- ✓Insider attack (content unreadable to staff)
DOESN'T DEFEAT
- ·Compromise of your device
- ·Phishing (you type into a fake page)
- ·Coerced disclosure (you are forced to log in)
Vault Pro
Q1 2027+$80/mo Investigator · +$200/mo Team
DEFEATS
- ✓Phishing (hardware key validates origin)
- ✓Compelled disclosure of a single team member
- ✓Single-device theft (no key on device alone)
DOESN'T DEFEAT
- ·Coerced disclosure of all key holders
- ·Total device compromise
- ·Loss of password + recovery + hardware key (by design)
WORKED EXAMPLES
What you actually pay
Solo journalist, Investigator + Vault Standard
$79 + $30
$109/mo
Newsroom team (5 seats), Team + Vault Standard
$299 + $80
$379/mo · $76/seat
Hardened team (5 seats), Team + Vault Pro
$299 + $200
$499/mo · $100/seat
Compare: Maltego Pro $1,000+/yr base. Recorded Future $30k+/yr enterprise. Sentinel OC fits the journalist OOP range AND the outlet-expense reimbursement range.
WHAT NO PLAN DOES
So you don't have to wonder.
- ❌ We don't host source-anonymizing infrastructure. Use Signal, GlobaLeaks, ProtonMail.
- ❌ We don't claim “military-grade” anything.
- ❌ We don't sell your data. Ever.
- ❌ We don't bait-and-switch. Features in Vault Lite stay in Vault Lite forever.
- ❌ We don't make Sentinel OC the centerpiece of every investigation. Some cases just need notes; a great PDF export is enough.